Sauk County, Wisconsin - Chapter 4: Sauk Couxty's Wak Record, 1880 (part 1 of 2)

Chapter 4: Sauk Couxty's Wak Record

Treason, always despicable, even unto the eyes of traitors, never became more intensely odious than in 1861, when the climax of a conspiracy, long brewing, was reached, and the best government under the sun found itself face to face with an unholy and unrighteous civil war. The object of tlie South in attempting a separation of the Union was the erection of a great slave empire, encircling the Mexican Gulf; the duty of the North was clearly to prevent the success of a scheme so monstrous and inhuman. The first movements of the confederates were made under very favorable circumstances. They were in possession of many of the chief national offices, and they very largely controlled the army and the navy. Their military plan embraced three principal objects - the^eizurc of the forts and coast defenses, the capture of the national capital and the possession of the Mississippi River. The South was, nevertheless, thrown upon the defensive from the beginning of the struggle, and very soon effectually beleaguered. It was the u neutering aim of the North to bring the war to a close, with as little bloodshed as possible, by the capture of Richmond, tlie rebel capital ; but the first forward movement terminated almost disastrously at Bull Run on the 21st of July, 1861. This battle, however, was without military significance, since it did not secure the seizure of Washington by the rebels. It taught the North the real nature of the terrific struggle in which they were engaged. On the day after the battle. Congress voted ^-500,000,000 and called for 500,000 volunteers. From that moment, the rebellion was doomed. This act of President Lincoln and his patriotic Congress increased the nation's confidence in them to deal the righteous blow, and, at the same time, struck terror to the hearts of the secessionists.

The responses to the call w^ere immediate and of the most encouraging character. Already a previous call for three months volunteers had been filled. No State in the Union was more prompt in sending forward volunteers than was Wisconsin, and no part of Wisconsin responded with greater vigor than did Sauk County. Twenty-six of her sons volunteered under the first call for 75,000 men, and joined the Madison Guards. The following from the Baraboo Republic of April 25, 1861, fairly illustrates the depth of interest in the preservation of the Union at that time :

" The events of the last few days in this village will never fiide from the memories of those who witnessed or bore a part in them. Our commonly sedate population have been elevated to a most unbounded pitch of enthusiasm for their country, on the one hand, and of intense indignation toward those, on the otlicr, who have proved traitors to it. On Friday, Mr. Nash, of the Madison (juard.s, arrived here after having enlisted fourteen names in Sauk City and Prairie du Sac - C. E. G. Horn, Julius Schroetor, David A^eidt, Robert Mettler, August Wandrey, Arthur Cruse, Samuel V. Clark, Anton Fischer, Ed Studelman, Ed Carl, William Bartholdt, Peter Jacob, John .Jenewein and Richard Smith - twelve Germans and two Americans. Peter Jacob has servefl in the (Jriinean war. Forthwith recruits began to fall in, and the martial sound of drum and fife, unheard in our streets this many a day, inspired all hearts with patriotic enthusiasm. Among the Baraboo volunteers to the Madison Guards were two sons of a lady who depended upon them and one other for her support. She gave the other permission to go also when he sliouM have replenished her wood pile I On Saturday, they were initiated into military drill by A. (J. Malloy,' also a volunteer, who had served in the Mexican war and was an Orderh' on Gen. Worth's staff. In the evening, a meeting was held to organize a home company to offer themselves to the Governor in the service of the Union. F. K. Jennings was called to the chair, and D. D. Doane appointed Secretary, Speeches full of feeling were made by D, K. Noyes and others, and a temporary organization effected by choosing A. G. Malloy Captain and

D. K. Noyes First Lieutenant. On the Sabbath morning, the strange sound of the drum, beat by the expert hand of Rev. W. H. Thomson, to the tune of ' Yankee Doodle,' announced that the volunteers were about to leave. A very large concourse of citizens met in front of the court house to do honor to the noble hearts that so promptly responded to their country's call. Rev. C. E. Weirich, by invitation, acted as Chaplain, and delivered an address eminently appropriate to the occasion. A national hymn was then sung, and, after the benediction, the friends of those about to encounter the dangers and hardships of war were invited to bid them adieu. During the exercises many eyes were moist, but at this juncture every face was wet with tears. Men whom we had never suspected could be touched with tenderness, stood with flowing eyes, as sisters, mothers and wives came up to give the parting kiss. After taking their seats in the wagon,

E. N. Marsh, in behalf of the volunteers, made a brief but touching address to those assembled. At half-past 9, with flying colors and to the sound of the drum and fife, under a banner inscribed on one side ' The Union Forever,' and on the other ' Baraboo Volunteers to the Madison Guards,' they drove out of town, followed by a procession of wagons and numerous friends on foot. Following is a list of the Baraboo volunteers : Lafayette Lock, Augustus D. Kimball, Charles W. Porter, Albert B. Porter, John J. Foster, F. D. Stone, Edward N. Marsh, Oscar Allen, Harvey Ames, R. S. Hill, A. Sutcliffe and David Dewell. These twelve volunteers were enrolled among the Madison Guards, and left Madison yesterday (April 24) for Milwaukee. They have unanimously resolved not to taste a drop of liquor until they get back to Baraboo."

The particulars of the organization of the "home company " referred to in the foregoing, are given herewith, as they appeared in the local newspaper: "At the Methodist Church that morning, after the departure of the Guards, Mr. Weirich spoke upon the duty of maintaining the Government, and the impression made will never be effaced from the minds of those who heard him. On Monday, the recruiting continued, and at night, with no call but that of the drum, there was a spontaneous gathering of the ladies, as well as of the more war-like sex. The court house was fairly jammed, and the feeling was such that one might put out his hand and almost feel the electricity in the air. J. B. Avery was called to the chair, and E. Wyman chosen Secretary. Several items of news, just received, were read by T. Thomas, and the same gentleman proposed a fund for the support of the families left, offering to give $25 per month. The announcement was greeted with tremendous cheering. 0. W. Fox responded with $5 per month, and Job Barstow, the same. The following committee of ladies was appointed to solicit subscriptions for the purpose : Mrs. R. Jones, Mrs. J. F. Flanders, Mrs. C. A. Sumner, Mrs. J. B. Avery and Mrs. B. F. Mills. N. W. Wheeler, C. C. Remington, Mr. Crawford, Sr., Timothy idrk, W. H. Thompson, Mr. Blackett and others made eloquent and patriotic speeches. Maj. Rowley and other drummers from Narrows Prairie, had just come in time, and the thunder heard in that court room, to the tune of ' Yankee Doodle ' was never heard there before. A. G. Malloy was then chosen Captain without opposition, and A. N. Kellogg came forward to say that the Republic ofiice claimed the privilege of furnishing one volunteer - Joseph I. Weirich - and of equipping him with a Sharp's rifle. The meeting then adjourned.

'* On Tuesday, the recruiting continued, and in the evening another meeting was held, with 0. W. Fox, Chairman, and E. Wyman, Secretary. After various patriotic speeches, the following resolution, introduced by C. Armstrong, was adopted :

" Whereas, It is reported that some one or two citizens of this town are in the practiceof utteringsentiments of approval of the course pursued by the Southern States in making war upon our Government, and, while we tolerate full freedom of speech and of the press in time of peace, we cannot nor will not, now that civil war has been commenced, submit 10 hear piracy and murder approved, much less witness the United States Constitution violated and traduced by any resident of Sauk County, in their either directly or indirectly giving aid or comfort to the enemy. Therefore,

"Resolved, that the presence of traitors is of itself sufficiently burdensome, and that, if they value the privilege of remaining among us, they must be quiet.

"For several seconds after its reading not a whisper was heard, then the whole audience at once sprang to their feet and sent up three of the lustiest cheers ever heard in Wisconsin.

" On Wednesday morning, Hon. Moses M. Strong being in town, the citizens called for him, when he appeared on the court house steps and made a Union speech, half protesting against the policy of the administration, but deeming it the duty of every good citizen to support the Government. After his speech, the recruits started for Reedsburg to enlist accessions to their ranks. Flags, meantime, have been put up in a dozen or more conspicuous places, and the enthusiasm for red, white and blue emblems is constantly increasing."

Arrived at Reedsburg, the Sauk County Riflemen (for such was the name by which these first recruits were known) stopped at the Alba House, where a grand reception awaited them. Speeches were made by prominent citizens, including William Miles, N. W. Wheeler, F. K. Jenkins and Rev. W. H' Thompson. Ten recruits were there enrolled, and " the boys " returned to their homes to await the call of the Governor, to whom their services had previously been offered.

From this date forward, a blaze of excitement pervaded Sauk County. Impromptu meetings were held in every village and settlement, at which recruits were raised and funds voted for the relief of those left in dependent condition by the enlistment of fathers, brothers and husbands. The ladies were notably active in forming societies with relief ends in view, and making bandages and picking lint to be used on the field of battle in case any of their dear ones were 80 unfortunate as to be wounded. In Baraboo, the school children, some 200 in number, paraded the streets beneath the folds of the American flag. C. A. Sumner & Co. displayed a large flag with eight black stars, representing the disloyal States, surmounted by twenty-six white stars. On the 4th of May, S(|uads of volunteers from diff"erent parts of the county came into Baraboo, and a grand parade took place, winding up with a presentation of red, white and blue badges to the volunteers, Mrs. C. A. Sumner making the presentation address. The Sauk County Riflemen, while awaiting a call from the Governor, visited Reedsburg, where Capt. Malloy was presented with a handsome sword. In anticipation of this event, the Reedsburg boys went over to Ironton to borrow a cannon, but, being refused by the owner of the ordnance, it became necessary to take the weapon any way. The following Saturday a visit was made to Dellton, and later, to Sauk City, but this sort of jollification was cut short on the 28th of May, when an order was received from Adjt. Gen. Utley, commanding them to report for duty. B efore departing for the front, the company (after being SAVorn in by Lieut. Col. Atwood, of the Sixth Regiment), was presented with a stand of colors by the ladies of Baraboo. The departure for Madison was taken June 25, the occasion being one long to be remembered, by citizens and soldiers alike. The volunteers marched slowly along the streets to the court house square, followed by the Hook and Ladder Company and Mr. Thomson's singing-class, consisting of thirty young girls, dressed in white, heads uncovered, and sheltered from the sun's rays by the stars and stripes. Reaching the position assigned them, they sang a touching national hymn, written by Emeline S. Smith :

On behalf of the Sauk County Bible Society, Rev. C. E. Weirich and S. P. Kezerta presented each member of the company with a neat pocket testament ; and Sauk County's first complete company took its departure for the front. The company rendezvoused at Madison for a time, under rigorous discipline. Being assigned as Company A, the extreme right of the Sixth Wisconsin Infantry, they left for the scene of conflict July 28, 1861. With them went the heartfelt sympathies of the citizens of Sauk County for the integrity of the Government. It was the substantial result of their first patriotic efibrts toward maintaining that Governm^t. But they did not pause. Volunteers continued to go forward until the serpent-twined palmetto had ceased to wave, and the" peculiar institution" - slavery - was entombed, never again to exist in a free and enlightened country.

The following names appear upon the company's description book as those of the persons sworn into the United States service: A. G. Malloy, Captain; D. K. Noyes, First Lieutenant ; T. C. Thomas, Second Lieutenant ; Sergeants - J. A. Schlick, J. A. Coughran, J. C. Miller, Albert Fox and H. F. Pruyn ; Corporals - H. A. Lee, J. F. McLoney, J. I. Weirich, H. J. Huntinton, A. F. F. Jensen, John Starks, C. H. Foote and George M. Jones ; Musicians - T. J. Johnson and A. G. Johnson.

Where They Fought And Died

First Regiment. - This was the first regiment organized in Wisconsin in compliance with the President's call for 75,000 three-months volunteers. In it was Sauk County's first contribution of men, who went forth to vindicate the right and punish treason. A list of those enlisting in the Madison Guard (which formed one of the companies in the First Regiment) from this county has already been given, but they Avere not all accepted. The description book of the company shows the names of those who were accepted, as follows : From Baraboo - Oscar Allen, H. B. Ames, L. F. Locke, A. D. Kimball, E. N. Marsh, A. B. Porter, C. W. Porter,

The three months having expired, they were mustered out August 21, 1861. Upon the re-organization of the regiment, quite a number of the Sauk County boys had joined other regiments, then forming, the history of which will be found in subsequent pages of this chapter.

The Iron Brigade. - Sauk County was well represented in the famous Iron Brigade, which was composed of the Second, Sixth and Seventh Wisconsin Infantry Regiments and the Nineteenth Indiana. The representation from this county in the Second and Seventh Regiments, though small, was in fair proportion with that of other counties of greater population ; it was in the ranks of the Sixth Regiment, however, that the patriots of " Old Sauk " were most numerous.

It is due to the memory of those who fell at the Wilderness, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and 'Gettysburg, and to those who lived through the greatest battles of the rebellion, that at least a partial record of the attendant events of their services should be given in these pages. The Second Regiment was originally enrolled under the President's call for 75,000 three-months volunteers. Under orders to rendezvous at Camp Randall, the various companies were organized early in May, 1861. Meanwhile, the General Government had decided to accept no more troops for this short term of service, and, accordingly, on the 16th of May, the regiment was called upon to re-enlist " for three years or during the war." With the exception of one company, the entire regiment complied enthusiastically. On the 11th of June, the Second Regiment, thus organized, was mustered into the United States service, being the first Wisconsin organization so mustered. On the 20th of the same month, the regiment left for Washington, and was the first body of three-years men to appear at the capital. On the 2d of July, they were ordered to Fort Corcoran, on the Fairfax road, where they were brigaded with three New York regiments, under Col. (now Gen.) Sherman, and, on the 16th, when the movement on Manassas Avas made, were attached to Gen. Tyler's Division, by whom the enemy was engaged at Blackburn's Ford, on Bull Run. On the 21st, the Second Regiment was ordered to assault one of the enemy's batteries. They moved up, under a terrific enfilading fire of shell and canister from other batteries, formed in a line at the foot of a hill and charged up, driving back the rebel infantry, which had emerged from a cover in pursuit of a body of our troops just repulsed in a similar assault. Here they fought against enormous odds for over an hour, but, the enemy being re-enforced, were compelled to fall back, having suffered a loss of 30 killed, 105 wounded and 60 prisoners.

On the 23d, the regiment went into camp near Fort Corcoran, where they remained until August 27, when they were transferred from Col. Sherman's command to that of Brig. Gen. Rufus King. The subsequent history of the regiment was identified with that of the Iron Brigade until May, 1864, when they were engaged with the Army of the Potomac in the advance upon Richmond, under Gen. Meade.

The several companies composing the Sixth Regiment were ordered to rendezvous at Camp Randall about June 25, 1861. Under the direction of Col. Lysander Cutler, the regiment was mustered into service on the 16th of July, and on the 28th they left for Harrisburg, Penn., where they remained until the 3d of August, at which date they moved by rail to Baltimore, Md. Proceeding to Washington on the 7th, they encamped at Meridian Hill, joining at that place the command of Gen. Rufus King.

The Seventh Regiment rendezvoused at Camp Randall in August, 1861, and was organized under the direction of Col. Joseph Van Dor, being mustered into service September 16. They left the State for field service on the 21st, and reached Washington on the 1st of October, joining Gen. King's command at Camp Lyon.

It is here that the history of the Iron Brigade properly commences, though its organization took place in August previous, being composed of the Fifth and Sixth Wisconsin and the Nineteenth Indiana. The brigade marched on the 3d of September, occupying a position at the chain bridge, five miles from Meridian Hill. They crossed the Potomac on the 5th of September, and, after assisting in the construction of Fort Marcy, recrossed the river, and, October 5, went into winter quarters at Fort Tillinghast, on Arlington Heights, Va. Here they remained until March 10, 1862, when they took part in the advance upon Manassas. Nothing of startling importance occurred until the forenoon of the 28th of August. The brigade having been assigned a position .in the advance line of the Army of Virginia, they proceeded slowly on the left of the army, via Gainesville, to Groveton, where they turned to the right on the Bethlehem Church road, and lay under arms until 5 in the afternoon, when they returned to the Warrenton l)ike, marciiing toward Centerville. While moving by the flank, the Second Regiment was attacked by a battery posted on a wooded eminence to the left. The regiment promptly advanced upon the battery, and soon encountered the enemy's infantry. While awaiting the arrival ot the rest of the brigade, this regiment sustained and checked for nearly twenty minutes the onset of '' Stonewall " Jackson's entire division, under a murderous concentric fire of musketry. When the brigade arrived, the battle was continued until 9 in the evening, when the enemy was repulsed, although he continued to hold his own line. About midnight, Gen. King, who had been promoted to Division Commander, ordered a retreat by the Bethlehem road to Manassas Junction, where they arrived next morning, having been compelled to leave a number of their wounded and hospital attendants to fall into the hands of the enemy. August 30, the Second, having been temporarily consolidated with the Seventh Wisconsin, moved with the brigade in the second line of battle, to assault the enemy's left, posted in a thick wood. While engagred in assaulting this position, the success of the rebel attack upon the left flank of our array made it necessary to fall back. The "Iron Brigade " formed in line of battle, and retained the position until the entire army had passed in safety on the road to Centerville. Concerning this movement an eye witness writes: " Gibbon's* brigade covered the rear, not leaving the field until after 9 o'clock at night, gathering up stragglers as they marched, and showing so steady a line that the enemy made no attempt to molest them."

The brigade also participated in the movements of the army under the command of Gen. McClellen, and, on the 14th of September, was assigned the duty of storming Turner's Pass, of South Mountain, where the rebels were strongly posted in a gorge. The assault commenced about half-past 5 in' the afternoon, the Second Regiment leading on the left of the road, and the Sixth and Seventh on the right. At 9 o'clock, the enemy was routed and driven from the Pass. On the 15th, leading Hooker's division, in advance of the entire army, they pursued the retreating rebels through Boonsboro to Antietam Creek, where a skirmish ensued. This movement led them to take a prominent part in the battle of Antietam, which commenced the following day. Early in the morning, the brigade became hotly engaged, dislodging the enemy in their front and occupying his position for two hours, until relieved by fresh troops. On the 19th, they marched to the Potomac and went into camp at Sharpsburg.

On the 20th of October, the Twenty-fourth Michigan was added to the brigade. After many severe marches, the brigade reached Brook's Station, Va., November 5. In the meantime, Gen. Gibbon having been placed in charge of the division, Col. Cutter of the Sixth took command of the brigade, but was soon succeeded by Gen. Meredith. Taking part in the general movement of the army, ordered by Gen. Burnside, they left Brook's Station on the 9th of December, and crossed the Rappahannock on the 12th, under fire of the enemy's artillery. In the great battle of Fredericksburg on the 18th, the brigade held an exposed and very important position on the extreme left. During the two days following, they were constantly under arms, retiring safely on the evening of the loth to the north side of the river. They went into winter quarters on the 23d, near Belle Plain, Va.

On the 20th of January, 1863, they broke camp, and took part in the movement known as the " Mud Campaign." On the 12th of February, the Second and Sixth, under command of Col. Fairchild, proceeded down the Potomac and made an expedition through Cumberland County, Va., capturing a number of horses and mules, seizing a quantity of rebel stores and taking prominent secessionists prisoners. A second expedition, with similar results, was made in March.

The command of the Army of the Potomac having been transferred to Gen. Hooker, the brigade took part in the forward movement toward Fitz Hugh Crossing on the 28th of April. The engineers, with the sharpshooters stationed for their protection, having been discovered and driven back by the enemy, the brigade was formed for the purpose of forcing a passage of the Rappahannock. Companies B, D and E, of the Second, manned the ponton wagons and ran them down to the river, when the whole line advanced on the double-quick under a galling fire from the enemy's rifle-pits. The pontons were launched and instantly filled by men from all the regiments, who pushed across, and, led by the Sixth Wisconsin and the Twenty-fourth Michigan, charged up the heights, carrying the rebel rifle-pits by storm and capturing several hundred prisoners.

A series of rapid movements through Maryland, with unimportant results, then followed, and, on the 30th of June, the brigade formed itself at Marsh Creek, Adams Co., Penn. At an early hour on July 1. they moved cautiously in the direction of Gettysburg. When within a mile of that place they turned to the right, under orders to advance to the support of Gen. Buford's cavalry. then"^hard pressed by the enemy. The Second, having that day the lead of the marching column, first met the advancing enemy. The regiment came into line on the double-quick behind a slight elevation, and, without waiting for the rest of the brigade to form, advanced over the crest, receiving a volley which cut down over thirty per cent of the rank and file. With true Wisconsin bravery, they dashed upon the enemy's center and crushed it, thus checking the rebel advance. After a conflict of half an hour's duration, the rebels abandoned the field, leaving over 800 prisoners, including Gen. Archer and the Second Mississippi, with its colors, in the hands of the brigade. They stubbornly resisted the re-enforced assaults of the enemy that soon followed and pursued him from Gettysburg, on the 6th, toward the Potomac, camping at Warrentown Junction, Va., on the 25th.

The Iron Brigade was employed in picket and guard duty on the Rappahannock and Rapidan until the 10th of October, when they took part in the vigorous campaign that followed, frequently meeting and repulsing largely superior forces of rebels. On the 28th of December, the total number of men belonging to the Seventh, present with the army, was 249. Of these, 211 re-enlisted as veterans. On the 21st, 227 of the Sixth also re-enlisted, and at various dates during the month forty members of the Second had done likewise. The veterans of the Sixth and Seventh were mustered into service January 1, 1864, and those of the Second soon afterward. The veterans of these regiments were then allowed short furloughs to visit their homes, and in March were assigned to position as First Brigade, Fourth Division, Fifth Army Corps.

Accompanying the grand forward movement of the army of the Potomac, under Gens. Grant and Meade, the Iron Brigade, commanded by Gen. Cutler, broke camp at Culpeper on the night of May 3, crossed the Rapidan at Germania Ford and marched in the direction of Chancellorsville. On the morning of the 5th, a line of battle was formed in the Wilderness. They advanced by companies through a heavy growth of pine and underbrush and soon encountered the enemy's line. At a distance of forty paces, the enemy, directly in front, poured in a terrible fire, which was returned with such effect as to throw the rebels into disorder. Our troops immediately charged with the bayonet, and at this point Corporal George A. Smith,* Company H, Seventh Regiment, rushed forward and captured the battle-flag of the Forty- eighth Virginia. The brigade continued to advance, driving the enemy to his second line, which was also routed, " the severe fire from our ranks, strewing the ground with dead and dying." After driving the enemy a mile and a half through the timber, he was re-enforced, and the Iron Brigade compelled to fall back to its original position, where the line was re-formed. At dusk they advanced to within seventy -five yards of the rebel lines, where they lay on their arms all night. At daylight next morning the battle was resumed, and the brigade participated in the grand charge upon the rebels in front, forcing them steadily back until re-enforcements reached them, when another retreat became necessary. During the day, after two unsuccessful attempts to break our lines, the enemy, having massed his troops and made a determined assault, was again repulsed with great slaughter. During this assault. Gen. Wadsworth, division commander, was killed. The command then devolved upon Gen. Cutler, Col. Robinson, of the Seventh, assuming command of the brigade. On the 10th of June, Col. Bragg, of the Sixth, became brigade commander.

On the 8th of May, while preparing breakfast near Spottsylvania Court House, the brigade was ordered forward. After a severe contest, they were compelled to fill back a mile, when they rallied and drove the enemy over the ground where they had just fought, and, taking a strong position within three hundred yards of the enemy's works, successfully resisted several attempts to dislodge them. On the evening of the 9th, the enemy drove in our pickets and established a body of nharpshootcrs within fifty yards of our breastworks. Sixty men from the Seventh volunteered to drive these sharpshooters out, and did so. The next day was spent in attempting to chai-ge the enemy's works, but the brigade was driven back each time. The 11th was occupied in shelling and skirmishing on both sides. On this day, the Second, having been reduced to less than one hundred men, and having lost both field officers, who were wounded and in the hands of the enemy, was detailed as provost guard of the Fourth Division, thus severing its connection with the Iron Brigade.

On the morning of the 12th, the brigade again took part in an unsuccessful assault, shortly after which they moved about three miles to the left, to the support of the Second Corps. Here they occupied a position on the right of Gen. Hancock's troops, standing in deep mud and keeping up a constant fire for the protection of the troops who were at work on the fortifications. From constant firing, their guns became so foul that it was necessary to send details of men to wash the guns while their comrades kept up the fire. In many instances, the weariness of the men was so overpowering, having been under fire day and night since the morning of the 8th, that they lay down in the mud and slept under the enemy's fire, notwithstanding the exertions of the officers to keep them awake. Early on the following morning the brigade was relieved.

Participating in the movement of our army to the left, they marched from this place late in the evening. Their next fight occurred near Jericho Ford, on the Po River, where, after a two hours' engagement on the evening of the 23d, the rebels were driven from the field in disorder. The conduct of the brigade in this action was highly complimented by the officers of the army.

Similar scenes were enacted and like hardships endured by this gallant body of men, now whittled away by death and disease to a mere corporal's guard in comparison with its former proportions, until the final and death blow to rebellion had been dealt. After this, they participated in the battles of Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Weldon Railroad, Hatcher's Run and Five Forks, and, when Richmond had fallen, took part in the grand review at Washington. Under orders to report to Gen. Logan, commanding the Army of the Tennessee, the Sixth and Seventh moved by rail and steamer to Louisville, Ky., arriving on the 22d of June, 1865, where the Seventh was mustered out of service on the 3d of July, and reached Madison on the 5th. The Sixth was mustered out on the 14th of July. On reaching the capital of the State, they were the recipients of an enthusiastic reception. At the conclusion of the ceremonies, the words of command were given, the bronzed veterans wheeled to the right, drums and fifes struck up their stormy music, and, with guns at right shoulder shift, and bayonets beaming in the slant sunbeams under the green arches of the summer trees, the last organized fragment of the old Iron Brigade^ bearing the rent and shot-torn banners on which are inscribed the names of such historic battles as South Mountain, Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, The Wilderness, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Weldon Railroad, Hatcher's Run and Five Forks, passed on, to dissolve and disappear from men's eyes forever, but to live immortal in history and in the memory of a grateful people.

The record shows that there were but nineteen members of the Second Regiment who were residents of Sauk County. Of these, three - Thomas Bever, Conrad Piatt and Herman Hoppe - died from the eff"ects of wounds received in battle.

The initial company (A) of the Sixth Regiment was made up entirely of residents of Sauk County, mostly citizens of the towns of Sumter and Baraboo. The list of deaths in this company is as follows : Killed in action - First Lieut. Howard F. Pruyn, Laurel Hill, Va., May 8, 1864; Sergt. A. Fowler, Hatcher's Run, Va., February 6, 1865 ; Corp. John Alexander, Antietam, Md., September 17, 1862; Corp. L. D. Fenton, Cold Harbor, Va., June 2, 1864. Privates - William P. Blake, Antietam ; Fred. Bunzel and Fred. Bauer, Gravelly Run, Va.,

Those of Sauk County's patriots who lost their lives while serving in the Seventh Regiment, were : Corp. George J. Dewey, Company E, killed at Laurel Hill, Va., May 10, 1864 ; Edwin Wheeler, Company B. Antietam; Sanford Frost, Company B, Gainesville (Bull Run); W. P. Carter, Company A, died of disease October 14, 1862 ; George W. Root, Company E, dietl of disease February 23, 1862 ; Homer Newell, Company B, died of disease, August 18, 1864; A B. Frost, Company B, February 8, 1865, at Andersonville.

The commissioned officers of Company A, Sixth Regiment, were : Capt. Adam G. Malloy, promoted Lieutenant Colonel of the Seventeenth Regiment early in 1862; David K. Noyes, wounded at Antietam, September 17, 1862, necessitating an amputation of the right foot ; discharged July 23, 1864; Lewis A. Kent, mustered out with repiment July 14, 1865. First Lieutenants - David K. Noyes, resigned October 30, 1861 ; Thomas C. Thomas, resigned September 23, 1862; John A. Coughran, resigned December 8, 1862 ; Howard F. Pruyn, killed in action May 8, 1864 ; Howard J. Huntington, discharged July 15, 1864 ; Mair Pointon. mustered out with regiment. Second Lieutenants - T. C. Thomas, John A. Coughran, H. F. Pruyn, H. J. Huntington (wounded in action June 18, 1864), promoted; Nelson Moore, mustered out with regiment.

Ninth liei/iment. - Nearly all the members of Company D, of this regiment, were residents of the towns of Honey Creek and Prairie du Sac, the towns of Sumter and Troy also contributing. The regiment was raised under an order authorizing the organization of an exclusively German regiment. They rendezvoused at camp Sigcl, Milwaukee, and were mustered in October 2t!,lH61, with Frederick Solomon as Colonel. They left the State for Leavenworth, Kan., January 22, 1H62, crossing the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers on the ice and becoming a part of the great "Southwestern Expt>dition." which commenced operations in Kansas and Southwestern Missouri with a view of reducing to allegiance the Cherokee and other Indian tribes, working under the inlliience of Confederate emissaries. In this respect the expedition was successful, but the climate proved fatal to the health of our troops. The heat was intolerable, rising to

The first battle of importance in which the Ninth Regiment was engaged was at Newtonia, Mo., on the 29th of September, 1862. Here Companies D (the Sauk County boys) and G, with a section of artillery and a squadron of cavalry, under command of Lieut. Col. Jacobi, advanced upon the fortified position of the enemy for the purpose of ascertaining his strength. The rebels, numbering 3,000 men, with four pieces of artillery, were concealed in the vicinity of a large stone barn and behind stone fences. When our troops had advanced within thirty paces of the enemy, he arose in his sheltered position and delivered a murderous fire. Meantime a large number of rebel cavalry came up on both flanks, cutting off and capturing our infantry. A second expedition against Newtonia was organized, but the rebels had fled, leaving one wounded behind. The line of march was then taken up, and the First Division, to which the Ninth belonged, crossed the Arkansas line, encamping at Pea Ridge on the 17th of November.

On the 7th of December, the rebels under Gen. Hindman were engaged, and the bloody battle of Prairie Grove was fought. After much privation and many forced marches through this God-forsaken country, the Ninth Regiment, with portions of the brigade to which it belonged, reached St. Louis early in July, 1863, where it remained on guard duty until the 12th of September, when the entire command was ordered to Helena, Ark. Here they remained until October 10, when they set out for Little Rock, reaching that place on the 22d, when the Ninth was assigned to the First Brigade, First Division, Seventh Army Corps, under Maj. Gen. Steele. In January, 1864, 213 members of the regiment re-enlisted as veterans. They left for Shreveport, La., on the 23d of March, to take part in the Red River expedition. While at Terre Noir, La., on the 2d of April, the rear of the advancing column was attacked by Shelby's cavalry, but succeeded in routing the enemy after a loss of ten killed in the regiment. Resuming the march, they were joined on the 9th by Gen. Thayer's command, and on the following day encountered the enemy, who was driven back. On the 15th, they encountered the rebel forces, under Marmaduke, at Poison Springs, and a brief engagement followed. On the 26th, it having been determined to abandon the Red River expedition, the return march toward Little Rock was commenced. On the morning of the 30th, as our forces were preparing to cross the Saline River, the rear of the column was assaulted by the enemy in greatly superior numbers, and the battle of Jenkins Ferry was commenced, in which the Ninth lost fourteen killed and seventy wounded. During this assault, while Gen. Rice was in the act of complimenting the regiment for their gallant behavior, he was instantly killed, when Col. Solomon took command of the brigade, leaving Maj. Schlueter in charge of the regiment. On the 1st of May they were again in motion, reaching Little Rock on the 3d.

November 17, 186-1:, the regiment was consolidated into four companies of veteran volunteers under Lieut. Col Jacobi, and January 22, 1865, a second expedition to Saline River was undertaken. They returned to Little Rock on the 5th of February. Embarking on the 4th of June, they moved down the Arkansas and Mississippi, and, ascending the Red, Black and Washita Rivers, landed on the 13th at Camden. Here they remained until August 3, returning to Little Rock. The Ninth was mustered out on the 30th of January, 1866, and on the 14th of February was disbanded.

The losses in Company D were : Killed in action - Sergt. Julius Dobezensky, Newtonia, Mo. ; Corps. Casper Boul, Sarcoxie, Mo., Arthur Cruse and Max Crasher, Newtonia. Privates - Benjamin Anderson, Jenkins Ferry, Ark. ; Gustav Baumgarth and Christian Baumgarth, Newtonia ; Emanuel Bieneck and John Lohr, Jenkins Ferry ; Christian Lambrecht and Herman Roediger, Newtonia ; Andrew Sauter and Frederick Schleuke, Jenkins Ferry.

Comjtany D's commissioned officers were : Capt. Charles Buckenen ; First Lieuts. Charles E. G. Horn, promoted Captain of Company A April 30, 1862, and promoted Lieutenant Colonel of Second Missouri in May, 1864 ; John Gerber, transferred to Company F and afterward promoted Captain of Company K and transferred to Company H ; Jacob Bohn, resigned February 6, 1863 ; Herbert Pfotenhauer. Second Lieutenants - Jacob Bohn, promoted to Company B. transferred to D and resigned as above ; Detler Heick, resigned August 13, 1862 ; William Schulten, promoted to Company B and afterward promoted to Company D, Independent Battery ; Hugo Koch, promoted to Company H and transferred to Company I ; Louis Schuetz, transferred to Company A and promoted to Company E ; Richard Kempter, resigned May 21, 1863 ; Gerhardt Zucker, resigned July 3, 1863 ; Anton Fischer.

* Ehoenth Eef/iment. - In this regiment there were representatives of Sauk County in Companies B, D, E, F, G, H and K, the representation being comparatively small in each. The Eleventh Regiment was attached to the Second Brigade, under Col. Hovey, in Gen. Steele's command, and under orders to proceed South, passed through Missouri into Arkansas. The first engagement of any note was at Bayou Cache, on the 7th of July, when Companies D, G, II and I held in check a vastly superior force of rebels until re-enforcements arrived. The Eleventh's losses were four killed and twenty wounded. They arrived at Helena on the 13th. In October, they returned to Pilot Knob, Mo., and remained in that State during the winter. On the loth of March, 1863, they embarked at St. Genevieve for Memphis. From there they proceeded to Milliken's Bend, La., and took position in the Second Brigade, Fourteenth Division of the Thirteenth Army Corps. The Ist of April dawned upon the Eleventh Regiment leading the advance at Anderson Hill, near Port Gibson, Miss., where the rebels were driven back in confusion. May 15, the brigade took part in the battle of Champion Hills, and the next day <;ut off' the retreat of the enemy at Black River Bridge, the Eleventh Regiment taking upward of 1,0<J<) prisoners, with a regimental stand of colors. On the 19th they were in the trenches before Vicksburg, and participated in the terrible charge of the 22d. They were actively -emj)loyed in the siege that followed, and were there when the place surrendered. Immediately after that event, the Eleventh joined the expedition to Jackson, and took part in the '" Second Teche Campaign," going as far as Opelousas. Returning over almost impassable roads, they embarked at Algiers on the 19th of November for Brazos Santiago, Tex. There they received orders to re-enforce Gen. Banks at Aranzas Pass, and afterward to proceed to Fort Esperanza, where they arrived too late to assist Gen. Washburn in reducing the enemy at that place.

Three-fourths of the regiment having re-enlisted, they were relieved from duty on the 11th of February, and mustered in as veterans on the 13th. The non-veterans were temporarily transferred to Col. Guppey's regiment (the Thirty-third). The re-enlisted portion reached Madison March 21, and were received in splendid style by the State authorities and citizens. They again left the State on the 2.5th of April, and proceeded to Memphis. They afterward partici[)atc<l in the various expeditions in Northern Mississippi and Alabama, doing good service, for which tliey were highly commended by the commanding officers. The regiment was mustered out in Mobile September 4, 1865, and reached home on the 18th.

The death losses among those from this county were: Died of wounds - William E. Stearns, Swerin Mather, Company F. Died of disease - Henry Brill, Company F ; Samuel Almy, Hiram Porter, Company II ; Peter Alexander, Company F ; Abraham Hendrickson, Company E ; Amos Colborn, Company H ; George Parsons, Sergeant, Company H ; Andrew Hodgott, Comjjany F; David A. liesford. Company F; John Anderson, Company K; Ernest Black, Company F.

Tivclt'th licr/iment. - Company B of this regiment was composed almost exclusively of residents of the towns of Reedsburg, Lavalle, Ironton and Westfield, while the towns of Dellona and New Buffalo furnished about one-third of the members of Company E. There were also residents of Sauk County in A and K. The Twelfth Regiment received their first military instructions at Camp Randall, under Col. George E. Bryant. They left the State for Weston, Mo., on the 11th of January, 1862, reaching there on the 16th with frozen rations and forty men disabled by the intense cold and exposure. February 15 they marched to Leavenworth, Kan., and on the 1st of March they left for Fort Scott, reaching there on the 7th. On the 2d of April they found themselves in Lawrence, and after a short rest started for Fort Riley to join the projected expedition to New Mexico. Here they were joined by the Thirteenth Infantry and Eighth Battery of Wisconsin. On the 18th of May, the expedition scheme having been abandoned, the whole force returned to Leavenworth, the Twelfth proceeding to St. Louis the next day after their arrival. June 2 the regiment reached Columbus, Ky., and, after repairing the railroad and building several bridges, moved to Humboldt, Tenn.

On the 1st of October, the regiment was moved to Bolivar, Tenn., and attached to the Third Brigade, Fourth Division, Seventeenth Army Corps. They formed the reserve at the battle of the Hatchie on the 5th of this month, and November 3 commenced the march southward with the Army of the Mississippi, under Gen. Grant. Subsequent movements antedating the 18th of April, 1863, were of no particular consequence. On the afternoon of this day, they met Gen. Chalmers' infantry in force at Hernando, Miss. The rebels were routed after seven of their officers and sixty men had fallen into our hands. The next day the enemy's main body was found near Coldwater River, but our efforts to dislodge him were of no avail. These expeditions served as the decoy which enabled the gallant Col. Grierson to reach the heart of Mississippi in his famous raid through that State.

On the 11th of May, the Twelfth embarked at Memphis and made the well-known land and water voyage to Grand Gulf. On the 9th of June, they proceeded up the river to Warrenton and rejoined their division, taking a position in the trenches on the left of the army investing Vicksburg. Their loss during the siege was one man killed and five wounded. After the surrender of Vicksburg, the regiment joined the expeditionary army under Gen. Sherman, and marched toward Jackson, then in the hands of the rebels under Jo Johnston, and took part in the assault on that place. After the rebels had fled, the regiment returned to Vicksburg. On the 15th of August they embarked at Natchez, and took the advance in the expedition to Harrisonburg, La, Similar movements of no particular moment were continued until the 2.5th of January, 1864, when the Twelfth was re-organized as a veteran regiment, 521 of the 667 members then present, re-enlisting.

On the 3d of February they accompanied Gen. Sherman on his famous Meridian expedition, and took part in the action at Bolton, Miss., with a loss of three killed and four wounded. On the 13th of March, the veterans of the regiment returned to their homes on furlough. Rejoining the command May 3, at Cairo, 111., having been transferred to the First Brigade, they accompanied Gen. Gresham up the Tennessee River, thence through Alabama and Georgia, and joined the Army of the Tennessee on the 8th of June. On the 11th, they formed in line of battle and charged two miles through the timber, capturing the skirmish line of the enemy in front of Kenesaw Mountain, before which the regiment were constantly employed during the remainder of the month, sustaining a loss of thirty-four men in killed, wounded and missing.

On the 5th of July, forming a part of our line, they advanced toward Nickajack Creek, drivinof the enemy from a strong line of rifle pits, and forcing him across the stream to his main works. Fortifying the point thus gained, on the 8th and 9th they built bridges and established themselves on the enemy's side of the stream. During the night of the 9th, the enemy abandoned his works. At this time the regiment was transferred to the First Brigade, Third Division of the Seventeenth Corps.

On the 17th of July they were again put in motion, and on the 21st, as part of a storming party, carried a fortified ridge in front of Atlanta. In this action, the Twelfth captured fortyeight prisoners and 500 stands of arms, sustaining a loss during the day of 1-54 in killed, wounded and missing. The next day they aided in capturing nearly the entire attacking force, the Twelfth losing thirty-four in killed and wounded. In the general movement of the army as it closed upon Atlanta, the Twelfth was highly commended for its part in the desperate struggle. They were engaged in all the battles of that campaign, and in November joined with Sherman's forces in their celebrated "march to the sea." They commenced the joyous homeward journey on the 1st of May, reaching Washington in time to participate in the grand review. From there they went to Louisville, Ky., where they were mustered out on the 16th of July, 1865.

Company E - Killed in action - Corps. John Stultz and Charles Fields, Atlanta ; Private Daniel A. Titus, Atlanta. Died of wounds - Second Lieut. James H. Thayer, Marietta ; Privates C. A. Boughton, Atlanta ; J. L. Boyd, David's Island, N. Y. ; Henry A. Fluno, Nickajack, Ga., July 6, 1864 ; William Stowell, Atlanta. Died of disease - Privates Amund Annunson, E. W. Barton, G. W. Bailey, James H. Clement, J. C. Edmonds, W. H. Fisher, J H. Freeman, C. L. Gloyd, Wesley Harbaugh, Enos Johnston, A. Knapp, G. W. Marshall, G. C. Montague, Horace Ostrander, Henry Rockwell, Laredo S. Smith, Harlan A. Squires and John W. Veivick.

The commissioned officers of Company B were : Captains - Giles Stevens, mustered out October 30, 1864; Chester G. Higbee, mustered out December 2, 1864; Jonathan W. Root, mustered out with regiment, July 16, 1865. First Lieutenants - Benjamin F. Blackman, mustered out October 30, 1864 ; Harrison P. Ballard, mustered out with regiment. Second Lieutenants - James W. Lusk, promoted First Lieutenant in Company A, April 10, 1862, and resigned April 7, 1863 ; Chester G. Higbee, wounded at Marietta, Ga., August 22, 1864, and promoted as above ; Stephen J. Davis, mustered out with regiment.

Fourteenth Regiment. - There were members of this regiment in Companies A, H, I and K from Sauk County, the largest number being in the latter company, from the towns of Greenfield and Baraboo. The Fourteenth Regiment rendezvoused at Camp Wood, Fond du Lac, and was mustered into service, under the supervision of Col. David E. Wood, January 30, 1862. They left the State on the 8th of March, and reported to Maj. Gen. Grant, at Savannah, Tenn., on the 28th, being assigned to the Sixth Division. They entered at once into active service, their first fight being at Corinth. They afterward participated in the battles of Shiloh, Vi(;ksburg and Atlanta, and passed through the diff'erent campaigns with Grant and Sherman. They were mustered out at Mobile, Ala., on the 9th of October, 1865.

The percentage of casualties among those from this county who were members of the regiment was very large. In Company K, Rufus Billings was killed at Corinth, October 3, 1862 ; Charles A. Brier and Joseph Covenstance died from the effects of wounds, and Sergt. Charles A. Cowles, John and Michael Aukerbrand, Edward L. Mott and John F. Wilson died of disease.

Sei'enttu'iith fii';fi)/ieiif. - Company H of this regiment was composed of Sauk County patriots. Tiieir organization was efft'cted at Camp Randall, and the regiment mustered into service under Col. John L. Doran, .March 15, 1862. They left the State on the 20th of the same month, and on the 14th of April went into camp at Pittsburg Landing. Ten days later they removed to Shiloh, and soon afterward participated in the siege of Corinth. October 3, found the Seventeenth on the crest of a hill, near Corinth, awaiting an attack from the enemy, which soon came, and the regiment made a gallant charge, driving the rebels from the field. Their loss during this action was forty-one killed, wounded and missing. On the 5th they joined in the pursuit of the enemy. At Grand Junction, Miss., November 6, they were transferred from the First to the Second Brigade, commanded by Col. Bouck, of the Eighteenth. Col. Doran having been placed under arrest, Lieut. Col. Malloy took charge of the regiment November 22.

They found themselves before Vicksburg on the 18th of May, in time to take part in the charge of the 19th, obtaining position within seventy-five yards of the enemy's works, which they maintained under a heavy fire of shot and shell for nearly two hours. Their loss was forty five in killed and wounded. In the grand assault of the 22d, the Seventeenth lost twentythree killed and wounded. After the surrender, the regiment camped within the enemy's works until the 12th of July, when they moved by transports to Natchez. On the 27th of August, they were furnished with horses, and for some time thereafter were employed as mounted infantry. September 1, they captured a Black River steamer, after a brisk skirmish. On the 5th of September they encountered the enemy near Trinity, and after a running fight of nine miles, during which they captured twenty-five prisoners, they entered Fort Beauregard, the flag of which fell into their hands. Returning to Natchez, they remained until the latter part of October, when they moved to Vicksburg.

In January, 1864, about seven-eighths of the regiment re-enlisted for three years, and oa the 8th of March the veteran Seventeenth left for home on furlough. April 22, they were assigned to the second brigade at Cairo, 111., for an expedition through Tennessee. At Huntsville, Ala., the regiment was assigned to the Third Brigade, Third Division, and on the 22d of June took part in the battle of Kenesaw Mountain. On the 20th of July they were in the trenches before Atlanta. From this time forward they were employed with Gen. Sherman's forces in their famous march. After attending the grand review in Washington, the Seventeenth moved to Louisville, where they were mustered out on the 14th of July, 1865.

The death-losses of Company H, during the war, were as follows: Died o*f wounds - Privates James Flanders and John McMahon. Died of disease - Privates Ira L. Ames, N. A. Burgess, Gottleib Bantling, Daniel Carmichael, Joseph Herman, Joel Hamblin, John McNulty, John McClure, Thomas Nelson, Frederick Ordman, John Power, Charles Plum, Walter P. Scott and James P. Watson.

Commissioned officers of Company H : Captains - Charles Armstrong, mustered out May 21, and re-appointed September 2, 1862; resigned March 24, 1863; Samuel R. Apker, mustered out with regiment, July 14, 1865. First Lieutenants - Samuel R. Apker, promoted ; Darius E. Palmer, mustered out January 24, 1865 ; Henry A. Nolf, mustered out with regiment. Second Lieutenants - Richard Rooney, resigned April 16, 1862 ; Miles Joyce, resigned November 27, 1862 ; Darius E. Palmer, wounded at Vicksburg, May 19, 1863, and promoted as above ; James B. Fowler, mustered out with regiment.

Nineteenth Regiment. - The initial company of this regiment was recruited in Sauk County, principally from the towns of Reedsburg, Baraboo, Winfield, Woodland and Westfield. They were mustered into service at Camp Randall, April 30, 1862, under Col. Horace T. Sanders, and left for the Potomac on the 2d of June. Going to Norfolk, Va., soon afterward, they remained there until April, 1863, and thereafter did outpost and picket duty in Virginia and North Carolina. They were engaged for the first time at Newbern, N. C, on the 1st of February, 1864. On the 12th of May, a portion of the regiment participated in the movement upon Fort Darling, and on the 16th, in attempting to dislodge a party of rebel skirmishers, lost twenty-five men killed and wounded. In June, they accompanied the advance of Gen. Grant's army upon Petersburg, and participated in the celebrated assault upon the enemy's works. In August, the re enlisted men of the regiment, 250 in number, received veteran furloughs, and reached Madison on the 22d of that month, returning in October, and proceeding at once to the trenches before Richmond. On the 21st of October, they took part in the battle of

Fair Oaks, leavin;^ on the field 7 officers and 136 enlisted men, most of whom were wounded and captured. The regiment returned to Camp Chapin, before Richmond, with eighty men, where they were joined by the non-veteran portion, who had been on duty at Norfolk. On the 3d of April, 1865, they were ordered to assault the enemy's works, and, meeting with but little opposition, marched into the city and planted the regimental colors upon the city hall. Their subsequent movements were unimportant, save that which brought them home. They were mustered out of service on the 9th of August, in the rebel capital, and reached Madison on

The fatalities in Company A were : Killed in action - Sergt. Ferris B. Palmer, Fair Oaks, Va., October 27, 1864 ; Corp. John Fuller, Fair Oaks ; Privates Robert Cheek, Petersburg, Va., August 7, 1864; Sylvester Searles, Petersburg. Died of wounds - Corp. Alvah Rathbun, Fort Monroe, Va., Nov. 5, 1864 ; Privates Charles Day, Hampton Va., June 6, 1864 ; Ephraim Hanes, Portsmouth, Va., July 5, 1864; William Miller, Richmond, Nov. 1, 1864; Daniel Sanborn, Jr., Annapolis, Md., March 20, 1865. Died of disease - Sergt. James Smith, Ser^t. Albert P. Steese, John Casey, W. B. Hobby, William Horsch, Jesse Mallon, James Markee, Newman W. Pitts and Samuel Street.

The officers of Company A were : Captains - Rollin M. Strong, promoted Major October 10, 1863; promoted Lieutenant Colonel December 29, 1863; wounded and taken prisoner at Fair Oaks, Va., October 27, 1864, and discharged from service April 11, 1865 ; Henry A. Tator, mustered out April 19, 1865. First Lieutenants - Henry A. Tator, promoted ; Alexander P. Ellinwood, transferred to Company A, Independent Battery, May 1, 1865; promoted Captain Company E, May 23, and mustered out August 9, 1865. Second Lieutenants - A. P. Ellinwood, promoted ; Emory Wyman, mustered out February 22, 1865 ; Charles A. Chandler, transferred Captain Company A, Independent Battery, June 21, and mustered out August 9, 1865.

Twenty-third Regiment. - Company K of this regiment was recruited in the towns of Prairie du Sac, Spring Green, Franklin, Sumter, Bear Creek, Troy and Westfield. The principal part of Company F was also composed of Sauk County men, from the towns of Baraboo, Dellona, Excelsior, Greenfield and Merrimack. The regimental organization was perfected at Camp Randall, under the superintendence of Col. Guppey, and left for active service September 15, 1862, under orders to proceed to Cincinnati, then menaced by Kirby Smith's forces. Passing through Cincinnati, they crossed into Kentucky, and were assigned to position in Gen. Green Clay Smith's Division. After marching through various parts of the Blue Grass State, they proceeded to Memphis, Tenn., by water, arriving on the 27th of November. The regiment was there assigned to the First Brigade, Tenth Division, and at once took position in the army destined for the reduction of Vicksburg.

On the 28th of December, the regiment moved forward to within a mile of the enemy's works. From this date to January 1, 1863, they were exposed to rebel shot and shell without suffering material loss. January 2, the Army of the Mississippi proceeded up the river to Millikcn's Bend. Embarking on the 9th, the Twenty-third ascended the White River to the " Cut-ofi",' where they crossed to the Arkansas River and moved up that stream to Fort Hindman, which they proceeded to invest the next day. At noon on the 11th, the investment having been completed, a general engagement commenced. While moving forward, the Twentythird was assailed by an unexpected enfilading fire from the enemy's rifle-pits. Companies B, G and K were thrown out as skirmishers, the remaining companies attacking the rifle-pits. The conflict continued with great fury for three hours, when the rebels, anticipating the charge which had been ordered, raised the white flag and surrendered unconditionally. The regiment received many congratulations for their conduct from the division and brigad*^ commanders. Their loss was four killed an<l thirty-four wounded. The regiment then returned to Young's Point, near Vicksburg, but the malaria of the Yazoo swamps came near accomplishing what the rebels had failed to do, and of 700 men in line of battle, three-fourths were under the surgeon's eare. The health of the regiment improving, their next active work Avas at Cypress Bend,

Ark., on the 18th of February, when a body of rebels were driven through the native swamp, some prisoners and munitions of war being taken. March 30 found them on the battle-field at Port Gibson, Miss., and on the 2d of May were the first to enter that village. On the 15th, the line of march was resumed, and the 16th witnessed the battle of Champion Hills, in which the Twenty-third participated with such ardor and eifect as to receive the congratulations of the commanding General. The next day, they pushed forward to Black River Bridge, capturing the Sixtieth Tennessee, with its colors. The 18th brought them to within three miles of Vicksburg, and on the 22d they took part in the general assault on the enemy's works, pushing forward to the base of one of the forts. At the close of the siege that followed, the Twenty-third numbered but 150 men for duty. August 24, they proceeded south, in transports, to Algiers, opposite New Orleans. After an extended expedition through Mississippi, the brigade to which the regiment was attached was attacked, at Carrion Crow Bayou, on the 3d of November, by a vastly superior force. The Twenty-third stood firm, doing effective work, until flanked on both sides, when the order was given to fall back. This movement was executed without panic, and upon the arrival of re-enforcements, they again advanced in line, forcing the enemy back and gaining possession of the field. The regiment, at the beginning of the action, numbered 220 ofiicers and men, of whom 128 were killed, wounded or taken prisoners, the latter including Col. Guppey, who was severely wounded. The regiment thereafter engaged in the Texas and Red River expedition. On the 8th of April,1864, occurred the battle of Sabine Cross Roads, in which the Twenty-third lost seven killed, fourteen wounded and forty-three taken prisoners. The last general engagement in which they participated was at Mobile, Ala. In the meantime, they had performed some wonderful marches and engaged in numerous skirmishes. They were mustered out of service July 4, 1865, reached Madison on the 16th, and were disbanded on the 24th.

Officers of Company K : Captains - Nathan S. Frost, died in hospital at Memphis December 18, 1862 ; Ephraim S. Fletcher, resigned July 30, 1863 ; John Starks, discharged May 20, 1864. First Lieutenants - Ephraim S. Fletcher, promoted ; A. J. McFarland, died at Portage July 4, 1863 ; Joseph W. Richardson, mustered out with regiment. Second Lieutenants - John B. Malloy, resigned January 28, 1863 ; Basil Smout, resigned December 24, 1864.

The o95cer3of C)mpiny F were : Captains - Charles H. Williams, promoted Major August 29, Wrl, and resigned February 25, 1863 ; Jacob A. Schlick, mustered out with regiment July 4, 18Go. First Lieutenants - Elisha L. Walbridge, died May 31, 1863, while on his way home on leave of absence ; D.miel C. Stanley, wounded and taken prisoner at Carrion Crow Bayou, La., November 3, 1863, and exchanged December 26, 1864 ; mustered out with regiment. Second Lieutenants - Daniel C. Stanley, promoted ; Robert E. Crandall, taken prisoner at Sabine Cross Roads, La,, April 8, 1864, and exchanged June 12, 1864; mustered out with regiment.

Tiventij-iiixth Regiment. - About one-half the members of Company K of this regiment were recruited in the towns of Honey Creek, Prairie du Sac and Troy. The regiment rendezvoused at <.'amp Sigel, Milwaukee, September 5, 1862, under the management of Col. W. H. Jacobs, and was mustered in on the 17th. They left the State October 5, and proceeded to Washington. On the 15th, at Fairfax Court House, they were assigned to the Second Brigade, Third Division, Eleventh Army Corps. Their first battle was at Chancellorsville, May 2, 1863, and proved very disastrous, nearly 200 of their number being left on the field. Their total loss here was 37 killed, 117 wounded, 20 prisoners and 3 missing. The 1st of July found them at Gettysburg, where they were again overwhelmed by a largely superior force of rebels. The loss in this engagement was 41 killed, 137 wounded, 26 prisoners and 6 missing, but four of their officers escaping unhurt.

(^n the 2d of October they joined the Army of the Cumberland at Bridgeport, Ala. On the 22d of November they participated in a movement against the enemy on Mission Ridge, Tenn., and did effective work. During this short campaign, they sustained no loss, but the hardships they endured were unusually great. Many of the men were destitute of shoes and blankets. April 23, they were assigned to the Third Brigade, Third Division, Twentieth Corps. On the 14th of May, 1864, the regiment took a position before the enemy's works at Resaca, and thrice attempted to drive him hence, sustaining a loss of 6 killed and 40 wounded. May 25, they took part in the battle of Dallas, 5 of their number being killed and 32 wounded. In pursuing the enemy they captured a battle-flag, and on the 19th of June found themselves before the rebel works at Kenesaw Mountain. Hei'e, on the 22d, an attack was made, the enemy being driven within his works. In this action, the regiment losfe 9 killed and 30 wounded. At Peach Tree Creek, on the 20th of July, the Twenty-sixth captured the battle-flag of the Thirty-third Mississippi, together with forty prisoners Their loss in this action was 9 killed and 36 wounded. July 22, they were before Atlanta, and August 3, were placed in the front line. The 10th of December brought them in front of Savannah, where siege operations were commenced. After the abandonment of that place by the enemy, they commenced their movement northward through the Carolinas.

On the 15tli of March, 1865, they were at Averysboro, N. C, and participated in the action near that place, routing the enemy and occupying his works. Their loss at this place was 7 killed and 10 wounded. March 18, they arrived on the field at Bentonville, and took a position as a part of the reserve. The homeward march was commenced April 30, after the declaration of peace. They were mustered out in Washington June 13.

The death loss in the Twenty-sixth was unusually large. The official figures place it at 249. Of this number, 128 were killed in action. The casualties in Company K were : Killed in action - Capt. August Schueler, Chancellorsville, May 2, 1863; Sergt. Otto Bernhard, Peach Tree Creek. July 20, 1864; Corp. George Regenbrecht, Gettysburg, July 1, 1863; Corp. August Fluck, Chancellorsville; Privates John Hermann, Gettysburg; Jacob Indermauer, ('liancellorsville; Jacob Klink, Burnt Hickory, ^Lay 25, 1864; Martin Mengelt. Chancellorsville; Fred Roc'U, Burnt Hickory; Michael Rausch, Chancellorsville: Fred Roehrich, Gettysburg ; Davi-l Rothacker, Gettysburg. Died of wounds - Fred Steinhoff and Fred Sonnenschein. Died of disease - Sergt. Fritz Laisch, Fred Balk. Frank Gotthardt, John Mueller.

Company K was officered as follows : Captains - Louis Pelosi, resigned March 12, 1863; August Schueler, wounded at Chancellorsville, Va., May 2, 1863, his leg being amputated on the field, from the effects of which he soon died ; Edward Carl, resigned September 26, 1864 ; Frederick Koerner, discharged November 4, 1864 ; Casper Buechner, mustered out with regiment, June 13, 1865. First Lieutenants - Jacob Heip, resigned November 19, 1862 ; H. J. Berninger, wounded at Chancellorsville, losing his leg above the knee; resigned February 26, 1863 ; Charles H. Doerflinger, discharged February 25, 1864 ; F. Koerner, wounded at New Hope Church, Ga., May 25, 1864, and promoted as above. Second Lieutenants - Edward Carl, promoted from Company D ; Henry Greve, promoted from Company E ; Christian Phillip, promoted from Company F ; afterward promoted as Captain of Co. I, and killed at the battle of Resaca, May 15, 1864 - a brave man.

The Forty-ninth. - Though the representation from Sauk County in this regiment was small, it nevertheless has a history of local interest, which is given as follows : The Forty-ninth Regiment, Col. Fallows, left the State on the 8th of March, 1865 ; moved direct to Benton Barracks, Mo. Remaining there only a few days, it removed to Rolla, arriving at that place on the 13th of March. Maj. Noyes had command of the regiment until the 8th of April, Mhen Lieut. Col. Coleman arrived and took command. Company E was stationed in the town for patrol duty. Other companies and detachments were sent in different directions to keep bushwhackers and guerrillas in check. On the 14th of April, Maj. Noyes was detailed on courtmartial and military commission duty in St. Louis, remaining there until the 18th of September. The regiment having previously been ordered to St. Louis, Maj. Noyes was placed in command. On the 7th of November, Col. Fallows and all the staff-officers reached Madison and were mustered out, and a week later Lieut. Col. Coleman and Maj. Noyes, with the other seven companies, were likewise discharged. On this occasion, among other promotions, Maj. Noyes received a Lieutenant Colonel's commission.

First Cavalry. - Company F of this regiment was recruited in Sauk County. The regimental organization was perfected at Camp Harvey, Kenosha, by Col. Edward Daniels, the last company being mustered on March 8, 1862. They left the State March 17 for St. Louis, and until May, 1863, remained in Missouri. On the 31st of that month they reached Nashville, Tenn., and were assigned position in the cavalry corps of the Army of the Cumberland. Their first engagement was at the battle of Chickamauga. October 2, 1863, they distinguished themselves in an attack upon the rebels under Gen. Wheeler, near Jasper, Tenn., killing and wounding seventy-nine of the enemy, and taking a large number of prisoners. The loss to the regiment was but four wounded, one prisoner and three missing. They remained in Tennessee until early in 1864, participating in numerous skirmishes. On the 17th of January, they took part in the battle of Dandridge, sustaining a loss of thirty-two men killed, wounded and missing. On the 9th of March, they again encountered Gen. Wheeler's forces, but were compelled to fall back. Thenceforward the regiment, with the First Cavalry Division, accompanied the march of Gen. Sherman's forces, taking part in daily actions with the enemy. May 26, five companies, with a portion of an Indiana regiment, attacked a brigade of rebel cavalry near Burnt Hickory, routing the enemy with great loss, and capturing three officers and forty-four men. They were subsequently engaged at Big Shanty, Lost Mountain, Chattahoochee River and Beechtown Creek. Toward the latter part of July they encountered the forces under Gen. Armstrong, and after a loss of thirty-one men were compelled to withdraw. On the 4th of November they left for Louisville, where they were remounted and attached to the Second Brigade, Col. La Grange commanding. Marching thence to Hopkinsville, Ky., they drove the enemy from the place. The enemy was also put to flight at Elizabethtown. A vigorous campaign then followed in Tennessee and Alabama. They were present at the surrender of Montgomery, and on the 16th of April, 1865, aided in the capture of Fort Tyler, where they lost seven killed and fourteen wounded.

The history of the First Wisconsin Cavalry is particularly interesting and important, from the fact that they were instrumental in the capture of Jeff. Davis, and, had it not been for the unsoldierly conduct of Col. Pritchard, of the Fourth Michigan, they would have accomplished this pleasant duty themselves. Leaving Macon, Ga., May 24, they reached Edgefield June 15, where thev were mustered out on the 19th of July.

The death losses in Company F during the war were : Private Edward Ochsner, killed at L'Auc/ville, Ark., August 3, 1862. Died of Disease - Lieut. H. W. Getchell; Privates Franklin V" Angel, George'^Boundey, Henry Bray, Ira W. Clark, W. W. Crawford, James Combest, John Farmer, C. R. Foster, Austin Fowler, Jonas Fuller, H. J. Greiber, M. B. Gallagher, John Hetz, George Harris, E. H. Knowles, C. C. Kimball, C. B. Kimball, F. F. Leonard, John Lemfer, Erastus Moore, J. C. McMillen, J. M. Moorehead, Squire Mounce, Nels Oleson, M. A. Pease, D. C. Roberts, A. Sattler, K. Swenson, G. W. Seager, J. Vosburg, J. W. Wilder and

Company F's officers were : Captains - John Hyde, resigned April 30, 1863 ; James M. Comstock, mustered out Sept. 31, 1864 ; Milton Martin, mustered out with the regiment July 19, 1865. First Lieutenants - Newton Jones, promoted from Company M ; Peter J. Williamson, mustered out October 31, 1864; Milton Martin, promoted; Charles F. Perry, mustered out with regiment. Second Lieutenants - Henry W. Getchell, died at Little Rock, Ark., September 13, 1862 ; John L. Church, mustered out October 31, 1864 ; William E. Lamb, mustered out with regiment.

Third Cavalry. - Company F of this regiment was recruited in Sauk County, principally in the town of Baraboo. The regiment was mustered in at Camp Barstow% Janesville, January 81, 1862, under Col. W. A. Barstow, and left the State March 26 for St. Louis. While on the way, 12 men were killed and 28 injured by a railway accident near Chicago. May 27, under orders, they reached Fort Leavenworth, Kan., where they were mounted, and on the 17th of June, Companies C, F, I and M arrived at Fort Scott, in the vicinity of which they were engaged in the pursuit of bushwhackers. Early in August, they encountered the enemy, under Col. Shelby, near Montevallo, Mo., without definite results. November 30, they engaged in the battle of Cane Hill, and December 7, took part in the battle of Prairie Grove, Ark. May 30, a portion of the regiment were attacked in the Cherokee Nation by Gen. Cooper's Indian and Texan troops, whom they repulsed with great slaughter, the detachment losing five men, killed and wounded. On the return from Fort Blunt, the rebels again attacked them, and were again repulsed. July 17, they took part in the battle of Honey Springs, aiding in the capture of all the enemy's artillery and a large number of prisoners. October 16, in a raid upon Waldron, Ark., the rebels were routed. The next day a force of rebel Indians was repulsed. Making Van Buren their headquarters, they engaged in numerous successful raids in that section, and rendered important services in guarding the telegraph and escorting trains through the enemy's country. October 6, 1863, Company I fell into a trap at Baxter Springs and lost 22 killed and 4 wounded. The prisoners taken on this occasion by Quantrell's gang were first robbed and then murdered, many of the bodies being burned.

Early in 1864, three-fourths of the regiment re-enlisted, and in April, while in Little Rock, Ark., received veteran furloughs. Thereafter, Company F was stationed at Fort Insley, Mo., and mustered out at Fort Leavenworth September 29, 1865.

Tlie death losses in this (Jompany were mostly from disease, the only deaths on the battlefield being those of George R. Kelley at Battletown, Mo., October 10, 1863, and Nathan Janney, Van Buren, Ark., September 25, 1864. Those dying from natural causes were Sergt. Claghorn K. Robinson, Privates John C. Hutchins, E. R, Hall, S. D. Jarvis, J. H. Johnson, Henry Miiiike, (icorge Priest, George Richards and Charles M. Tinker. William H. Gardner lost his life in an affray at Fort Scott, Kan., July 28, 1863.

The officers of Company F of the Third were : Captains - David S. Vittum, promoted Lieut. Col., March 9, 1865, and resigned July 17 ; Charles W. Porter, resigned June 19, 1865 ; Leonard P. Luce, mustered out with regiment, September 29, 1865. First Lieutenants - Asa Wood, resigned May 5, 1862 ; W. J. Plows, resigned December 8, 1862 ; Clark B. Wilsey, resigned August 10, 1864; W. Porter and L. P. Luce promoted; Quimby Loveland, mustered out with regiment. Second Lieutenants - Charles 0. Ferris, mustered out April 9, 1862 ;

Sixth Battery. - Recruited chiefly in Sauk County, in the town of Spring Green ;[ mustered into the United States service at Camp Utley, Racine, October 2, 1861, and left the State March 15, 1862, for St. Louis. On the 19th they embarked for New Madrid, where they were placed in charge of a siege battery, during the siege of Island No. 10. After its surrender, they proceeded up the Tennessee River, and May 26 took position in the reserve of the besieging forces before Corinth, and on the 3d and -Ith of October were engaged in the celebrated battle of that name, losing four killed and twenty-one wounded. From here they moved in a circuitous direction toward Vicksburg, as a portion of the army destined for the reduction of that place, participating in the battle of Champion Hills and numerous sharp skirmishes en route. Reaching Vicksburg May 19, they took position in the trenches, and were constantly engaged in the duties of the siege until the surrender. September 27, 1863, found them at Memphis, Tenn., and October 6, at Glendale, Miss. Here they joined the celebrated expedition under Gen. Sherman across the Cumberland Mountains. November 24, they planted two guns at Mission Ridge, and were engaged in the assault the following day without loss. From this date until the close of the war, they wei'e almost continually on the move, but without being engaged in any actions of note. They were mustered out July 18, 1865.

The death losses in the entire battery, which of course included other than Sauk County men, quite a number being from Richland County, are herewith given from the ofBcial records : Killed in action - Second Lieut. Daniel T. Noyes, Corinth, Miss., October 4, 1862; Corp. L. B. Honn, Corinth; Corp. Alva B. Page, Vicksburg, July 3, 1863; privates G. W. Barney. G.

D. Brown, Gilbert L. Thomas, Corinth ; died of disease, John G. Haskins, Edwin R. Hungerford, Benjamin I. Johnson, V. A. Bennett, B. Benson, R. E. Banks, William Calborn, C. Campbell, W. A. Gordon, A. Hauxhurst, Enoch Johnson, P. B. Moss, M. W. Murphy, J. G. Marden, E. J. D. Perry, H. B. Phillips, John Rodgers, Menzo Tennant, S. F. Wheeler and M. Weaver; died of accidents, S. J. Gould and Franklin King.

The oflicers of the Sixth Battery were : Captains - Henry Dillon, mustered out October 10, 1864; Thomas R. Hood, resigned May 17, 1865 ; James G. Simpson, mustered out with battery, July 3, 1865. Senior First Lieutenants - Henry Dillon, promoted; Samuel F. Clark, mustered out October 10, 1864 ; John Jenewein, mustered out with battery. Junior First Lieutenants - Thomas R. Hood, promoted; Alba S. Sweet, mustered out with battery. Senior Second Lieutenants, John W. Fancher, resigned August 3, 1863 ; James G. Simpson promoted ; Sylvester

E. Sweet, mustered out with battery. Junior Second Lieutenants - Daniel T. Noyes, killed October 4, 1862; J. G. Simpson, promoted; John Jenewein, promoted; S. E. Sweet, promoted; Lucius N. Keeler, mustered out with battery. Surgeon, Clarkson Miller, resigned January 16, 1865.

Roster

There were Sauk County men in various other military organizations not mentioned among the foregoing sketches. Their names, companies and regiments or batteries will be found in the following list, compiled from the records on file in the Adjutant General's office at Madison. It is the most correct list of soldiers accredited to Sauk County, during the war, now in existence. Besides being copied from official documents, a large part of it has been revised by competent parties, familiar with the names of those in this county who laid their lives upon their country's altar :

Town Of Bababoo

Nineteenth Infantry - Co. A - Hamor Sutcliff, Sylvester Searls, R. .M. Strong, Edson Uheeler, Emery Wyman, (Jiles Livingston, Walter Pietzsch, G. A. Paddock, Orlando Rhines, John Faller, Robert Cheek, George Gibbons, Thomas J. Johnson, A. G. Johnson.

Town Of Fairfield

Twelfth Infantry - Co. A - J. Johnson. Co. E - A. E. Kinney, Freeman Hurlburt, Milton M. Hildreth, Charles Coleman, James Cornish, Henry Marston.

The Draft

Under the call of the President, dated October 17, 1863, for 300,000 volunteers to serve for three years or the war, the quota of Sauk County was 197, divided among the towns as follows : Fairfield, 6 ; New Buffalo, 9 ; Dellona, 5 ; Excelsior, 8 ; VVinfield, 7 ; Reedsburg, 14 ; Lavalle, 6 ; Woodland, 7 ; Ironton, 12 ; Washington, 8 ; Westfield, 7 ; Freedom, 6 : Baraboo, 24 ; Greenfield, 7 ; Merrimack, 8 ; Sumter, 7 ; Honey Creek, 10 ; Bear Creek, 8 ; Franklin, 7; Spring Green. 8 ; Troy, 8 ; and Prairie du Sac, 15. The 5th of January, 1864, was fixed as the date the draft should take place in case the quotas were not filled, but volunteers came forward in sufficient numbers to obviate a "last resort."

Under the President's call for 500,000 volunteers, dated July 18, 1864, the quota of Sauk County was 437, divided by towns as follows: Fairfield, 12; New Buffalo, 9; Dellona, 11; Excelsior, 15; Winfield, 8; Reedsburg, 27; Lavalle, 18; Woodland, 12; Ironton, 25; Washington, 30; Westfield, 13 ; Freedom, 9 ; Baraboo, 42 ; Greenfield, 18; Merrimack, 19; Sumter, 16; Honey Creek, 30; Bear Creek, 18; Franklin, 20; Spring Green, 16; Troy, 23; Prairie du Sac, 46.

On the 1st of October, 1864, Deputy Provost Marshal Philip Cheek, Jr., was compelled to remind the citizens of Sauk County that there was still a deficiency in their quota. He said : "The draft will commence in Sauk County on the 3d of October, and those drafted will report at Praine ilu Chien on the 19th. The towns that have not filled their quotas up to this date by the record of my office are as follows : Dellona, 4 ; Excelsior, 6 ; Winfield. 1 ; Reedsburg, 7 ; Ironton, 4; Lavalle, 11; Woodland, 6; Washington, 19; Westfield, 4; Freedom, 5; Honey Creek, 17; Sumter, 3; Franklin, 14; Bear Creek, 8."

Accordingly, the draft took place in the towns of Lavalle, Woodland, Washington, Bear Creek and Franklin. In some a supplemental draft was necessary, owing to quite a number of thoi^e enrolled having IiU5«iness and being absent in Canada when the drawing took place.

In connection with the subject of the draft, the following from N. V. Chandler, of Reedsburg, concerning local credits and bounty money, will be of interest.

" I had held aloof from enlisting from a conviction, that, so long as there were still tens of thousands of single men who had not entered the service, there was no pressing call of duty for one situated as I was, to sacrifice the comfort of those depending on me by doing so. I realized that, with the high and constantly rising scale of prices for the necessaries of life, the pittance of $13 per month, with all the bounties then oflFered by the National and State Governments, would be entirely inadequate to the comfortable maintenance of my wife and six children during my absence, even should I be so fortunate as to return at all. Nevertheless, I foresaw that the time would come when it would become a duty to enlist, and I settled that time to be whenever the needs of the Government should require it to levy and enforce a draft. That time had now come. A draft had been ordered, and the time for it to take place fixed. I left my home in Reedsburg on the evening of December 25, 1863, to go to Clinton Junction, Rock County, on business. While there, a rousing war meeting was held in the evening, and a local bounty of $300 was offered to every man who would enlist and be credited to the town. I was urged to enlist and take the bounty. I stated my willingness to do so, but questioned whether my credit to the town of Clinton would stand in view of the fact that I was a resident of another county. There was a division of opinion upon the question, no authoritative decision upon such a case ever having been promulgated, so far as any one present knew. I finally offered to telegraph to Lieut. Col. Lovell, in command at Camp Randall, Madison, stating the case, and if he decided that I could be credited to their town I would enlist and pay the expense of the telegram, otherwise the town should pay the cost of the message ; which proposition was accepted, and I telegraphed at 11 A. M. of December 28, I think, about as follows :

" On sending the dispatch, I stated to the town authorities that I would wait, if necessary, for an answer, until the arrival of the passenger train from the north at 12.5 A. M. of the 29th, thirteen hours, when, if no answer came, I would proceed homeward via Chicago. Frequent visits to the telegraph office during the afternoon and evening gave no answer, and it was within ten minutes of train time, and I had given up all expectation of one, when the following came rattling over the wires :

" It seems that the question was as new to Col. Lovell as to me or to any one with whom I conversed at Clinton Junction, and he could not answer it ; but recognizing the importance to the recruiting service of an official decision of the point by the highest authority, he had at once forwarded my message to the Secretary of War, by whom it was laid before the full Cabinet, a decision arrived at, and that decision telegraphed back to Col. Lovell in season to hold me. The next morning's dailies throughout the North contained the following telegraphic announcement : ' It was decided in full Cabinet, yesterday, that a man will be credited to the town whose bounty he takes.' The decision had undoubtedly been made in my case."

The Roll Of Honor

The decoration of the graves of those who fell in the cause of the Union was extensively participated in throughout Sauk County, in May, 1868. In Baraboo, the citizens generally laid aside business cares and joined in the solemn procession that proceeded to the cemetery on that occasion. The heroes who sleep their last sleep, or whose monuments are in this home of the dead are twenty-or.e in number. They are but a platoon of the regiment of the county's slain A far greater number lie on the fields where they met death in their country's cause, or in unknown graves where the dead of the battle-field, the hospital or the prison pen, have been fathered together. Of these nineteen, a brief record is given :

Harlan B. and Burrett C Cochran ; the former killed at the battle of Falling Waters, on the Potomac, July 14, 1863 ; the latter died suddenly at home July 27, 1865, eight days after leavinw his regiment, and one day before he was to have been discharged from service.

Robert Crawford, one of the earliest and most esteemed settlers. He was a member of the Third Cavalry, and died January 30, 1868, from the effects of exposure in the south.

Francis Marion Crawford, son of the preceding ; a member of Company F, Twenty-third Regiment; died at Greenfield, Miss., where his body rests.

Howard H. Baldwin, Company F, Twenty-third ; returned home sick at the close of the Vicksburg campaign, and died some two months after his return.

Charles A. Brier, Company K, Fourteenth ; mortally wounded at Pittsburg Landing, April 6, 1862; died 26th of the same month at Mound City Hospital.

Rev. John M. Springer, drafted September 1863 ; assigned to the Third Infantry, he was soon afterward made Chaplain ; right knee fractured at the battle of Resaca, from the effects of which he died in the hospital at Nashville.

John Starks, Company A, Sixth Regiment (Iron Brigade) ; severely wounded at Gainesville on the 28th of August, 1862 ; received a mortal wound at Vicksburg, "with a manifestation of a chivalrous and soldierly spirit scarcely ever surpassed," wrote Col. Vilas, after the battle.

Charles A. and Oliver W. Thomas, sons of Mrs. Joanna Thomas, who gave four of her five sons to the defense of the Union; Charles died at Milliken's Bend, and Oliver at Memphis.

Edgar Ames, enlisted early in 1861, in Company A, Sixth Infimtry; died at Arlington Heights ; his was the first death in the company. His father belonged to the Seventeenth, and also died in the service.

What it. Cost. - The amount of money ])aid by the several towns in Sauk County for war purposes during the rebellion was about ,^100,000. The county raised $12,000 by tax for the support of families of volunteers. In addition to this, for the same worthy purpose, the town of Franklin raised .^300 ; Reedsburg, $800; Washington, $3,600, and Woodland, $1,800. There is no measure by which can be calculated the amount of human suffering and self sacrifice resulting from the unhappy strife.

Nature'S Wondrous Work

Devil's Lake - The Dells of the AVlsconsix - The Peeavit's Nest - The Upper and Lomer Narrows - Parphrey's Glen - Dorward's Gorge - Mirror Lake - The Devil's Post Office - Echo Rock - The Bee-Hive - Fern Dell - Congress Hall.

" Nestled close down between wild, rocky hills, Feeding no rivers and fed by no rills, Devil's Lake lies, like a jewel rare, Dropped from the Ocean's casket there."

Strangers coming to this delightful spot for recreation and pleasure or a brief surcease of business cares, are seriously perplexed to know why it is called Devil's Lake. " Blast me hey es," said a discerning English tourist, after returning from a trip on the '' Minnewaukan," " hi caan't see hanything that looks like the devil, you know." iSTor can any one explain the reason for applying to it so opprobrious a title. When the lake was first discovered by the whites, they called it Spirit Lake, because they were told by the Indians whom they found here that the daughter of one of their chiefs had drowned herself in it on account of a love affair, and that at certain stages of the moon her spirit could be seen floating over its smooth surface. From Spirit Lake, they say, it degenerated " into Devil's Lake; but the two words are so far from being synonymous that this explanation can scarcely be accepted. There is certainly nothing about the lake or in its vicinity that suggests the devil or his handiwork. On the contrary, there is everything to suggest something nearer heaven ; for here nature has toiled with a divine hand. The place is less romantic than picturesque. It is almost devoid of cozy glens and wild nooks arched with moss-covered rocks from which ooze springs of clear, cool water ; but there is something sublimely grand in the view obtained from almost any point. It is a perpetual object of interest, full of strange, inspiring beauty ; a home for poets and artists ; a retreat for lovers and misanthropes.

A current of fiction seems to pervade the surcharged atmosphere, and it is not surprising that love-tragedy tales are willingly related to those who will listen, by the few inhabitants thereabouts. It is said - and of course no one will dispute the authority - that in very early times, before white men came to till the lands, there was camped on the lake's shores for awhile, a roving Indian band. The dusky chief of the tribe had a bright-eyed daughter named Ke-she-ahben-o-qua, which in our language means the "early dawn." She is described as having been beautiful as dawn, with a slender form of swaying grace, and dark, sweet eyes, full of love. It was in the queen month of summer, splendid June, when the Indian band lit their camp-fires in the woods just back from a grassy slope near Devil's Lake. And by strange chance a hunter, who had strayed here from vine-wreathed France, strolled, weary and woe-begone, longing for sight of some human face. He discovered the lake, and, well-pleased with so beautiful a picture, wandered down to its shore. But Ke-she-ah-ben-o-qua had preceded him to that wild nook, for she loved the sky and its twin-sister in the water. So when Pierie's eyes caught sight of her, they were magnetized and spell-bound by her wonderful beauty. The shy Indian maiden was startled by the unusual presence of a white hunter, and she vanished among the trees like a scared bird. She was not averse to the stranger's face, and for a long time she pondered the mystery in her heart; but at night she found the pale-faced hunter in her father's tent, smoking the pipe of peace. A blush of recognition and a downward glance of the sweet eyes Ke-she-ahben-o-qua gave in return for Pierie's admiring look. From this their acquaintance grew and ripened into love. For months the French hunter camped with the Indian braves, and when the corn was ripe and rustled on its stalks, and the moon hung full in the sky, Pierie went to the Chieftain to ask of him his daughter ; and Windago, a young brave who had jealously watched Pierie and loved Ke-she-ah-ben-o-qua from afar off, went also. The old Chief gave a strange reply. Actuated by pride only, he led the rival lovers to the side of Devil's Lake, and pointed to a pine tree, high up in the crags of the opposite shore, in the topmost branches of which he had seen an eagle seek her nest. He said, "The chosen suitor shall be he who can first bring to me from yonder tree, an unfledged eaglet." Windago and Pierie were in their canoes and across the lake in a trice. They were pretty nearly even in scaling the almost insurmountable rocks to the base of the tree, but here Pierie gained upon Windago, and climbed the tree first. He went up, up, and - 0 ! victory - clasped the eaglet in his hand. But fierce Windago, seeing his adversary triumph, threw a glance of wicked hate upward, and gave the branch of the tree whereon Pierie's foot rested, a wrench that sent poor Pierie headlong, bleeding and lifeless on the rocks below. A wild cry, in falling, like the cry of a broken heart, the pale French hunter gave. And Ke-she-ah-ben-o-qua. Ah I she saw it all from the opposite shore of the sweet little lake, and, with a wail of despair, threw herself into the water, and her spirit went to meet her lover's on the Shadowy Plain. It is said that on moonlight nights, the shades of the lovers may be seen floating over the water. So it was named at first Spirit Lake.

" Woe to the warrior, maid or child, That meets the specter, weird and wild, Or hears the notes of the vengeful cry That fills the air as it passes by ! "