History of Reedsburg and the Upper Baraboo Valley, by Merton Edwin Krug, Publ. February 1929 by the author. Printed by Democrat Printing Company, Madison, Wis., Page 63-82


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REEDSBURG IN THE CIVIL WAR

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.

WHEN THEY DIED AND WHERE


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