Quiner, E. B. The Military History of Wisconsin: A Record of the Civil and Military Patriotism of the State, in the War for the Union. Chicago: Clarke & Co., 1866.

CHAPTER I. ACTION OF THE STATE AUTHORITIES IN 1861.

State Administration of 1860 and 1861 — Resources — Legislature of 1861 — Governor's Message — Laws Passed— Fort Sumter— Popular Excitement — Call for 75,000 Militia— Governor's Proclamation — First Tender of Service — Only one Regiment—Reserve Regiments Authorized — First Regiment Organized— Captain Little — Proclamation to Women of Wisconsin — To the People — Companies Tendering Service — Surgeon General Wolcott — Adjutant General Utley — Camp Randall — Second, Third and Fourth Regiments — Defense of Washington — Meeting of Loyal Governors — Governor's Letter to President Lincoln— Generals King and Schurz — Two more Regiments Accepted — Patriotic Women — Letter to Governor Randall 33

CHAPTER II. ACTION OF STATE AUTHORITIES IN 1861 — CONTINUEd Extra Session of the Legislature — Governor's Message — Laws Passed — State Military Departments — Third and Fourth Regiments — Six Regiments Accepted- Fifth and Sixth Regiments— Letter to President Lincoln — Seventh and Eighth Regiments — Cavalry Authorized — Sharpshooters — State Agents — Circular to Loyal Governors — State Bonds— Letter to Secretary of War— More Infantry Accepted — Artillery Wanted — First, Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh Regiments- Letter to Secretary of War — Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Regiments — $203,000 Reimbursed —Correspondence — First Cavalry— Second Cavalry—More Artillery Accepted — Third Cavalry — Consolidation of Companies — Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Regiments — Recruiting Discontinued — Letter of Captain Eddy —Report of Gov. Randall — Biographical Sketch of Gov. Randall— Close of 1861 71

CHAPTER III. ACTION OF STATE AUTHORITIES IN 1862, New State Officers — Legislature Meets — Governor's Message — Laws Passed — Eleventh and Twelfth Batteries — Recruiting Service Discontinued — Battle of Shiloh — Fourteenth, Sixteenth and Eighteenth Regiments Engaged — Expedition to Pittsburg Landing — Death of Governor Harvey — Biographical Sketch— Twentieth Regiment— Legislature Re- assembles — Governor Salomon's Message — Laws Passed — State Sanitary Agents — Call for 300,000 more — Monster meeting in Milwaukee — Twenty-first to Thirty-third Regiments Authorized — Extra Session of Legislature — Governor's Message — Laws Passed — 300,000 Militia to be Drafted — Draft Ordered — Draft Riots— Thirty-fourth Regiment — Close of 1862... 109

CHAPTER IV. ACTION OF STATE AUTHORITIES IN 1863. State Military Officers — Legislature Meets — Governor's Message — Laws Passed — Number of Regiments Furnished —Thirteenth Light Artillery— Heavy Artillery Battalion— Six Months Men Wanted — Enrolment Act — Provost Marshal General's Department— State Districted- Thirty-fourth Regiment Mustered Out — Thirty-fifth Regiment— Harvey Hospital Established — Quotas and Credits —Settlement of Credits — Results of Draft of 1863 — Negro Soldiers— Call for 300,000

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More — Towns, etc., to be Credited — Big Bounties — Sixteenth Regiment — Biographical Sketch of Governor Salomon— Close of 1863 150

CHAPTER V. ACTION OF STATE AUTHORITIES IN 1864. State Officers Elect in 1864 — State Military Officers — Legislature Meets — Governor's Message — Laws Passed — Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg— Re-enlistment of Old Regiments — Call for 500,000 more — Thirty-sixth, Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth Regiments— Veteran Re-enlistments — Veteran Regiments ordered General Sherman— One Hundred Day Troops Organized — Thirty-ninth, Fortieth and Forty-first Regiments — Call for 500,000 Men for One, Two and Three Years — Excessive Quota — Enrolment Lists Corrected — Quota Reduced — Error Corrected — Forty-second Regiment — Fifth Regiment Re- organized— Forty-third Regiment — Heavy Artillery Regiment— Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Regiments — Draft in September— Result— Another Call for 300,000— Close of 1864 168

CHAPTER VI. ACTION OF STATE AUTHORITIES IN 1865. Military Officers of the State — Resignation of Quartermaster General Lund — Legislature Meets — Extracts from Governor's Message — Laws Passed — Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Regiments — Change in Manner of Recruiting — Recruiting Agents Authorized — Quota under Call of 19th December — Reduced— Apportioned to Congressional Districts — Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Regiment—Draft Ordered — Fifty-first, Fifty-second and Fifty-third Regiments — Last Regiments Raised in the State — Correspondence between Grant and Lee — Surrender of the Rebel Army— Final Overthrow of the Rebellion — Recruiting Discontinued — Orders for Mustering Out of Regiments — Biography of Governor Lewis — Adjutant General Gaylord — Quartermaster General Lynch 183

CHAPTER VII. SANITARY OPERATIONS OF THE STATE.

Surgeon General's Department — His Duties — Expedition to Pittsburg Landing- Second Expedition — Expedition to Perryville Battle-field — To Murfreesboro — Visit to Vicksburg— To Washington Hospitals— Expedition to Chickamauga Battlefield — Visit to Army of Potomac —Visit of Governor Lewis and Surgeon General Wolcott to Hospitals for Transfer of Sick and Wounded— United States Hospitals in Wisconsin — Sanitary Agents — Soldiers' Aid Societies —Wisconsin Soldiers' Home — Soldiers' Orphans' Home — Bureau of Employment 208

CHAPTER VIII. GENERAL MILITARY OPERATIONS— EASTERN DIVISION. Wisconsin Organizations in Eastern Division — Skirmish at Falling Waters — First Battle of Bull Run — Bolivar Heights — Winchester— Peninsula Campaign —Banks' Retreat — Battle of Cedar Mountain — Gainesville — Second Bull Run — South Mountain — Antietam— Fredericksburg — Chancellorsville — Marye's Heights — Gettysburg — Rappahannock Station — Battles from the Rapidan to Petersburg — Weld on Railroad — Explosion of the Mine — Ream's Station — South Side Railroad — Hatcher's Run — Fort Stedman — Five Forks — Evacuation of Petersburg and Richmond — Pursuit of Lee's Army— Sailors' Creek — Surrender— Sherman's March from Savannah —Averysboro — Bentonville- Johnston's Surrender — "Johnny Comes Marching Home," '. „ 247

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CHAPTER IX. GENERAL MILITARY OPERATIONS— CENTRAL DIVISION. Wisconsin Organizations in the Central Division — Bowling Green — Nashville — Huntsville — Bragg's March on Louisville — Battle of Perryville — Jefferson Pike — Stone River — Spring Hill— Tullahoma— Dug Gap — Chickamauga— Chattanooga — Mission Ridge — Dalton — Buzzard's Roost — Resaca — Dallas— Kennesaw Mountain— Atlanta— Jonesboro—Lovejoy's Station— Allatoona— Destruction of Atlanta — Sherman's March to Savannah — Battle of Nashville — General Wilson's Campaigns in Alabama and Georgia 320

CHAPTER X. GENERAL MILITARY OPERATIONS— WESTERN DIVISION. Wisconsin Organizations in Western Division — Battle of Frederickton — Pea Ridge —New Madrid — Island No. 10 — Shiloh — Siege of Corinth— Battle of Iuka — Corinth — Bayou Cache — Prairie Grove — New Orleans Captured— Vicksburg Bombarded in 1862 — Sherman's Attempt — Arkansas Post — Grant's March on Vicksburg — Port Gibson — Jackson — Champion Hills — Black River — Investment of Vicksburg — Surrender — Jackson— Yazoo River — Teche Expedition — Port Hudson Surrenders — Little Rock Captured — Second Teche Expedition — Carrion Crow Bayou — Texas Expedition — Honey Springs — Battle of Helena-Meridian Expedition — Red River Expedition — Fort de Russey — Sabine Cross Roads — Pleasant Hill — Cane River — Alexandria— General Bailey's Dam — Jenkins" Ferry — Price's Raid in Missouri — Fort Morgan— Siege and Capture of Mobile 377

CHAPTER XI. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— FIRST INFANTRY, (THREE MONTHS.) Regimental Roster — Ordered to Chambersburg — Hagerstown— Skirmish at Falling Waters — March to Martinsburg — Bunker Hill — Charlestown— Upper Potomac--— Mustered out — Regiment Reorganized — Regimental Roster— Skirmish on Granny White's Pike — Rogersville — Battle of Perryville — Jefferson Pike — Stone River— Hoover's Gap— Chickamauga — Resaca— Dallas — Kennesaw Mountain — Atlanta — Jonesboro — Return to Wisconsin — Muster out — Statistics 423

CHAPTER XII. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— SECOND INFANTRY AND IRON BRIGADE. Regimental Roster— First Battle of Bull Run— King's Brigade — Roster of the Sixth Regiment— Roster of the Seventh Regiment— Organization of the "Iron Brigade" — Operations near Fredericksburg — Beverley Ford — Battle of Gainesville —Second Bull Run— South Mountain- Antietam — Fredericksburg — Fitzhugh's Crossing— Chancellorsville — Gettysburg— Veteran Re-enlistments— Battles of the Wilderness— Spotsylvania— North Anna — Cold Harbor — Second Regiment Returns Home— Mustered out — Statistics — Independent Battalion — Subsequent Brigade History— Assault on Petersburg — Battle at Weldon Railroad — Hatcher's Run — Dabney's Mills — Five Forks — Capture of Lee's Army — March to Washington—Grand Review — Sent to Louisville — Return to Wisconsin — Mustered out— Iron Brigade Dissolved— Statistics 438

CHAPTER XIII. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— THIRD INFANTRY. Regimental Roster — Skirmish at Bolivar — Occupation of Frederick — Pursuit of Jackson — Fight at Buckton Station — Retreat of General Banks — Battle of Cedar Mountain — Antietam — Chancellorsville — Fight at Beverley Ford— Gettysburg— Sent to New York — Transferred to Army of the Cumberland —Veterans Re-enlist— Veteran Third on Furlough — Battle of

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Resaca— Dallas — Pine Knob — Kennesaw — Atlanta — March to Savannah — March to Goldsboro— Battle of Averysboro — Bentonville — Surrender of Johnston's Army — Homeward Bound —Return to Wisconsin- Muster out — Regimental Statistics 483

CHAPTER XIV. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— FOURTH INFANTRY. Regimental Roster — Regiment Arrives at Baltimore — Expedition to the Eastern Shore — Newport News— Ship Island — Capture of New Orleans — Baton Rouge— First Attack on Vicksburg — Burning of Grand Gulf— Second Attack on Vicksburg — Gunboat Tyler — Battle of Baton Rouge — Texas Rangers Captured — Bombardment of Port Hudson — First Teche Expedition — Battle at Bisland— Port Hudson — Assault of May 27th and June 14th — Surrender of Port Hudson — Changed to Cavalry Regiment 498

CHAPTER XV. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— FIFTH INFANTRY. Regimental Roster — Winter near "Washington — Embark on Peninsula Campaign- Battle of Lee's Mills— Williamsburg— Golden's Farm— Change of Base — Rear Guard at White Oak Swamp Bridge — Malvern Hill— Return to Alexandria — Battle at Crampton's Gap— Antietam— Fredericksburg— Marye's Heights— Salem Church — Gettysburg— On Duty in New York — Rappahannock Station — Mine Run — Battles of the Wilderness — Spotsylvania — North Anna — Cold Harbor — Petersburg — Ream's Station —Veterans Return Home — Defense of Washington — Independent Battalion— Battle of Snicker's Gap — Charlestown — Cedar Creek — Regiment Reorganized — Roster — Joins Sheridan at Cedar Creek — Return to Petersburg— Battle at Dabney's Mills — Capture of the Enemy's Works at Petersburg-Battle of Sailor's Creek — Lee's Surrender— March to Washington — Return to Wisconsin — Muster out 508

CHAPTER XVI. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— EIGHTH INFANTRY. Regimental Roster — Arrives at St. Louis— Battle of Fredericktown — New Madrid and Island No. 10 — Farmington — Siege of Corinth — Battle of Iuka — Corinth — Service in West Tennessee — Move to Vicksburg — Battle of Jackson — Siege of Vicksburg — Expedition to Canton — Meridian Expedition — Red River Expedition — Rear Guard of Banks' Army — Battle of Lake Chicot — Veterans Return Home— Return to Memphis — Move to White River — Join in Pursuit of General Price — Reinforce General Thomas— Battle of Nashville — Return to Vicksburg — New Orleans — Battles before Mobile — Mustered out of Service — Statistics 526

CHAPTER XVII. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— NINTH INFANTRY. Regimental Roster— Move to Leavenworth, Kansas — March to Fort Scott— Join the Indian Expedition — Battle of Newtonia — Prairie Grove — Service in Missouri — Embark for Helena, Ark. — Join General Steele's Army at Little Rock — March to Camden — Battle of Elkins' Ferry — Jenkins' Ferry — Return to Little Rock — Non- veterans — Mustered out — Independent Battalion — Expedition to the Saline River 540

CHAPTER XVIII. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— TENTH INFANTRY. Regimental Roster— Arrival in Kentucky — Move to Nashville — Capture of Huntsville — Railroad Guard Duty — Brilliant Fight at Paint Rock Bridge — Death of Captain Moore — Rear Guard at Stevenson — March to Louisville — Battle of Perryville — Battle of Stone River —

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Hoover's Gap — Cross the Tennessee — Battle of Chickamauga — Severe Loss — Assault on Mission Ridge — Battles from Dallas to Atlanta — On Guard at Marietta — Return Home — Mustered out — Statistics 548

CHAPTER XIX. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— ELEVENTH INFANTRY. Regimental Roster — At Sulphur Springs — Steele's Advance into Arkansas — Battle of Bayou Cache — Helena, Ark.— Return to Missouri — Join Grant's Forces near Vicksburg — March Across the Peninsula— Battle near Port Gibson — Champion Hills— Black River Bridge — Before Vicksburg — Assault of the 22d of May — Second Battle at Jackson, Miss.— Transferred to the Department of the Gulf — Berwick City — Teche Expedition — Return — Embark for Texas — Return to Brashier City— Move to Mobile— Assault on Fort Blakely— War Closed— On Duty at Mobile — Mustered Out — Return Home— Statistics - 559

CHAPTER XX. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— TWELFTH INFANTRY. Regimental Roster — Leavenworth City— March to Fort Scott— To Fort Riley— Return to Leavenworth — Embark for West Tennessee — Join Grant's Southward Movement — March to Memphis — Expedition to Coldwater — Move to Vicksburg — The Siege — Battle of Jackson — Natchez — Return to Vicksburg — Veteran Reenlistments — Tlie Meridian Expedition — Skirmish at Baker's Creek — On Veteran Furlough — Joins General Sherman in Georgia — Battle at Kennesaw Mountain — Nickajack Creek — Bald Hill, July 21-22 — Battle of the 28th of July — Siege of Atlanta— Jonesboro—Lovejoy's Station— Join Sherman's Grand March — Savannah — Pocotaligo — Orangeburg — Goldsboro — Johnston's Surrender — March to Washington — Grand Review — Move to Louisville — Return to Wisconsin — Disbanded— Statistics 574

CHAPTER XXI. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— THIRTEENTH INFANTRY. Regimental Roster— Move to Leavenworth — March to Fort Scott— To Fort Riley — Return to Leavenworth — Move to West Tennessee — Stationed at Fort Henry — Fort Donelson — At Stevenson, Ala.— Huntsville — Guard Sherman's Communications—Veteran Re-enlistments — Return to Huntsville — Move to Knoxville — Return to Nashville — Move Down the Mississippi — New Orleans — Texas --Muster out — Return Home — Statistics 590

CHAPTER XXII. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— FOURTEENTH INFANTRY. Regimental Roster — Arrive at St. Louis — Move up Tennessee River — Battle of Shiloh — Battle of Corinth — Joins Grant's Southward Movement — March to Memphis — Move to Vicksburg — To Lake Providence — Return to Vicksburg — Assault of the 22d of May — The Siege — Move to Natchez — Re-enlistments — Veteran Furlough — Red River Expedition — Worden's Battalion — Battle of Tupelo — Expedition to Augusta, Ark.— Pursuit of Price through Missouri — Battle of Nashville — Return to Vicksburg — New Orleans — Investment of Mobile — Attack on Spanish Fort — Mobile Captured — Muster out— Return Home — Disbanded — Statistics 598

CHAPTER XXIII. REEGIMENTAL HISTORY— FIFTEENTH INFAISTTRY. Regimental Roster — Arrive at St. Louis — Bird's Point — Island No. 10 — Skirmish at Union City — Capture of Island No. 10 — Move to West Tennessee— Transferred to Army of the Cumberland — Florence, Ala. — Move to Louisville — Battle of Perryville — Knob Gap —

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Stone River — Death of Lieutenant Colonel McKee — March on Tullahoma — Battle of Chickamauga — Death of Colonel Heg — Battle of Mission Ridge — Move to East Tennessee — Battle at Rocky Face Ridge — Resaca — Dallas — Kennesaw Mountain — Atlanta— At Whitesides —Mustered out— Statistics 613

CHAPTER XXIV. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— SIXTEENTH INFANTRY. Regimental Roster — ;Move up Tennessee River — Battle of Pittsburg Landing — Siege of Corinth — Battle of Corinth — Lake Providence — Stationed at Redbone Church — New Companies — Old Companies on Veteran Fur lough — Move to Cairo — Join Sherman's Army in Tennessee — At Ackworth — Brush Mountain — Kennesaw — Cross the Chattahoochee— Battle at Bald Hill— Atlanta — Jonesboro-Pursuit of Hood — Join in Sherman's Grand March — Savannah — Goldsboro — Surrender of Johnston's Ai-my — Return Home— Mustered out — Statistics 632:

CHAPTER XXV. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— SEVENTEENTH INFANTRY. Regimental Roster — Move to St. Louis — To Pittsburg Landing— Siege of Corinth — Battle of Corinth — In West Tennessee — Move to Vicksburg— Lake Providence — Return to Vicksburg — Assault of May 19th — Siege of Vicksburg — Move to Natchez — Fort Beauregard — Vicksburg— Veterans Return Home on Furlough — Return to Cairo — Join Army of General Sherman — Battle of Kennesaw Mountain—Bald Hill — Atlanta — Jonesboro — Pursuit of Hood — Sherman's Grand March — Savannah — Goldsboro — Raleigh — Richmond — Washington — Return Home — Muster out — Statistics 644

CHAPTER XXVI. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— EIGHTEENTH INFANTRY. Regimental Roster — Sent to Tennessee River — Battle of Pittsburg Landing — Siege of Corinth — Battle of Corinth — Lake Providence — Battle of Jackson — Champion Hills — Siege of Vicksburg — Move to Chattanooga — Battle of Mission Ridge — Battle of Allatoona — Veterans on Furlough — Non-veterans in Sherman's March —Veterans in Provisional Division — Proceed to Goldsboro — Rejoin the Regiment — Review at Washington — Return Home — Muster out — Statistics 656

CHAPTER XXVII. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— NINETEENTH INFANTRY. Regimental Roster — Ordered to Fortress Monroe — Norfolk — Suffolk—Yorktown — Newbem — Join Eighteenth Army Corps- Before Petersburg — Fort Darling- Veterans on Furlough — Battle of Fair Oaks — Enter Richmond— Mustered out— Return Home— Statistics 668

CHAPTER XXVIII. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— TWENTIETH INFANTRY. Regimental Roster — Ordered to Missouri — March to Cross Hollows — Battle of Prairie Grove — Expedition to Van Buren — Move to Rolla — Siege of Vicksburg — Expedition to Yazoo City — At Carrolton — Expedition to Texas — Proc ed to Matamoras, Mexico — Return to New Orleans — Proceed to Mobile — Capture of Fort Morgan — East Pascagoula — Capture of Spanish Fort — Proceed to Galveston I— Return Home— Mustered out — Statistics 675

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CHAPTER XXIX. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— TWENTY- FIRST INFANTRY. Regimental Roster — Move to Cincinnati — To Louisville— Battle of Perryville— Jefferson Pike — Stone River- Hoover's Gap — Move Into Georgia— Dug Gap — Battle of Chickamauga — Resaca — Dallas — Kennesaw Mountain — Peach Tree Creek — Atlanta — Jonesboro — Pursuit of Hood — Join the Grand March of Sherman — Savannah — Bentonville — Goldsboro — Raleigh— Review at Washington— Return Home— Muster out— Statistics 686

CHAPTER XXX. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— TWENTY- SECOND INFANTRY. Regimental Roster — Proceed to Cincinnati — On Duty in Kentucky— Proceed to Nashville — Battle at Thompson's Station— Brentwood Station— Regiment again Organized — At Murfreesboro — Battle of Resaca— Dallas — Kennesaw — Chattahoochee — Peach Tree Creek — Siege of Atlanta— First to Enter the City— Accompany the Grand March — Savannah — Bentonville — Goldsboro — Return Home-Muster out— Statistics 697

CHAPTER XXXI. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— TWENTY- THIRD INFANTRY. Regimental Roster — Depart for Cincinnati — Service in Kentucky— Move to Memphis— Sherman's Attack on Vicksburg— Battle of Arkansas Post — March to Rear of Vicksburg — Battle of Grand Gulf — Champion Hills — Black River Bridge—Siege of Vicksburg — Transferred to Department of the Gulf— Teche Expedition — Battle of Carrion Crow Bayou — Return to Berwick City — Embark for Texas — Return to Berwick City— Red River Expedition— Battle of Sabine Cross Roads —Expedition to Mobile — Return to Morganza— Expedition to Mobile — Capture of Spanish Fort and Blakeley— Mobile— Muster out— Return Home— Statistics.. 707

CHAPTER XXXII. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— TWENTY- FOURTH INFANTRY. Regimental Roster — Move to Louisville— Battle of Perryville — Stone River — Chickamauga — Mission Ridge— East Tennessee Campaign —Atlanta Campaign- Rocky Face Ridge — Resaca — Adairsville - Dallas — Kennesaw Mountain — Peach Tree Creek- Siege of Atlanta— Jonesboro- On Duty at Chattanooga — Battle of Franklin —Nashville — Service in East Tennessee — Muster out— Return Home-Statistics 7^

CHAPTER XXXIII. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— TWENTY- FIFTH INFANTRY. Regimental Roster — Sent to Minnesota— Return to Wisconsin — Move to Columbus, Ky.— Satartia, on the Yazoo River— Snyder's Bluff— Siege of Vicksburg — On Duty at Helena — Sherman's Meridian Expedition — Move to Cairo — Thence to Decatur, Ala.— Join Sherman's Army — Battle of Resaca — Dallas — Battle of Decatur, Ga.— Atlanta f-Jonesboro — Pursuit of Hood — Join in the Grand March — Savannah — Battle of the Salkehatchie —Reach Goldsboro — Surrender of Johnston's Army — Homeward March — Grand Review at Washington — Muster out— Return to Madison — Statistics "34

CHAPTER XXXIV. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— TWENTY-SIXTH INFANTRY. Regimental Roster— Move to Virginia — Battle of Chancellorsville — Gettysburg — transferred to Tennessee — Battle of Mission Ridge — Atlanta Campaign — Battle of Resaca — Dallas — Kennesaw Mountain — Peach Tree Creek— Atlanta— March with Sherman — Battle of Averysboro — Bentonvillc — Return Home — Muster out — Statistics 746

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CHAPTER XXXV. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— TWENTY-SEVENTH INFANTRY. Regimental Roster — Move to Columbus, Ky.— Down the Mississippi — Up the Yazoo — March to Snyder's Bluff — Siege of Vicksburg — Move to Arkansas — Capture of Little Rock — March to Camden — Battle at Jenkins' Ferry — Return to Little Rock — Ordered to Join Canby's Forces — Capture of Spanish Fort — Move to Texas — Mustered out — Return Home — Statistics 760

CHAPTER XXXVI. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— TWENTY-EIGHTH INFANTRY. Regimental Roster — Move to Columbus, Ky.— To Helena — At St. Charles— Yazoo Pass Expedition — Return to Helena — Battle of Helena — Capture of Little Rock — Expedition to Mount Elba— Skirmish — Return to Pine Bluff— Join Canby's Forces before Mobile — Surrender of Spanish Fort and Blakely — On Service in Alabama — Move to Texas — Mustered out of Service — Return Home — Disbanded —Statistics 767

CHAPTER XXXVII. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— TWENTY-NINTH INFANTRY. Regimental Roster — Move to Cairo — To Helena— Friar's Point— Cotton Speculators— Expedition to White River— Yazoo Pass Expedition — March to Hard Times Landing — Battle of Port Gibson — Champion Hills — Assault of May 22d — Siege of Vicksburg — Battle of Jackson — Transferred to Gulf Department — Second Teche Expedition— Texas- Red River Expedition — Battle of Sabine Cross Roads — Retreat to Alexandria — Assist in Building Bailey's Dam — Stationed at Morganza— Join General Canby's Forces — Siege of Spanish Fort and Blakely — Move to Shreveport— Muster out— Return Home — Statistics... 774

CHAPTER XXXVIII. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— THIRTIETH INFANTRY. Regimental Roster — On Duty in the State — Move to Dacotah Territory —Take Part in Sully's Indian Expedition — Build Fort Wadsworth — Return — Move to Louisville, Ky.— Muster out— Return Home — Statistics 789

CHAPTER XXXIX. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— THIRTY- FIRST INFANTRY. Regimental Roster — Move to Columbus, Ky.— Thence to Nashville — Ordered to the Front — Siege of Atlanta — Join General Sherman's Grand March— Battle of Averysboro — Bentonville — Arrival at Goldsboro— Surrender of Johnston's Army — Homeward March — Richmond— Washington— Grand Review— Move to Louisville, Ky.— Muster out — Return Home — Statistics 793

CHAPTER XL REGIMENTAL HISTORY— THIRTY- SECOND INFANTRY. Regimental Roster — Move to Memphis — Join Grant's Southward Movement — Disaster at Holly Springs — Return to Memphis — On Provost Duty — Move to Moscow, Tenn.— Move to Vicksburg— Take Part in Meridian Expedition — Move up the River— Cairo — Up the Tennessee — Decatur, Ala.— Ordered to Atlanta— In Atlanta Campaign— In Sherman's Grand March— Savannah— Fight at Pocotaligo — River's Bridge — South Edisto — Bentonville — Goldsboro — Surrender of Johnston's Army — Homeward March —Washington — Grand Review — Muster out — Return Home — Statistics 800

CHAPTER XLI. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— THIRTY-THIRD INFANTRY.

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Regimental Roster — Move to Memphis — Join Sherman's Army — Join Grant's Southward Movement — Expedition Abandoned — Return to Memphis — Expedition to the Cold water River — Move to Vicksburg — Snyder's Bluff— Move to the Rear of Vicksburg — Engage in the Siege — Battle of Jackson — Return to Vicksburg — Move to Natchez — Return to Vicksburg— Meridian Expedition — Red River Expedition — Vicksburg — Expedition to Central Mississippi — Camargo Cross Roads — Tupelo — Move to Brownsville, Ark.— Pursuit of General Price into Missouri — Move to Nashville — Battle of Nashville — Move to New Orleans — Move to Mobile — Spanish Fort — War Closed — Move to Vicksburg — Mustered out — Statistics 808

CHAPTER XLII. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— THIRTY- FOURTH INFANTRY. Regimental Roster— Move to Columbus, Ky.— Engage in Garrison Duty— Time Expires — Return Home — Muster out — Statistics 820

CHAPTER XLIII. REGIMENTAL HISTORY- THIRTY-FIFTH INFANTRY. Regimental Roster — Move to Alexandria, La.— Port Hudson — Morganza — St. Charles, Ark.— Join General Canby’s Forces — Siege of Spanish Fort — On Duty in Alabama — Move to Texas 821

CHAPTER XLIV. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— THIRTY-SIXTH INFANTRY. Regimental Roster— Move to Washington— Join Hancock's Corps — Battle of Tolopotomy— Cold Harbor — Before Petersburg— June 18th — Jerusalem Plank Road — Strawberry Plains — Explosion of the Mine- Battle at Deep Bottom — Weldon Railroad — Battle at Ream's Station — Hatcher's Run — Dabney 's Mills — Petersburg Captured — Pursuit of Lee — -- Surrender of his Army — March to Washington-- Grand Review— Proceed to Louisville — Mustered out — Return Home — Statistics 82t

CHAPTER XLV. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— THIRTY-SEVENTH INFANTRY. Regimental Roster — Move to Washington — Join Grant's Army— Move to Petersburg— Assault of 17th and 18th of June — Explosion of the Mine — Assault of 30th of July— Weldon Railroad— South Side Railroad — Hatcher's Run — Raid on the Weldon Railroad —Winter Quarters — Fort Steadman — Capture of Fort Mahone — Enter Petersburg — Surrender of Lee's Army— War Closed — Move to Washington--— Grand Review — Muster out — Return Home — Regiment Disbanded — Statistics „ 835

CHAPTER XLVI. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— THIRTY-EIGHTH INFANTRY. Regimental Roster— First Battalion Arrives at Washington — Join the Army of the Potomac — Cold Harbor — Cross the James River— Petersburg— Assaults of June 17th and 18th — June 30th — Battle on Weldon Railroad — Hatcher's Run — Second Battalion Arrives at Petersburg — Regimental Organization Complete — Capture of Fort Mahone— Occupation of Petersburg— War Closed— Proceed to Washington —Grand Review Muster out — Return to Wisconsin — Statistics 845

CHAPTER XLVII. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— ONE HUNDRED DAY TROOPS.

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Rosters — Thirty-ninth— Fortieth — Forty-first- Move to Memphis — On Picket and Guard Duty — Forrest's Raid — Time Expires — Return Home — Muster out 8.>1

CHAPTER XLVIII. REGIMENTAL HISTORY- FORTY-SECOND TO FIFTY-THIRD INFANTRY. 851

CHAPTER XLIX. COMPANY HISTORY -COMPANY G, BERDAN'S SHARPSHOOTERS. Organization — Move to New York— To "Washington— At Battles on the Peninsula— Second Bull Run -Antietam — Blackburn's Ford — Battle of Fredericksburg — Chancellorsville — Gettysburg — Wapping Heights — Locust Grove — Campaign of 1864 — In Battles from the Wilderness to Cold Harbor— Before Petersburg — Term Expires — Muster out — Return Home 871

CHAPTER L. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— FIRST CAVALRY. Regimental Roster — Move to St. Louis — To Cape Girardeau — Operations in Southeast Missouri — Raid into Arkansas — Disaster at La Anguille Ferry — Helena — Return to Cape Girardeau — Attack on Cape Girardeau — Ordered to Tennessee — In Rosecrans' Army — Battle of Chickamauga — Anderson's Cross Roads — Operations in East Tennessee — In the Atlanta Campaign — Campaign of 1865— Assault and Capture of West Point — Cessation of Hostilities — Pursuit of Jefferson Davis — His Capture— Muster out — Return Home— Statistics 881

CHAPTER LI. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— SECOND CAVALRY. Regimental Roster — Move to St. Louis— To Springfield- First Battalion Sent to Cassville — Second and Third Battalions March through Arkansas— At Helena- Mem phis— Snyder's Bluff— On Big Black River— Battle of Jackson — Expedition to Canton —At Redbone Church — Fight near Yazoo City — Move to Memphis — Move to Texas — Muster out— Return Home— Statistics 900

CHAPTER LII. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— THIRD CAVALRY. Regimental Roster — Move to St. Louis— To Leavenworth City — On Duty in Kansas — Major Henning at Fort Scott — Regiment Joins Salomon's Brigade — At Battle of Cane Hill — Prairie Grove- Fight at Fort Gibson — Honey Springs— Cabin Creek — Massacre at Baxter Springs — On Veteran Furlough — Return to Little Rock — Regiment Reorganized — On Duty in Arkansas — Missouri and Kansas — Ordered to Leavenworth City — Muster out— Return Home — Statistics. 909

CHAPTER LIII. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— FOURTH CAVALRY. Organization as a Cavalry Regiment — On Scouting Duty — Exploit of Lieutenant Earl — Expedition to Rosedale — To Gros de Tete— Veterans on Furlough — Expedition to Clinton, La. — Death of Colonel Boardman — Earl's Independent Scouts — Major Craigue Captures Clinton — March towards Mobile — Return to Baton Rouge — Skirmish — March to Mobile — Into Georgia — Return to Vicksburg — Move to Texas — Still in Service '. 92l

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CHAPTER LIV. COMPANY HISTORIES— LIGHT ARTILLERY. Batteries One to Thirteen 928

CHAPTER LV. REGIMENTAL HISTORY- FIRST HEAVY ARTILLERY. Regimental Roster— Battery A in Defenses of Washington— Battery B at Lexington, t Ky .— Battery C at Chattanooga — In East Tennessee — Battery D at Brashier City, La.— Batteries E to M in Defenses at Washington —Muster out — Statistics 970

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

Major General Charles S. Hamilton— Major General C. C. Washburn— Major General Carl Schurz— Brevet Major General T. H. Ruger — Brevet Major General Frederick Salomon — Brevet Major General Lysander Cutler — Brigadier General Rufus King — Brigadier General Halbert E. Paine — Brigadier General John C. Stark- weather — Brigadier General Lucius Fairchild — Brigadier General E. S. Bragg — Brigadier General Joseph Bailey — Brevet Brigadier General Harrison C. Hobart — Brevet Brigadier General Oscar H. La Grange — Brevet Brigadier General T. S. Allen — Brevet Brigadier General Jeremiah M. Rusk — Colonel Charles R. Gill — Colonel Sidney A. Bean — Colonel Frederick A. Boardman — Lieutenant Colonel David McKee — Mrs. Cordelia A. P. Harvey 975

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