, 1865-02-12
Mustered Ont,

MuHfered OHts
On "Wednesday, Feb. sth, the little remnant OF
the tsth regiment, Illinois volunteer Infantry wns
mustered out of service at the oaice OF Captain
Charles C. Pomeroy. U. s. mastering and Dis
bnreiug officer. The 5sth was organized at Camp
Douglas, In the month Of December, 1861, byWm
r. Lynch, Of E1sin, Kane county. A finer set Of
men were never gathered togo:her. In tho be-
ginning they promised well and nobly have they
Redeemed their promise. No regiment from our
st:te ha. pronier record thsn the 18th.
Camp ana III ess,so @ op 1sSss &c ss
They were without arms or equipments-had ad
lesraed The manual Of .arma With naskets bor-
next day they were immediately placed On
Donelzon On M tae way ap the riEer their arms
hoys spent tie whole Of tho night Of the 18th Of
February, IN pairing dcwI their bullets to ft theit
Ennt. ths csliber q thei5 mesket being g, and
day uL the morning Of the 18th, few nilcs below
the hstte ground, before noon they were in the
eeht, snt arc said to hare acquitted themselves
we're assigned to dutes OF much importance. So
we'll did they behave undW dre, 60 coolly did they
eh,e tast In bis osia rsp9rt Of ,5s siess
and lo:ctuE TIC rssones captrrsa. the battle d
q. m, detached the ssh regiment from it, b.1rade
e eens q the lias: Al ~ +; .hey foqsh. ri.
se:, Whcn they were forced hack By greater nun
hcrs Of trcshcr men, etubbornly resisting as they
rstrcatsl; gradually ,hsy fell back to tho l,ae,
EurtoundedI Perhaps no f,srder Asbtfng was ever
tore than then. Men forgol tho u.e OF bayonets
End clubbed each other With the stocks OF their
est were the best fellows. Six hundred and sixty
nine men and officers were killed wounded and
spaFed ,hloan ,nst day The few men len
q the remnants OF The ssh illinois, the sth,
LEE o 9oys
1icipated, also, IL The hattie Of Corinth, Oct Sd
md :th, e, and pla{ed lone =. hand At kaka,
In the wtIter Of 'da and "a, The prisoners hav-
ing been exchanged, the regiment WAS. reorgan-
June, when they were sent to Cairo: At Cairo.
theIt numbers were largely added TO- On tbs 1st Of
January, lsGl, .he regiment was again fnli.
Los been more active, OF resped greater honors,
than this; They were with General Sherman
i0 skas1g ma TO- As1a,.n nsasoa and essE
With i. J: smi1h, 8 command to help Banks il his
&c @ Rss ofF e fsn szsa,o9 j. Aess @ T.
colors were first planted on Fort De Russy. Ac-
cosding to the more than once expressed opinion
OF Gen. stone tGen banKs' EhleI of stai J, they
Mnrshville Plain. Clouttersyille, Cane River Lana
and Yellow Bayou, better knowI, perhaps. as
S1mmsport- At tie latter place, in less than
twenty m1n1les1 1nes lost si1Iy-one men. N!ne
n'.cn "eAs eA0' o'"N' va '''S ~'''s' N' ~Ns 0SAA'
After stursis' det.at at Guntown, this regiment
formed part OF The force sent against Forrest IN
der a. j. Smith. The magnificent victory At Tu-
peto II not Fet losgotlcn; ing 5sta was t1ese.
eH1 1ney Msnt VIII nntn 10 o41pF4 nau M NJ
1e ~ 1a p rSs
'hs b9ss Eon, st was NJ st Of 1hei
me inlentfy ipfees rcnt Against Ise IN nassoIla.
andled IL ies II h papait or e 1t % hero % q of
WY itar 7rcra c,,,.d f,r NJ Nashville .r,orc
~ stS ~ taiso F .os ~ aat y
eh n III aares si to ress
.9 Wv nnaucu, " ,i te ni M =.
~ -, X ha nf uand
a1t ti,crei thefr tine exn,rcd On he eith Of De-
Serahor 4{cv hsnc srrred stncc Iii nnwI vsithont
1nnT,nq es na'e ses'e0 'sns'' '''' '"' "''n'"s
MoIe than t,ro ttous.rd men have served in
thIs rcofme
= i,attaIion Of four companies, under command OF
Majos Robert ". Healy, and are nov with Thomas,
nraer fhc iuamedIatr cotntnand Of A. J. Smith.
Ighyniae men weEa mustered eps tse ea;as;e es3snss
IL Mo,ss soae' 'prnpc horsi Thetr memory shan live
Wben re arc dust. Others are 1T home on
ery1trhra. HfRnbiEd-UTHVG those VINO n8TG r9u6
1s:ore-ecaree,y less ualorsnnafs II the name o. o.
he de:a. @Peaco Il Ser ashes; Io The i1ing
*swE 1uAsK roU."
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H..1 Ins A1IEu 4,eA.s o.aSn-o =. ISSUE a,sr y.
Samuel A. Lewis, ticket agent, was tried and
held to bail On charge Of selling railroad tickets
rndcr false nretences. No one being uresent at
re trsnenct5nns menffoned Int Tia fyFo nartfes
Concerned. 1he defendant lad no wilcesses On On he
fris1' In Tnstice to him We pnb1ish he following
sgs.1.,;t. ~ f'> ~'11 ''@@e'
anssa; WE or u,,o;. coaz fa,,,t, -s.,,nc, A
o!Me e 1A.heH, too@ tou"tX X;;LSSaMIei a.
EeEds 9elns smosa ea{ IT.; dna5 On INC o,9 M
a. 49, ~ ~ 49, = -. xHaf1 tt -. ~. .i s.saj ~ ~ ~
fare from Ch}caeo to Utica, New York, I told him
it was Sl8cQ. He askcd me By what route that
was; told him 1t was BY Cleveland and Buffalo,
through to Cleveland without change Of Cats,
from there to Buffalo and from Badalo to utica
over the New York Central Railroad. His reply
war, n7il take ueEet, which stamped ana ths9
satisfying myself it WAS I'll night, handed him
the ticket. He took the ticket out Of the envel-
ope and read It, md asked me II he could stop
over along tue road with that ticket Ianswered
him that he could ywhere be chose to bY giving
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