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.