Patterson Township (part 2 of 2)

Company !-". iMVst Missduri Cavalfy. organized at Iknton Barracks. St. Louis, Missouri, under command of Capt. James A. Clifford, was with tlie army of General Curtis, and took part in the great campaign against tlie rebel Generals, Price, McCullou"li. Mclnirish in Mtssum-i. and .\rkansas: fought near Elkhorn Tavern, Arkansas, iii the spring of 1862, where Lieutenant Golden of the comi)any was mortally wounded; was in the grand charge at Sugar Creek Hill, Arkansas, February 17, 1863, where the regiment lost ten men killed and twelve men wounded ; fought in the three days battle at Pea Ridge, Arkansas, after which Company F was detached and became an escort for General Jefferson C. Davis : marched to Cape Girardo. Missouri, anil took boat and landed at Pittslnu'g Landing, Mississippi; marched forward and look part in the siege of Corinth ; went on a scout to Riamia, and while under hre the company charged and took the town, afterwards the company was assigned as an escort for General Granger and went to Cincinnati by boat and railroad, crossed the Ohio river into Kentucky and took part in the campaign against the Rebel Gen. Kirby Smith. The com])any went to Nashville, Tennessee, and marched to Franklin and was engaged in the repulse of (ien. VanlJorn's rebel cavalry; the company went on a scout and made a charge on the rebel camp about daylight and captured Major Dick McCan and several of his men ; also while at camp at I-'ranklin. the company made a midnight march to Carter Creek, and about daylight charged the First Te.xas Legion, which was 900 strong and defeated them, capturing and binning several wagons loaded with provisions and throwing a lot of abandoned. guns into the creek; the company also captured a lot of prisoners and a good drove of mules, and got away safe; the company returned to Nashville, and was afterwards, in 1864 assigned as an escort for General Granger and at St. Louis, Missouri, and in the fall of that year tliey were ordered to Little Rock. .Arkansas, and while on a boat at ?kleniphis. Tennessee, the rebel

General Forrest made an attack on the city, and the company landed immediately and took part in the fight, losing a few wonnded and Sergeant Gns Tem]ile was mortally wonnded; the company proceeded to Little Rock and remained until end of war. They were engaged in numerous other fights and skirmishes too numerous to mention.

During the summer, some time in June, 1900, Michael E. AIciNlahon. then mayor ni the city of Carrollton, called on Dr. J. B. Hays, commander of Carrollton Post No. 442, Department of Illinois, Grand Army of the Repuhlic, and suggested that an efl^ort be made to erect a monument to the memory of Greene county's soldiers in the war of the Rebellion, promising- his assistance as ma^ur in this lung neglected duty tn the men who helped to preserve the L'nion ; the matter was taken up by Commander Hays, and vigorously pushed by him until a cannon monument costing about $i,JOO was erected, and on Thursday, October 24. njoi. was dedicated. Ten thousand people present, tlie largest gathering" ever held in Carrollton. June 2, wrote Congressman W. E. \\^illiams, Washington, D. C, for instructions: his answer, dated June 5. 1900, received; following these instructions, a lOO-pounder Parrott Rifle kicated off the coast of Brunswick, Georgia, was selected ; August 30. with W. M. Tupi)er to bring the gun from Blacklieard Island and load the same on a car of the Plant system of Railroad at Brunswick for $125.00 and contracted with the railroad to transport the gun to Carrollton for $149.46, the gun was shipped and arri\-ed in (..'arrolltun October 16, 1000. unloaded and [jaraded alxnit the streets preceded by the band at 8 P. M. October 26, 1900, and unloaded in Commander Havs" pasture where it remained for sometime, pending the raising (.)f money for building the stone work for supporting the gun. b)uring the winter and spring was dev(_ited means of raising the money; after \arious eft'orts and schemes, finallv a war incident induced commander Hays to sulnuit a proposition to General William P. Carlin, who was born in Greene county and sent from Carrollton to West Point; after a few exchanges with the General, assisted by B. C. Hodges, the General's agent at this place, the Cieneral wrote us on June 26, 1901 that he uduld furnish the money, $915, to builil the monument. Commander Hays, July 29, 1901, contracted with the Culver Monument Company of Springfield, Illinois, through Colonel J. B. Nutton, for the material and work for $821. Col. Culver furnished for the inscription stone a piece of granite taken from the old Lincoln monument at Springfield, Illinois. The supervisors of (ireene county furnishetl the site, in front of the north entrance of the Court House. The selection of the site created undue ojjposition liy many people. The supervisors voting to place the monument where it is. were J. P. Morrow, of Carrollton township; William Fickle, Bluffdale;Henshaw, of Patterson ;Dorwont, of Roodhouse; Kinsor, of ^^'alkerville ; Sloan, of Linder ; Rodgers, of Athens ; Herron. of Woodville; McOuerry, Rockbridge; Parks, of Rubicon. Those opposed were Williams, of Kane; Chapin, of White Hall; Wright, of Wrightsville. The monument was completed and dedicated October 24, K)oi. The attendance was immense, the ])rogram imposing. Capt. N. B. Thistlewood, Commander Department of Illinois. G. A. R., had charge of the work. The guests of honor, General William Passniore Carlin. :Major-General U. S. Army, retired, was present, dressed in his official uniform; Speaker Sherman. Illinois House of Representatives, delivered and address, also Gen. Carlin. N. B. Thistlewood. Frank O. Lowden. CiiMgressman W. E. Williams, Gen. Iiilin J. Kinacker. presiding officer; Posts of the (i. A. R. from Jacksonville to Alton. Carlinville to Kampsville. Space will not permit the namin.g of but a few of the prominent men in attendance, and the program carried out. The curtain was lifted by four little girls. Miss Anna Ross, Miss Frankie Admire, Miss Minnie Kelly, and Miss Estella Hays, in the presence of the children of the public schools and thousands of ])eople. The only full rank colonel fnini (ireene county was officer of the elay.

P. Carlin

Sunday. Octnlicr ii. 1903. was laid to rest in the Carrollton cemetery the remains of (len. William Passmore Carlin of the Regular .irniy. The largest assembly of people ever gathered in Greene county for a similar purpose met in Carrollton to attend this funeral. The Grand Army of the Republic through the local post which will hereafter be known as Gen. William P. Carlin Post. No. 442. G. A. R.. had charge of the arrangements. The high honors which were paid to the memory of Carrollton's most distinguished dead, came as a spontaneous tribute from its citizens and from his old comra<les and friends throughout the state. Company I. Fifth Regiment. I. N. G., from Jacksonville, was present by order of the governor, with them came the Governor Yates, Adjutant-General T. W. Scott, and former

Adjutant-General \'ance. Colonel Benson Wood, of Effingham. At one o'clock the assembly was called to order by Commander J. B. Hays: the exercise opened with a (juartct. "In the Everlasting Arms," by C. H. King, Thomas J. Raffety. John J. Hamilton, and C. B. Carmll. Prayer was offered by Rev. A. J. Young. Dr. J. B. Hays, commander of the local post ( ".. .\. R. made a few remarks and gave the exercises into thecharge of Department Commander Benson Wood. Col. Benson Wood, who served with (General Carlin. delivered a eulog}' upon his life, followed by ex-Congressman J. A. Comiolly, of Sprin.gfield, who served under General Carlin. Capt, Thomas read a letter from Gen. John C. Black. Gov. Yates then made a brief address, referring to the fact that General Carlin recei\ed his commission as colonel of the 38th Illinois Infantry, from the hands of his father (Governor Richard \'ates in 1861. Other addresses were made and adjourned to the cemetery, led by a platoon of state troops and the Carrollton military band, each division in its proper order, (jeneral Carlin's body was deposited in a steel \ault. The (i. .\. R. burial service was carried out. and at the conclusion of the service three volleys were tired and the assembly dismissed and returned to the city. Space prohibits the full description we woukl wish to give this funeral, and as General Carlin"s long and eminent service warrants ; all his manhood days were devoted to the service of his country, he always had a command where fighting and danger existed ; we of the 14th Army Corps had confidence when General Carlin was with us.

ary 22, 1827, was appointed cadet in the U. S. Military Academy on July i, 1843. Upon graduating was promoted brevet second lieutenant First Artillery. He served in the First Artillery during the Mexican war, under General Winfiekl Scott, and after the JMexican war he served on the frontier until detached and assigned as instructor of artillery at the military academy December ^5.' 1^53- I" August, 1854 he was appointed adjutant of that post and ser\-ed as such until August 31, 1859, then at Fortress IMonroe in the artillery school of practice, and other duties at that post, later to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and in garrison at Washington, D .C. ; appointed a colonel of staff and aid-de-camp to Genera! McDowell, from May 28, to July 27. 1861. November 12. 1861. appointed chief of staff to Major General Buell, Department of the Ohin, cii\-ering the period of Fort Donelson, Shiloh. siege of Curinth, North Alabama, Louisville, Kentucky, until October i. 1862, appointed as major; ser\- ing a time in the Adjutant-General's office at Washington : appointed Lieut. -Col. and assistant Adjutant-General Decemljer 31, 1862, and promoted Provost Marshal General March 17, 1863, serving at the head of the Army in Washington City; later promoted Brigadier General for past meritorious services ; after the war he went to the Pacific, then to the Atlantic coast under General HanC(jck until July i, 1881, when he was retired at his own request, having'^erved his country thirty-four years : after retirement, he located in New York, and entered into literary work, which he did with credit to himself. General l""r_\- died at Newport. R. I.. Julv II. 1894, at the age of 67 years; liuried in the churchyard of St. James the Less, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, without military honors, other than the presence of Adjutant-General of the army, representing the War department.

^^'iI]iam M. Fry was not a commissioned captain, but held the office during tlie war of 1 86 1 to 1865 as district provost marshal in Illinois, receiving pay as captain. He had no active military service, but did equal- Iv effective service in the position he held in maintaining the strength of the army in the field.