Bureau County, Illinois - Chapter 30: Bureac County in the Wae - the First News of the Firixo Upon Foet Sumteb - Volunteering Companies, Regiments, 1885

FROM the dog fight to the long and bloody wars of nations there is a vein of interest to the average man. The details of a bruising prize-fight are widely read, and what can there be in such things to interest men, except the fact that there is a bloodletting to give zest to the really sickening details. There have been a hundred books written about war to one about the peaceful pastoral pursuits that engage the great mass of men, and from whence comes the very bread of life, the wealth of individuals and nations. There is a strange fascination about the story of violent deaths, of maimings, and this even extends to the horrid details of a great destructive epidemic. What is this so deeply fixed in nearly all men and that has been there always"? Among the Indians with whom our forefathers so long warred, it was well understood that the savages delighted to capture a white man alive and unhurt, that they might keep him for a gala day for all their people, especially the women and children, who could dance with wild delight as they were tortured to death. So keenly was this sport relished that they would cunningly draw out the pain and at times restore the fainting victim, and then go over and over the sweet delights of witnessing the dying agonies. The story of blood and torture, like the story of fights of men and beasts and\of war and its intense horrors, are more or less of kin, or, at least, their origin can not be originally very different. A few years ago white men, at least many of them, would periodically delight to fight, frolic, get drunk at elections and bruise and scratch and fairly tear each other's eyes out in having a "good time." At one time not long ago neighborhoods, villages, towns and counties had their "bullies." A "bully" was the champion bruiser, and a class honored and respected these brutes immensely. In the West and Southwest were the murderous desperadoes - the cowardly beasts who killed their scores of men - men who "got the drop" on a fellow man, and this meant really another cold-blooded, cowardly assassination. Sensible men feared these infamous wretches, and fools envied and fawned upon them. War is fighting, and fighting here means bloodshed and butchery. He who imagines the "blood tub" element has been eliminated from among men can undeceive himself by a little observation. Two years ago Mathew Arnold visited this country. He is the strongest thinker and writer among the literary men of Europe. His writings and lectures are full of virile thoughts and the best English. In a lecture of one hour he was able to say something to arrest the attention of every tolerably cultured man in the land, and give all such men something to think and talk about. He visited one of our large Western cities and delivered one of his finest lectures to an audience of less than 200, at $1 each. Nearly simultaneously with his visit and lecture the Boston prize-fighter visited the same city, and 6,000 people rushed into a hall to see his ponderous fists, at $2 each. There were only 6,000 because another could not squeeze into the building. Here were the representatives of the two extremes of our civilization - the highest and the lowest - the intellectual and brutal. The largest door money ever paid, we believe, was in Boston not long ago upon the occasion of a bruiser's exhibition by Boston's home talent. If this is the measure of ' ' Boston the hub " from which radiates all that education, culture and sestheticism of which polite ears are dinned, what, indeed, are we to expect of our less civilized cities and localities. The multiplied schools and churches of the country find the task great of eradicating blood and brutality from the habit of men's thoughts. But even many men who have no patience with these fisti-cuff bruisers, really believe they are not showing any out-cropping of their ancient barbarous forefathers by feeling the warmest delight ]in the details of a bloody battle. They never imagine there could be the remotest connection in the tastes of the one with the other. And poets, preachers, orators and eloquent writers sound the praises of the soldier brave in battle, regardless of the cause in which he dashed on to death. Fair, delicate, pure and noble women have admired and loved the brave heroes of war. Love and admire bravery, contemn and despise a coward, is as old a sentiment as is human language. Trace out the lineage of all the above apparently different bents of men's admiration, and they cannot but focus at the same starting-point - a bloody-minded and cruel barbarism.

The world has had much war, and the most of it has been simply cruel, unjust and infamous in all its purposes. And he who fights in an unjust war cannot be a hero to respect or admire, no matter how brave his action. And there have been just and holy wars, and these have produced the great and grand heroes. A war against tyrants, to repel invasion, and against the enemies of a good government may be, if it is not always, a just and worthy cause, and one whose bloody battle fields may be sacred grounds. The people have generally had to fight their way out from the bitter enslavement of tyranny to the sunlight of liberty. Every war, every battle that] liberated or tended to liberate mankind was a noble one. These may furnish worthy themes for the most eloquent tongue or pen, and their details may give men lessons of the most ennobling kind. When Gen. Washington and his compeers unsheathed their swords and appealed to the God of battles, they engaged in a war holy in its purposes and sacred to the dearest rights of all mankind. It was a rebellion against the mother country, but a war for liberty; a rebellion against England that ended in her defeat, but in the end was her good as well as nearly all mankind's good. It was the grandest struggle in history for liberty and human rights, made by men who under stood what they were contending for; men who were heroes upon the battle field, and wise and honest in council. In the history of mankind we know of nothing that was a greater permanent blessing to the human race than this war for independence and its results. It freed America, but it freed not only England, too, butthe whole world has felt its glorious effects, and let it be hoped they may go on forever. The true lessons of the American Revolution have not yet reached the rising generations. The facts and dates and names, together with the usual Fourth of July spread-eagleism is all that we present to our school-children's minds and eyes, when we tell them the great story of that immortal era, and we leave them with no proper comprehension of the causes and effects - effects that will continue their immeasurable boon to every civilized people for untold ages and centuries - the great march of advancement that may go on in power, surviving the fina1 destruction of the government these great and good men founded. The marching out» sword in hand, from the sway of the tyrant; by the feeble colonies that were occupying this little speck of a portion of the globe, was but an infinitesimal part of the good and the enduring effects that came to the entire human race from the war of the Revolution. It has loosened the grip of tyrants in every nation in the world, and advanced the whole race grandly up along the ascending plain of civilization. It demonstrated the lesson that can never be lost that man can be largely trusted with his own government; that rulers have no divine rights; that the great mass of mankind are not mere kine who belong to tyrant rulers and may be sent at will to their shambles. Look at our neighbor, Canada. She did not join the colonies in their rebellion; nor did she fight for independence, and yet in fact has gained very nearly as much in every respect as did the American colonies. Compare the condition of any existing nation with itself a hundred years ago, and it is easy to trace the advancing steps toward the betterment of the condition of its subjects to our successful war for selfgovernment.

Thus it becomes evident that no human power can curb or circumscribe effects as they flow out from great events. They are a part of the omnipotent and enduring physical law of the universe. Did not England pour out her treasures and blood to subjugate our people, and is it not now a self-evident fact that if she had succeeded, she would have inflicted upon herself the immeasurable evil of her national life ? And suppose the American war had reached no further in its effects than to include the colonies and Great Britain, that great nation of whom Webster once said "its drum-beat, starting with the morning sun and keeping step with the stars, encircles the globe in one continuous strain of martial music." And when we remember that this great empire has since that eloquent description of Webster's added many millions of people to its vast possessions, and that to all these - if to no one else - were given many of the good effects of the war, it may be partially seen what some of the transcendant effects were to come of that heroic action of our fathers. It is in this light that the grand character of Washington begins to dawn upon the mind of the student of history. When thus compared with the history of the average great men, especially warriors, his name and fame shine out like the great central sun. Every school child is familiar with the story of Washington and his hatchet, and how many of our full grown people can tell the whole story of his putting aside the proffered crown ? The first is an idle and rather pointless nursery fable, while the other is one of those great events in history whose vast importance oasts its influence across the face of the globe, and in its blessings to mankind will go on forever.

When the settlers began to come to this county the soldiers of the Revolution were all getting to be old men - men retiring from the active affairs of life - and the most of the remnant at that time had begun to gather about the family circle among the children of their children, and here, when the ingle burned brightly, they would " shoulder the crutch and show how battles are won " to their delighted child audiences. It is not known that a single Revolutionary soldier came here among the settlers, but the county has had its full share of representatives of all other wars of our country since that time. In the war of 1812-15, the Mexican war, and many Indian wars of the country - the county has had representatives of all these.

The Rebellion.* - Saturday, April 14, 1861, was an eventful day in Bureau County. The wires that day told the terrible story of the firing upon Fort Sumter. Men met each other with bated breaths; they were stunned by the blow, and in a dazed sort of way the one asked the other meaningless questions, and heard not the answers often, but continued to ask still other questions; and they began to gather in knots and small crowds, and in time began to discuss the terrible news. Then the majority began to doubt the truth of the story - they could not at once believe that the flag of our common country had been fired upon by its own citizens. Every variety and shade of belief and disbelief, nearly as numerous as the individuals constituting the crowd, were entertained and expressed.

Very soon any one who had anything to say, whether his own opinions or fresh news from the seat of war, would quickly command an eager surrounding of earnest men. The day wore away and the long night of painful interest came. But few could sleep, and many did not even retire and try to rest. The Sunday morning dawned, and the early hour found many gathering around the telegraph office at the depot eager for more news. Soon there were great crowds of excited men, women and children, and the intensity of the excitement grew apace. The church bells rang out, their usual Sunday call to come and worship God, and yet the staid Deacons and laymen lingered away from pews that had never missed them upon these occasions before. These God-fearing men forgot for the moment the Prince of Peace, and it was still doubted by many that Saturday's news could be true. The news traveled slowly then compared to now, and all day long and all night again Sunday night people were in the gravest doubts and fears and faint hopes that the first story would prove a false alarm. In the meantime the public sentiment was fast crystallizing into form; the stun of the first blow was passing off, and a deep-seated anger was rapidly settling in men's souls. But the next day, Monday, confirmed the first reports, giving the complete details of the bombardment and surrender of the fort, and the further news of the call of the President for 75,000 troops, and Gov. Yates' proclamation calling together the State Legislature in extraordinary session, to enact such laws and provide such measures as the exigencies de manded. This instantly settled the questions in men's minds. The stars and stripes were flung to the breeze from the court house cupola, the bells were rung, the drum and fife were heard at the head of the people. All business was stopped, and the people en mass9 rnshed into the streets. Men cheered the flag as they had never cheered it before; it looked very different to them to what it ever had; it had been fired upon by rebels; it had been hauled down and trailed in the dust by treason, and there was a vitriolic ring of revenge in the tone of the yells that now greeted the glorious emblem of the country. The excitement of the forty-eight hours was a pent up TJtica that now burst forth in greatest fury. Without waiting the action of the Governor, the people began to enlist and get ready to go to war. Then the intensity of the excitement increased and spread. Women and children sent up their shouts and their wails when their fathers, husbands, sons and brothers began to buckle on their armor. The call was for 75,000 troops to serve ninety days, but this did not relieve the minds of women and children that war was bloodshed and death, and the contentions in woman's gentle bosom between patriotism and love and fear - the insulted flag and the cruel war and its attendant horrors came to their minds, and they laughed and cried and wept and prayed. Men were grim and serious, women were noisy and hysterical.

Tuesday evening - so rapidly were affairs forming themselves - the cry went out "to the court house," where the people at once assembled, a meeting was organized, and ringing speeches were made amid the wildest enthusiam. Before the meeting was over S. A. Paddock and F. B. Ferris each commenced raising a company, and men began to enroll their names in real soldier organizations. Of Mr. Paddock we are informed that for nearly two years previous to this time he had foreseen that the end would be war, and he commenced in due time to prepare himself for it. He had procured and studied the army regulations and the tactics, and, it is said, was ready at a moment's notice to take command of a company and drill and organize it into true soldiers. During the week the details of the Governor's message calling for 6,000 troops from Illinois became known. Thursday, the 18th, a large meeting was held at the court house, which was called to order by R. F. Winslow, Chairman, and John H. Bryant, J. W. Harris, C. L. Kelsey, S. M. Knox, E. G. Jester, F. Moseley, H. C. Field, N. B. Page, and John Long were Vice-Presidents, and J. G. Hewitt and W. H. Mesenkop, Secretaries. Milo Kendall, Charles Baldwin and C. J. Peckham were appointed a committee on resolutions.

Judge G. W. Stipp, J. I. Taylor, Milo Kendall, Owen Lovejoy, J. S. Eckels, S. A. Paddock, G. G. Gibons, Justus Stevens, J. Bobbins, Jr., and S. M. Knox each made stirring and patriotic speeches. Ringing resolutions, with no uncertain sound about them, were passed with one wild, long shout. The following Sunday witnessed the whole people to the remotest corners of the county in the wildest possible state of excitement, to which each hour was adding fuel to the already consuming flames. At Lamoillo the squad of recruits enlisted at that place and intended for the Princeton companies, met on Sunday, the 21st, and a speech was made them by Elder Collins, when they started for Princeton, escorted by many wagon loads of people, with drums and fifes and flags flying. They arrived at Princeton about 2 o'clock in the afternoon. That evening the volunteers and the great and excited crowds of people assembled in front of the American House, and listened to a grand patriotic sermon by the Rev. Haggerty, of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Monday, the 22d, was the day for the departure of Capt, S. A. Paddock's company, the first company to start to the war or any war from Bureau County. The North

Prairie quota came in a body as early as 8 A. M., and others were continually arriving, all accompanied by their wives, mothers, sisters, sweethearts and friends of every kind. The noisy part of the crowd's patriotism had now spent itself, and a grim silence, much more significant, had taken its place. The occasional sob of a woman or child was the only outward expression of the moving feelings. At 10 o'clock a dinner was served the volunteers at the American and Prairie Hotels, and at 11 o'clock the men were formed into line and marched to the depot, and at 12:30 the company was on the train on its way to Springfield.

At Wyanet, Sheffield, Buda, Neponset, Maiden and other parts of the county similar action was being had among the people, and at many of these points speeches were made by most of the speakers who spoke at the Princeton meeting. In Tiskilwa Capt. W. T. Swain, J. W. Harris, S. E. Morris, J. H. More, L. D. Whiting, T. Gordon and J. Cook were the active movers and organizers.

Col. E. F. Winslow and Milo Kendall at once commenced to form companies for home service. They posted up bills calling on the people to organize, and among other things they " proposed to have an armory in Princeton, and all having guns are requested to bring them to town Saturday next, where a competent person will take charge of them, and who will see they are kept in proper order for any emergency. If the war continues with success on the part of the rebels Illinois will be the great battle ground, and it behooves us to be ready for the worst." This may sound a little amusing now - it did not then. Illinois was not part of " the great battle ground " in the war, but she was fully represented upon every skirmish and battle field of the four years of bloody war. Illinois too furnished tho General of the

Thursday, April 25, the company of Capt. F. B. Ferris, G. L. Paddock First Lieutenant and G. G. Gibons Second, and Capt. Barry's company from "Wyanet, left on the train for Mendota. Monday following Capt. W. T. Swain's company from Tiskilwa, and the next day (Tuesday) Capt. Page's company from Maiden left.

Saturday, the 27th of April, a large mass convention of the people, where were 5,000 or 6,000 people, was held in Princeton. The President of this meeting was William M. Whipple, and E. Lumry, D. Robinson, Jr., Dr. Woodruff, Tracy Reeve, J. V. Thompson, R. T. Templeton, Vice-Presidents. During this week large meetings of a similar kind were held in Lamoille, Maiden, Wyanet, Tiskilwa, Neponset and many other places in the county, all breathing the same spirit of patriotism and determination.

About May 9, a company of horse was formed in Center Prairie, commanded by Capt. C. L. V. Parker, " for home protection and to keep strict watch over all strangers seen prowling about the country, and to act in conjunction with other companies that may be formed to repel invasion."

Capt. Barry's and Capt. Page's companies were solicited to go into Col. Scates' thirtyday regiment, that was organizing in Springfield, but refused.

authorities gave every encouragement to enlistments, by providing for families left behind, and by bounties, gradually increasing the latter as circumstances semned to require.

At first the county orders issued for these purposes had currency, and every one was willing to take them in trade, but as the volume increased and it became apparent that they could not all be absorbed by taxes, they became uncurrent and soon began to depreciate from face value. There was no legal manner of issuing interest-bearing obligations, and without bearing interest or having a definite point of maturity, the value became more uncertain. The difficulty reached its climax when the bounties offered in 1862, at the time of the organization of the Ninetythird Regiment, became payable, the men had been mustered iii and there was no money for them. The Committee of the Board of Supervisors, consisting of Messrs. S. Edwards, J. Stevens, C. L. Kelsey, J. T. Thomson and S. Or. Paddock, becoming convinced that no money could be had in the county, met in Chicago, and after several days of persistent effort succeeded in placing $30,000, 10 per cent bonds, at a small discount. That winter the Legislature by suitable enactments legalized what other counties as well had been compelled to do, and made provision for future emergencies. That was the only war loan for which it was necessary to go out of the county, and all other of the nearly $700- 000 that was expended for bounties, relief of families, and other expenses growing out of the war, was provided by our own people, and rapidly paid off by taxes, so that within a very few years after the close of the war the whole expense, so far as the county was concerned, was a thing of the past.

nerve and patriotism of our people. To preserve the Union in its integrity - to punish treason - to subdue rebellion, and, in the language of the Center Prairie Home Horse Company, "repel invasion," or, as the other proclamation said of the "Princeton Armory," ' ' to watch suspicious characters skulking about the country." Solemn as is the great story of the war, it could not be otherwise than that many absurd and some amusing things would occur. These only indicate how nervous men were, and how their imaginations were heated, and what wild and reckless stories were told by the imaginative. To " repel invasion " in Illinois, and " watch suspicious characters skulking around " the by-ways of Bureau County, men, invoking the protection of heaven, greased up the old match-locks that had lain among the rubbish for years and years, and grimly looked fate in the face. " Wars and rumors of wars" was the mental pabulum that all served up to each other. Many good men in northern Illinois supposed that in the southern part of the State every bush and bunch of grass secreted a cannibal rebel, while many in southern Illinois supposed that Lovejoy and his followers had hoofs and horns. The political campaign that had just been passed through had left many Republicans ready to suspect their Democratic neighbors, and vice versa, Democrats imagined Republicans wanted civil war and blood letting. The cry " to arms!" instantly melted down the barrier, and side by side all vied together in their activity in war measures - devotion to the Union and respect for the country's flag.

In the latter" part of May Col. Taylor's cavalry organized, J. I. Taylor, Captain; Z. K. Waldron, Second Captain; W. Vannatta, First Lieutenant, G. W. Stone, Second Lieutenant.

was calling for volunteers to join Col. C. C. Marsh's regiment, then forming at Joliet, which became the Twentieth Illinois. On the 12th he took twenty-one men to Joliet. Among them was John Ed Thompson, who afterward by his merit rose to be Adjutant of the regiment He was a splendid soldier, a great favorite with all in his regiment, and there is not a doubt that he would have continued to rise had his life been spared. He was killed at Shiloh.

About June 20, the Templeton Guards were formed in Princeton, Captain, J. Vandergriff; First Lieutenant, C. D. Trimble; Second, C. L. V. Parker.

Our great national day, July 4, 1861, was Bureau County's great soldier day. A camp was formed called Camp Lyon. In this camp were the Limerick Home Guards, Capt. Vickery, 90 men; the Union Home Guards (Wyanet), Capt. Knight, 69 men; North Prairie Home Guards, Capt. Hayes, 63 men; Bureau Rangers, Capt. Carter, 54 men; Bureau County Tigers (Maiden), Capt. N. B. Page, 40 men; Templeton Guards (Princeton), Capt. Vandergriff, 50 men; Ellsworth Guards (Princeton), Capt. Bobbins, 63 men; a cavalry company, Capt. J.I. Taylor; Princeton Cadets (boys), Capt. L. K Thompson, 40; Heaton's Point Home Guards, Capt. L.Blanchard, 56 men ; Providence Home Guards, Capt. F. Horton, 60; Yates Home Guards (Holloway), Capt J. W.Hopkins, 64; Dover Tigers (boys), Capt. D. Wolf, 30; North Prairie Dragoons, Capt. Terwilliger. N. B. Page was elected Colonel ; J. Bobbins, Lieutenant- Colonel, and A. J. Knight, Major.

July 12, 186.1, Capt. Ferris and about twenty of his men returned from Cairo, they having re-enlisted for three years and come home on a furlough for fifteen days to fill up the company and return.

July 20 came the terrible news of the disastrous battle of Bull Bun. This shocked the whole North, and it was plain to be seen that the first announcement had a depressing effect on the public mind. It was like the angry wave beaten back by the rocky cliff - the dash and the roar, and then the recession - but soon the mighty ocean of public opinion gathered its strength again. The people were by the reaction once more roused, and the determination to retrieve the day was deeper than ever. Then for the first time even the thoughtless began to feel the magnitude of the contest, and the cry ran over the land "to let slip the dogs of war," and recruiting went on with accelerated speed.

Julian E. Bryant opened a recruiting station at this time, calling for a company to join a Teacher's Brigade. This company was to become a part of the Thirty-third Regiment.

The great Union Army was now forming in earnest, and men, women and children talked and dreamed of little else than war. In the meantime the politicians of the country were once more standing at their guns, loading the boxes with ballots while the soldiers were loading their guns with bullets. The greater the war raged the fiercer became the politicians. Congress concluded it was the greatest general in the world and began to take the command of the army. Newspapers fired the most terrific paper -guns, and every Fal- staff in the land hewed down whole hecatombs of men in buckram and Kendall green daily and hourly - at. least, morning and evening. And Greeley, like Peter the Hermit, raised aloft his paper flag and cried ' ' On to Richmond! " Politicians rushed to Springfield, to every State capital and to Washington, to organize the army and get their friends in so they could step up the political ladder themselves. Old friends were traded off and sacrificed, worthy and capable soldiers were pushed aside, humiliated and outraged, and there was soon a wheel within a wheel whenever there was a regiment, a brigade or a corps to be formed. And with some patriotism became a trade, and loyalty a pretense and cover for schemes that the country's self-respect would do well never to drag to the light of day. Some of the politicians feared they might not reap all the glory the boys in the field were winning, and the air was ladened with charges and counter charges, slanders and responsive epithets, vituperation and falsehood until foolish men seriously wanted the soldiers recalled from their death struggle with armed treason in the field, to turn them loose upon their neighbors, for the crime of not singing the peans of the same politicians that they did.

About this time it was noised all over the North that our land was overrun with "Knights of the Golden Circle." We are informed that the primary object of this extraordinary organization was the Conquest of Cuba and Mexico. And it is also said the original members (antedating the late war) were Protestant slave-holders. Of course, the ultimate idea was to form in extreme southern portion of the northern hemisphere, a great and powerful slave oligarchy, and it may be that this when once established would detach iiself from the free States and thus rid itself of the meddling of the North. The war put a sudden end to this scheme and it was said that their emissaries were scattered through the North making converts and enlisting men in the cause of first protecting their ownership of slave property and then when the peace was gained, they might renew the original scheme. Fuel thus was added to the flames, and had not the fact come about that the scales in the bloody contest began to swing toward the North there is no telling what the internal controversies in the North would eventually have resulted in.

We are giving no history of these various things that were remotely at least a part of the late war, of which we are giving an account of the county's home operations therein. They are merely referred to. They with thousands of other things will be well scanned by the historian of the future, when that long time comes for the real history of the war.

The Secretary of War had commissioned Col. E. F. Winslow to raise a regiment for the war. August 24 he called a meeting of the officers of all the different military organizations in the county for the purpose of forming a full Bureau County regiment. At the time Winslow made his call William Vannatta was organizing a company of cavalry. On the 19th of August Capt. I. H. Elliott had departed for Bloomington with his company. September '2, Col. Winslow had completed arrangements for a camp for rendezvous and instruction at Princeton, in the fair grounds. Here Capt. Page's company of Bureau County Tigers had gone September 14.

At this time the Secretary of War authorized a regiment of cavalry - Col. Brackett's regiment Capt. S. A. Paddock was authorized to fill a company for this command.

Capt. Q. W. Stipp was also recruiting a company. September 26 he left with fortyfive men. Lieut. B. R. Gibons remained for the purpose of getting more recruits to fill Capt. Stipp' s company.

September 27 Capt. E. A. Bowen with sixty-five men left for Geneva, and became a part of the Fifty-second Regiment Capt. Merriman's Wyanet company joined the First Kansas Cavalry, better known as Jennison's Jayhawkers.

B. F. Winslow received directly from the Secretary of War authority to raise a regiment, and established a camp at the fair grounds in Princeton, calling in several of the organized companies that had taken part in the 4th of July, and several from adjoining counties. Pending the organization of the regiment communications were had with Col. Berdan, who was raising a regiment of sharpshooters in St. Louis, and it was proposed that the Bureau Begiment should join them and form a brigade. The proposition was favorably entertained by all, from Col. Winslow to the drummer boys, and everything was working to that end. A steamboat was chartered to convey the command from De Pue to St. Louis, and on being notified of its arrival at De Pue orders were issued by Col. Winslow for the regiment to be ready to march early next morning. While all these movements were progressing other matters were attracting attention. Although the regiment was being formed under authority conferred upon Col. Winslow, and although there was a general understanding that he was to be the Colonel, it became evident during the weeks that he was in charge of the camp that most of the officers and a large portion of the men were not satisfied with the prospect of having him for Colonel. Perhaps any other man under the opportunity for criticism that a sort of trial period gave would have been equally unsatisfactory, but whether that be so or not it is certain that he became extremely unpopular, and it was rather an open secret about the time of leaving for St. Louis that probably it would not be Winslow that would be elected Colonel. It is presumable that Winslow did not realize this until the St. Louis movement had reached its climax, and until after he had ordered the march out of camp. On the Sunday morning appointed, at an early hour, he headed the march, and all went well until the public square was reached, whan he ordered a halt, and proceeded to address the men, rather urging them that it would be better for all concerned not to go to St. Louis, but instead to march back to camp and think it over. His talk was not very pointed, and at a pause some one at the head of the column gave the order in a loud, clear voice, " forward march! " and as the troops were pointed toward the east the march was taken up, and Col. Winslow saw his men march off without him; still, however, under the orders issued by himself the night before, and not countermanded. He attempted to stop them by calling after them, but they did not hear him.

It was found that the telegraph would not work at Princeton, so a messenger was sent to Maiden, and the Governor appealed to to stop the runaways, as they were called. Up to this time there had been no objections made to enlistments in any State of men belonging to other States, and the proposition for a squad, company or regiment to go to another State to enlist caused no surprise nor raised any objection. But just at this time it began to be looked into somewhat as to what each State was doing toward its quotas under the calls for troops, and Gov. Yates ordered that no more Illinois men should go out of the State to enlist, and the order was fresh when our men were on their way to St. Louis. The circumstances were not fully explained to the Governor, and he ordered the party stopped at Alton, and when the boat hove in sight a cannon was fired for it to round to and land. The men mistook this for a salute of honor, and again cheered and shouted in great glee. What heroes they were already! And the boat whistled and steamed along in the current, and another and another gun were fired in front of it. At last a whizzing cannon ball plunged into the water just in front of the vessel. The transformation scene on the boat was instantaneous - the next shot would tear through it unless it promptly started toward land. " And then there was hurrying to and fro, and whisperings of distress, and cheeks all pale that but a moment ago blushed at the sight of their own loveliness, " and the boat started for the shore. The behavior of a single individual may serve as an index to the whole. A man who was accompanying the soldiers expecting to be Chaplain, had arrayed himself in a cocked hat and tall plumes, and looking like George Washington. He supposed the salute at first was in his exclusive honor, but when the tune changed and the solid facts of the case were realized, his hat was off in a jiffy, the chicken feathers taken out and trampled under his feet, the cock taken out of his hat and he shrank back upon himself, and no Quaker ever was more a man of peace than was this erst Continental hero. The regiment was arrested the moment the boat landed, disarmed of their swords and guns, and they were headed for the old building of the Alton Penitentiary.

the gloomy prison. He sought the man who seemed to be in command of the prison and asked for his liberty. He protested he had been arrested by mistake; he had done nothing. "Done nothing," said the commandant, " you were stealing a regiment." "What, me steal the regiment! No; the regiment stole me."

This was a great surprise to all concerned, and a grievous disappointment. The men were soon ordered to Springfield, and after matters were explained to the Governor were relieved of any imputation of having attempted an improper act, for at the time they left Princeton none knew of the order against leaving the State. Shortly afterward they were sent to Chicago, and became a part of the Fifty-seventh Eegiment. Col. Winslow did not seem to be recognized as having any sort of claim upon the men by anyone. He perhaps expected that they would be seat back here, or that he would be ordered to resume his command, but his connection with them ended on that bright Sunday morning.

The Ladies' Belief Society of Bureau County can never be too highly commended for the efficient part it took in the humbler, perhaps, yet far nobler part of ministering angels to the soldiers in the field and the hospital. These noble women sent the warm and genial sunshine to many a cheerless heart, to many a dreary cot, and everywhere where there was a Bureau soldier. Their gentle hands bore aloft the weighty cause, and their loving hearts, their prayers, their soothing words and noble deeds will live forever. They relieved pain, saved lives, buoyed the despondent, and from every camp fire, from every sick cot, from the strongest and the roughest came the hot tears and the aspirations, " God bless them. " They never wearied in well doing, and among them were no side questions or political interests to mar their unanimity of action. To name them in detail, and tell the story of the blessed labors of each and all would be a great book of itself, with a complete war biography of every woman nearly in the county.

In the battle of Fort Donelson, one of the earliest and hard fought great battles of the West, there were about 1,000 men from the county in the fight - Capts. Swain and Ferris' companies in the Twelfth Kegiment; Capt. Brown's in the Twelfth; Capts. Manzer's, Bobbins', Battey's and Barry's, in the Fifty-seventh Eegimenfc; and in Marsh's Regiment and in Dickey's Cavalry. Henry Weaver was of the killed.

February 18, 1862, Lieut.-Col. S. A. Paddock, of the Ninth Illinois Cavalry, died in Bloomington, 111., aged thirty-eight years. An extended sketch of Mr. Paddock appears elsewhere.

Capt. I. H. Elliott was captured in Missouri by Jeff Thompson, and returned to Princeton February 28. He was the first man the people had yet seen who had been a prisoner of the enemy. Of course he was the lion of the hour. The people gave him a hearty reception, and presented him with a sword and soldier trappings to replace the rather common ones he had borrowed of Gen. Thompson.

In the yet greater battle of Shiloh, April 6, there were between 500 and 600 men from Bureau. Maj. N. B. Page, of the Fiftyseventh Illinois, and Lieut. Wright Seaman, of the Twelfth Illinois, were of the killed. Wright Seaman was born December 8, 1829. He was killed in the first day's fight, April 6. In the Fifty- seventh Regiment were the following among the killed: James Farley, J. W. Weeks, of Arlington;

P. A. Johnson, of Princeton; G. B. Earl and Joseph Manning, of Tiskilwa ; J. Leek and William Griffin, Wyanet; W. A. Zink, Buda; James Marvin, of the Twelfth Regiment; E. Doran, Thomas Donnelly and the Scovilles, Alphonso Adams, Edward Chichester, C. H. Gross, C. Ahliss. Capts. Ferris and Swain were mortally wounded. Ferris died April 18 and Swain the 19th. Lieut. R. K. Randolph was taken prisoner while undertaking to recover Capt. Ferris, wounded.

April 8, 1862, appeared Caleb Cnshing's letter addressed to L. D. Whiting, editor of the Bureau County Republican, calling for a monument to be erected to the patriotic dead.

June 5, 1862, Princeton was called upon for a company to serve ninety days. A. Lash took charge of the enlistment. They were sent to Chicago for camp duty to guard rebel prisoners.

In August, the following companies went into camp at the fair grounds: Capt. Lloyd's, of Clarion; Capts. Wilkinson and Kinney, of Tiskilwa; Capt. Fisher, Princeton; Capt. Hopkins, Dover; Capt. N. C. Buswell, Neponset; Capts. Brown, Sparks and Hall, Neponset, and Capt. Knight's, from Whiteside. These companies organized as the Ninety-third Putnam regiment, and elected Col. Holden to command; Lieutenant- Colonel, N. C. Buswell; Major, J. M. Fisher. This regiment, after a rendezvous in Chicago, left for the front November 8.

November 25, 1863, Henry Leeper, Company E, Ninety-third Illinois Volunteers, was killed in a charge at Mission Ridge, aged twenty-one years. He was a son of Charles and Delia Leeper, and is buried in Oakland Cemetery.

September, 1862, appeared notices for a draft for yet more men for the county. The Commissioner was L. D. Whiting; Enrolling Officer, Charles Baldwin ; Surgeon, J. R. Jones.

^Twelfth Regiment. - Companies H and I were Bureau County men. The Captains of Company II were William T. Swain, August 1, 1861, died of wounds April 18, 1862; John M. Mills, April 19, 1862, resigned September 3, 1862; Wheelock S. Merriman, of "Wyanet, November 18, 1862, promoted Major July 12, 1864, and Alexander Brandon, of Sheffield, July 12, 1864, mustered out July 7, 1865.

The First Lieutenants of this company were John M. Mills, Tiskilwa, August 1, 1861, promoted; Wheelock S. Merriman, Wyanet, April 19, 1862, promoted; Alexander Brandon, September 3, 1862, promoted. The Second Lieutenant was Wheelock S. Merriman.

The Captains of Company I were Frank B. Ferris, Princeton, August 1, 1861, killed at Pittsburg Landing ; George L. Paddock, April 7, 1862, who resigned as First Lieutenant June 16, 1862, and William D. Mills, April 17, 1862, whose term expired August 8, 1864, when Robert Bruton became Captain August 8, 1864, and mustered out July 10, 1865. The First Lieutenants were George L. Paddock; William D. Mills, April 7, 1862, promoted; Addison A. Jackson, June 7, 1862, term expired October 24, 1864, and Walter L. Odell, October 24, 1864, mustered out July 10, 1865.

The mortality in Company H was as follows: George W. Jackson, Musician, of Sheffield, died July 22, 1862; Alphonso Adams, Sheffield, killed, Shiloh, April 6, 1862; Thomas Donnelly, Sheffield, killed in this battle;

John Williams, Sheffield, killed himself at Corinth, May 18, 1862; James H. Howard, died of wounds August 8, 1864, and Hiram Underwood, the same, July 22, 1864.

And in Company I the following: John W. Butt, Wagoner, died of wounds December 16, 1862; John Casner, Princeton, died November 15, 1861; Jacob Hassan, died of wounds, October 5, 1862; William Maring, died of wounds, November 5, 1862; Edward Steier, died October 21, 1861; William H. Holeman, died at Chattanooga; William R. Kearns and Cyrus N. Shepherd, died at Jeffersonville.

The Twelfth Regiment served under the following commanders: Brig. -Gen. McArthur, Gens. Pope, Thomas A. Davies, R. J. Oglesby, Sherman, G. M. Dodge, T. M. Sweeny and J. B. McPherson; and were in the following battles: Fort Donelson, Shiloh, siege of Corinth, and battle of Corinth, Lag's Ferry, and Rome Cross Roads, Dallas, Kennesaw, Nickajack Creek, Bald Knob, Decatur, Ezra Church, siege of Atlanta and Allatoona.

Twentieth Illinois Infantry. - Of this regiment Company I was in part Princeton men (eleven men). William Wheaton died April 25, 1862. We find no promotions to note of men from Princeton.

J. H. Patrick, First Sergeant, Neponset, died November 18, 1863, of wounds. Charles K. Russell, Corporal, killed at Belmont, November 7, 1861. George L. Adams, Corporal, killed at Mission Eidge, November 25,

1863. Thomas B. Aldrich, Tiskilwa, killed at Belmont. L. Bigelow, Neponset, died of wounds November 18, 1862. Charles M. Owen, died of wounds January 16, 1863. James H. Shears, killed at Resaca, May 24, 1864.

The Tiventy-seventh Regiment was in Belmont, Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Island No. 10, Fort Pillow, Farmington, Corinth, Stone Eiver, Shelbyville and Tullahoma, Chicamauga, Mission Ridge and Knoxville; and in the Army of the Cumberland in the Atlanta campaign, in the Battle of Mud Creek, Kennesaw Mountain, Chattahoochee, Peach Tree Creek, and in numerous skirmishes and sieges.

The Thirty-third Regiment was mustered August, 1861, in Bloomington - Charles E. Hovey, Colonel; W. R. Lockewood, Lieutenant-Colonel; Edward R. Roe, Major; Frederick M. Crandall, Adjutant; Simeon Wright, Quartermaster; George P. Rex, Surgeon.

Company E. - Captain, I. H. Elliott, who, when promoted Major, was succeeded by Lyman M. Pratt, who was mustered out July 5, 1865, and William H. Bryan was commissioned; the latter mustered out November 24, 1865. First Lieutenant, Clarendon A. Stone, resigned June 18, 1862, and he was succeeded by Julian E. Bryant, who was promoted in a Missouri regiment, June 22, 1863.

The Colonels of this regiment in the order named were: Col. Hovey, promoted to Brigadier; Col. Charles E. Lippincott, and Col. I. H. Elliott.

The Lieutenant-Colonels were: W. R. Lockwood, Charles E. Lippincott, E. R. Roe, Leander H. Potter, Isaac H. Elliott, Henry H. Pope. The Majors were: Edward R. Roe, Leander H. Potter, Isaac H. Elliott, Henry H Pope, Elijah H. Gray.

Company E was a Bureau Company, and was officered as follows: Isaac H. Elliott, Lyman M. Pratt, W. H. Bryan, Captains; Clarendon A. Stone, Julian E. Bryant, Edward Marsh, W. H. Bryan, Harrison Dwire, First Lieutenants; and Julian E. Bryant, Lyman M. Pratt, William H. Bryan, Albert Kauffman, Second Lieutenants.

George G. Foster was killed at Black River Bridge; Lyman Pratt was promoted from Sergeant to Second Lieutenant; Edward Marsh from Sergeant to First Lieutenant; Corp. Quimby Loverin, discharged for disability, March 15, 1863; Sergt. Edward A. Bird, killed at Vicksburg, May 22, 1863; Charles Moore, drowned in Mississippi, September, 1861; Daniel Bunnell, died in Jacksonport, Ark., June 28, 1862; James H. Davis, killed at Vicksburg, May 22; Daniel H Graves, killed at Vicksburg; Charles Green, died in Ironton, October 23, 1861; Corp. Albert Kauffman, wounded seven times at Big River Bridge, Mo.; Thomas J. Royce, killed at Vicksburg; Elijah L. Dexter, promoted to Quartermaster-Sergeant; David H. Smith, died in Quincy, August 5, 1864; Calvin E. Winship, died August 28, 1862;. William N. West, died June 28, 1864.

The Thirty-third Regiment was organized at Camp Butler, September, 1861. September 20, moved to Ironton; remained here during the winter, occasionally scouting. They were in the Frederickstown fight. March, 1862, moved in Steel's command into Arkansas, and joined Curtis' army, and thence to Helena. In the battle of Cache my, many skirmishes; in the battle of Cot- ton Plant, where the regiment sustained charge of 2,000 Texan Bangers; then made a winter campaign in southern Missouri; the regiment then went to St. Genevieve, Mo. , and thence to Millikin's Bend, La., and participated in battles Port Gibson, Champion Hills, Black River Bridge, siege of Vicksburg and siege of Jackson.

In August went to New Orleans, and engaged in Bayou Teche Campaign; returned in the fall to New Orleans; ordered then to Brownsville, Tex. ; went to Matagorda, Indianola, and Port Lavaca.

May 17, 1864, ordered to Brashear City, La., and along. the line of road doing guard duty. September 17, the non-veterans started home via New York City, in charge of Eebel prisoners, and these returning soldiers were mustered out October 11, 1864, at Camp Butler. The veteran portion of the regiment were ordered to join the Sixteenth Army Corps, near Boutte Station, and on the way to destination the train was thrown from the track and nine men killed and seventy wounded. March 18, embarked on Lake Pontchartrain, for the Mobile1 expedition. Company K remained behind to guard transportation. The company joined the regiment April 11, at Blakeley. The command marched with Gen. Canby's army corps up the east side of Mobile Bay. The regiment was under Brig. -Gen. McArthur and Gen. A. J. Smith. March 27, arrived in front of Spanish Fort, and actively engaged until its capture, April 8, with the loss of one killed, two died of wounds, and nine wounded. After the surrender of Mobile, went to Montgomery, Ala., arriving April 25, and camped on Alabama River, and here received the news of Lee's and Johnston's surrender, and with this news came the end of hostile duty of this command. April 14 moved to Vicksburg. where they remained until November 24, 1865, when the men were mustered out, and ordered to Camp Butler.

Forty-seventh Regiment had Companies A, D and H from Bureau County. Royal Olmstead, of Wheatland, became Major of this regiment May 19, 1865; was mustered out January 21, 1866. Royal Olmstead was Second Lieutenant of Company D, December 6, 1862, beiag promoted from Sergeant. When the regiment was re-organized he was transferred to Company A, of which he became the Captain October 11, 1864. Thomas Gordon,of Wheatland, August 25, 1861, was Captain of Company H; he died October 27, 1862. The following are the fatalities among the privates: Newell Ford, Milo, killed at Corinth, October 3, 1862; Harrison N. Hodges, Milo, died at Clear Creek, July 7, 1863; George Trimmer, Wheatland, died of wounds October 26, 1862; Charles A. Martin, Milo, died at Alexandria, March 21, 1864; Uriah Wadman, Tiskilwa, died at Vicksburg, July 21, 1863; Robert Bennett, Milo, died at Black River, Miss., September 28, 1863; A. J. Sylvester, Milo, died in Bureau County, August 20, 1863; A. C. Thompson, Tiskilwa, died at Memphis, January 17, 1863; Edward Burkett, Walnut, died in Mound City, August 8, 1865; Alexander Tinney, Leepertown, died at Selma, December 17, 1865; Charles Sterling, Milo, died at Selma October 2, 1865; John H. Teeter, Milo, died at Camp Butler, March 31, 1865.

In February, 1862, the regiment joined Pope's command, New Madrid Campaign, and moved toward Corinth. May 9 engaged at Farrington; on 28th at Corinth; on 29th pursued enemy to Boons vi lie, Miss. In the battle of luka, October 3 and 4; battle of Corinth, thirty killed, one hundred wounded.

Pursued Price and Van Dora's army to Kipley, Miss. In Grant's Mississippi expedition with the Fifteenth Army Corps under Gen. Sherman, and participated in the capture of Jackson, Miss. In the charge on Vicksburg, where twelve men were killed and a number wounded. March 14, 1864, were present at the capture of Fort De Eussey, La. In battle of Pleasant Hill, April 9. June 5, engagement with Marmaduke's forces; had eleven men killed. Regiment went to Memphis, and with Gen. A. J. Smith to Tupelo.

The veterans under Lieuts. Bonham and Eoyal Olmstead went on the While Kiver expedition, and then through Missouri after Price. November 4, 1864, arrived at St. Louis, and on the 28th at Camp Butler.

Fifty -second Regiment. - Company B of this regiment was of this county, and of the field and line officers were the following: Edwin A. Bowen, Lamoille, Colonel, February 20, 1864, but never mustered as such; was mustered out as Lieutenant-Colonel October 24, 1864; he was made Lieutenant- Colonel March 11, 1863, and was made Major May 10, 1862; was Captain of Company B October 8, 1861. The other Captains of this company were David D. Bailey, May 10, 1862, term expired May 24, 1864, and Dewitt C. Smith, October 24, 1864, mustered out July 6, 1865. The First Lieutenants were Solomon L. Koth, Lamoille, October 8, 1861, resigned August 13, 1863; Charles H. Fish, Dover, August 13, term expired October 29, 1864, and Moses Carman, Lamoille, October 25, 1864, mustered out July 6, 1865. Bailey, Carman and Smith were promoted from Sergeants. Second Lieutenants: George W. Graves, Lamoille, October 8, 1861, resigned May 29, 1862; Charles H. Fiuh, Dover, May 29, 1862, promoted from Corporal; Dewitt C. Smith, August 13, 1863, and Charles D. Tewksburry, July 5, 1865, never mustered as Lieutenant.

The regiment was organized at Geneva, 111., November, 1861, Col. J. E. Wilson, and on the 19th moved out 925 strong. Regiment went to St. Joseph, Mo., Cairo, Fort Donelson; was in the battle of Shiloh, losing here 170 killed, wounded and missing; in the siege and battle of Corinth, where were seventy killed and wounded; went to Hamburg, Tenn.,and luka; were in the Sixteenth Army Corps; three- fourths of this regiment re- enlisted, came home on a furlough, returned to Tennessee and were in the Atlanta campaign, and were actively engaged in all the battles and sieges of the Sixteenth Army Corps. The regiment marched in Gen. Corse's division to Savannah. Then in the Carolina campaigns at the battle of Bentonville, and passed on to Raleigh and Morrison vi lie. Returned via Richmond and Alexander, and was in the grand review at Washington City; then to Louisville, Ky., and mustered out, July 12, 1865.

Fifty -seventh Regiment. - As already said, this was really a Bureau regiment, though not exclusively so, and in naming its officers and men, only those from this county are mentioned. After its troubles at Alton were settled, the majority of the men went to Springfield, thence to Chicago, and eventually it became the Fifty-seventh Regiment. July 1, 1865, F. A. Battey, now of Chicago, was the Colonel in command. Only a lad, he entered the service and regiment as a private from Mineral, and passing up through each successive grade won his eagles by merit of service, unaided by political influences. N. B. Page, of Company B, was the first Major of the regiment. He was killed at the battle of

Shiloh, April 6, 1862. July 1, 1865, Charles Battray, of Princeton, was promoted from Major to Lieutenant-Colonel. September 26, 1862, Nathan Linton, of Arlington, was mustered in as Quartermaster of this regiment. Hie term expired and he mustered out October 5, 1864 December 26, 1861, Dr. James B. Zearing, of Dover, was Surgeon. He was mustered out July 7, 1865. Dr. George W. Crossley, of Princeton, was Assistant Surgeon. He mustered out by reason of expiration of term of service, March 26, 1865. N. G. Collins, of Maiden, was Chaplain of the regiment during most of its service. Linas Vansteenburg, of Company B, became Captain July 16, 1862, and his term expired and he mustered out October 16, 1864, having been promoted from Sergeant. He succeeded Alfred H. Manzer, who mustered in as Captain of this company December 26, 1861, and resigned July 14, 1862. Nathan Linton, of Arlington, mustered in as First Lieutenant of this company, December 26, 1861, and subsequently transferred to Quartermaster. George N. Barr, of Princeton, was promoted from Sergeant to First Lieutenant September 26, 1862, then to Captain December 17, 1864. George B. Shurtz, of "Westfield, became First Lieutenant October 16, 1864; served till end of the war, having been promoted from Sergeant. John T. Larkin, of Arlington, was Second Lieutenant from December 26, 1861, till March 26, 1865, when he mustered out by reason of expiration of term. James N. Hoskins, of Selby, was Second Lieutenant from July 8, 1865, till mustered out; promoted from the ranks. F. A. Battey mustered as Captain December 26, 1861, succeeded to the command of the regiment in October, 1864, and George W. Wells succeeded him in command of Company F, and was mustered as Captain May 31, 1865. Joseph W. Harris, of Milo, was First Lieutenant from December 26, 1861, till the muster out of the regiment. The Second Lieutenants of this company were Joseph T. Cook, Tiskilwa, from December 26, 1861, resigned June 17, 1862, by reason of sickness; Andrew Anderson, Wheatland, from June 17, 1862, resigned November 6, 1864, and C. C. Phillips, Tiskilwa; the two latter promoted from Sergeants. In Company H, Josiah Bobbins, Jr., was the first Captain. He resigned September 29,

1864, and was succeeded by Capt. William Gale, who was mustered out July 7, 1865. John H. Weirick, of Manlius, was First Lieutenant from September 29, 1862, to muster out January 4, 1864, having been promoted from Sergeant to Second Lieutenant. William Gale, of Princeton, served as Second Lieutenant of Company H, from September 29, 1862, till promoted to Captain, having corne up from the ranks. Charles Battray, Princeton, served as Captain of Company I from September 2, 1862, until promoted to Major. Augustus C. Barry, of Wyanet, the first Captain of Company K, resigned June 20, 1862, and was succeeded by Harlan Page, from First Lieutenant, also of Wyanet, who served as Captain till time expired December 31, 1864. He was mustered in as First Lieutenant, December 26, 1861. Edward Gallagher, of Walnut, succeeded Page as Captain, to date from April 30, 1865, promoted from Sergeant. William C. Allen, of Centre, became First Lieutenant April 11, 1865, promoted from Sergeant. The Second Lieutenants of this company were William Brewer, Walnut, mustered in December 26, 1861, resigned October 29, 1862; Jacob S. Carper, Macon, mflstered in December 16, 1862, resigned; W. Evans, Greenville, to take rank from July 8, made to positions outside of the regiment: George L. Searle, Tiskilwa, from First Sergeant, in Company F. to Captain of a company in Colored Pioneer Corps; Frank Jameson, Sergeant in Company F, to Captain in a colored regiment; Henry M. Ferrell, Sergeant in Company F, to First Lieutenant of a company in Colored Pioneer Corps; Marshall Battey, Mineral, promoted from Corporal, in Company F, to First Lieutenant, then to Captain, in the One Hundred and Eleventh Regiment, United States Colored Infantry, and Marshall Eustis, of Buda, from Company K, to Captain in the One Hundred and Eleventh Eegiment, United States Colored Infantry.

The following furnishes as nearly a complete and accurate list of killed and died of the enlisted men while in the service from the Bureau County portion of the regiment as can be from the data at our command. Company A - John Taylor, Princeton, died June 2, 1862. Company B - George Stephenson, Corporal, Lamoille, accidentally killed June 7, 1862; William Morgan, Berlin, died at Peoria, 111., of wounds, April 26, 1862; Harrison Wood, Maiden, died of wounds received at Shiloh; James Farley, Arlington, killed at Shiloh, April 6, 1862; Edward F. Hovey, Maiden, died at Savannah, Tenn., April 10, 1862; John Hageno, Dover, died at Evansville of wounds, April 16, 1862; Zebulon Shifflet, Maiden, died at Maiden, 111., November 14, 1862; Thomas Whittle, Dover, died at Paducah, Ky., March 18, 1862; John Vanlaw, Arlington, drowned in Oostenaula Eiver, June 10, 1864; John W. Weeks, Lamoille, killed at Shiloh, April 6,

John Garvin, died October 30, 1864. Company D - Adolph Johnson, Princeton, killed at Shiloh, April 6, 1862; John Leind, Berlin, died at Hamburg, Tenn., May 13, 1862.

Company F - Michael Harris, died at Corinth, July 24, 1862; George W. Brace, died at Corinth, July 6, 1862; George B. Earl, killed at Shiloh, April 6, 1862; Joseph Manning, killed at Shiloh, April 6, 1862; William H. Phillips, died at Quincy, 111., May 17, 1862; Joseph W. Carey, died at Quincy, 111., May 27, 1862; George W. Scoughton, died at Corinth, June 21, 1862; Aurice W. Vennum, died July - , 1864; George H. Wilcox, died January 6, 1865; Zimri Eich, died September 10, 1864; Andrew Anderson, died at Corinth, Miss. ; John Eich, died at Wheatland, 111.; George M. Tyner, First- Sergeant, killed by cars on Memphis & Charleston Eailroad in 1862. Company H - Amos Van Velsor, Corporal, Princeton, died at Monterey, Tenn., May 25, 1862; Henry H. Boyd, Princeton, died April 6, 1862, at Jeffersonville; Joseph E. Chapler, Princeton, died at home, July 6, 1862; John Frankeberger, Centre, died at Wyanet, 111., September 14, 1864; Bobert W. Harkins, Princeton, died at Corinth, November 1, 1862; Albert E. Ehodes, Indiantown, died March 30, 1864, at Athens, Ala. ; John W. Veitch, Indiantown, died at Nashville, Tenn., February 1, 1865; John F. Powers, killed by cars on his way home. Company K - Ebon F. Emory, Corporal, Macon, died at Buda, 111., of wounds, May 19, 1862; David A. Allen, Center, died at home, June 1,1862; William L. Giffing, Centre, killed at Shiloh, April 6, 1862; John Howson, Macon, died at Keokuk, Iowa, August 14, 1862; Thomas McCoy, Walnut, killed at Shiloh, April 6, 1862; William Oakes, Concord, killed at Shiloh, April 6, 1862; Lafayette Oakes, Concord, died at Quincy, 111., May 17, 1862; Daniel Shehan, Centre, drowned at Fort Henry, Tenn., May 7, 1862; Isaac C. Seek, Centre, killed at Shiloh, April 6, 1862; i William A. Zink, Concord, killed at Shiloh,

The Bureau County portion of the Fifty - - seventh Regiment, during the recruiting, was encamped at the fair ground, just northwest of Princeton, which was known as Camp Bureau. This period included the months of September and October. 1861. After it reached Chicago from Springfield it took quarters in Camp Douglas in the south part of the city, where it was organized by consolidation with other companies from other portions of the State, and mustered into the service December 26, 1861. The regiment was then put under discipline, and drilled until Februarys, 1862, when it departed over the Illinois Central Railroad under orders for Cairo, thence by steamer "Minnehaha," to Fort Henry; thence, without disembarking, to Fort Donelson, where its first experience of field service was had, participating in the capture of that stronghold by Gen. Grant; thence by boat up the Tennessee River to Pittsburg Landing, where it took an active part in the battle of Shiloh, April 6 and 7, sustaining a loss of nearly 200 in killed, wounded and missing. Among the killed was its Major, N. B. Page. It participated in the siege of Corinth, during May, 1862; in the battle of Corinth, October 3 and 4, 1862, where it again met with heavy loss. It operated in and about Corinth, on marches, scouts and in skirmishes, until the fall of 1863, when, as a part of Gen. Sherman's command, it moved to Lynnville, Tenn. , where it veteranized in the winter of 1864, and returned home on veteran furlough of thirty days. Returning South, it was for a short time stationed at Athens, Ala., thence marching to Chattanooga, Tenn., participating in the Atlanta campaign, taking part in the battles of

Resaea, Rome Cross Roads and Allatoona Pass, and meeting with considerable loss at the latter place. The Regiment returned to Rome, Ga., excepting Company F, and a detachment of Company D, which, under command of Capt.Battey,were sent to Chattanooga with 200 prisoners captured at Allatoona. On its way back this command was taken prisoner at Dalton, Ga., together with the garrison (a regiment of colored troops), having tendered their services to Col. Johnson, commandant of the place, to assist in its defense against an attack of the Rebel Gen. Cheatham, of Hood's army. Being paroled in a couple of days, and after being stationed at Chattanooga, in charge of the district of Ettowah prison for a short period they joined the regiment at Rome.

November 10, 1864, the regiment left Rome, Ga. , with Gen. Sherman on his march to the sea. En route it assisted in the destruction of the Georgia Central Railroad, tearing up and burning the ties and bending the rails for many miles. December 10 it assisted in driving in the pickets of the enemy about Savannah, and investing the city. Here they were upon one- fourth rations for three or four days - until the capture of Fort McAllister, and communication with the fleet was opened - subsisting on rice pounded from the straw found in shock in the field. With Sherman's army they moved north through theCarolinas,fordingswollenstreams, building corduroy roads for miles through swamps almost impassable, foraging on the country for food, and, withal, most of the time, living on the "fat (hog fat) of the land." At Columbia, S. C., they assisted in the capture of the place from the possession of the Rebel Gen. Wade Hampton, and wit nessed the destruction of the city, by burning, the night following. Here it helped to destroy miles of the Memphis & Charleston

Railroad; took part in the battle of Bentonville, near Goldsboro, N. C. ; was present in front of Raleigh at the surrender of the Rebel Gen. Joe E. Johnson's army, the last of April, 1865. Marching north, it passed through Petersburg, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Alexandria, Va., and took part in the grand review at Washington, D. C., May 24, 1865, before President Andrew Johnson, Gens. U. S. Grant and Sherman. Leaving Washington June 3, the regiment moved by railroad to Parkersburg, Va. , thence by boat to Louisville, Ky. , where it mustered out July 7, 1865, but retained its organization until it reached Chicago, July 14, when it received final pay and was disbanded at Camp Douglas - its point of first departure for the field - after three years and five months' active service.

The following summary furnished by Col. F. A. Battey and not appearing in the foregoing, will be of interest to old members of the regiment and their friends:

When the Fifty-seventh Regiment left Chicago for active service, it had in its ranks about 975 men, officered as follows: S. D. Baldwin, Colonel; F. J. Hurlbut, Lieutenant-Colonel; N. B. Page, Major; N. E. Hahn, Adjutant; Edward Hamilton, Quartermaster; J. R. Zearing, Surgeon; H. S. Blood, First Assistant Surgeon. The office of Chaplain was really vacant, although Elder Barry, of "Wyanet, was with the regiment ostensibly to fill that position. Company A: John Phillips, Captain; J. N. Schilling, First Lieutenant; W. F. Conkey, Second Lieutenant. Company B: Alfred H. Manzer, Captain; Nathan Linton, First Lieutenant; John T. Larkin, Second Lieutenant. Company C: W. S. Swan, Captain; R. B. Morse, First Lieutenant; M. S. Lord, Second Lieutenant. Company D: Eric Forsee, Captain; Eric Johnson, First Lieutenant; Eric Bergland, Second Lieutenant. Company E: R. D. Adams, Captain; B. D. Salter, First Lieutenant; A. S. Otis, Second Lieutenant. Company F: F. A. Battey, Captain; J. W. Harris, First Lieutenant; J. T. Cook, Second Lieutenant. Company G: G. A. Busse, Captain; Fritz Busse, First Lieutenant; C. W. Roseuthal, Second Lieutenant. Company H: Josiah Bobbins, Jr., Captain; Nelson

Flamburg, First Lieutenant; George Welch, Second Lieutenant. Company I: B. H. Chadbourne, Captain; T. M. Doggett, First Lieutenant; W. S. Hendricks, Second Lieutenant. Company K: A. C.Barry, Captain: Harlan Page. First Lieutenant; William Brewer, Second Lieutenant. Some changes had taken place in two or three of the companies of the Bureau County portion between the time of entering camp at Princeton in September, and muiter in at Chicago the last of December. N. B. Page was first elected Captain of his Company B, but was promoted to Major. O. W. Batley had been elected Captain of Company F, but preferring the Quartermaster's position took charge as such of the Fifty-sixth or Bureau County portion, after arriving in Chicago, but upon consolidation with the Fifty-seventh the office of Quartermaster waa filled from that portion of the regiment. At Fort Donelson the regiment was assigned to the Third Brigade, Col. John M. Thayer, Third Division, Gen. Lew Wallace. From Ft. Donelson it marched across the country to Ft. Henry. From there it went by transport up the Tennessee River to Crump's Landing. The boat carrying it was one of 122 transports all loaded with troops, constituting the Army of the Tennessee, the fleet forming one of the grandest sights of the war.

From Crump's Landing the regiment went to Pittsburgh Landing, where it became a part of Sweeny's Third Brigade, Gen. S. F. Smith's Second Division, Army of the Tennessee. By reason of the illness of Gen. Smith, Gen. W. H. L. Wallace, who was killed at the battle of Shiloh, commanded the division at that battle until his death. Col. Sweeny having been wounded, the command of the brigade on the second day of the fight devolved on Col. Baldwin. After Wallace's death the division was commanded by Col. Tuttle, of the Seventh Iowa. Gen. T. A. Davies was afterward assigned to the command of the division. Subsequent to the battle of Corinth, October 3 and 4, 1862, Col. M. M. Bane, of the Fiftieth Illinois, who was wounded at the battle of Shiloh, having returned, assumed command of the Brigade. In the early part of 1863 Col. Baldwin was dismissed from the service, and the command of the regiment fell to Lieut. -Col. F. J. Hurlbut. During its stay at Corinth the brigade and division became a part of the left wing of the Sixteenth Army Corps, under Gen. G. M. Dodge, commanding the district of Corinth. Under these designations of command it served until after the conclusion of the siege of Atlanta, Ga., Gen. T. W. Sweeny having commanded the division during the Atlanta campaign.

While the brigade was at Rome, Ga., in 1864, Col. Bane having resigned, Gen. Vandever was assigned to its command. He was relieved in August by Col. Rowett, of the Seventh Illinois Infantry. In the reorganization of the army, after the fall of Atlanta, the left wing of the Sixteenth Army Corps was consolidated with the Fifteenth Army Corps under the latter number, commanded by Gen. John A. Logan; the Second Division became a part of the

Fourth Division, under Gen. John M. Corse. The regiment participated in the battle of Allatoona as a member of the Third Brigade, Col. Rowett, Fourth Division, Gen. Corse, Fifteenth Army Corps, Gen. John A. Logan. Col. Rowett having been wounded at that battle, the command of the brigade devolved upon Lieut.-Col. Hurlburt, and that of the regiment upon Maj. Forsee, who soon after resigned, whereupon Capt. Page assumed command until the return of Capt. Battey from prisoner of war, when he assumed command of the regiment by seniority. On Sherman's march to the sea the Fifteenth Army Corps formed a portion of the right wing of the army, under the command of Gen. O. O. Howard. At Savannah, Ga., Company C, not having veteranized with the rest of the regiment, was mustered out by reason of expiration of term of service, and returned home. About 125 enlisted and drafted men and substitutes out of 250 previously assigned arrived, and were distributed among the different companies. Upon arrival at Goldsboro, N. C., Col. Hurlbut went north on leave of absence, and while in Chicago was accidentally drowned in the Chicago River, Lieut.-Col. Hanna, of the Fiftieth Illinois Infantry, commanding the brigade until the return of Col. Rowett at Raleigh, N. C. The Fifty-seventh remained a portion of the Third Brigade, Fourth Division, Fifteenth Army Corps, until its final muster out of the service.

The Sixty-fourth Regiment. - Companies B and E were a portion of this command from this county. Judge George W. Stipp took the company to the command, and he was promoted to Major August 8, 1862; resigned November 19, 1862. Samuel T. Thomson became Major June 3, 1863; mustered out November 1, 1864. Aaron E. May was Quartermaster-Sergeant November 1, 1861; promoted to Adjutant, January 12, 1862; resigned June 28, 1862. Noble Holton, First Assistant Surgeon, April 22, 1862 ; resigned April 12, 1863. Charles Cain, Chaplain, December 10, 1861, not mustered, and John J. Long became Chaplain November 1, 1861. He had been promoted to Sergeant- Major, then to Commissary-Sergeant. The -Captains of Company B were George "W. Stipp, September 27, 1861, promoted; Samuel T. Thomson, August 8, 1862, promoted; Robert R. Gibons, June 3, 1863, mustered out November 14, 1864, and John Hack, June 22, 1865, mustered out July 11, 1865. First Lieutenants: Samuel T. Thomson, K.

R. Gibons, George W. Bell, George W. Robbins, John Hack and Henry V. Hindman; John Bouker promoted First Lieutenant, - Company A. Second Lieutenants: Robert R. Gibons, September 7, 1861, promoted; ' George W. Bell, August 8, 1862, promoted; George W. Robbins, June 3, 1863, promoted; j Henry V. Hindman, July 21, 1864, promoted; Edward Fomard, July 11, 1865. In Company E George Borgis, Princeton, was Second Lieutenant, October, 4, 1862, and promoted to First Lieutenant February 19, 1864. The fatalities were Jacob W. Funderburg, Princeton, died July 22, 1862; Peru Archer, Dover, died at Corinth, November 18, 1862; Fred W. Bacon, killed in skirmish, October 17, 1863; Ansel Brown, died May 31, 1862, of wounds; Osley A. Boream, Princeton, died in Andersonville prison, July 7, 1864; David Flick, Dover, died at Glendale, Miss., July 2, 1863; John Flory, Selby, killed at j Corinth, October 4, 1862; Thomas C. Hari mell, Leepertown, died at Quincy, January ! 19, 1862; George Langley, Walnut, died of i wounds, October 2, 1862; William Wooten, ! Walnut, killed at Corinth, October 4, 1862; John Robinson, Princeton, killed in battle, July 22, 1864; William Rosecrans, died of wounds, July 22, 1864; Wesley Ary, Dover, killed at Corinth, October 4, 1862; Frank Bard, Walnut, died at Clear Creek, Miss., July 29, 1862; Ernest J. B. Colesburg, Princeton, died at Rome, Ga., July 17, 1864; John Newell, Greenville, died at Clear Creek, August 10, 1862; Sidney Saulsbury, Princeton, died at Glendale, Miss., September 22, 1863, of wounds; John W. Walters, Dover, died at St. Louis, November, 13, 1862; Vol- : ney Wallace, Bureau, died at Glendale, August 31; 1863, Alexander Young, Wheatland, died at Mound City, September 28, 1864; Truman R. Moon, killed at Bentonville, N. C., March 21, 1865.

The regiment was organized in December, 1861, at Camp Butler. At first it consisted of four companies of Yates' Sharpshooters, and afterward Company B and a part of Company E, of Bureau County, was added. It then went to Quincy, and entered active service in February, 1862. The regiment participated in the battle of New Madrid, and in Pope's Fort Pillow expedition, and at Chambers Creek, Corinth, Resaca, Dallas, New Hope Church, Kennesaw Mountain, Chat - tahoochee, Nances Creek, Decatur, siege of Atlanta, Snake Creek Gap and Cedartown. November 16, 1864, started on the "march to the sea;" engaged in many skirmishes on the route; in the Bentonville tight, April 30, 1865; left Raleigh and marched to Washington; mustered out July 11, 1865. The command was noted for its gallantry at Corinth, losing seventy killed and wounded; at Kennesaw Mountain lost fifty-seven, and twenty-five killed at Dallas, and at Decatur fifteen killed and sixty-seven wounded. At Bentonville it captured a lot of prisoners, horses, etc., and Gen. Johnson's headquarters, losing thirteen killed and wounded here. It served in Pope's, Bosecrans', and Sherman's campaigns in Missouri, Tennessee, and Mississippi.

Sixty-sixth Regiment. - Forty-six men from Sheffield were in Company C, of this regiment, and quite a large number of men from this county were scattered among the various companies. William Wilson, Sheffield, was Adjutant, April 30, 1862, served until his termed expired. Fitz Hugh Reed, Sheffield, was Quartermaster, December 22, 1864. Second Lieutenant Company C was George W. Green, Sheffield, July 4, 1865. First Lieutenant Company F was W. H. Saunders, Sheffield, November 26, 1862. Fitz Hugh Beed was promoted from Commissary Sergeant, and Saunders was promoted from Company C. The first engagement was at Sit. Zion, December 28, 1861, under Col. Birge, and in the battles of Fort DoneJson, Shiloh, siege and battle of Corinth and in many heavy marches and skirmishes.

Sixty-ninth Regiment. - A ninety days regiment. Abram Lash, Jr., was Captain Company A, David Robinson, Jr., First Lieutenant, and Edward R. Virden Second Lieutenant. The regiment was mustered in June 14, 1862, and out September, 1862. No service in the field.

The Ninety-third Regiment was mustered at Chicago, October 13, 1862, with 998 on the rolls. The field-officers were: Holden Putnam, of Freeport, Colonel; Nicholas C. Buswell, of Neponset, Lieutenant- Colonel; James M. Fisher, of Princeton, Major. Six of the companies were from Bureau County, viz.: Capt. Hopkins', from Maiden; Capt. Brown's, from Wyanet; Capt. Wilkinson's, from Tiskilwa; Capt. Russell's, from Neponset; Capt. E. Fisher's, from Princeton and Wyanet; Capt. Lloyd's, from Lamoille. The regiment first saw service in northern Mississippi, then on the Yazoo Pass expedition, and at Raymond, where they had their first battle. Following these came Champion Hill, where Capt. Lloyd was killed, the siege of Vicksburg, Mission Ridge (where Col. Putnam was killed), Allatoona Pass, the march to the sea, the march through the Carolinas to the review at Washington, and the muster out June 23, 1865.

Col. Nicholas C. Buswell succeeded Col. Holden in command of the regiment. EL M. Trimble was Adjutant when it was mustered out. Edward S. Johnson was first Quartermaster; resigned August 29, 1864. Samuel Dorr became Quartermaster. Dr. Samuel A. Hopkins resigned as Surgeon December 21, 1864, when Dr. Charles A. Griswold became Surgeon. Thomas H. Hagarty was Chaplain; resigned 1863, and Lewis S. Ashbaugh succeeded as Chaplain. He was promoted from Captain of Company A. John W. Hopkins and James W. Lee were Captains of Company B, and David Deselms, Le Boy S. Hopkins, James W. Lee and Allen Ogan were First Lieutenants. James W. Lee, Second Lieutenant. In Company C, William J. Brown, Captain, and William Youngson, Milton Corss and William L. Garwood, First Lieutenants. Thomas J. Lockwood, Second Lieutenant. Company E, Orrin Wilkinson, Captain; Lyman J. Wilkinson, William C. Kinney, First Lieutenants. Company H, John A. Eussell and Ruf us H.Ford, Captains, and Samuel Dorr, Eufus H. Ford, Cyrus H. Abbott, First Lieutenants. G. C. Lowrey, Second Lieutenant. Company I, Ellis Fisher, Mills C. Clark, Jacob S, Kinnan, Captains. Elijah Sapp, Jacob S. Kinnan, Thompson M. Wylie, First Lieutenants, and Mills C. Clark, Ezekiel G. Neff, Phineas T. Richardson, Second Lieutenants. Company K, David Lloyd, Clark Gray, Captains. Clark Gray Harrison J. Davis, First Lieutenants. H. J. Davis, Second Lieutenant.

Of Company B, Sergeant John Reinhold was killed at Mission Ridge, November 25, 1863; Richard T. Short, died of wounds May 16, 1863; Robert Emmerson, died October 22, 1862; Oscar Webb, killed atAllatoona, October 5, 1864; William R. Bates, killed at Allatoona; Samuel Crepps, killed at Mission Ridge, November 25, 1863; Richard H. F. Cook, died at Memphis, June 3, 1863; Austin L. Durby, killed at Champion Hills, May, 16, 1863; Erastus Duglas, died December 20, 1863, of wounds; Delos Darling, died at Andersonville, January 15, 1864; George Freeze, killed at Allatoona, October 5, 1864; Jacob Gesner, died at Memphis, January 13, 1863; Henry M. Gesner, died at Quincy, August 23, 1863; Louis B. Gesner, was taken prisoner; Samuel Gordon, killed at Champion Hills, May 16, 1863; James Gormby, died March 23, 1863; James Archibald, killed at Allatoona; Aaron Reiser, died at Memphis, March 4, 1863; Thomas D. Kendle, died of wounds, May 16, 1863; John D. Kirkpatrick, killed at Mission Ridge; Benjamin Keiser, died of wounds, October 17, 1864; Louis Listner, died at Richmond, Va., April 10, 1864; Thomas B. Mason, died at Andersonville, May 3, 1864; John B. Martin, killed at Allatoona; James McCrouk, died of wounds, May 20, 1863; John Matson, killed at Chancellorsville; Henry Mohler, died at Chicago, November 7, 1862; William H. Piper, died December 13, 1862; Peter C. Stoner, killed at Champion Hills, May 16, 1863; James M. Smith, killed at Mission Ridge; William A. Thomas, died at Yazoo Pass, April 8, 1863 ; James Wormwood, killed at Champion Hills ; Sergeant Samuel M. Zearing, died of wounds, June 14. 1863.

Of Company C, Sergeant Jacob Hauk, died at Memphis, July 6, 1863; Jeremiah Brown, died at St. Louis, September 4, 1863; John Montgomery, died at Rome, Ga., October 21, 1864, of wounds; T. Talcott Blood, killed at Champion Hills; Conrad Bode, died a prisoner at Belle Isle; John Blake, died at home, October 24, 1863; Charles M. Bryant, killed at Champion Hills; Cyrus A. Black and Alvin B. Church, killed at Allatoona; Paul Colburn, killed at Allatoona; Ansel Dimmick, died at home, December 18, 1864; John H. Fifield, died at Jefferson Barracks, June 25, 1863; Herman Gilbreath, died at Memphis, November 26, 1862; John Jarvis, died July 12, 1863; Thomas Lineweaver, died at Jackson, Tenn.. October 29, 1862; James E. Mason, killed at Allatoona; David R. Murphy, died of wounds, June 19. 1863; John C. Mc- Donald, killed at Allatoona; Thomas H. McMurry, killed at Champion Hills; William

A. Scroope, killed at Champion Hills; James Stanage, died at St. Louis, November 8, 1863; George Stickle, died October 29, 1862; Thomas Shay, died at Memphis, July 18, 1863; Isaac S. Smith, died at Si Louis, April 20, 1863; James Winner, died at Memphis, March 14, 1863; Jacob Wyatt, died at Si Louis, March 19, 1863; Josiah H, Waite, died January 15, 1863; Francis B. Wilcox, killed at Allatoona.

Company E. - Joseph H. Bill, Jr., died of wounds, May 26, 1863; Luther DeMeranville, died at Nashville, March 14, 1865; Daniel Welsh, died at Memphis, February 14, 1863; Edwin Alfred, died at Memphis, April 8, 1863; William T. Brookie, killed at Allatoona; Henry Burch, killed at Mission Kidge; William E. Gulp, killed at Vicksburg; Peter Cavanagh, killed at Allatoona; Elisha P. DeMeranville,- died at Nashville, March 14, 1865; James H. Davis, died at Columbus, Ky., January 19, 1863; Wallack Forbes, died at Memphis, July 28, 1863; M. Lafayette Foos, killed at Champion Hills, also Martin Hitchcock; Julius Hirth, died May 29, 1863, of wounds; Henry Leeper, killed at Mission Eidge; Michael McMahan, died in Andersonville, August 4, 1864; George Eiley, killed at Champion Hills, also William C. Simmons; Michael Shea, killed at Mission Kidge; Alexander Watson, died at Chattanooga; F. M. Walker, died April 12, 1863.

Company H. - Abraham Smith, died of wounds, June 16, 1863; John C. Tompkin, died at Memphis, March 19, 1863; George S. Eobinson, killed at Jackson, May 14, 1863; Michael Baldorf, died at Andersonville, August 3, 1864, number of his grave, 4618; Levi D. Baker, killed at Champion Hills; David Bunnell, died at home, September 13, 1863; Hugh Dunn, died at Memphis, September 8, 1863; Daniel K.

' Dean, died at Mound City, August 26, 1863; James Daly, died at Atlanta, prisoner, December 17, 1863; Thomas Gunning, died at Point Kocks, January 27, 1864; Charles Mc- Daniels, died at Memphis, April 11, 1863; Frederick Peterson, killed at Mission Eidge; Theodore Eiley, killed at Allatoona; Daniel West, died in Tioga County, Penn., September 13, 1863; William Webster, died of wounds, October 14, 1864.

Company I. - Ephraim S. Butler, died at Memphis, March 9. 1863; F. M. Coddington, wounded, mustered out; William Coddington, died at Andersonville, May 18, 1864; Daniel W. Hudnutt, killed at Champion Hills; Samuel Laughlin, died at Memphis, March 9, 1863; Andrew Neighbor, died of wounds, July 11, 1863; Elias Nevis, died at Mission Eidge of wounds, November 25, 1863; Levi Polhamus, died at Millikin's Bend, April 18, 1883; David E. Eeynolds, died at Annapolis, March 15, 1865; William H. Kichards, died at Chattanooga, January 4, 1864, of wounds; Daniel E. Smith, died of wounds, December 5, 1863; John W. Sapp, died at Wyanet, March 1, 1863; George W. Young, died at Keokuk, January 21, 1863 ; Lewis Butterfield, died at Huntsville, April 25, 1864.

Company K. - Charles S. Clapp, killed at Champion Hills; Albert Mason, died of wounds July 29, 1863; August Warner, died of wounds, May 27, 1863: Andrew Anderson, died January 28, 1863; Martin B. Barrell, died of wounds, May 25, 1863; Hubbard Briggs, killed at Allatoona; George E. Conkling, died August 7, 1863; Thomas Craig, died at Andersonville prison, September 30, 1864, number of grave, 10087; Howard

| D. Gibson, died same place, May 27, 1864; James Gibson, captured October 5, 1864, last heard of him in Andersonville; Duncan Gower, killed at Mission Eidge; Jacob Hethrington, died September 9, 1864; Charles E.

Hart, killed at Champion Hills, May 16, 1863; Franklin Hinman, died May 25, 1863; George E. Kennard, died July 10, 1863; Charles Koch, died January 14, 1863; Isaac Martin, killed at Champion Hills; John Nelson, died at Andersonville prison, September 22, 1864; Charles M. Peterson, died February 9, 1863; John Ranzon, died January 21, 1863; Charles W. Sours, killed at Champion Hills; Enos W. Smith, died of wounds, January 2, 1864; Thomas Smith, died of wounds, January 10, 1863; John S. Walguist, killed at Champion Hills; Sylvanus Whitehead, killed in railroad accident, July 3, 1864; Amos K. Wilkinson, killed at Champion Hills; William R. Queen, killed at Allatoona.

One Hundred and Twenty-third Regiment. - Companies E and F were from Bureau County. Alvin Ballou, Princeton, was Second Assistant Surgeon December 9, 1862; promoted Surgeon, March 30, 1864; mustered out June 28, 1865. Captains Company E were Samuel Coblentz, Westfield, September 6, 1862, died November 3, 1862; Norman Comstock, November 30, 1862, resigned May 10, 1863 ; First Lieutenant, Norman Comstock, September 6, 1862. Company F - Calvin B. York, Westfield, Captain, September 6, 1862, resigned September 9, 1863 ; William H. Delany, Westfield, September 29, 1863, mustered out June 28, 1865; First Lieutenants, W. H. Delany, March 4, 1863, promoted; James Biggs, September 29, 1863, mustered out July 28, 1865; Second Lieutenant, James Biggs, September 6, 1862, promoted; Jonathan Jones, Westfield, a Sergeant, killed at Perryville, Ky., October 8, 1862; John A. Skinner, Corporal, Westfield, died March 15, 1863; David Farmer, Wagoner, died October 12, 1863; James Bausman died December 26, 1862; John Morrell died March 20th, 1863; Jonathan Parker killed at Perryville, October 8, 1862; M. D. Pratt died July 13, 1863; James White killed at Hoover's Gap, June 20, 1863; James Davis died February 12, 1865; Andrew J. Mullen died at Woodsonville, Ky. , November 24, 1862; George Cunningham reported dead.

One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Regiment. - A one hundred days regiment. Solomon Z. Both, Lamoille, became Majorl of this regiment, June 7, 1864, and mustered out October 28, 1864; Edward R. Virden, Captain Company A., June 1, 1864, mustered out October, 1864. First Lieutenant, Charles Robinson, Princeton, June 1, 1864 ; Second Lieutenant, James L. Kendall, Princeton, June 1, 1864. Company G, the Captains, Soloman Z. Roth, promoted ; Roderick B. Frary, Lamoille, June 7, 1864, mustered out in October. First Lieutenants, Roderick B. Frary, and Frank L. Angier, Lamoille, June 7, 1864 ; Second Lieutenants, Frank L. Angier, and James E. Chapman, promoted from Sergeant, June 7, 1864, and of Company H. William Fairman was Captain, and Lyford R. Craig, First Lieutenant. James S. Barney died September 11; George R. Lear, July 12; Alexander, Harsh, August 6; F. C. Hasley, July 10; Samuel Patterson, July 9. All these died at Cairo, and Oscar Bartlett died in Sheffield.

One Hundred and Forty -sixth Regiment was one year men. James F. Stevens, Captain Company F; Duncan Campbell. First Lieutenant; George Welsh, Second Lieutenant, and Abraham J. Sparks, Captain Company H; George W. Kolp, First Lieutenant; Samuel Sigler, Second Lieutenant. This regiment was organized at Camp Butler, September 18, 1864, Henry H. Dean, Colonel. Their principal duties were guarding drafted men. Andrew M. Casner died at Danville, 111., March 25, 1865; Henry Rapp died at home October 20, 1864; Abraham Clute died November 11, 1864.

One Hundred and Forty -eighth Regiment was a one year command. Charles J. Peckham, Princeton, Lieutenant-Colonel; Reuben A. Bathurst, Chaplain. Company A - Captains, Charles A. Peckham, promoted; John G. Brady, March 13, 1865; First Lieutenants, John G. Brady, promoted; George M. Martin, March 13, 1865; Second Lieutenants, George M. Martin, promoted; M. Morrison, March 13, 1865. Company E - Alexander Eastlick, Greenville, First Lieutenant; Frederick R. Sells, Second Lieutenant. Company F - Simon Darnell, Second Lieutenant, promoted to First Lieutenant, April 20, 1865. Company K - Captain, J. M. Mills; First Lieutenants, James T. White and Joseph T. Cook; Second-Lieutenant, Laomi J. Bates. Died: John Burk, James M. Newell, Woodhull Scott, Arthur Wright, Jonas P. Hayes, John Beeber, George Bassett, Richard Brewer, Caleb F. Dennis, Darius Ide, Samuel Zaik, John Calvin, Samuel DeMandville, Nehew DeMandville, Almond Fairbanks, George Harrington, James Murray, W. McLean, Daniel Moore, John McErvel, Wilson J. Pickard. This regiment was organized at Camp Butler, February 21, 1865. Was engaged in guard duty principally in Tennessee.

One Hundred and Fifty -first Regiment, also a one year enlistment. Silas Battey, Major, and Daniel S. Aultman, Chaplain. Company F - Sylvester S. Newton, Captain; John E. N. Sparks, First Lieutenant. Company G - William H. Saunders, Sheffield, Captain; William Fairman, First Lieutenant; Daniel CJark, Second Lieutenant. The latter was promoted from the ranks; W. H. Saunders recruited the company and was chosen Captain. Silas Battey entered the service as Captain of Company H, and was promoted Major; First Lieutenants, Austin J. Warder, resigned August 16, 1865; Lyman W. Young, who served until mustered out; Second Lieutenants, Austin W. Herder, and Richard Hobart. Young was promoted from Sergeant, as was Hobart. Died: Vincent C. Frankeberger, Jefferson vi lie, Ind., July 21, 1865; William Faltz, Dalton, Ga., April 9, 1865; Oscar S. Newberry, Nashville, Tenn. , July 21, 1865; Thornton Reed, Dalton, April 1, 1865; William D. Swan, Nashville, April 5; Abram Stone, St. Louis, July 3; Henry Yaunt, Nashville, June 15; John R. Cummings, Columbus, Ga., December 19; John Lacons, Dalton, March 23. This regiment organized at Quincy, February 23, 1865; ordered to Nashville; was in Georgia under Gens. Steadman, Wilson and Judah. It was at the surrender of Gen. Warford with 10,000 men. Maj. Battey was sent to Rome, Ga., to relieve Captain Heir, in com- | mand of the Post; regiment went to Columbus, Ga. The only fighting they participated in was with guerillas.

Ninth Cavalry. - Three years; Lieut. Col. S. Allen Paddock, who died as previously stated. The Majors were William McMannis, September, 23, 1864, mustered out October 31, 1865, and Atherton Clark, May 10, 1865. Captains of Company A were S. Allen Paddock, and William McMannis, the latter promoted Major; First Lieutenants, William McMannis, promoted; Atherton Clark, promoted; Second Lieutenants, William McMannis, and Atherton Clark; the latter promoted from First Sergeant. The dead were Edward Cameron, Indiantown, died at Mem- -phis, March 24, 1864, James C. West, Concord, died at St. Louis, November 15, 1862; Charles B. Paddock, Sergeant, captured at Guntown, and died in prison at Florence, S. C. ; Judson M. Waldo, Walnut, died in Andersonville prison, October 12, 1864; James W. Thompson, Indiantown, died at Camp Butler, before assigned, December 21, 1864. Was organized in Chicago in Novem- ber, 1861; A. G. Bracket, Colonel, went to Pilot Knob and joined Third Brigade, under Gen. Steele. In skirmish at Waddell's Plantation, Mo., lost twelve wounded, one missing; at Stewart's Plantation, lost two killed, and thirty-five wounded; five men died from hardship in the march to Helena; were now in Gen. Steele's army, Third Brigade, Fourth Division. In engagement, November 7, with Texas Bangers, lost twenty men, killed and wounded. Were in fight at Okolona, and Coflfey ville, Miss., November 6 and 7 ; marched to DuvalFs Bluff. Engaged at Caldwell and Grenada; then went to LaGrange, Tenn. ; attacked enemy at Salem, Miss. , and at Wyatt, fighting all day at latter place. In engagements at Salisbury and Moscow, Tenn; went under Grierson and Smith to Mississippi ; defeated the enemy at West Point, July 21, 1864; in engagements at Okolona, and 23d at Ivy; March 16, 1864, regiment mustered as veterans, and returned on furlough to Illinois. April 27, returned to field, under Gen. Sturgis, and in the expedition to Guntown, guarding rear in retreat, where lost five men killed and twenty-three wounded and twelve prisoners. This was out of a command of only 160 men. Were in the engagement July 4, 1864, at Pontiac, and the 14th and 15th at Tupelo, and Old Town Creek, Miss. ; in skirmishes at Abbeville and Oxford. Engaged at Hurricane Creek, where four men were killed and several wounded; heavy marching; met Hood's army at Florence, and hard fighting at Shoal Creek. Engaged in many skirmishes along the river, and were hotly engaged at Campbellsville, [where they fought hand to hand with the enemy after their ammunition was exhausted. Acted a prominent part at Franklin, Tenn. Engaged in Hood's pursuit, and in skirmishes at Brentwood, Franklin, Rutherford Creek, and Ross Farm; went to Eastport and luka; arrived at Gainsville, Ala., August t20, 1865. Mustered out at Selma, October 31, 1865, and sent to Springfield, Ills.

Tenth Cavalry. - Enlisted for three years. William A. Keith, Westfield, Chaplain. Company H - First Lieutenant, William A. Keith, piomoted; Second Lieutenant, W. A. Keith, promoted from Sergeant. There was only a squad of enlisted men from Westfield in this regiment.

Fourteenth Cavalry. - John J. Wilkins, Tiskilwa, Second Assistant Surgeon. Horace Austin was First Assistant Surgeon in the Thirteenth Cavalry.

This is the skeleton of the story of Bureau County in the late contest. It is the county's part, heroically performed, in a long and bloody war, where the most exacting demands of the country were unflinchingly met, and where the consequent hardships, sufferings, horrors and even bloody deaths were braved without a murmur - without hesitation. Five lustrums have come and gone since the first wild cry of war jarred the peaceful air of the country, and it is now twenty years since armed treason struck its flag and surrendered forever its unholy crusade against our common Government. The dream of bad ambition that would dissolve our Government has been put away for at least a century, let us hope, forever.

The effects that have and are yet to come of the war, in all their multiform bearings, cannot now be told in history, because they are continuing and may yet continue for many and many a year. Let us hope that under nature's kindly ministrations the evil effects have passed swiftly away, and that the good may be perpetual.