CHAPTER XLYIII.
REGIMENTAL HISTORY—FORTY-SECOND TO FIFTY-THIRD INFANTRY,
HE character of the service of the following regiments afford T but little material for history, we therefore include them in one chapter. FORTY-SECOND INFANTRY.
This regiment was organized under the superintendence of Colonel Ezra T. Sprague, at Camp Eandall, Madison, in the sum mer of 1864, and was mustered into the United States service on the 7th of September. Being ordered to report at Cairo, they left the State, September 20th, with the following roster:
COLONEL —EZRA T, SPRAGUE. Lieutenant CoZcmei—WALLACE W. BOTKIN; iUcy'or—JOHN W, BLAKE; Adjuiant—Wjs.. H. HAWS; Quartei-master-Soss C. BLACKMAN; Surgeon —GEOUG^ D. WINCH; First Assistant Surgeon — Jonn P. CLEMENT; Sccorul Assistant Surgeon—OZ,IY:ER P. STEVENS; Chaplain—nev. J. W. JOHNSON. Co. Captains. First Lieutenants. Second LieutenarUs. A—Duncan McGregor, Warren G. Bancroft, Charles E. Redfleld, B—Ransom J. Chase, Chauucey J. Austin, Harvey E. Coleman, C — George M. Humprey, Robert Steele, Cassius M. Bush, D—John H. Barnett, Fletcher S. Kidd, Andrew Jackson, E —August Haight, Bartlett M. Lowth, Joseph Curtis, F — Ezzan H. Benton, Henry E. Crandall, James E. Hayden, G—Acors S. Porter, William J. Brown, William Favell, H—Amasa P. Parker, Josiah Thompson, Robert H. Henry, I —Marshal C. Nichols, David G. Bliss, Charles E. Bowles, K—LaFayette :M. Rice. Elijah Rich. Charles Hubbell.
The Forty-second was composed of recruits for one, two and three years, being organized under the call of July, 1864. They arrived at Cairo on the 22d of September, and were assigned to post and garrison duty. Colonel Sprague being assigned to the command of the post and Lieutenant Colonel Botkin commanded the regiment. On the 25th of October, companies B, E, G, H FORTY-THIRD INFANTRY. 859
and K, were sent to Springfield, Illinois, under command of Ma jor Blake, where they were employed in provost duty. The secession proclivities of some districts in Southern Illinois, re quiring the interposition of military authority, some of these companies were detached to points in that part of the State where military surveillance was necessary. The regiment was engaged in this kind of duty until the expiration of their term of service. Returning to Madison, Wis,, on the 20th of June, 1865, the regiment was soon after mustered out and disbanded. Regimental Statistics.— Original strength, 877, Gain—by re cruits in 1865,130; by substitutes, 1; total, 1,008, Loss—by death, 57; deserted, 18; transferred, 149; discharged, 189; mustered out, 646,
FORTY-THIRD INFANTRY.
This regiment was recruited and organized pursuant to the call of July, 1864, under the superintendence of Colonel Amasa Cobb, formerly in command of the Fifth Wisconsin, at Camp Washburn, Milwaukee, the first company being mustered into the United States service, August 8th, and the last, October 8th, and left the State under orders to proceed to iN'ashville, Tenn,, on the 10th of October, 1864, with the following roster:
COLONEL—AMASA COBB.
LieutenaiU Co?07ieZ — BYEON PAINE; ilicyor—SAMUEL B. BRIGHTMAN; Adjutant—AL,viif F.CLARK; Quartermaster—JOSN B. EUGENE; Surgeo7i — AND-REW J. WARD; First As sistant Surgeo7}^CnAnL,KS C HAYES ; Second Assista7U Surgeon^-TuouAS BEACH ; Chaplain — Rev. JOHN WALWORTH.
Co. Captains. First Lieutenants. Second Lieutenants. A —E. D. Lowry, Wihiam Partridge, Charles M. Day, B — George K. Shaw, Hiram H. Loekwood, Lloyd V. Nanscawen, C — George CampbeU, Levi Welden, John Brandon, D —Josiah Hinman, Morgan O'Flalierty, Francis A. Smith, E — Isaac Stockwell, Charles J. Wadsworth George W. Witter, F — John S. Wilson, John E. Davis, Henry Harris, G—Bruce E. McCoy, Arthur T. Morse, Charles W. Allen, H—William W. Likens, Elijah Lyon, Thomas O. Russell, i;— George Jackson, Anthony D. Miller, Orrin L. Ingman, K—Robert A. Gillett. John W. Howard, Charles Lemke. Arriving at ISTashville, the regiment, under orders, proceeded by rail to Johnsonville, on the Tennessee River, where it 860 MILITARY HISTORY OF WISCONSIN.
encamped on the 15th of October. This place was an important depot of supplies, and was the terminus of the military railroad from Nashville. It was situated 110 miles from Paducah, on the Tennessee River. The importance of effectually guarding this point manifests itself at once. Here Colonel Cobb was appointed post com mandant, and Lieutenant Colonel Payne assumed command of the regiment. At this time this important depot was menaced by the approach of the forces of General Hood. The rebels, on the 4th of November, posted themselves on the opposite bank of the Tennessee, and opened fire upon the position of Colonel Cobb, the regiment losing one man killed, and one wounded. The Forty-third remained at Johnsonville until the 30th of No vember, and then marched by way of Waverly, through an almost unbroken wilderness to Clarksville, on the. Cumberland River, where it arrived on the 4th of December. Remaining till the 28th, they moved up the Cumberland River and arrived at Nash ville in the evening. On the 1st of January, they left Nashville and moved to Decherd, Tenn., by rail, where six companies of the regiment went into camp, and four companies, under com mand of Major Brightman, were detached to guard Elk River Bridge. Here they remained engaged in provost and guard duty on the line of the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad. In the beginning of June, they returned to Nashville and were mustered out of service on the 24th of June, and soon after returned to Milwaukee and were disbanded. Colonel Cobb was brevetted Brigadier General for meritorious and efiS.cient services. Regimental Statistics.— Original strength, 867. Gain — by re cruits in 1865, 38; by substitutes, 8; total, 913. Loss — by death, 70; deserted, 40; transferred,!; discharged, 39; mustered out, 763.
FORTY-FOURTH INFANTRY.
This regiment was authorized under the call of July, 1864, and Captain George C. Symes was appointed Colonel, under FORTY-FOURTH INFANTRY. 861 whose superintendence the regiment was organized. The exi gencies of the service requiring all the troops possible to rein force General Thomas at Nashville, the several companies were sent forward to that point as fast as they were organized. In this manner companies A, B, F, D and C went forward at difterent times, the last leaving Madison on the 30th of November. This battalion, under command of Lieutenant Colonel Bissell, occupied the trenches between Fort Negley and the Franklin Pike, during the battle of Nashville, on the 15th and 16tli of December. A portion was set to guard prisoners, and was sub sequently employed in guard and picket duty. In February, 1865, the remaining companies arrived at Nashville, and the regiment was, for the first time, formally organized, with the following roster:
COLONEL—GEORGE C. SYMES.
Lieutenant CotoneJ—OLIVER C. BISSELL; it/cr/or—WILLIAM WARNER; Adjutant—CHAS. O. TICHENOR; Quartermaster—3. N. BRUNDAGE; Surgeon—3AMYS, M. BALL; First Assistant Surgeon — S. A. FERRIN; Second Assistant Surgeon—THOMAS E. BEST.
Co. Captains. First Lieutenants, Second Lieutenants, A—Oscar F.Brown, James Wilson, Tliomas Hay, Jr., B —William Roush, Jay H. Bigford, George L. Weymouth, C — Omar D. Vaughan, Earl C. D. Moe, John B. Jones, D —D. G. Bush, Cyrns Van Cott, Hiram Seffens, E —H. S. Nickerson, Leonidas Lombard, Edwin Hill, F — C. W. Briggs, William N. Perry, H. P. Briggs, G—Daniel Harsh man, George P. White, Cyrus E. Dering, H— Levi Houts, Edward E. Dickerson, Levi J. D. Parish, I — Leonard House, John L. Waldo, Joseph M. Henslee, K- William H. Beebe. Archibald W, Bell. WiUlam H. Peckham.
Colonel Symes assumed command of the regiment, which was employed in post and guard duty at Nashville. In March, they proceeded to Eastport, Miss., from which place they returned to Nashville, and embarked on the 3d of April, and proceeded to Paducah, Ky., where they were employed in picket duty until the 28th of August, when the regiment was mustered out of ser vice, and left Paducah on the 30th, and arrived at Madison on the 2d of September, where they were paid and disbanded. Regimental Statistics.— Original strength, 877. Gain — by re cruits, in 1865, 235; by substitutes, 2; total, 1,114. Loss — by death, 57; deserted, 48; transferred, 121; discharged, 92; mustered out, 796. 862 MILITARY HISTORY OF WISCONSIN.
FORTY-FIFTH INFANTRY.
This regiment was also organized by the muster of companies and dispatching them to the field, under the superintendence of Colonel Henry F. Belitz, of Manitowoc, The roster of the regiment, when organized, was as follows:
COLONEL —HENRY F. BELITZ. Lieutenant Colonel—GvMAt, HESSE; il/a^'or-CHARLES A. MENGES; AdJittarU-'KAKij RuFF; Quariermaster— AtHKRi: BECKER; iSur^reon — ERNST KRAMER; First Assistant (Sw^reoJi—ALLEN S. BARENDT; Second Assistant Surgeon— EIIIIIJ J. DAHM. Co. Captains. First Lieutenants. Second Lieutenants. A—Reinhard Schlichting, Henry Hoehn, Peter Ruppenthall, B —Jacob Leisen, Christian H. Begler, John P. Surges, C — Bernhard Schlichting, Albert H. Scheffer, Gustave S. Wetter, D—Henry Van Eweyk, Sebastian Karbach, Aug. Lintelmann, E —Christian H.Schmidt, Thomas Nelson, George Neumeller, F —Ignaz Pimmele, Frederick Siebold, Victor E. Rohn, G — Mathias Bauer, Charles White, Herman Rohn, H—John O.Johnson, Theodore C. Kavel, Go tleib Schweitzer, I—JacobP. Nytes, George Ippel, William Noack, K—Robert Laschi. Vincent Heck. Fred. Hemholdt.
The companies were forwarded to Nashville in the latter part of 1864, and the first part of 1865, and were stationed at Nash ville until the 17th of July, when they were mustered out of ser vice and embarked for Wisconsin, where they arrived on the 23d of July, and were shortly after paid OAL" and disbanded. Regimental Statistics.— Original strength, 859. Gain — by re cruits in 1865,142; total, 1,001. Loss — by death, 26; deserted, 8; transferred, 85; discharged, 80; mustered out, 802,
FORTY-SIXTH INFANTRY.
This regiment was recruited and organized under the superin tendence of Colonel Frederick S. Lovell, formerly Lieutenant Colonel of the Thirty-third regiment, at Camp Randall, Madison, and was mustered into the United States service, and left the State on the 5th of March, 1865, with the following roster :
COLONEL—FREDERICK S. LOVELL. Litiutenant CbZo?ieZ—ABEL B. SMEDLEY; Major- CHARLES H. FORD ; Adjutant—'Wis.. G. RITCH; QMarterwas^er—NORMAN STEWART; iS'ur£reort—DARWIN DUBOIS; J'irsi^s.yis^anZ Co. Odptains. First Lieutenants. Second Lieuterui7xts. A—Isaac T. Carr, Henry P. Johns, >larshal L. Fairserviee, B — John Megran, Jr., James :MeNish, Leander Ferguson, C —WiUiam R. Kennedy, ISIilo C. Wilson, John II. Hoaglin, D—John E. Grout, Gilson Hinton, Gilbert II. Hinton, E-' jdannibal Tower, Abel Bradway, Edward C. Foster, F — Henry B. Williams, James A. Rea, Cyrel A. Leake, G—Tliomas :M. Hughes, Lewis W. Daly, Hiram W. Foss, H—Amasa Hoskin, Stephen Norris, Jolin I. Bovee, 1 —Sampson M. Sherman, Elam Bailey, John S. Diekson, K— Edward F. Wade. George W. Webb. Otis F. Chase. The regiment proceeded to Louisville, 'K.j., arriving there on the 10th of March. From thence they proceeded to Athens, Ala., On the Nashville and Decatur Railroad, arriving on the 24th of April. Here Colonel Lovell was placed in command of the post, and Lieutenant Colonel Smedly assumed command of the regiment. The regiment engaged in railroad guard duty along the Nashville and Decatur Railroad until the latter part of September, when they moved to Nashville and were mustered out, on the 27th of September, and set out for home, arriving at jMadison on the 2d of October, where they were shortly afterwards paid and disbanded. Colonel Lovell, formerly of the Thirty-third, for meritorious services during the war, was brevetted Brigadier General. Regimental Statistics.— Original strength, 914, Gain—by re cruits in 1865, 33; total, 947, Loss — by death, 13, deserted, 8: transferred, 31; discharged, 41; mustered out, 854. FORTY-SEVENTH INFANTRY. This regiment was organized under the superintendence of Colonel George C. Ginty, was mustered into the United States service, and left the State on the 27th of February, 1865, with orders to proceed to Louisville, Ky., with the following roster: COLONEL —GEORGE C. GINTY. Lieutenant Cb/o/teJ-ROBERT H. SPENCER; J/o/or-KELSEY M. ADAMS; Adjuta7it — ARTHUR W. DELANEY; Quarto-masker — EDWARD T. REAMEY; Surgco7i—llKiJUY J. YOUNG; First Assistant Surgeon —JONATHAN G. PELTON; Second Assistant Surgeon — LYMAN D. MCINTOSH ; Cfuiplain—'Rev. RUFCS COOLEY, Jr. 864 MILITARY HISTORY OF WISCONSIN. Co. Captains. First Lieutenants. Second Lieutenants. A—WiUiam Young, Luke C. Redfleld, John M. Estes, B —Robert J. O. McGowan, Charles W. Conklin, William Loekerby, C —Perry R. Briggs, Charles D. Suydam, James T. Hulihan, D—Adolph Sorenson, Nels Anderson, Joseph K. Hawes, E —W. W. Bird, Charles A, Spencer, Adelbert E, Trowbridge, F —George P.Wright, John P. Dousman, John Dean, G —Robert P. Clyde, Thomas Bray ton, Silas F. Nice, H—Charles B. Nelson, William A. Field, James Ginty, I —Jesse D. Wheelock, William S. Whiting, Charles S. Cliipman, K.— Charles H. Baxter, John Grindell, Edwin Bliss, • Arriving at Louisville on the 28th, the regiment soon after proceeded to Nashville, and thence to TuUahoma, at the junc tion of the McMinnville and Manchester Railroad, with the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad, Here they were employed in guard duty until the latter part of August, when they moved to Nashville, where they were mustered out, and returned to "Wisconsin, arriving at Madison on the 8th of September, where they were paid and disbanded. Regimental Statistics,— Original strength, 957. Gain — by re cruits in 1865,58; total, 985. Loss — by death, 34; deserted. 23; transferred, 29; discharged, 87; mustered out, 812. FORTY-EIGHTH INFANTRY. This regiment was organized under the superintendence of Lieutenant Colonel Henry B, Shears, at Camp "Washburn, Mil waukee, during the months of February and March, 1865. Col. Pearsall was serving as Lieutenant Colonel of a colored regiment, at the time of his appointment. Eight companies were mustered in, and under command of Lieutenant Colonel Shears, left Milwaukee, on the 22d of March, 1865, with orders to report at Benton Barracks, St. Louis. On the 29th, they left Benton Barracks, with orders to proceed to Paoli, Kansas. Moving to Sedalia by rail, they marched from that point to Paoli, where they arrived on the 13th. Here the regiment was broken up in detachments. Company C, going to Lawrence, Company H, to Olathe, F and G, remained at Paoli, and companies A, B, D and E, were ordered to Fort Scott, where they arrived on the 18th. FORTY-EIGHTH INFANTRY. 865 T'he remaining two companies, I and K, left Camp Washburn, Milwaukee, on the 28th of March, and arrived at St. Louis, on the 1st of April, where they were met by Colonel Pearsall, who joined them, and was mustered in. These two companies, under the command of Colonel Pearsall, proceeded by way of AVarrens- burg, and reached Fort Scott on the 28th of April, where Colonel Pearsall took command of the regiment. The regimental roster was as follows: COLONEL —URI B, PEARSALL. Lieutenant Colonel —'E.'ENS.Y B. SHEARS; il/ct/or-CYRUS M. BUTT; Adjutant—AtONZO B. CADY; Ourt7- Colonel Pearsall was placed in command of Fort Scott, and Lieutenant Colonel Shears assumed command of the regiment. On the 12th of May, Major Butts was ordered on duty at Paoli, and placed in command of all troops in Miami and Johnson * counties. The various detached companies, engaged in a variety of duties, a description of which would prove of little interest to the general reader, and we therefore confine ourselves to a general statement of the movements of the regiment, Jul}' 19th, Colonel Pearsall was placed in command of all the troops in, and west of the Neosho Valley, with headquarters at Humboldt, Kansas, to which point companies E and I were ordered for duty. Lieutenant Colonel Shears took command of Fort Scott, and Capt. Felker assumed command of the regiment. On the 10th of August, the Forty-eighth was ordered to pro ceed to Lawrence, Kansas, where they arrived on the 25th. Here they were paid, and the men expected to be mustered out, but the exigencies of the service, demanded a force to escort the trains and mail through the hostile Indian country, and the regiment was ordered upon that duty, 55 866 MILITARY HISTORY OF WISCONSIN. The regiment, on the 6th of September, commenced its march to Fort Zarah, 250 miles west of Lawrence, where they arrived on the 26th. Companies E and G, under Captain Hutchinson, were left at Fort Zarah, and the other eight companies proceeded to Fort Earned, twenty-eight miles further west, where the regi mental headquarters were established, and companies A and H were stationed. Companies B and I, under Major Butts, were sent to Fort Dodge, sixty miles from Fort Earned, Companies T> and F, under Captain Wittman, to Fort Aubrey, 160 miles from Fort Lamed, and companies C and K, under Lieutenant Colonel Shears, to Fort Lyon, Colorado, 210 miles from Fort Earned, Their duties were to escort mail and government trains. Companies A, H, E and G returned to Leavenworth in De cember, and were mustered out of service, together with the Field and Staff, except the Lieutenant Colonel and Major, on the 30th of December, 1865, These companies returned home, arriving at Madison, "Wis,, on the 3d of January, 1866, where they were paid and disbanded. The remaining companies were subsequently mustered out at Leavenworth, the last of them arriving in Madison the latter part of March, and were disbanded. Regimental Statistics,— Original strength, 828. Gain — by re cruits in 1865, 4; total, 832, Loss — by death, 9; deserted, 67; discharged, 36. Number mustered out not yet reported. FORTY-NINTH INFANTRY. This regiment was organized at Camp Randall, Madison, under the superintendence of Colonel Samuel Fallows, and mustered into the United States service, and left the State on the 8th of March, 1865, for St. Louis, with the following roster : COLONEL —SAMUEL FALLOWS. Lieutenant Cb?onei—EDWARD COLEMAN; 3/cyor—D. K, NOYES; Ac^utant—jAM.yfS li. HIGH; Quartermaster—DENNIS A. REED; Surgeon—ORRIN W. BLANCHARD; First AS- sistant Surgeon—JONATHAN GIBBS; Second Assistant Surgeon—PZ.INY W. BLANCHAKD; C/wplai/i— Rev, JAMES J, MCINTYRE. FIFTIETH INFANTRY. 861 Co. Captains. First Lieutenants. Second Lieutenants. A—Charles E.Hall, L. S. Benedict, Eri Silsbee, B —Albert G. Dinsmore, John A. Hall, John A. Bull, C — Richard A.Wareham, Francis Down, Edward S.Watkinson, D—John H. Hauser, Henry H. Himebaugh, Cliarles H. Stevens, E—Harvey H. Cbilds, Charles W. Farrington, David E. Davis, F —Elliott H. Liscnm, Eugene B.Wise, William R. Taylor, G —James H. Hubbard, Hiram B. Huntress, Daniel K. Sanford, 11—Henry O. Pierce, William E. Huntington, James I. Babcock, I —Chris. C. Miller, Anson A. Pike, J. M. Bartholomew, K—Aug. J. Cheney. John A. Smith. Edward C. Lawrence. Arriving at St. Louis, they went into quarters at Benton Bar racks. The regiment was sent to Rolla, arriving on the 13th of March, where it was engaged in guard duty and as escort to trains from that place to Springfield. The regiment remained at Rolla until the 17th of August, 1865, when they moved to St. Louis, and encamped. Companies B, C and D, were mustered out on the 1st of November, and the balance of the regiment on the 8th, and returned to Madison, where they were paid and disbanded. Regimental Statistics,— Original strength, 986. Gain — by re cruits in 1865, 16; total, 1,002. Loss —by death, 48; deserted, 6; discharged, 173; mustered out, 775. FIFTIETH INFANTRY. This regiment was recruited and organized under the super vision of Colonel John G. Clark, of Grant County, and left Madi son by companies, in the latter part of March, and begining of April, 1865, and on arriving at St. Louis, were assigned to quarters at Benton Barracks. The regimental roster was as follows: COLONEL-JOHN G. CLARK. Lieutena^U Coio7vcl—'E.ir^iN E.BRYANT; JWa/or—HUGH MCDERMOTT; Adjutant—GEO H. ISlYEES; Quai-tei-inaster—'Ro-BERT P. SMITH ; Surgeon —JOHN H.VIVIAN ; First Assist ant Surgeon—T)AYIT> S. ALEXANDER; Second Assistant Surgeon—CHARJ.ES G. CROSSK Chaplain —Hev. EDWARD MORRIS. Cb. Captains. First LieutenaiUs. Second Lieutenants A —John C. Spooner, Rufus H. Blodgett, Samuel S. Tubbs, B — Clayton E. Rogers, James E. Newell, Justus W. Allen, C —Oscar :M. Dering, Richard H.Williams, Topping S.Wenchell, D—Arthur A. Putnam, Andrew Gasman, George Strong, E —PhUander Phinney, John O'NieU, Benjamin F. Bailey F —Charles C. Lovett, Charles Spotenhour, Frank T. Braytou, G —George R. Clements, Melville B. Cowles, ' Reuben S. Andrews, H— Charles H. Cox, John C. Cover, Jerome White, I —Wini.imB. Reed, Ira W. Kanouse, Joseph Tillotson, K—Isaac N. McKendry. William A. Morgaa William H. Ostlkoa. MILITARY HISTORY OF WISCONSIN. This regiment moved to Fort Leavenworth, whence it waa ordered to Fort Rice, in Dakotah Territory, where they arrived on the 10th of October. Colonel Clark was placed in command of the post, where the regiment has since been stationed up to the time of the present writing, February 15th, 1866. Regimental Statistics.— Original strength, 942. Gain — by re cruits in 1865,16; total, 958. Loss — by death, 28 ; deserted, 141; discharged, 127. Not mustered out. FIFTY-FIRST INFANTRY The companies composing this regiment, were recruited under the superintendence of Colonel Leonard Martin, and were organ ized at Camp Washburn, Milwaukee, during the months of Feb ruary, March, April and May, 1865, and were forwarded to Ben ton Barracks, the regimental rendezvous, the last company being organized on the 29th of April. The other four companies not having left the State, were mustered out and discharged at Mil waukee, on the 6th of May, under the general orders of the "War Department, for the reduction of the army. The regiment was organized as follows : COLONEL—LEONARD MARTIN. Lieutenant CbZonei—JOHN B.VLIET; ilia;;or—ALFRED TAGGART; ^djMja?W—ANDREW J. SUTHERLAND; Quartermaster—HAVIJ) S. ORDWAY; Surgeon—ORESTES H.WOOD; First Assistant Surgeon—H. BENNETT; Second Assistant Surgeon—SAMVEJJ HALL. Co. Captains. First Lieutenants. Second Lieutenants. A—Loring J. Edwards, James Flanagan, Ellas H. Webb, B —J. Clifford Sackett, George Maxwell, Oliver A. Keyes, C —Thomas R.Williams, Malcolm G. Clark, Morris S. Rice, D—Ira B.Warner, Theodore W. Mason, Orlando T. Sowle, E—John V. Frost, Daniel E. Reilly, George Stewart, F —George W. Gibson. Samuel Elmore. Henry G. Klinefelter. G—Mustered out May 6th, 1865, by order of the War Department. H— Do. do. do. do. do, do. I— Do. do, do. do. do. do. K— Do. do, do. do. do. do. The companies composing the regiment were placed on duty at Warrensburg, Mo., and employed in guarding the construction of the Pacific Railroad from Holden to Pleasant Hill. On the 11th of June, 1865, the Fifty-third regiment, (four companies,) by order of the War Department, was consolidated with the Fifty-First FIFTY-SECOND INFANTRY. 869 The regiment returned to Madison on the 5th of August, 1865, where they were mustered out by companies, completing the same on the 30th of August. As they were mustered out, they were paid and disbanded. Regimental Siaiisiics,— Original strength, 841. Gain—by re cruits in 1865, 2; total, 843. Loss—by death, 8 ; deserted, 87; discharged, 34; mustered out, 714. FIFTY-SECOND INFANTRY. Five companies of this regiment recruited under the direction of Lieutenant Colonel Iliram J. Lewis, were sent forward by companies, to St. Louis, in April, 1865, Quartermaster W. W", Webb, of the Thirty-seventh Regiment was commissioned as Colonel of the Regiment, but it not filling up, was not mustered. The battalion was ofiicered as follows: LIEUTENANT COLONEL — HIRAJI J. LEWIS. ^djatan^ —NORMAN A. KEELER; Quartermaster—CHARISES C. GRAHAM; First Assistant Surgeon — P. B.WEIGHT ; Second Assistant Surgeon — CORNELIUS TEALE. Co. Cuptai7is. Fii'st Lieutenants. Seco/id Lieutenants. A— C. H. OIney, David M. Bennett, AUen A. Grant, B — Roswell H. Lee, Dwight Jackson, Andrew J. Adams, C — George A. Spurr, George Sexton, Thomas A. Conway, D — Sewall W. Smith, Alexander McIntyre, John J. Coyle, E — Walter G. Zastrow-Kuesson, Myron L. Brown. John Budd. The battalion was sent to Holden, on the Pacific Railroad, in Missouri, in the neighborhood of AVarrensburg, where they were emploj'cd in guarding the workmen of the Pacific Railroad, and furnishing protection to the surrounding inhabitants from the depredations of lawless bands of bushwackers which infested the country. They moved to Leavenworth, Kansas, in June, where they were assigned to duty, and were mustered out of service on the 28th of July, and arrived at Madison on the 2d of August, and were paid and disbanded. Regimental Statistics.— Original strength, 486, Gain — by re cruits in 1865, 25; total, 511, Loss—by death, 6 ; deserted, 42; transferred, 16 ; discharged 41; mustered out, 406, 870 MILITARY HISTORY OF WISCONSIN. FIFTY-THIRD INFANTRY, Four companies of this regiment were organized, before the order came to discharge all unmustered recruits, under Lieuten ant Colonel Pugh, They were sent to St. Louis, and thence to Leavenworth, Kansas, where they were transferred to the Fifty- first "Wisconsin, by order of the "War Department, on the 10th of June, 1865. Lieutenant Colonel Johnson, of the Fifteenth Regiment was commissioned as Colonel of the Fifty-third but did not muster. The battalion was officered as follows : LIEUTENANT COLONEL—ROBERT T. PUGH. Adjutant — JAMES S. FRISBIE ; Quartermaster— WM. P. FORSYTH ; First Assistant Surgeon — ERWIN L. JONES; Second Assistant Surgeon—Jj. M. BENSON. Co. Captains. First Lievte^mnts. Second Lieutenants. A—Reuben R.Wood, Edwin R.Wood, Glaus H. Lukken, B — Rufus S. Allen, Benjamin F.Williams, Evan H. Bakke, C—Henry Bailey, George L. Garrity, Andrew J. Hunting, D —Asa G. Blake. Dennis J. F. Murphy. Edgar Brown. First Assistant Surgeon Jones was transferred to the Fifty-first Regiment, and Company A was transferred to the Fifty-first as Company G, B as Company H, C as Company K, and D as Company I, These companies were mustered out with the Fifty-first Regiment, Regimental Statistics.— Original strength, 380. Gain — by re cruits in 1865, 9; total, 389. Loss — by death, 8; deserted, 14; transferred, 5; discharged, 47; mustered out, 315.