Christian County, Illinois - Chapter 13: J'atrjotjsm of the Covyti, 1880

Chapter 13: J'atrjotjsm of the Covyti

EFORE entering into detail of the causes and results of the Black Hawk war, we give our readers a brief sketch of the celebrated warrior, who figured so conspicuously in those sanguinary campaigns. Macuta Mahicatah, is the Indian name for Black Hawk. He was born in the Sauk village in the year 17G7, and was an Indian of considerable talent and sagacity, shrewd, and eloquent in council; he, however, deported himself in that demure, grave and formal manner incident to almost all Indians. It is said he possessed a mind of more than ordinary strength, but slow and plodding in its operations. In comparison he could not be classed with the great Indian characters, such as Philip, Brant, Logan, Tecumseh, and such illustrious men. By the portraits of him now extant, the reader of character will readily ob-scrve in his large, high forehead and the lines worn by care in his face, massive jaws and compressed lips, a character indicative of more than ordinary ability. His ambition was to distinguish himself as a great warrior; yet he was merciful to the weak, the women and children. The only road for an Indian tJ distinguish himself and become a great man, is in war. So soon as he kills an enemy he may paint on his blanket a bloody hand, which will entitle him to a seat in the councils, In 1810 and 1811 Black-Hawk and comrades were " nursing their wrath to keep it warm," against the whites. A party of Sacs, by invitation, went to see the prophet at Tippecanoe. They returned more angry against tiie Americans. A party of Winnebagoes had massacred some whites, which excited for murder the Sao band headed by Black- Hawk. A part of his band and some Winnebagoes attacked Fort Madison in 1811, but were repulsed. Black-Hawk headed the Sacs in this attack.

In 1812 emissaries ffora the British arrived at Rock Island with goods, and secured Black-Hawk with five hundred warriors to go with Col. Dixon to Canada. When they reached Green Bay there were assembled there bands of the Ottowas, Pottawatoraies, Wiufiebagoe? ajul Kickapoos, under the command of Col. Dixon. Black-Hawk and band participated in the battles of River Raisin, the Lower Sandusky, and other jilaces, but getting dissatisfied with the hard fighting and small amount of spoils, he, and twenty comrades, left f(jr the Sauk village at Rock Islaijd, where he remained fir many years at peace, with the exception of a small battle on the Quiver River settlemeijt in SJissouri, in the presents limits of St. Charles County, where one white man and an Indian were killed. The principal cau.se of the Indian troubles in '31-'32, better known as the Black-Hawk war, was the iletermination of Black- Hawk and his band to remain in their ancient village, located on Rock River, not for from its junction with the Mississippi. The government having some time previous!}', b_v various treaties, purchased the village aud the whole country from the Sac and Fox tribe of Indians, had some of these lands survcTcd, and in 1828 some of tlie lands in and around the ancient village were sold ; the collision between the two races for the possession of the property produced the first disturbance between the Indians and the government. Seeing that war was iiiovitable the Governor of Illinois made a call on the militia of the State for seven hundred men on the 26th of May, 1831, and appointed Beardstown, on the Illinois river, as the place of rendezvous. The call was responded to with that promptness characteristic of the early pioneers of this State. Their habits of life were such that all were familiar with the rifle. After marching eight days, the mounted militia reached a point a few miles below the Sac village op the ^Mississippi, where they joined the

United States forces under Gen. Gaines, and encamped in the evening. The next morning the forces marched up to an Indian town prepared to give the eneni}' battle ; but in the night the Indian; bad escaped and crossed the Mississippi. This ended Bhiclv-Hawk's bravado and his determination to die iu his ancient vilhige. The number of warriors under his command was estimated at from four to six hundred men. Bhiclc-Hawk and liis band landed on tlie west .side of the Mississippi, a few miles below Rock Island and there camped. " Gen. Gaines sent a peremptory order to him and his that if he and his men did not come to Rock Island and make a treaty of peace, he would niareb his troops and give him battle at once. * * * * In a few days Black-Hawk and the chiefs and head men to the number of twenty-eight, appeared in Fort Armstrong, and on the 30tb of June, 1831, in full council with Gen. Gaines and Govern;jr Ji>hn Reynolds, signed a treaty of peace."

During the winter of '31-'32 rumors were rife that Black-Hawk and his band were dissatisfied, restless, and preparing for mischief A chief of the Winnebago Indians who had a village on Rock river, some thirty miles above its confluence with the Mississippi, joined Black-Hawk, who was located on the west bank of the Father of Waters. The chief had great influence with Black-Hawk and his band. He made them believe that all the tribes on Rock river would join them, and that together they could bid defiance to the whites. By this unwise counsel Black-Hawk resolved to re cross the river, which be did in the winter of 1832. That move proved to be their destruction. Through his influence and zeal Blaek- Hawk encouraged many of the Sacs and Foxes to join him at tlie head of his determined warriors. ' He first assembled them at old Fort Madison on the Mississippi ; subsequent! \% marched them up the river to the Yellow Banks, where he pitched his tent April 6th, 1832. This armed array of savages soon alarmed the settlers, and a general panic spread through the whole frontier, from the Mississippi to Lake Michigan. Many settlers in terror abandoned their homes and farms, and the Governor decided, on the 16th of April, to call out a large number of volunteers to operate in conjunction with Gen. Atkinson, who was in command of the regular forces at Rock Island. The Governor ordered the troops to rendezvous at Beardbtown on the 22d of April.

Among those who enlisted from Christian count}', were Samuel Wvdick, John S. Sinuet, Martin Hanon, Jake Gragg, Jesse Gragg, John Baker. Shadrack J. Campbell was a soldier of the war of 1812, and also was a volunteer in the Black-Hawk war, in the campaign of 1832.

The force marched to the mouth of Rock river, where Gen. Atkinson received the volunteers into the United States service and assumed command. Black-Hawk and his warriors were still up on the Rock river.

The army under Atkinson commenced its march up the river on the 9th of May. Gov. Reynolds, the gallant "Old Ranger," remained with the array, and the President recognized him as a Major-General, and he was paid accordingl)'. His presence did much toward harmonizing and conciliating those jealousies which generally exist between volunteers and regular troops. Major John A. Wakefield and Col. Ewing acted as spies for a time in the campaign of '32, to discover the location of the enemy, if possible. A Mr. Kinney acted as guide for them; he understood the Sac dialect. On the 14th of May, 1832, Major Stillman's command had a sort of running battle with the Indians at or near what is now known as Stillman's Run, a small, sluggish stream ; in the engagement eleven white men and eight Indians were killed. Black-Hawk and his warriors fought with the spirit born of desperation. Black- Hawk says in his book that he tried at Stillman's Run to call back his warriors, as ho thouglit the whites were making a sham retreat in order to draw him into an ambuscade of the whole army under Gen. Whiteside. The hasty retreat and rout of Stillman and his army, was in a measure demoralizing to the entire force ; undoubtedly the cause of the defeat was a lack of discipline. When Gov. Reynolds learned of the disaster of Major Stillman, he at once ordered out two thousand additional voluutiers. With that promptitude characteristic of the old " War Governor," he wrote out by candle-light on ths evening of Stillman's defeat, the order for the additional troops, and by daylight dispatched John Ewing, Robert Blackwell and John A. Wakefield, to distribute the order to the various counties. The volunteers again promptly responded. On the 10th of July the army disbanded for want of provisions. Gen. Scott arrived soon after with a large force at the post of Chicago, to effect if possible a treaty with the Indians. Small d.'taehments of Black-Hawk's warriors would persistently hang on the outskirts of the main body of the army, thieve and plunder, and pounce upon and kill the lonely sentinel or straggling soldier. On the loth of July, the soldiers were reviewed, and those incapable of duty were discharged and returned home. Poquette, a half breed, and a Winnebago chief, the " White Pawnee," were selected for guides to the camp of Black-Hawk and band. Several battles and skirmishes occurred with the enemy, the principal of which was on the banks of the jNIississippi, where the warriors fought with great desperation ; over one hundred and fifty were killed in the engagement and large numbers drowned in attempting to swim the river. After the battle the volunteers were marched to Dixon, where they were discharged. This ended the campaign and the Black-Hawk war. At the battle of the Bad Axe,. Black-Hawk and some of his warriors escaped the Americans, and went up the Wisconsin River, but subsequently surrendered himself Fort Armstrong on Rock Island, was the place appointed where a treaty would be made with the Indians, but before it was efl^ected that dreadful scourge, the cholera of '22, visited not only the regular army, depleting its ranks far more rapidly than the balls of the Indians had done, but it also sought out its many victims in the dusky bands of the Black-Hawk tribe. On the 15th September, 1832, a treaty was made with the Winnebago Indians. They sold out all their lands in Illinois and all south of the Wisconsin River and west of Green Bay, and the government gave them a large district of country west of the Jlississippi and ten thousand dollars a year for seven years, besides providing free schools for their children for twenty years, oxen, agricultural implements, etc., etc.

September 21st, 1832, a treaty was made with the Sac and Fox tribes, on which they ceded to the United States the tract of country out of which a few years afterwards the State of Iowa was formed. In consideration of the above cession of lands, the government gave them an annuity of twenty thousand dollars for thirty years, fortv kegs of tobacco and forty barrels of salt, more gun-smiths, blacksmith shop, etc., etc., six thousand bushels of corn for immediate su])port, mostly intended for the Black-Hawk band.

The treaties above mentioned terminated favorably, and the security resulting therefrom gave a new anil rapid impetus to the development of the state, and now enterprising towns and villages, and beautiful farms adorn the rich and alluvial prairies that before were only desecrated by the wild liauds who inhabited them.

The Mexican War

ments of men as follows: First regiment, commanded by Col. John J. Hardin; Second regiment, commanded by Col. AVilliam II. IJis- .«ell ; Third regiment, comnjanded by Col. Ferris Foinian ; Fmnlh regiment, commanded by Col. Edward D. Baker; Fifth regiment, commanded by Col. James Collins; Sixth regiment, commanded by Col. Edward W. Newby.

As the records have not yet been transcribed from the War Dc- ]]artment at Wasliiiigton, we have had to rely solely on tlie facts furnished by th(jse now living in the county who served in the war.

This county had no regular organization in that war, but had .several volunteers, wlio enlisted in other regiments. A coin]iauy was raised and re]ii)rted by its captain, H. M. Vandevecr, but it was nut acceiited, as tlie comjianies and regiments were all organized. Several of her suns, however, entered the ranks and did good service for their country in heliiing forward the cause in which they W(re enlisted. II. M. Vandevecr became assistant quartermaster, with the rank of captain. He was at the battle of Buena Vista, on Gen. Wool's stafl', and bore Gen. Taylor's famous dispatch, " A little more grajie, Cajit. Biagg." Among those who went to that war from this county (ami some others who are now residents of this county), n}ay be mentioned Dial Davis, John Sanders, and Wesley White, who enlisted in the Fourth regiment, company C, commanded by Capt. Isaac C. Pugh ; George Hurudrtli, enlisted in company A, same regiment; Christoplier C. Holiicr, enlisted in company E, Fourth regiment ; Henry Sanders and J. W. Wise in Capt. Roberts' company; A. P. Miller, enlisted in Ca])t. Hurt's company; others were Reuben Wilkinson, Joseph Wy<li( k, Ibnry Sharp, John Sharj), Fletcher Haines, James C. Clui.-tian, Henry Ferguson, John Craig.

The Wah For The Uniox

The war of the rebellion commenced with the firing on Fort Sumter, in April, 1861 ; and ended with the surrender of Gen. Lee and his army to Gen. Grant, near Richmond, Va., on the 9th of April, 1865. The war over, at once the reduction of the army began. Illinois had in the field 1.56 regiments of infantry; seventeen regiments of cavalry; and two regiments of light artillery. The total aggregate force in the field was, in infantry, 185,941; cavalry, 32,082 ; artillery, 7,277 - making a grand total of 225,300 men. Apprehensions were expressed by many that the disbandment of so many soldiers among the people, fre.sh from the army, and the withdrawal of all military lestraiut and control over them, would be productive of disorder, misrule and crime, to an unpieccdented degree in the country. But time has shown that all such anticipations and fears were groundless ; for with a wonderful rapidity, these vast armies of the Union melted away and returned to their varied peaceful pursuits in civil life; and the "legions that a few years ago, in number, in solidity, discipline and proof, were without antetype in the world's history, may to-day be found in the workshop, at the bench, in the bu.sy marts of trade, in the manufactories, and on the farm ; and their members have manifested to the world, that as citizens at home, they know as well how to re.spect the nations laws, as they know how to vindicate them in the field against armed rebellion or invading furce-s."

At first it was determined to rely upon the spontaneous movement of the people to furnisli the necessary quotas of soldiers by volunteering; but this was found inadequate; and the magnitude of the contest made it necessary to resort to the draft. This was very unpopular and distasteful to the people. Every appliance was made tn evade it. Desertions were not unfrequent. But the strong arm of the Government enforced the measure. The draft was based on the census of 1860. Chri-stian county had a population of 10,475. Several enrollments were made. The first, iu 1863, showed a force of 2,155 persons subject to military duty in this county ; a second enrollment, in 1864, showed 2,512 men. The hitter enrollment was viewed with distrust, and looked upon as excessive, inasmuch as it exhibited a marked increase, when, during the same lime, the county had been depleted of large numbers who had alrtady entered the service. The officers in charge of the duty, acting under instructions, took in all classes, between the ages of 21 and 45 ; the blind, the halt, and the lame, without regard to their manifest unfitness for military duty; thus putting them to unnecessary trouble and expense to be excu.sed. A revised enrollment was demanded and made January 1st, 1865, which reduced the number to 1,532 men.

The first draft was ordered to be made Sept. 19th, 1864, in the several |)recincts in the county, where the quota had not been filled by volunteers. Silas Chadwick and James M. Crabb were among the conscripted from the Taylorville Precinct. Silas Chadwick was killed soon after at the battle of Franklin, Tennessee, and James M Crabb furnished a substitute at a cost of 8500, paid by himself. The county did not come to the relief of those first drafted, but reserved its charity for the benefit of those taken in the second draft, at Jacksonville, under the call of Dec. 19th, 1864. The course adopted was manifest injustice to those first drafted. All drafted men, in the county, should have shared alike in its benefits.

The county court, in sjiecial session, Feb. 20th, 1865, adopted measures looking to the relief of the 257 conscripted men of this county. They ordered a tax of 82.50 on the one hundred dollars' worth of taxable property of the county, and directed a bounty of 8350 to be paid to any volunteer or drafted man until the quota of the county was filled. The bonds were issued in March payable in one year. The war closed, and all recruiting was ordered by the war department to be suspended on April 15th, 1865. But 149 bonds had been issued, aggregating a cost to the county of 852,150, and interest, $5,215. The public mind was restive about the bonds. The county court, at their December term, 1865, appointed H. M. Vaudeveer and Jas. C. Morrison & agents to examine the records, and ascertain the number of men furnished by this county, who w'ould legally be entitled to the war bonds. When Richmond fell on the first of April, 1865, not a bond had gone out of the office of the county clerk. Prominent men of the county urged the withholding of the bonds for a few days, to see the issue of events. But it was not heeded. Those in charge of the matter at Jacksonville managed, in the course of ten days, to throw out 149 war-bonds, and burden the county, at their maturity, with a debt of $57,365. These agents were appointed to probe the matt(r to its bottom. They reported to the court, that " they had made some progress in regard to the number of bonds issued, but they encountered difficulties at Springfield, as Col. Oakes had packed up the papers to send to the war-department, but proffered all the aid he could furnish in the premises." A tax was levied liy the county court, and the bonds paid off at maturity in 186G, without the citizens seemingly feeling it.

A society, under this caption, was organized by the ladies of Taylorville. Its object was to furnish mittens, socks and articles for the hospital, for the use, benefit and comfort of the "sodger-boys gone to the wars," from this portion of the county. Their object was laudable; and it was very natural for a mother's heart to feel for her boy as the cold, bleak days of whiter began to approach. How cold would be his hands as he bore his musket along in the weary marches of the day. They held their meetings frequently, and entered on their work with commendable zeal, and soon had a box of these necessar)' articles prepared and sent forward to the front. The "boys in blue" were then camped at llolla. Mo., and were glad to think they were held in dear remembrance at home; but the U. S. Commissary had anticipated the ladies in furnishing these comforts.

The officers of the society were Mrs. Dr. Goudy, President ; Mrs. W. W. Anderson, Vice President ; Mrs Dr. Rockwell, Secretary ; Mrs. W. A. Goodrich, Treasurer; and Hattie Goodrich, Mrs. Maj. Shumway and Mrs Paden, Directresses.

Fourteenth Infantry

This regiment was organized under the call of Maj' 15th, 1861, and was mustered into the U. S. service for three years at Jacksonville, 111 , on the 25th of May, 1861. It remained at Camp Duncan, Jacksonville, until the latter part of June for instruction, when it moved to Quinc}', and thence to Missouri, July 5th, where it did good service. It left RoUa, Mo., for Jeffer.-!on City, under Gen. Fremont, on his memorable campaign to Springfield, Mo , after Gen. Price, and went into winter-quarters at Otterville. In February, 1862, it was ordered to Fort Donaldson, and arrived the day after its surrender, and was placed in Gen. S. A. Hurlburt's brigade. Col. Palmer was promoted to brjgadier-general, and Major Hall was made colonel. It was in the sanguinary engagements of the 6th and 7th of April, 1861, when the regiment first smelt gunpowder from the enemy. Here it lost half its number. The colors had forty-two bullet-holes through them, which attest the dangers and gallantry of the command. It was in the last grand charge, in the advance, led by Col. Hall, on the evening of the 7th of April, that Ctou. Veatch, in his official report, says : "Col. Hall, of the 14th Illinois, led his regiment in that gallant charge on Monday evening, which drove the enemy beyimd our lines, and closed the struggle of that memorable day."

The regiment took an active part in the siege of Corinth. After the evacuation, it proceeded to Memphis, and thence to Bolivia, Tenn. It was in an eight hours' fight on the Hatchie river, and went into winter-quarters, 1862-3, at Lafayette, Tenn. Early in the spring it was ordered to Vicksburg, where it took part in the siege of that stronghold, until its final fall on the 4th of July, 1863. It was at the siege of Jackson, IMiss. In .Vugust it moved to

Natchez, and from thence, across the swamps of northern Louisiana to Ilarrisonville, on the Wachita river; captured Fort Beauregard, and accompanied Gen. Sherman on his raid on Meridian, Miss. After its return, a large portion re-enlisted as veterans, their time b.nng nearly out. The veterans were furloughed, and many returned home. On their return they formed part of the army in advance on Atlanta. Here the 14th and loth Illinois, who were together since the fall of 1862, sharers of each other's sorrows and joys, weary marches and hi)norably-earued laurels, were consolidated into the

In October, 1864, rebel Gen. Hood attacked Gen. Sherman's rear forces, guarding the railroad, when a large number of the battalion were killed, and the nyijor part of the balance were taken prisoners and sent to Andersonville prison. Tho.se who escaped capture were mounted and acted as scouts on Gen. Sherman's grand march through Georgia to the sea, and were at the battle of Bentouville, N. C.

At Goldsboro, N. C, in the spring of 1865, the battalion organization was discontinued; and seven one-year companies, new recruits, were assigned March, 1865, from the north to fill up the two regiments. Col. Hall was again assigned to the command of the 14th regiment. It was in the grand review of Sherman's army at Washington City, May 24th, 1865. It then proceeded, by rail and river, to Louisville, Ky.; thence, by river, to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; thence marched to Fort Kearney, and back. It was mustered out at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Sept. 16th, 18G5, arriving at Springfield, Illinois, Sept. 22d, 1865, where it received final payment and discharge. The commanding officer at the close of service was Brevet Brig. Gen. Cyrus Hall, and the aggregate strength since organization 2,015.

During its four years and four months of arduous service, the regiment marched 4,490 miles, traveled by rail 2,380 miles, and by river 4,490 miles - making an aggregate of 11,300 miles.

In this regiment was Company H, from Christian county, commanded by Capt. Andrew Simpson, who w;is wounded at Pittsburg Landing, in the battles of the 0th and 7th of April, 1862 - and in consequence thereof, resigned October 4th, 1862. This company participated in all the hardships and battles before described.

The company was organized, under many adverse circumstances, after the fall of Fort Sumter. It was then styled " The Christian Union Guards."

The Independent Press, of .-Vpril lOtti, ISGt, s.iys of it: "Immediately upon the receiptor Gov. Yatt-s' proclamation, calliug out six regiments of volunteers, several chivalric young men of Taylorville, inspired with patriotic ardor, promptly set about formiug a light infantry corps; and, upon the fact becoming known about town, the annexed candidates for martial glory came forward and signed the muster roll :

"Mr. John W. Hartley is acting as a recruiting officer during the absence of Mr. Simpson, who has gone to Springfield, to see Gov. Yates on matters pertaining to the organization of the company. On Mr. Simpson's return, Mr. Hartley assures us the Light Infantry Corps will have a ' grand rally.' "

One of tlic men wlio signed the call was not in sympathy with the cause, antl probably did it in burlesque, as will appear from the following pulilished in the Press of the same date:

"Jl/c. EiUlor : To put mysulf ri^ht before the worUl, I deem it tlue alike to my character as a man, and my standing as a Democrat and a patriot, to state that I signed tlie muster roll of the Light Infantry Company, now forming at Taylorville, only conditionally. I will state my conditions, and leave it to impartial posterity to pronounce me 'sound upon the goose :'

4th. If I am not elected Captain of the company, 111 see ' the Institution' d - d first, before I budge a step from Taylorville. I have no idea of setting myself up as a target to be shot at, for the insigniflcaullycontemplible sum ofgU a mouth, rations and medical attendauce thrown In. No, - Sir-ce, Bob; - not in the day lime.

P. S - If the above arrangement is not entirely satisfactory to my brave companions in arms, of the Taylorville Ligtt Infantry Corps, I shall remain at home, and continue as usual, to build houses and stairs - cheap for cash or country produce I U A. B.''

Wliilst this chivalric gentleman, of temporary residence in Chris tian, was sending forth broadcast this ironical patriotic letter, tending to embarrass Capt. Simpson in his recruiting eftbrts, on the same day, a class of his way of thinking were shooting down a portion of a ^lassachusetts regiment in Baltimore, on their way to Washington City, to protect the capitol of the nation from seizure by the enemy.

O'Conner, Geo. E. Pease, J. E. Sonthwick, and others. A series of resolutions were passed without a dissenting voice. The Inde- ])eiiilcnt Press, in commenting on it, sa^-s: "The fourth smells strongly of gunpowder and subjugation." It further says: "John B. Butler, well and ilivorably known to the people of Christian, has abandoned the peaceful pursuits of life, donned a military attire, and, like a ' bowld sojer boy,' as he is, gone off to the wars, gaily singing as he went, the patriotic old ditty of

But Capt. Simpson succeeded in raising his company, composed of 12 officers and 6.5 privates. They were duly organized and ready for the march on the 10th of May, 1861. The citizens of Taylorville gave them a sumptuous collation, on that day, at the court-house. On that occasion the ladies were more than soldiers, vieing \vith each other in doing honors for the brave boys. Speeches were made by H. M. Vandeveer, C. Goudy, D. T. Moore, D. E. Hall, and \Vm. Singer. A select choir, under the direction of A. S. Rockwell, sang the beautiful airs. Star Spangled Banner, Red, White and Blue, AulJ Lang Syne, on the courthouse steps; after which D. T. Jloore, on behalf of the ladies, presented a beautiful Flag, accompanied with a neat and appropriate speech. Maj. D. D. Slmmway, as cxpre-ssive of his good wishes, presented to the company through Cajjt. Simpson, $20 in gold.

The company marched to Pana on that day and took the cars on the Central railroad. A good dinner was served up to the boys in blue at Pana. They moved by rail to Decatur, the same evening, where the)' were jammed into two freight cars, and rolled awa)' to Jacksonville. The company was mustered into service on the 25th of May, 1861, and went into quarters at Camp Duncan. The boys then opened the " mysterious box " sent ali.mg with the commissary department, filled with cake and other nice things. This disposed of, the company gave " three cheers and a tiger " to the ladies of Taylorville

Ml'STER-KOI.I. OF COMPANY H, Andrew Simpson, Captain, resigned Ocl. 4, i lohn W. HarUey, ist Lieut., resigned May 2] Oliver P. Squiers, 2d Lieut., promoted Copta Z. Fayson Shuiuway, 1st Serg't., prom'd 2d a

Charlesworth Powel, wag'r. prom. 1st Lieul, then Edgar Chapman, Musician. Morris Rav. Musician, re-enlisted as veteran. Brawlev, \Vm. T., Private, died July jo, 1S62. Belumer, .\ndrew U., Private. Baroff. Uriah, Private.

Parrith, Eli, Private, discharged Oct. 13, 1S62; wounds. Polly, Sil.as H., Privaie. rc-enlislcd as veteran. Ruby, James S., Private, drop'd from rolls Ocl. 29, 1862. Rush, Cyrus, Private, tr'fd to Inv. Corps M. C, May 25,

Fortv-First Infantry Regimest

Company G., of this regiment, Francis M. Long, eaptain, was from Christian county. The officers of the regiment were : Isaac C. Pugh, of Decatur, Colonel ; Ansel Tupper, of Decatur, Lieutenant Colonel, killed at battle of Pittsburg Landing, April Gth, 1802. Capt. Francis M. Long, of Taylorville, promoted JIajor, and killed in action, near Jackson, Jliss., July I'ith, 1863. William C. B. Gillespie, of Grove City, in this county. Adjutant from Jlarch 17, 1862, till his time expired, August 20, 1864. John Baughman, of Christian count_v, Quartermaster from September 4th, 1863, till his time expired, August 20th, 1864.

This regiment was organized by authority of the Secretary of "War, in July, 1861, at Decatur, 111., on the 9th of August, 18G1. August 7th, Captain Long's company, with the regiment, moved to St. Louis, Mo.; the 29th, moved to Bird's Point, JIo., and was assigned to the command of Gen. Prentiss ; Sept. 8th, moved to Paducah, Ky. Assigned to Gen. C. F. Smith's command, Nov. 6, 1861, marched to Jlelbourne and returned ; to Lovolettsville, and returned Nov. 19th, 1861 ; to Crown Point, and returned Dec. 31, 1861.

Three members of Company G died at Paducah, Ky.; Corporal AVni. M. Petty, Oct. 13th, 1861, of typhoid fever, wa-s brought home and buried, on Bear creek, aged 23 years. Private, John M. Jordan, of the same company, died of mea.sles, Dec. 22d, 18G1 - deceased were two of the five who volunteered from Bear creek ; Jordan was buried at Paducah, Ky. Geo. B. Ryan, of Taylorville, died at Paducah, K3'., April .5, 1862, was brought home and now sleeps close to his captain, in the Oak Hill Cemetery, near Taylorville.

February 5th, 1862, the regiment took up its march for active service to Fort Henry, and on the 11th marclied to Fort Donelson, and was engaged in the siege under Col. McArthur, on the 13th, 14th and 1.5th days of February, 1862. None of Company G were killed in this fight, and onl}' eight wounded. Their nanies were: Ben. L. Bowles, of Rosemond, in his leg; Curtis Kimmerinan, of Bear creek, in the leg ; Sergeant Robert W. Hopper, of Buckeye Prairie, in foot ; James Brown, of Taylorville, in finger, and the others slightly. Fort Donelson surrendered on the morning of the 16th of February, 1862.

The regiment, immediately after the surrender of Fort Donelson, moved up the Tenne.ssee river. The following letter from J. B. Young, a private in Co. G, under date of March 26th, 1862, to a friend in this county, we take from the Indcpciuhiit Press:

"We are now encamped witbin a mile and a half of Pittsburg, Tenn., near the lines of the States of Mississippi and .Alabama. Tliere are about 100,000 men here in the heart of ' Dixie," ready to move at au hour's notice upon the enemy. The Confederates are fortitied, about 80,000 ^t^ong, at Corinth, twenty miles west of us. If they do not evacuate their position soon, you will perhaps hear of a battle, compared with which that of Fort Donelson was child's play. When 200 000 men meet in conflict, 'somebody will get hurt.' Our course in all probability will be westward to the city of Memphis. This, however, is but the speculation of a 'high private,' in Uncle Sim's Army - reir rank. The boys, from exposure to wet, fatigue, hard crackers and bacon, are not in as good trim for the fray as might be desired. But the warm spring weather and the forwardness of vegetation, (for the peach trees have been in full blossom for the past ten days, and the May apple nearly reiidy to bloom,) is iuvigorating, and the health of the troops shows a marked improvement since we lauded at this point. We were uine days aboard the steamboats, exposed to drenching rains most of the time. There were one hundred and thirty-two steamboats of the largest class in the line, conveying the troops and military stores up the river - the 41st lifgimenl and Co. G among the number. The country is rolling and heavily timbered. In the valleys and bottoms there are cane brakes and cypress swamps.

Savannah, fifteen miles below us, on the Tennessee river. If we succeed in taking Island No. 10, in the Mississippi, which we will most likely, Corinth will be evacuated for the purpose of strengthening Fort Kandolph and Memphis, - we shall see what we shall see.'

The battle of Pittsburg Landing, or Shiloh, as named in official reports, was fought lui Sunday and Monday, April 6th and 7th, 1862. It was a long and desperate conflict. Lieut. Jiui. B. Butler, of Co. G., correspondent of the J((rff/7e;irfc»/ I'rct^s, of Taylorville, gives the following graphic account of the two days' battle:

Gen. Grant has been concentrating his forces at this port for the last four weeks, preparatory to an advance upon the enemy's strong hold at Corinth, Miss. We were only waiting a junction with the troops under Gen. Buell to commence the march. The enemy, reported 130 000 strong, endeavored to cut us utf before Gen. Buell's arrival, an<! thereby command the navigation of the Tennessee river - give his troops the spirit and eclat, of a victory - cheer and encourage the despondency of the enemy, replenish their exhausted ordnance and commissary stores, and tight Gen. Buell at their lei>ure. They have been signally disappointed; although they fought like devils incarnate for thirty-six hours.

On Sunday morning, about four o'clock, the enemy drove in our pickets, and the cannonading commenced with round shot, shrapnel, shells, and other projectiles, grape, canister, etc. The enemy in force were in the camps almost as soou as were the pickets themselves. Here began scenes which hardly have a parallel in the annals of war. Many, particularly among the officers of the army, were not yet out of their beds ; some were dressing, others washing and cooking, and a few eating their breakfast. Many guns were unloaded, accoutrements lying pe'.l-meli, ammunition was ill-supplied - in short the camps were (ompletely surprised - and taken at almost every possible disadvantage.

The first wild cries from the pickets rushing in, and the few scattering shots that preceded their arrival, aroused the regiments to a sense of their peril; au instant afterward, rattling volleys of musketry poured through the tents, and before there was thought or preparation, there came rushing through the woods, with Hues of battle, sweeping the whole fronts of the division camps, and bending down on either llank, the fine, compact columns of the enemy.

Into the just aroused camps of the union forces, thronged the confederate regiments, firing sharp volleys as they came, and springing forward upon our laggards with the bayonet; for while their artillery, already In position, was tossing shells to the further side of the encampments, scores were shot down, as they were running, without weapons, hatless, coatless, towards the river. The searching bullets found other poor unfortunates in iheir tents, and these, unheeding now, they slumbered, while the nuseen foe rushed on I Others fell, as they were disentangling themselves from the flaps that formed the doors to their tents ; others as they were vainly trying to impress on the critically exultant enemies, their readiness to surrender. Officers were bayoneted in their beds, and left for dead, who, through the whole two days' fearful struggle, lay there gasping in their agony, and on Monday evening were found in their gore, inside their tents, and still able to tell the tale.

Thus the battle raged by 8 o'clock in the morning. The roar of musketry and rifles; the infernal din of two or three huudred thousand small arms continued all day, and ceased not till darkness put an end to the strife. We halted in line of battle, and remained there during the night, notwithstanding it rained torrents throughout the latter part of it. Col. Pugh commanded the First Brigade of the Fourth Division. Company G, with the 41st regiment, in the ITourth Division, took their position in line of battle by 8 o'clock, a. m., the enemy showed himself, and connuenced firing upon our battery, which replied promptly, and for two hours they kept up a most incessant roar. About 12 o'clock our battery changed position right in front of Co. G, of 41st regiment, Illinois volunteers, and for fifteen minutes kept up a brisk fire; but the enemy disabled one gun, killed several gunners and horses, when the battery retired. This had drawn the grape and canister upon us, aud several men were killed out of Co. G - not all, however, from Christian county - close by my side and in my rear.

Our division was posted near the left wing of our lines. For two hours and a half our regiment presented the appearance of a young volcano; nor did it give one inch of ground until our ammunition was exhausted, when we retired behind the second line, refreshed ourselves with water and replenished our ammunition. Lieut. Col. Tupper, of the 41st regi- mcnt, Avfts killed early in the action. The comniaiut then devolved upon Maj. Warner, who led us during the remainder of the tight on Sunday afternoon.

The enemy outflanked us on the left, and drove us in until five o'clock in the afternoon, when one or two brigades of Gen. Buell's command landed from the boats, and a masked battery of heavy guns was planted, which opened in easy range: and such a cannonading from that time till dark was never excelled, if equalled, in modern warfare. The enemy's batteries were silenced, and they were forced to retire some distance for the night.

Gen. Buells forces cnnlinued landing all night, and taking their position in the field, and as soon as daylight made its appearance, they "cried havoc, and let slip the dogs of war," and kept it up till three in the afternoon of Monday, when the enemy broke and retreated from the field. Col. I'ugh's brigade, on Monday, the second day of the fight, were posted in support of the right wing, and here it was that the heaviest fighting was done. The enemy had erected breast-works of fallen timber, from behind which they kept up a severe firing for a long time, but we routed them at the point of the bayonet. In fact a great proportion of the fighting in the afternoon was with the bayonet.

Among the prisoners were several officers of distinction: and among the dead were the bodies of Gen. A. Sidney Johnson, of Virginia fame, and Gen. Bragg, of battery notoriety at Buena Vista. We lost many prisoners on Sunday, at the commencement of the battle. The enemy took many of our guns on the first day, but were retaken on the day fol lowing, together with forty of the enemy's guns.

Tuesday and Wednesday after the battle were occupied in burying the dead. The .! .*tle ground was covered, more or less, for three or four miles in dial...:' r, with dead and wounded men and horses. Some twentyfive or thirty miles were fought over. The country was hilly and cut up by deep ravines. The enemy had the advantage of a thorough knowledge of the country, of its geography and topography, which our men had not, with the exception of the commanding generals.

About five o'clock of the first day's lighting, when we were marching to the right wing, to take position. Gen. Hurlburt paid the 4Ist regiment a very high compliment; many regiments were broken and in confusion, and the General seeing us all in ranks in line of battle, called out, " What regiment is this ?" " 41st Illinois," was the response. " That is as it should be - the 41st is in line ! I expect always to find them in line 1"

The following letter was written by Capt. P. M. Long, on the 8tli of April, 1862, after the battle, to his aged father in Taylorville, Illinois :

"Forty-six of my company, G, went into the fight; and sixteen of the number were killed and wounded. The names of the killed were : Geo. C. Funk, John C. Wright, Wm. J.Johnson, Wm. II. Heady and Charles A. Craimer. The wounded were: Capt F. M. Long, slightly in the foot; Lieut. John \\. Cox, mortally, in the right thigh - died April Olh; Capt. LeanderEast, severely in the right shoulder; Gabriel JlclCenzie, slightly, In the head: Gabriel C. Bull, seriously in the back; Wm. L. Miner, slightly in the head; George Stanley, slightly in tlie face; Geo. Cahill, slightly in the ear; James Brown, slightly in the breast; Edmund Wilson, severe wound in the left arm and bone broken, and Wm. J. Sissom, flesh-wound in the leg.

"The killed fought bravely till they fell. The rest of my men went through unharmed; every one did his duty. I passed over the battlefield the next morning after the dreadful contest, and such a sight I never beheld before; dead men are lying all around over the ground for miles."

After the battle of .Siiiloh, the regiment was next engaged ia the siege of Corinth, Miss. July 6, 18()2, marched for Memphis, via Holly Springs, Lagrange and Grand Junction; arrived at Gerniantown 2()th, and at Memphis 21st July, where it remained till the 6th of 8eptcndjer, and then marched for Bolivar, arriving on 14th of .September ; on 19th marched to the Grand Junction, and returned October 4, and marched to Hatehic river. On the 5th of October, 1862, was reserved during the battle of Corinth. On 6th marched to Bolivar ; on 7th marched from Bolivar, arriving at Lagrange Nov. 3d. On the Cth of Kovember in Col. Pugli's brigade; moved out on a rceonnoisanee to Lamar on

8th, and Simorvillc on 24th; November 28, 1862, again marched to Lamar ; on 29th to Holly Springs ; on 30th to AVaterford. D,'- cember 10th, 1862, to Beaver creek; on 11th to Yocona creek, passing through O.xford and crossing the Tallahatchie; on tlie 22d marched froni Yocona to Water Valley, and returned vki Oxford, Beaver creek, Tallahatchie, and arrived at Holly Springs, Jainiary 5th, 1863.

The 41st Kegiment was in the first brigade. Col Pugh ; fourth division, Brig. Gen'l Lauman ; right wing, Gen. McPherson ; 13th army corp.s, Maj. Gen. Grant. The regiment went into camp at Moscow, Tenn., and remained until March, 1863. On March 5th, 1863, ordered to Memphis, Tenn , where it arrived on the 10th. The regiment before this had been transferred from 'ISth army corps, Maj. Gen. Grant, to 16th army corps, Maj. Gen. Hurlburt commanding.

On 12fh of April, 1863, proceeded on an expedition to Hernando, Miss. At Cold Water, seven miles beyond the latter jilace, met the enemy, under Gen. Chalmers. Here the 41st was under a heavy skirmish fire for about seven hours. On 16th returned to Memphis. Valentine Hinkle, of company G, died at Memphis. April 28th, 1863, moved to Vicksburg ; disembarked at Young's Point; on 19th, transferred toGeu. McClernand's command. Was engaged in the siege of Vicksburg.

July 5, 1863, moved towards Jackson, Miss. Engaged in the battle of Jackson. The loss of the regiment in this action was 40 killed upon the field, and 122 wounded. Major F. M. Long fell, mortally wounded, while gallantly leading his men into action. This great .sacrifice of life wa.s by a mistaken order of Gen. Laumau's. It was uncalled for, and effected nothing. Among the killed were Corp'l Elijah J. Shirrell, John H. AVilliams, Wm. B. Russell, John A. Orr, Wm. N. Robinson. Names of the wounded could not be obtained. After this disaster the regiment returned to Vicksburg on the 25th of July.

Nov. 18th, 1863, moved to Natchez, Jliss., and remained until the 28th, when it returned to Vicksburg. Dec. 3d, 1863, marched to Big Black river, where it remained and erected winter C|uarters ; the 41st regiment being in 1st brigade, Gen. Thomas Kirby Smith ; fourth division. Gen. M. M. Crocker ; 17th army corps, Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson commanding veterans and recruits of the 41st 111., consolidated with the 53d regiment.

Such is a brief and hasty sketch of the movements of the 41st Illinois regiment, in which was company G, Capt. F. M. Long, from Christian county.

A brief account of the' early formation of this company and the obstacles it had to enrnunter, may be a matter of interest. Capt. F. M. Long, on his own motion, commenced recruiting for a company, iu July, 1861, to be attached to Col. Pugh's Regiment, forming at Decatur. The Independent Press sav's :

" A meeting, to further the Interests of the movement, was held in the Court-house, on the afternoon of the ifith of July, ISfil. Addresses were made by Elder A. McCollum, Capt. Vandeveer, and Dr. Goudy. It was stated that the pay would be liberal - 320 acres of land: a bounty of §100, besides the regular wages in the army. The boys of the company styled themselves ' Uncle Sam's Nephews.' Among those enlisting was Samuel Wydick, an old settler of this county, and 81 years old. He reported his age at 41, and p.assed muster. He was in the war of 1S12; and also in the Black Hawk War. He is apparently as active as any man in the company, and endured the hardships incident to a life in the tented field, with as much spirit as most of his younger companions in arms. He died in the Hospital at St. Louis, on the 22d of April, 1802. Teace to the old warrior's ashes."

Mustek Koll

Benjamin B Bacon, Captain, resigned ^'a^* + 1862 Francis M. Green. Captain, term expired Aug 20 1864. Benj. R. Panish, is. Lieut., -*'S"ed Sep'. 28. 1862 1 emder Green, ist Lieut., term expired Aug 20, 1804- Philip T Frederick, 2d Lieut., term expired Aug. 20, 1864 William Batterson, ist Sergeant, died expired March 11. 1803

Whitton, Thomas. Recruit, transf. to Co^ .A^ ve"e?an Bat. Barchell, Jeremiah, Private, M. O., Aug 20, 64, WiUi.ams, James R.. Recruit tr.ansi. I a ' Veteran Bat. Baughman, John, " ,.,...,

Benj Biankenbaker, Corporal, N.O. -Aug. 20 '864. Geo C. Baugh, Corporal, wounded ; promoted ist Sergt. ffiram HoagUiid, Corponal. n',"='y'--'=f o"'^-^"|- f Marion R. Shade, Corpor.al, M.O. Aug. 20, 1864. David Crompton, Cork killed at Ft. Do -

^ letter, written just after the battle ot 1-ort Donelson, by a private in Captain Simpson's company, referring to the manner in whu h some of our Christian county boys bore them- ..tlves in that memorable engagement, states that George Funk fought like a hero; Benj. Pi'late stole off before the fight, and was never ' seen until the fort was surrendered. Captain Bacon, of the Mt. Auburn Company, ran like a coward ! He has been sent home. Lieut. John Davis (Job's John) had command of his company, and he went iu with a Sharp's rifle, cooly giving orders to his men, and laughing all the time.

Cdiiipaiiy A of tlii:< regiment w;is iveruiLed frmu C'liri>tian coiuitv by Cajit. J. W. Laiiluun aii.l (.tluiv, at Cauip Ikitler, Sejit. loth, 18G2. The regiment. \va< (irg;iiii/.eil auil sworn intu tlie U. S. service, Sept. lOtli, IMiL'. Ordered int(i tlie field en tiie 4th ()etiii)er, 1862. Itepcjrted t.i .MaJ. Gen. Wright, at t'ineinnati, Uliio, cm tlie Cth of Oetuber, and on the same day crossed the river into Ky., -and reported to tien. A. J.Snuth. Marched through Ky., and reached Nashville, Tenn., Feb. lUth, 18U3. The regiment moved to Tul- Lahoma, aud held that post till Sept. 5th., IStiS. Sejit. 14th by a forced march across the Cumberland mountains, reached Rossvillc, Ga., five miles south of Chattauooga. Remained four <lays. On the 18th Sept. 1863, engaged the enemy on the extreme lelt, upon the field of Chickamauga. In this engagement the regiment lost six men. Sept. 20th, crossed to the support of Gen Thonuis, en the extreme right, leaving camp at sunrise. Engaged the enemy on Thomas' right at 1 o'clock, p. m., with Steadman's division, 10th regiment's reserve corps. After a most fearful struggle, held the ground till night. Half the entire command was cut down. Col Jloore aud his regiment were commended for their bravery in orders It participated in all the engagements around Chattanooga and Mission Ridge. The regiment lost, in killed, wounded and captured, in the campaign around Chattanooga, in the full of 1863, about 235 man au.l 10 officers. About 21st of February, 1864, marched with a detachment of the Army of the Cund)erland, under Gen. Palmer against Dalton, Ga. Spent ten days feeling the enemy, and returned to camp, near Cleveland, Tenn. The regiment l(.)St 6 men. Remained here till the od of INIay, when, with Gen. Sherman's grand army, started on the Atlanta campaign. The 115th regiment on the 7th of May, led the charge upon Tunnel Hill, Ga., driving the enemy through Buzzard Roost Gap. The 15th and 16th of May engaged in battle at Resaca, Ga , sustained stubbornly a charge upon the left flank, for which the regiment was commended in orders. Lost in this contest about thirty men and officers.

regiment lost during the'Atlanta campaign, about 100 men When General Sherman marched to the sea, Cicn. TlKJinas' command was detaclied and ordered to Tennes.see, to watch the movements of Gen. Hi>od. The 115th regiment was with this force iu the seeon<l brigade, lirst division, fourth army corps. The regiment took an active part iu the engagements, which, in November and Decemlier, 1864, resulted in the destruction of Bragg's old veteran army, known as the "Army of the Tennessee," and then commanded by confederate Gen. IIoocl. The l)riga<le to which the 115th Illinois regiment belonged for nearly two years, without material alteration, was known throughout the department as the " Iron Brigade," and was, for the most part, up to the 23d of December, 1864, eomnuinded by Gen. Walter C. Whitaker, of Ky., who neglected no opportunity to win distinction for himself and his command.

On the 23d of December, 1864, while pursuing Gen. Hood, in his retreat from Nashville, Col. J. H. INIoore, of the 115th Illinois regimenf, took command of this splendid brigade, and continued its commander till it was mustered out of the service, at the close of the war. Col. ]\Ioore was breveted Brigadier General before leaving the army.

Gen. Hood having been driven, after his defeat at Na-shville, Tenn., with the remains of a broken army, across the Tennessee, the 115th regiment, with the Fourth Army Corps, marched to Huntsville, Ala., and went into camp on the 5th of January, 1865. Marched thence, on the 14th of ]March, into East Tennes.see, thence expecting to move by the way of Lynchburg, Virginia, to assist in the cajiture of Richmond. But, wdiile in the vicinity of Greenville, Tenn., Richmond fell, and Gen. Lee surrendered.

The regiment then moved with the Fourth Army Corps, and went into camp near Nashville, Tenn., and there remained until mustered out of the service, June 11th, 1865. Arrived at Camp Butler, Ills., 1865, and received final pay and discharge June 23d, 1865.

Thus it will be seen that Company A, from Christian county was engaged in many hard-ibught battles, and did honor to itself aud the county which gave it birth. Capt. Hanon and Lieut. J. B. Gore were taken prisoners.

Mu.Ster Roll Of Company A.

George L.arge. Corpl., M. O. lunc 11, 1865, as Sergeant. Christian D. Cowgill. Musicia'n. discharged April 30. 1863. loseph Lars;e, Musician, M.O, lune 21, l86s, prisoner. Francis M. Sherrill, died at Covington, Ky., Oct. 22, 1862. Allen. Samuel J., Private, mustered out June 11, 1865. Alamon, Robert S.. Private, " "

:1 M., Private, absent; wounded. Morris, Wm. A,, Private, absent; sick, at M. O. of Regt. Madison Nicholas C, Private, M. O. July 11. 1865. McDonald, Samuel G , died Franklin, Tenn., April 27, '63. Messier, Vincent, died at Chattanooga, Nov. 4. '63; wounds. Orr, Samuel M., Private, disch.arged June 19, 1S63. Paine, Anson. " " April 20 1863.

led at Nashville, Tenn , M.ar. 24, 1863. ., Private M. O, June 11. 1865. cruit, M. O. December 16, 1865. icruit. transferred to 21st 111. Infantry. Recruit, transf to 2isl 111. Infantry, cruit, transferred to 21st III. Infantry, field, .-\lvin, died at Hunlsville, Ala., Mar. 5 1863. A-av. D.miel A., Recruit, transferred to 21st HI, Inf. ', jno. L., Recruit, M, O. Dec. 16, 1865. glev, Thom.is J.. Recruit, transferred to 21st III. Inf. sell". Newton J., Recruit, transferred to 21st 111, Infantry, ens, Andrew"],, Recruit, transferred to 21st 111. Inf.mlry".

Muster Roll Of Company E.

Benj, Ramsey, Corpl, died at D.inviile, Ky., Jun Michael Ramsey, died at Lexington. Ky., Nov Randall R. Adams, Corporal. M. O. June 11, 18' Geo. N. Junken. Corporal, Sergt. wounded and

One Hundred And Thirtieth Infantry Regiment

This regimeut was organized by Col. Nathaniel Xiles, at Camp Butler, in Oct , 1862, and mustered into service Oct. 25, 1862. Company D, of this regiment, was mostly from the north-western part of Christian county. It was recruited mainly through the efforts of Capt. Daniel DeCamp, of Edinburg. The regiment moved from Camp Butler, Nov. 10, 1862, and arrived at ilemphi.<, Tenn , the 18th of the same niontii, and was assigned to Provost duty. It was moved from this point to Louisiana. Was with Gen. Banks' army, b.iund fur Shrevep irt. La. On marching from Alexandria, up Red river, driving the enemy until Sabine Cross Roads was readied on the 8th of April, 1864, when the enemy made an attack and defeated tiie Union forces. The ne.xt day another battle was fought at Pleasant Hill, ending in the complete defeat of the confederates, after which Gen. Banks retreated down the river. This is known in history as " Gen. Banks' disaster on Red River." The part Company U bore in this fight is more particularly detailed in a letter to the Independent Press, oi i\\\s amnU' , written by Aaron V. Davis, a private, from Camp Ford, (iicar Tyler) Texas, dated April 20, 1864. It says :

"Tlie cliaracter of the fight, and the fiile of the 130th regiment, .tncl the part our Conjpany bore in it you doubtless have learned ere this. Coiupauy D, of Christian county, went into the fight at Mansfield, April 8, 18G4, with thirlyoue men, under tlie command of Lieut. Paulen, (as Capt. DcCamp was under arrest for some trivial ofl'eEce, and in consequence was not with us.)

The following are the losses in killed aud wounded of Company D : /u7/ed - Elija J. Banliston, of Ediuburg. IJoidirfprf - G. W. Westbroolc, b.adly ; Cyrus Murpliy, Allen Moore, Jacob E. Berry. Prisuneiv - Jasper Cagle, Nathan C. Potts, Alexander May, Aaron V. Ralston, Aquilla M. Council, G. W. Young, Aaron V. Davis, William Kelsey, Othniel Mc- Keiizie, Thomas W- Orr, Joseph Murray, Charles Gonzeal, Ben. K. Prater, aud Geo. Bunn. The rest of the Company is missing, and their fate, at present, is unknown.

Ill Oct., 1864, the regiment was ordered to New Orleans for Provost duty. Whilst here, by an order issued Jan. 21, 186.5, the 1.30tli regiment was consolidated with the 77th Illinois Yolunteor.s. Some of the officers were retained, and others mustered out. On the 1st of JMarch, 1865, the con.solidated 77th regiment was assigned to the First Brigade, 3d Division, 13th Army Corps, and transported for duty before Mobile, Ala. The regiment was with Gen. Canby's army during the entire siege and capture of the Spanish Forts, Blakley and ^Mobile, and was under fire during the entire time. The day following, the entry into ^Mobile, the 77th regiment was with forces, in their march up the Tombigbee river, in search of Gen Dick Taylor's army. After proceeding up the river some sixty miles, it was recalled to Mobile - the confederate forces throughout the country having surrendered.

On the 7th of July, 1865, an order was issued to revive the 130th regiment, and it was moved to New Orleans, where it was mustered out of service, Aug. 15, 1865, and arrived at Camp Butler, III., Aug. 26, 1865, where it received final paymant aud discharge.

Roll Of Company D.

Robinson. John M. TiUev, John D., -' discharged Dec. 13, 1862 ; Proctor, Bcnj. K. Sergt. died Jan. 23, 1864, Pawnee. Easlev, Harrison T. died Dec. j, 1863, Black River, Miss. Kirk,' Joseph, Private, died at Memphis, Tenn., Mar. 3, '63. Peck, "Presley, died of wounds at Vicksburg, June 27, '63. Peek, Presley T., died Lake Providence, La., Mar. 28, '63. Pugh, Wm. J., Private, died at Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 6, '63. G.a'lyen, John W., deserted at Vicksburg, July 31, 1S63. Hudson Jasper, deserted at Vicksburg, July 31, 1863. Hankins, Gilbert H., Private, died at home, Dec. 23, 2864.

Miscellaneous

Wm. M. Provine, ist Lieut. Company B. 84th 111. Regt., Verm.ont. III. Prisoner of war - taken at Atlanta, Ga., and confined at Columbia. He was honorably discharged, Mav 13, 1865. Now a resident of Taylorville.

Wm. H. Kaup, private in Capt. A. Boyd Hutchinson's Company C, 49th Penn. Vol. Entered Aug. 31, 1861, and honorably discharged Oct 23, 1864. Served in the of the Potomac, under Gen. Sedgwick. Saw his les M. Taylor, of Warren co , III. Sergt. in Company C. 96th 111. Regt. In the service nearly three years. Lost an arm in an engagement at " Buzzard Roost Gap," north of Dalton, Ga., in 1864^ Discharged March 18, 1865, as Sergt. on account of wounds. This Regt. w.is organized at Rockwood, 111., Sep. 6, 1862, by Col. Thos. E. Champion. James M. Taylor is now (1S80I

Third Cavalry Regiment

TIr- Cdlmn'l of this regiment was Eugene Carr <if the reguhir army. Conipuny M, from Christian c lunty, c:)iniii).sed a iiart of it. The regiment was organized at Camp Butk'r, in August, 1861. lis first movement was to St. Louis, Sept. 25th, and tlienee up the ]\Iissouri river to Jefferson City, and thence to Warsaw, in the direetimi of Springfield, Mo. Under Gen. Hunter, it rer.ched Kolla, Nov. 1^, where it remained till the 29th of Dec. 1861, when it moved in advance of Gen. Curtis' army for the south-west. On the loth of Feb. 1862, near Springfield, the Third cavalry fought the first engagement, and won the first victory of G.'u. Curtis' campaign.

On the 14th of February, 1862, occupied Springfield, Mo. On the 15th eame up with Gen. Price's retreating army, and took some prisoners. On the 18th, at Sugar creek, Ark., the Third battalion participated in a cavalry charge, routing the enemy. Had various skirmishes and short marches during the summer and foil in Arkansas and west of the Mississippi river, when, on the 23d Dec. 1862, Co'mpany JI, with other companies, reported to Brig. Gen. Steel, at the mouth of the Yazoo river, formed part of the force, and did good service in the disastrous attack on Vicksburg, jMiss., under Gen. Sherman. Company M was among the last to leave the field and embark on the boats, after the battle.

The Battalion of which Company Isl, formed a part, untler Col. ISIcCrillis, of Springfield, Ills., took part in the "Western Louisiana campaign nuder Gen. Banks. In Dec. 1864, Major O'Conner, of Pana, took command of the Battalion, and it moved to Port Hudson, and from thence to Memphis, Tenn., rejoining the regiment, which had been separated into three divisions. In the month of July, a large portion of the regiment re-enlisted as veterans. The non-veterans, under Major O'Conner, were stationed as garrison at Gerraantown, Tenn. On the 21st of August, the regiment participated in the re[)ulse of Gen. Forrest, in his attack on Memphis. On the 24th of August, 1864, the non-veterans having been mustered out, the veterans were consolidated into a Battalion of si.x: com- ])anies. Part of Company M went into the new arrangement, and the remainder wore mustered ont, their time having expired.

The Battalion operated below and around Nashville, and took part in th.-? battles with Gen. Hood's army in Dec 1864. In iSIay, ^865. it eiiilKtrk.'d for St. Louis, jro.,tlieiiee to St. Paid, Minnesota, reporting to Majtir Gen. Curtis. On the 4th of July, 1865, it was ordered on an Indian expedition over the plains of Minnesota and Dakota, north to the British lines, and then returned to Fort Snelling, Oct. 1st, arriving at Springfield, Illinois, Oct. 13th, 1865, and was mustered otit of scrvie?. Such arc some of the leading movements of the Third Ctivtilry Regiment, in which Comjiany M largely participated.

James H. O'Conner, M.njor, M. O. June 1S65, as Lieut. "Geo. E. Pease, Captain, resigned D"ec 17, 1861. Shuler Vrooman, Capt. in Vet. Bat. ; time exp. Mar. 9, '65. Henry M. Condee, ist Lieut., resigned Nov. 27, 1861. Chas. F. Russell, ist Lieut., term expired Sept. s, 1864. Joseph Horseman, 2d Lieut., died, commission not sent.

Fifth Cavalry Regiment

This regiment was organized at Camp Butler, Nov. 8, 1S61, and Hall Wilson, formerly of Buckhart, appointed its Colonel. Compauv G of this regiment was reeruited partly in Pike county, Ills., bv Capt. J. A. Harvey, and partly by First Lieut. Wm. N. Elliott, oi' Pana, Christian county. Ills., Sept., 1, 1861. Left for Jefferson Barracks, Feb. 20, 1862." On the 3d of March reached Pilot Knob. On the 27th marched to Doniphan, and arriving Ajiril 1st, had a skirmish with the enemy, captured their camp, killing three and taking seven prisoners. April 17th marched to Pocahontas, and on the 27th of June started on the march for the Mississippi river, reached Jacksonport 29th, and joined Gen. Curtis' army, had a fight at Cotton Plant, in which the enemy lost 300 killed and wounded. Arrived at Helena, Arkansas, July 13th, 1862. On the 22d of Octobjr 1862, a forage train was attacked by the enemy, and Lieut. Elliott, and 78 men of the cavalry (13 of these were of Company G,) were captured, after losing 1 killed and 6 wounded. November 27th, 1362, Company G burned bridge near Grenada, Miss. On January 11th, 1863, the regiment made an expedition to Duvall's Blufl" and in April pursued Marmaduke, who was retreating from Missouri. !May 29th, 1863, left Helena, Ark., and embarked for Vicksburg, and June 1st, landed at Haines' Bluff. June 3d made a reeonnoi.sance to Mechanicsburg; ilrovc the enemy ten miles, skirmishing heavily, capturing 43 prisoners, losing 1 killed and 7 wountled. In July, was with Gen. Sherman's armv at Jackson, Miss. Was in the exiiedi- ordereil to Springfield, 111., for final payment and discharge. The following soldiers in it are from Christian county, in different companies:

Muster Roll. Company A.

Bennett, Joseph, entered the service .^pril 15, 1S65. Carnev Tohn, entered the service .April 12, 1865. Hyzer. Joseph, entered the service April 12. 1865. Lee, David, entered the service .\pril 12, 1865. -Murphv, Tohn. entered the service .April 12, 1865. W.llian'.s," Clarence, discharged Feb. - , 1864; dis.ibility.

Tenth Cavalry Regiment

ne.xt morning by Col. McConnell, and driven in confusion, and 3 cannon were caiitured. Retuined to Vlck.sburg, Oct. 1 1th, 18(i4. In January, 1864, moved to Memphis; was in an e.Kjiedition to Southern Arkansas and Northern Lfiuisiana., returning February 13th. July 1st moved to Texas, via Red River; reached Hempstead, Texas, August 26th. Remained at Illinois, 2.Jth of Nov. 1861. James A. Barrett this post till October 6th, 186-3, when the regi- "^vas its first Colonel, who resigned May 15, 1862, ment moved to Springfield, Ills., was mustered and "as succeeded by Colonel Dudley Wickerout, receiving final payment, October 30, 1865. sham, of Springfield, Illinois. On the 20th of The following persons, in this regiment, were Dec. 1861, it moved to Quincy, Illinois, and from thence to Jefferson Barracks, Mo., on the 13th of March, 1862. It operated in south-west MLssouri, till 13th Nov., when it formed a part of the Arm}- of the Frontier, and was in line of duty from Springfield, JIo., to Cane Hill, Arkansas. It participated in the battle of Prairie Grove, Ark., Dec. 7th, 1862. Was at Jacksonport, Ark , July 4, 1862 ; Helena, July 12, and Aug. 7 nioyetl to Old Town Landing. Oct. 6, 1862, returned to Helena, and Nov. 16 marched with the expeditiim to the mouth of White river; and on 27th Nov. to Oakland, Mi.ss. Had a skirmish with the enemy and returned to Helena, Dec. 7th, 1862. " >

Company

Slack, Chas. K., Private, re-enlisted as Vet. M. o. Nov. 64. was issued January 2b, Ibbo, for the re-enlistcd Cooper, Stephen D , Veteran, mustered out Oct. 27. 1865. ^^^ recruits of the same, to be formed