MEN RALLY TO THE CALL
The Civil War was fought. In its many battles the manhood of the north offered their lives for the nation's glory; and it was far from vain. The hand of fate reached out and snatched a few from the paths of the living, and transplanted them into the peaceful aisles of the dead. Others were less favored by Providence, and allowed to suffer with wounds for many months before "Crossing the Bar". Still others were suffered to languish in sordid prisons, enduring hunger and cold and unthinkable privations, with death back home as the ultimate ending. But the majority were privileged to return uninjured to their loved ones and revel in the splendor of the Union for whose unity they had fought and won, and their comrades bled and died.
But the spirit that, like a flame ignited in a pile of shaving, flaring high at first, then gradually dying out, the spirit that lives and endures until it lives and endures no longer, cannot be expected to survive forever. Those soldiers who returned - they have one by one gone on to the final resting, until today we have with us only a few.
But they are not forgotten: their memory will endure as long as granite. Reedsburg has a record of which it may justly be proud. The names of many of its heroes will go echoing down the halls of time even into blessed immortality.
LOCAL VETERANS
This roster, which is inclusive of the ten square townships, has been prepared with great effort, and is an earnest attempt at collecting and classifying the names of the men who served in the army during the Civil War. There may be some (and probably are) whose names have been lost. But this roster, embracing over 460 names, is the largest ever published in any Sauk County register. The numbers right of some of the names indicate those who died in service, and are convenience in referring to the Roll of the Dead.
WISCONSIN VOLUNTARY INFANTRY
Second Regiment
Co. K
Henry Nippert, Westfield
John Stair, Freedom
Man Kyle, Freedom
Gottfried Kyle, Freedom
Jacob Zimmerman, Freedom
C. A. Platt, Freedom
Conrad Platt, Freedom
C. Rehminscher, Freedom
William Mackler, Freedom
Third Regiment
Co. F
Robert Greenwood, Winfield
Fourth Regiment
Co. B
Jeremiah Cottington, Winfield
Co. D
William Stillick, Winfield
William P. Cottington, Winfield
George Foyles, Winfield
George Underwood, Winfield
Marshall Newell, Dellona
Jackson Peck, Dellona
Julius Hubbard (32), Excelsior
Fifth Regiment
Co. K
Charles Fosdick, Westfield
John Fosdick, Westfield
W. I. Carver, Reedsburg
Sixth Regiment
Co. A.
G. M. Jones, Reedsburg
Theodore Jay, Reedsburg
George Miles (16), Reedsburg
Sergeant John A. Coughran, Reedsburg
John Dickins, Reedsburg
Le Roy Dickins, Reedsburg
Israel Inman, Washington
W. H. H. Inman, Washington
James Whitty, Winfield
John C. Weidman, Westfield
Henry Saare, Westfield
George Moag, Westfield
M. F. Moor, Westfield
Peter Stackhouse, Westfield
William Pearson, La Valle
Reuben Jones, La Valle
S. M. Long, Ironton
D. C. Fenton, Ironton
Chauncy Winsor, Ironton
William Groat, Ironton
Nelson Moor, Ironton
Samuel J. Hutchins, Woodland
Gottlieb Rose, Freedom
Philp Nippert, Freedom
Frank Gerlaugh, Freedom
Eli A. Broughton, Freedom
William P. Black, Freedom
John Alexander, Freedom
Philip Hoefer, Freedom
H. D. Jones, Excelsior
T. L. Johnson, Excelsior
Daniel Odell, Excelsior
John Starks, Excelsior
W. B. Thomas, Excelsior
John W. Foster, Excelsior
Philip Cheek, Excelsior
T. A. Jones, Excelsior
B. H. Jones, Excelsior
Co. I
William H. Nichols, Woodland
Co. K
John Holden, La Valle
Seventh Regiment
Co. A
Rufus Hodgeman, Reedsburg
A. C. Hunt, Reedsburg
W. P. Carter, Excelsior
Co. B
Abram B. Frost, Washington
Henry Travis, Washington
Isaac Frost, Ironton
Edward Wheeler, Ironton
Co. E.
George Root (28), Reedsburg
Co. G
Warren H. Hart, Washington
Co. Unknown
George D. Dewey, Ironton
Eighth Regiment
Co. D
Joseph Palmer, Westfield
James Richards, Westfield
Ira Winslow, Westfield
Jacob Appel, Westfield
Samuel Fosnot, Reedsburg
Ninth Regiment
Co. F
Earnest Brandt, Westfield
Eleventh Regiment
Co. D
Samuel Fausnaught, Reedsburg
Earnest Black, Westfield
William Black, Westfield
Peter Alexander, Freedom
Co. G
Leslie Graves, Westfield
Co. K
William Stackhouse, Westfield
Co. Unknown
Ammriah Robotham (27), Reedsburg
Twelfth Regiment
Co. B
Captain Giles Steven, Reedsburg
First Lieutenant B. F. Blackmon, Ironton
Second Lieutenant James W. Lusk, Reedsburg
First Sergeant F. W. Henry (10), Reedsburg
Second Sergeant Spencer Miles (17), Reedsburg
Corporal Reuben W. Green, Reedsburg
Corporal Morris E. Seeley, Reedsburg
John Seamans, Winfield
John Seymour, Winfield
Edward Buelow, Reedsburg
August Johnson, Reedsburg
Philo Lane, Reedsburg
James Lusk, Reedsburg
Ellis Pond, Reedsburg
C. F. Pollock (23) Reedsburg
Charles Reifenrath (26) Reedsburg
G. D. Spicer, Reedsburg
Lewis Bitney, Washington
Lursis Tonser, Washington
LaFayette Kelly, Winfield
John Fessey, Winfield
Horace Curtis, Winfield
George Curtis, Winfield
L. B. Cornwell (37) Winfield
Dennis Curtis, Winfield
Lewis Curtis, Winfield
L. B. Cornwell, Winfield
Jonas Salmon, Winfield
Alfred Darrow, Winfield
John Kird, Winfield
James Lamsbury, Winfield**
Charles Camel, Winfield
Frederick Giles, Westfield
George Mead, Westfield
Franklin Fosdict, Westfield
Henry Sargent, Westfield
Sylvanus Richards, Westfield
John Seldon, Westfield
I. W. Root, Westfield
Charles Gulliford, Westfield
Henry Dearholt, Westfield
John Kyle, Westfield
Thomas Little, Westfield
Oscar Tabor, Woodland
Stephen J. Davis, Woodland
John Juta, LaValle
Henry C. Palmer, LaValle
John C. Sanborn, LaValle
John Oliver, LaValle
George W. Bailey, LaValle
Harrison P. Bullard, LaValle
William Powell, LaValle
Ephram Blakesley, LaValle
William Bundy, LaValle
Elwood Mason, LaValle
Jehial D. Hagaman, LaValle
Ebert H. Haraman (40), LaValle
Levi Seeley, LaValle
George W. Seeley, LaValle
Frank Culigan, LaValle
George Inman, LaValle
Jack Inman, LaValle
Anthony Benson, Ironton
Elias Robinson, Ironton
B. F. Blackman, Ironton
Lusius Carr, Ironton
Matson C. Osburn, Ironton
Samuel Barnet, Ironton
Constance Beuchat, Ironton
Archibald Mellon, Ironton
James Simon, Ironton
H. J. Groat, Ironton
Charles Pearson, Ironton
Charles Pearson, Ironton
Albert Sprague, Ironton
Fernando C. Wood, Ironton
Giles Spicer, Ironton
Hiram Hawkins, Ironton
John Kinneman, Ironton
M. B. Long, Ironton
George Ford (42), Ironton
Henry Ramo, Ironton
Amos Ford (39), Ironton
J. C. Wichersham (33), Ironton
N. Camp, Ironton
Elijah Seymour, Dellona
Twelfth Regiment
Co. E
George Armstrong, Freedom
Jacob Auble, Freedom
I. C. Knapp, Freedom
Abram Knapp, Freedom
James Camp, Dellona
Lewis T. Linnell, Dellona
John Galespie, Dellona
Henry Stutson, Dellona
Isaac Henry, Dellona
William A. Vincent, Dellona
Leander Tiffany, Dellona
William Whorry, Dellona
Alfred W. Stark, Dellona
Erastus Casper, Dellona
A. J. Jameson, Dellona
Alura Stowell, Dellona
John Gaddies, Excelsior
Henry H. Bennet, Reedsburg
Nathaniel Darrow, Winfield
Judson Craker, Winfield
Samuel A. Burhams, Excelsior
William H. Harrison, Excelsior
John C. Montaney, Excelsior
Co. K
W. W. Winchester, Excelsior
Co. Unknown
Charles Beulow, Reedsburg
Levi Bemis, Reedsburg
John Barnhart, Reedsburg
Francis Colgan, Reedsburg
Frank E. Dano, Reedsburg
Westley Dickins (7) Reedsburg
George W. Dickins, Reedsburg
John Dougal, Reedsburg
John Oliver, Reedsburg
John Sandborn, Reedsburg
William Richards (43) Reedsburg
Caleb Clark (41), Reedsburg
Fourteenth Regiment
Co. A
Lucius M. Jones, Westfield
L. Jones, Ironton
Co. I
Chester Green, Ironton
Co. K
Newton Clark, Freedom
Edward K. Hill, Freedom
Co. Unknown
G. F. Jones, Westfield
Sixteenth Regiment
Co. F
Charles A. Norton, LaValle
Ole Nelson, LaValle
Co. Unknown
Alfred Devereaux, Reedsburg
Seventeenth Regiment
Co. A
John Erwin, Dellona
Co. H
Hugh Harper, Ironton
Jonathan Stanley, Woodland
Edward Kelley, Freedom
Nicholas Stein, Dellona
Eighteenth Regiment
Co. A
Elias White, Washington
Co. D
Thadeus Martin, LaValle
Nineteenth Regiment
Co. A
Captain Rollin M. Strong, Reedsburg
First Lieutenant H. A. Tator, Reedsburg
Second Lieutenant Alexander P. Ellinwood, Reedsburg
First Sergeant Chas. A. Chandler, Reedsburg
Second Sergeant Eugene A. Dwinnell, Reedsburg
third Sergeant John H. Fosnot, Reedsburg
Fourth Sergeant Alfred P. Steese (30), Reedsburg
Fifth Sergeant George Waltemberger, Reedsburg
Corporal James M. Hobbs, Reedsburg
Corporal Benjamin S. Pitts (23), Reedsburg
Corporal Aluah Rathbun (25), Reedsburg
Corporal Martin Seeley, Reedsburg
Jacob Auble, Reedsburg
Peter Brady, Reedsburg
J. W. Benjamine, Reedsburg
Ezra Burton, Reedsburg
Hugh Collins (5), Reedsburg
John Cary (2), Reedsburg
D. C. Cole (3), Reedsburg
Julius Castle, Reedsburg
James C. Castle, Reedsburg
O. H. Dwinnell, Reedsburg
C. A. Danforth, Reedsburg
Charles Day (6), Reedsburg
Albert E. Dixon, Reedsburg
Peter Empser, Reedsburg
Martin Gaunstet, Reedsburg
Giles Graft, Reedsburg
Robert Cheek (24), Reedsburg
Nelson Gardner, Reedsburg
Charles Holt, Reedsburg
Ephriam Haines (9), Reedsburg
A. Harsk, Reedsburg
Edward Harris, Reedsburg
William Hobby (11), Reedsburg
Jacob Herbel, Reedsburg
Edward Leonard, Reedsburg
James L. Markee (14), Reedsburg
Newton W. Pitts (22), Reedsburg
E. D. Milder, Reedsburg
Amos Pettyes, Reedsburg
Frank Pettyes, Reedsburg
Russel Redfield, Reedsburg
Dwight Root, Reedsburg
William Stuce, Reedsburg
N. P. Stuce, Reedsburg
H. V. V. Seamans, Reedsburg
Charles Stone, Reedsburg
John Thorn, Reedsburg
Richard Thorn, Reedsburg
Henry Waldron, Reedsburg
Orson War, Reedsburg
Menzo Winnie, Reedsburg
F. S. Winchester, Reedsburg
Frederick Berber, Winfield
Eleazer Millard, Winfield
William Millard, Winfield
William Reynolds, Winfield
Henry Groatta, Winfield
Michael Keril, Winfield
L. D. Ford, Winfield
William Sweatland, Winfield
Patrick Harrigan, Winfield
Timothy Halsey, Winfield
Alexander Weidman, Westfield
John Warren, Westfield
James B. Taylor, Westfield
Dwelton Sheldon, Westfield
Charles Sheldon, Westfield
James Fosdick, Westfield
Harlow Sheldon, Westfield
Daniel Lanbum, LaValle
Sidney A. Howard, LaValle
James Curtis, LaValle
H. E. Stowe, Ironton
John Mellon, Ironton
M. Hofer, Freedom
George Mead, Excelsior
James R. Apker, Woodland
Jesse Mellon, Woodland
George W. Cooper, Woodland
John Hollingshead, Woodland
Co. E
John Eagan, Winfield
Co. G
Holdon Miller (19), Reedsburg
Julius Sparks, Ironton
James Upham, Washington
Co. I
Amos O. Rowley, Reedsburg
Co. Unknown
Isaac Bingham, Reedsburg
Julius Castle, Reedsburg
Rufus Cole, Reedsburg
Cassius M. Collins, Reedsburg
Christopher Evers, Reedsburg
Joseph C. Fosnot, Reedsburg
Martin Greenslit, Reedsburg
William H. Holton, Reedsburg
W. M. Horsch (12), Reedsburg
Edward L. Leonard, Reedsburg
Giles Livingston, Reedsburg
Joe Mead, Reedsburg
Erasmus Miller, Reedsburg
William Miller (20), Reedsburg
Frank Pettyes, Reedsburg
Walter O. Pietzsca, Reedsburg
Hiram Santus, Reedsburg
Kirk M. Sheldon, Reedsburg
Erastus Miller (18), Reedsburg
Twentieth Regiment
Co. B
Horace Herton, Washington
Co. Unknown
Campbell Miller, Washington
Alexander Miller, Washington
Robert J. Powell, Washington
John Lee, Washington
Twenty-second Regiment
Co. Unknown
Edson D. Wood, Washington
Twenty-third Regiment
Co. F
Peter Knowles, Reedsburg
W. W. Pollock, Reedsburg
John Waltz, Reedsburg
John Hayne, Winfield
H. D. Snell, Westfield
Molby Colvin, Westfield
Beaman Spooner, Westfield
William Sallady, Westfield
Samuel Emery, Westfield
Cephus K. Newell, Westfield
N. B. Aldrich, Westfield
Calvin Bliven, Westfield
Phillip Stackhouse, Westfield
George Moog, Westfield
John Shear, Westfield
Henry Black, Westfield
John Hindes, Westfield
E. G. Seamans, Westfield
A. A. Wescott, Westfield
Jacob Vanderburgh, Dellona
George Stowell, Dellona
Corporal John Fuller (35), Dellona
Seymour Fuller, Dellona
Lucius A. Crosier, Dellona
Philo Stutson, Dellona
John Gowan, Dellona
Elisha H. Catlin, Dellona
William Hagaman, Dellona
Jasper Udell, Excelsior
G. B. Paddock, Excelsior
J. F. Gorgus, Excelsior
Charles H. Williams, Excelsior
William G. Clark, Excelsior
Marvin E. Jopp, Excelsior
Isaac Fry, Excelsior
O. W. Stutton, Excelsior
Israel Greeny, Excelsior
Henry Weller, Excelsior
O. W. Thomas, Excelsior
G. B. Pearl, Excelsior
John Staley, Excelsior
Edgar Case, Excelsior
W. G. Braley, Excelsior
H. D. Newell, Washington
Thomas Guim, Washington
Charles Bates, Washington
Co. I
William Wood, Washington
Co. K
Andrew Baker, Washington
Addison Thornburg, Washington
Charles Bender, Freedom
William Sproul, Freedom
Ferris B. Palmer (33), Freedom
Co. Unknown
Smith Devereaux, Reedsburg
Ira J. Hall, Reedsburg
Thomas Holdon, Reedsburg
Jason Shaw (36), Reedsburg
Robert Robatham, Reedsburg
Twenty-sixth Regiment
Co. K
William K. Kipp, Reedsburg
Forty-sixth Regiment
Co D
John Sinclear, LaValle
Forty-ninth Regiment
John McIllvaine (15) Reedsburg
Fifty-first Regiment
Co. F
Clayton Fuller, Winfield
Spencer C. Fish, Winfield
C. Edwin Kelly, Winfield
Amos Cottington, Winfield
Alfred Lawton, Winfield
George Pelton, Winfield
Forty-second Regiment
Co. A
William Rabuck, LaValle
Wisconsin Cavalry
First Regiment
Co. F
Amos Knowles, Reedsburg
E. H. Knowles, Reedsburg
Herkimer Fuller, Winfield
Hiram Higgins, Dellona
Henry C. Waltz, Excelsior
Co. H
Alexander Wilkinson, LaValle
Nicholas S. Chambers, Woodland
Co. Unknown
Henry Nippert, Freedom
Second Regiment
Co. F
George H. Sterner, LaValle
Co. M
Clark R. Buell, Washington
James A. Buell, Washington
Third Regiment
Co. E
G. M. Fayler, LaValle
Isaac Van Sice, LaValle
Co. F
H. I. Gardner, Reedsburg
George Priest (24), Reedsburg
Nelson Carver, Reedsburg
Moses Van Camp, Reedsburg
Oscar Allen, Reedsburg
Henry Buelow (1), Reedsburg
George Kelley, Reedsburg
C. K. Robinson, Reedsburg
Anthony Holbert, Ironton
Jesse Bailey, Ironton
Charles Kester, Ironton
William Stansfield, Ironton
Daniel Wright, Ironton
James Riley, Dellona
Thomas Chambers, Excelsior
William Ableman, Excelsior
A. Molone, Excelsior
Charles Part, Excelsior
Thomas Rothwell, Excelsior
Daniel Waltz, Westfield
Frederick Reincke, Woodland
Co. Unknown
Philemon Devereaux, Reedsburg
Hiram Gardner, Reedsburg
George Huffnail, Winfield
Henry Southard, Reedsburg
John Winchester, Reedsburg
Fourth Regiment
Norman V. Chandler, Reedsburg
Milo Seeley, Reedsburg
Sixth Regiment
Wilber Jacob, Freedom
Wisconsin Artillery
First Battery
Nathan Frost, Washington
Fourth Battery
George Fosnot, Reedsburg
Oliver E. Root, Reedsburg
David Sparks, Reedsburg
Sixth Battery
Henry W. Miller, Washington
Peter Grun, Washington
Tenth Battery
A. Day, Reedsburg
E. T. Shepard, Reedsburg
Miscellaneous Services
Berden's Sharp Shooters
Charles Edward, Westfield
Jonah Elwood, Westfield
Forty-fourth Illinois Infantry
Co. B
Riley Mead, Westfield
Thirty-seventh Illinois Infantry
Co. J
Alphonso E. Japp, Westfield
Second Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery
Allen S. Brooks, Reedsburg
Twentieth Illinois Vol. Infantry
Co. C
Henry C. Hunt, Reedsburg
First Battery Missouri Light Artillery
Lieutenant W. Miles, Reedsburg
Quartermaster Sergeant George H. Flautt, Reedsburg
John Collins (4), Reedsburg
John Drowning, Reedsburg
Jay Jewett, Reedsburg
M. L. Jewett, Reedsburg
Navy
Arent Bankers, Westfield
Others in Unclassified Service
George Keworthy, Ironton
Ezra B. Reynolds, Ironton
E. Woodworth, Ironton
John Maucka, Woodland
Adolphus Mellon, Woodland
Alfred A. Mathews, LaValle
William Bailey, LaValle
John Holden, LaValle
Joseph Fisher, LaValle
Fletcher Gardner, LaValle
Oliver B. Christie, Reedsburg
S. S. Clark, Reedsburg
John Clubert, Reedsburg
Dexter Green (18), Reedsburg
Isaac Lyon, Reedsburg
George Pollock, Reedsburg
Boardman Roscoe (29), Reedsburg
Samuel Ward, Reedsburg
In the foregoing roster no attempt is made to separate the citizen of the villages from the townships. Thus Loganville's soldiers are included under the name of Westfield, Ableman's under Excelsior, etc. In the following Roll of Honor is given the dates of all deaths which occurred in active service, either through wounds or illness, and those that resulted from seemingly minor wounds after discharge. The "k" denotes those killed in action; the "w", those who died of wounds; the "d", those whose deaths were due to diseases. The list contains all the death dates available at the adjutant general's office and is believed to be quite complete.
In the following Roll of Honor is given the dates of all deaths which occurred in active service, either through wounds or illness, and those that resulted form seemingly minor wounds after discharge. The "k" denotes those killed in action; the "w", those who died of wounds; the "d", those whose deaths were due to diseases. The list contains all the death dates available at the adjutant general's office and is believed to be quite complete.
Buelow, Henry Buelow; k, Baxter Springs, Ark., Oct. 6, 1863
Cary, John; d, Portsmouth, Va., Feb. 19, 1863
Cole, D. C.; d, Madison, Wis., March 1864
Collins, John; d, Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug, 1862
Collins, Hugh; d, Reedsburg, Aug. 1867
Day, Charles; w, Hampton, Va., June 16, 1864
Dickins, Westley; d, LaValle (date unrecorded)
Green, Dexter; k, Fair Oaks, Va., Oct. 27, 1864
Haines, Ephraim; w, Portsmouth, Va., July 5, 1864
Henry, Sergeant F. W.; K, Atlanta, July 22, 1864
Hobby, William D.; d, Yorktown, July 31, 1863
Horsch, William; d, Hampton, Va, July 2, 1864
Knowles, Erastus H.; d, St. Louis, April 8, 1862
Markee, James; Portsmouth, Va., Oct. 12, 1862
McIlvaine, John; Reedsburg, March 3, 1865
Miles, George; K, South Mountain, Sept. 14, 1862
Miles, Sergeant Spencer; w., Marietta, Ga., July 26, 1864
Miller, Holden; d, Madison, 1864
Miller, William; d, Richard Va., Nov. 1, 1864
Pitts, Benjamin; k, Drury's Bluff, May 16, 1864
Pitts, N. W.; d, Salisbury Prison, Jan. 16, 1865
Pollock, Charles F.; d, Bolivar, Tenn., Nov. 30, 1862
Priest, George W.,; d, Camp Bowen, Ark., Nov. 6, 1862
Rathbun, Alva; w., Fortress Monroe, Nov. 5, 1864
Reifenrath, Charles; k, Kennesaw Mountain, June 27, 1864
Robotham, Ammariah; d, Pocahontas, Ark., May 8, 1862
Root, George W.; d, Arlington, Va., Feb. 28, 1862
Roscoe, Boardman; Davis Island, N.Y., April, 1863
Steese, Sergeant A. P.; d, Hampton, Va., July 20, 1864
Waltz, John; d, Memphis, March 9, 1863
Hubbard, Julius; k, 1862, the first to die from Sauk County
Ferris B. Palmer; k, Fair Oaks, Oct. 27, 1864
Robert Cheek; k, Petersburg, Va., Aug. 7, 1864
Corporal John Fuller, Fair Oaks, Oct. 27, 1864
Shaw, Jason; k, Vicksburg, May 28, 1863
Cornwell, L. B.; k, near Atlanta, Ga., July 21, 1864
Wickersham, J. E.; k, Atlanta, July 21, 1864
Ford, Amos; k, Atlanta, July 21, 1864
Hagaman, Ebert H.; k, Atlanta, July 22, 1864
Clark, Caleb; k, Atlanta, July 22, 1864
Ford, George; k, Atlanta, July 22, 1864
Richards, William; k, Atlanta, July 22, 1864
**Transcriber comments:
no listing in name index for James Lamsbury, Winfield, however, name index listing for James Sainsbury, Winfield.
Submitted by Carol