, 1864-02-03

11KLp AED srAFE oyE1c1xs.
Go1onsl.Josn ,sa.: Mason Lcomis;
MsinrMIobHG Mi1nt 2RicMneLnooefs MeEao a. Gilmore.
safEeo1HFraPt WIFE v. Ee.lly.
= sd;A.s ;Assists1t snrEson- Samuel a. Sheldon.
Quartc1master- E. spr7ng.
cohFAnY oHoASrxA11o1A.
COMPANY A-CaptAin. Benjamin +. Helm 1st Lien.
tcna,t. +. Noble King; md Lieutenant, Charles E.
oosf4x1 gGc.pta,n, James P Daris; 1st Lseuten'
Gosr1xT Captain. Owen #: Walls; 1ss Lte.en.
esosss Kss1!n: 1't Ise
CczF.xr E-=captain, John s. Lethrop; ut Lien.
tenant. IssIph W. buchanan: Ind Lieutenant, Aao!.
SoxE4sx Jeha sa rol1s: 1st !.sptes-
SssF.s4 es9,ss EysG %. ,.t Lien
jsaS E. R2 sass sse J.o:t
IN; T. 1e! 1t 1es.
Eaas ie1;si .o41 b. 0one <1' Lieutenant 4D001' E.
Raised from the State at large, as is tho 2:th, Of
of rendezvous during their Reorganization,
and there they won the most un9ounded eoco-
miums from the Gtixcns prcpossessed though these
tie correct, soidieriy bearing the Twentysl1lh,
its orderly department and Ecntlemanly manners.
created an eathnsisstie rs1d tos Tor ne men wgho
OF ci1izcna. 4 writer In one OF the local papers
enyE; s,u..x,..,. =, H.. -so,no,t :. ~. a,.,
thufiasm which sometimes answers AZ well as
more sterling and eEsdnrlag ,coussge-but
eous Tas as quality eSS MSa bsd nns
long days IN the trenches at T1pt0nyf1le, In
mud and water In 1nidwirter, exposed to rebel
shaIpshootcrs, and themselyes nn.blo 70 return
Under the conyerging fire Of eighteen heavy Ma
Shooters tnnnme1sble, at Tunnel nill-unt!1
lis West Point ppedilectioas thief upon
him, sFore they were worthy to fight with
his Old Thirteenth; and 1t was this. that
and ragged from tho unprecedented march to the
relief 0i Burnside, to take Elc initiative iu their
Co1ps in the work Of frc-eDl,sting-sproadlng e1ch
Sion tGen. Ewing % there are not more than 1fty
tn eligible for the veteran service who not in
to ''see this thing thsonsh"-snd Of these City,
large majority enter the Invalid Corps.
PERSONNEL Or THE STAFF.
Our ewn city claims fair ehare Of the Staff OF.
Eec1s, the Colonel, Lieut.. Colonel and Surgeon be-
ing we1l-Gnown citizens OF Chicago
em he stste % tooH no aos mean M mitasy 4spntaoa Rs
Into The field with him, at the outset At the carly
aee of eightee BE- Eas sirsady captain ot the COM
In his native place-WiniaoE, Conn. position
which he slGualized by causing tie arrest Of some
score OF more Of It's most prominent citizens,
among them the fatker Of ez-Goy- Seymour Of New
York. These wealthy lurghe1s he az7es,ea for
violation Of the militia Laws, and marching them
to Hartford, he confined them In prison. Eaadc
eeeded, By bis boldness. .pers1 ard tact in
obtaining the repeal Of the odions militia enact
meuts-
Coming west in one Of the intervals OF his then
occupation Of clipper IN the East Iudla
tie lumber business IN hiiwauEee il 1s:i. and
nmessd % to cGcaEo IN Il is l and ss sas - eoon o =;
he head Of one Of tho largest lumber fEnss IN the
His connection with the old "Iight Guard-"
when TINT company Was the aeme Of military ex-
cslIencc west Of the New York -'Seventh", waa
hut the preparation for the se1ner drama in which,
glorious patt, and we arc glad 10 notice. as will
be eeen BY reference to another column, thst the
remaining members Of the ~ Guard" recognize the
The same rieidity Of discipline, t6e same euthn-
siagtic devotion to cresything which becomes his
duty. no matter how ts1hing The detail, how ex-
tratu-b,nd captain, bat now INFUSED With lly-
Ing, eaInest patriotism, and combined with
r. q s1aeet Paesns, ssss and t;1 Interest IN
no 1ear, = GOODNESS and fertility. Of re-
source in danger and emergency have character
3xsd him a. one Of eS[ mot &c eEe
fought battleheias have certainly earned him Ills
ElAf8.
lieut. Cel Robert A. Gilmore, sonin-saw OF
Robert S. Wilson, il at present Just recovering
from severe wound received At Tunnel 1IlA. he
WIS also severely wounded At Corin1hr and we e9-
there aEe any particularly, exposed places into
which the eGth must be led. An excellent GYM
past, an expert rider, End braye to recklessness,
Gllmore'e friends PITY only the eecesh, when he
Maio1 John B. Harris, is q Te1nesseean BY birth,
hut has resided In old Sanganoa county long
at Tunnel Hill, where he WAS In command Of the
entire limo Of sHrmiehexs ELECTED the special ad.
mirAho1 OF MAj. Gen. Sherman. He Is a. modest
lin.
Formerly OF, and popu1atly known in connection
with the city press, thcn q stndent OF medicine
Eere, in the olllce Of Drs. Andrews and johnson.
sssshea to tSe Mssea SEE u II e army ss 1s
sfstant Surgeon OF the +5th Illinois. He saw his
frst desd service At PittsbnrE Landing, and whle
tier. be himself received painful wound. Mimic
ball passing through his 1eg. Immediately upon
hie recovery he again entered upon bis duties with
the 18th, with which regiment he remained for
faithinl and Intelligent ersices. In tie tprtns of
1868 he wns promoted 10 his present position.
Samuel, A. Sheldon, First Assistant SURGEON.
wss appointed e the 5sg%s1t in aa1sn M &c y
c1atye practice in one Of our northern counties to
euter the SERVICE uecarried the regiment through
from Vic1sburg to chattanoosa, successtu1i{-the
universal favorite and possesses the confidence Of
the men in An unuenal degree.
The A5jutant, Edward A, Tucker, Vas 20 badly
paired OF, and even now It Is donb.fal u he ever
recoverB sufficiently for field service. The loss Of
his services to the regiment is q severe one.
+ ID
boys think he ''could keep hotel'' If he want
ed to.