The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-11-07

General Nelson, at Louisville, Kentucky,
few weeks since. First Lieutenant Judson
Fitzpatrick, of this regiment, is Ueuten-
ant Colonel in the volunteer service. The
Colonel of the LIST Artillery is Judson Dim
mick, whose entry into the service bears
date July 1, 1919, having graduated at
West Point as Second Lieutenant of Artil-
lery. The I'd Artillery has the following
officers: Colonel, 1 Lieutenant Colonel,
2 Majors, II Captains, "a 1st Lieutenants,
and IA I'd Leutenants. Among the Ma
.jors is Brigadier General William Fl.
French, who is honorably mentioned in
the war with Mexico. Two LIST Lieu
tenants are Brigadier Generals, George
L. Hartsuff and Guilford d. Bailey, both
attached to the Army of the Potomac,
the former of whom died a few days
since from wounds which he received at
the battle of Antietam, in Maryland, Sep
TENDER II, 1862. This regiment has six
splendid batteries, two of which are Ma
poleon guns. 1t also has furnished two
Colonies for the volunteer service, and one
Lieutenant Colonel The Colonel of the
I'd Artillery is VIM. W. Morris, whose fire.
quent mention by Gen. Scott in the Mex
lean War, denotes him an efficient officer.
His original entry into the service was
from a I'd Lieutenant Of Infantry, on the
1st of July, 1920. The Sd Artillery saw
hard service in the Florida and Mexican
wars, and lost many officers and men not
only in battle, but by sickness. It is Off
cered by 1 Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel,
2 Majors, % Captains, "a LIST Lieutenants,
and II I'd Lieutenants. The Lieutenant
Colonel, Martin Burke, won distinction in
the Mexican War, and is reported to be
the best rifle shot in the whole army. The
regiment is commanded by Col. VIM
1906. The 4th Artillery is differed by
the following officers: One Colonel, l
Lieutenant Colonel, 2 Majors, 10 Captains,
"a LIST Lieutenants and 10 I'd Lieutenants
Among the Majors is Brig. Gen. Edward
0. G. Ord, now commanding in the De-
partment of Memphis, Tennessee, while
among the Captains is Brig. Gen. John
Gibbon, who is connected with the Army
of the Potomac. There are five splendid
batteries attached to the 4th, and among
the Lieutenants are son of Bancroft, the
historian, and son of Henry Ward
Beecher. The 18th is commanded by Col.
Charles S. Merchant graduate of West
Point, from the artillery, March II, 1914.
The 9Th Regiment of Artillery is differed
by Colonel, Lieut.. Colonel, 3 Majors,
- Captains, 90 LIST Leutenants and "a I'd
Lieutenants. The 9Th is the crack artillery
regiment OF the service 1t has eight bat
teries of superior cannon. Its Colonel,
Harvey Brown, whose original entry into
the service bears date July "a, 1918, is a
Brigadier General by brevet, and who is
noted for his gallant defense of Fort Brown
on the RiC Grande, where he was severely
wounded. The Lieutenant Colonel is the
celebrated Thomas W. Sherman, who stood
next to Ringgold as the artillery tactician
of the army. This officer is now Brigadier
General of Volunteers. Among the Majors
are Brigadier- Generals Williams and Barry,
the former of whom was killed at the bat
tie of Baton Rouge. Major Hunt is act
ing on Gen. McClellans staff. The cap
tains represent one Brigadier- General, Tru-
man Seymour. In this regiment are the
splendid batteries of Captains Griffin, Ter
rell, Ayres and DeHart Ayers old bat
terry won laure}s in Mexico, only to be
dOubly won in the battles before Richmond,
Virginia. Besides these five regiments of
artillery, new one is about ready for Or
ganization, to be commanded by picked
men, with a full battery of splendid Par
rott guns.
Having thus given few statistics rela-
tive to the artillery of the regular service,
We will next speak of the volunteer organ
izations of the Union army, in which some
idea will be given of the total strength of
our artillery in the field.
THE VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY CORPS.
Let us notice the strength of the Volun-
teer Artillery organization. We find by
referring to official documents, that we
have now in the field some fifty-fve regi-
ments of artillery and thirty batteries,
comprising some 103,105 men. This
force, with six batteries to regiment,
makes the number of guns 2,16O, to say
nothing Of the batteries of siege guns. The
number of caissons, 2,160; Of tumbrils,
720: and of travelling FORCES, $50. 720
baggage wagons are needed for this large
artillery force. The number of horses re-
quired for these $50 batteries, amounts to
25,340 It is estimated that we have some
twenty siege trains, numbering eighty
guns of heavy caliber; with these are
twenty ammunition wagons, twenty ira
Yelling FORCES, and requiring draft of
1,420 horses. To add to the general items
OF interest, concerning artillery, we will
give few brief statistics, relative to the
COST OF OUR ARTILLERY ORGANIZATIONS.
In making out a statistical account of
the cost of the maintenance of our i'm
mense artillery force, we are guided, prin-
cipally, by contract prices, given by fl
CURES taken from official lists, during the
war. But it is impossible to give cor
rect and perfect estimate of such costs; so
we can only give general idea of it. The
total cost of the maintenance of the artil-
lery of the United States, both volunteer
and regular, amounts annually, at as close
figures as we can bring it, to the large sum
of $37, 19S,738 SO.
CASUALTIES IN THE ARTILLERY.
Since the opening Of the civil war we
have lost MANY valuable officers by death.