, 1864-01-24
sIXTY-FoURTH III. REGIMENT.
Its Re-Enlktment and Arrival in Chicaso-.-
History Of the Corps--.Its Gallant
Deeds-.-Past and Present Or
CalizatlQn.

ushed report Of the arrival OF tho gallant sixty
fourth regiment in Chicago, but owing to the late
Of the hour at which they entered the cty,it
was impossible to do justice to the braye men Who
have now come home ffum the war after two years
Of hard service, to restawhj1a and then return to
the field. The remalns Of this distinguished regi-
ment-90' men including ohlcers-arrired in CHI
cago ria the PittBburg md Fort Wayne R. r. from
fnlaskt.about half past IL O'Clock On Friday night,
s,Eef si pacc paiSs re Eefo Is hs rec
ord: ~. !, - ..-'~
and mustered In on the 10Th OF December, from
Springfield, Illinois. As a battalion Of sl1 COM
panics It left Springfield In the beginning Of Jan
nary, 1869, and pvoccededto Quincy where it 70
mained few weeks, leaving for Cairo. From
here it Lett for Birds Point, and from thence ria
Charleston m Sa1tou to the rear OF New Madrid.
Lnne1ed Ia the origina! roster: <,-.r,
FIELD AND sraFF orY,CEHs.
:: .,Lteutenant Co|ond.-D. Williams, resigned
4aio1:-frcderiek Matteson, died shortly after
Ssssss; Gs Gsstf!:S%T; i s;sz5a ; Cameron, (:
. Aaastdnt SuFgeon.- - Holton
COMPANY ORGANIZATIONS.
d: Company A.-Csptain, John Morrill, !: First Lieu
tenant, James Cameron; sec'nd Lieutenant, Ira
lsn,pany B:=captain. George Stir; First Lien:
tena~n1 5: T. Thompson; Second Lieutenant, H.
Canpaog c.-captain, G: Casey: r'ir., Lieaten-:
1teqsnsat Rs;S v. N. Stewart; seser, zsieaaat, 4:
tensni, n: v: Manning; Second Ieatensnt, Ed
e Company =; F-captatn. q H. Paine; Frs. Lien
tenant tenant Joseph Baker; Second Lieutenant, J, g.
On arriving at New Madrid, Missouri, which city
At.-~f fo11 1.~~
to General Paine's Brigade. On the night before
the attack on the nbose named town, four Of the
companies. namely: Cos. 4, D, E and +, we're de-
TITLED to draw the attention Of the rabals on their
right, while tbe remainder of tho. forces were
throwing up eaHhVoTka aud planting = battery.
These companies were diminishing the whole night
trcdnction to.the ''god MFRS" was On : night
dark as possible and raining, heavily ali the tine
Thy si ,sd b being
furp Of tho town the next day.
On arriving In capp. tho rrgimcnt was honored
snse a1eepen S s II e.
uoia. tho Yates Phalanx, this ia The only regiment
which has been thus honorcd. and tho aaethcy
Saie ~ b rse Was
spa 4epe @ pesa Sgs G1 &C. as
Cumberland. Wenext hear Of The Participation of
tervSrds at the celebrated battle Of corin! where
the regiment suffered a;;'e severely, losing
ne. bss parepsae IL this
sth of April, 1863. Aer this victory, three oi the
Pespass 1s sae q ad hss e
gain their regiment until i bad reached Hamburg.
hs IT, Ish s A taas Of thf sE
Fops's Mississippi sauadren 70 fo1 pnIow..
@ es sse Ss6 e. aeee 81 sS I'D tsse e.
being ze'olned b.! the other companies, the,
neycr to be forgotten Battle 1t Ghambers' Creek,
ne onsht z the
rome 1900 men. The orders to The regiment were
Wtssh only 5efe Of ele7en tiIlsd and wounded: d
ccmpriecd sevcntyed1e n men, and the gallant asth
,heIe would be nseeesaE.1y !an;e number q
1etrrating army carried ITS disabled men away.
Xae no other = ast ct M Eeior ever aehteTed By the
corinth the division to wLichthe 'Yates. Sharp
shoose!s" belonged ia made reeonnoisssaee la
point being only 30 yards trom The rebel brc:st-
works, IN this engaEement- they dtsabaod bat
J lEt4, A1ll1E mGNs Nucu' uCIuIC IuIA4l1
REGIMENT rushed forward, entering and carrying by
storm the rebel brcastwor1s on their rght, heinig;
| the fret 10 enter The Confederate to1tieatlons.
I'm AIsy I'd the regiment took Al acttvcpart In the
battle of Fazm!nKton, and were present till the
! evacuation OF Corinth
On Tho evacuation Of this town, the regiment Was
ordered the sanc night to march back to camp,
where the rebels ksa unhnEhcd our advanced css-
airy. Hero they laid on their arms all night and
| next UuornlpE received orders to clean out the
| swamp. They auvaneed calamity ns fir as the
creek, but found It impossible to proceed farther
as tho enemy, IN retFeatiug, had burnt the bridge
| They remained skirm.shlng I'LL night whom theT
wero relieved. having lost three men: Ne1t ,dsy
them forty rnflca south tf Cotinth to Bot lie
where thny remained few days. until they rrceir-
cd orders to return to camp at Cle1r Creek
For valiant conduct In this memorable battle the
/ regiment received special comncnda,ion In gen.
| eIal order from Gen. Eosec1aEs. Tho 9th was
next detailed on important duty ut Glendale Mlss.
from whence, On tho tth Of December, 1868, they
! we're ordered 10 Pulaski, Tenn, and appointed
| hcadqCartcr guard to Gen. Dodge.
On Tie list Of 1aouary. lsti. the regiment re-en-
};eted at FulAski almost to a man. Gut Of 1856 ell
gihc Ill but 20 s1gnlAcd ehetr perfect Willingness
10 enlist as "yetcran Fccrris" and OF this thirty
tho greater Number rejected as unfit for Bess-
Ice. The regiment len Pulaski On January 18th,
tnarchcdto Duck Station, Columbia, where Il took
The eamo mouth. The following is the roster At
| The time Of return.
| 41ap AND srArr oJE.oEEs.
i Lieatex1nt HZcEe-5ohn Merrea.
J. INGfo+-8. T. 1hompbon.
l., Attst1ns-T. Fullaton. H.. 80.
l. QIcr<4nsGRsr-L.8 3. A1nes- ,-'r:
3Hspea.5. =. etswaff- -s'".