, 1865-07-24
MILITARY MOVEMENTS,
Return Of the 85th Regiment Illinois
Volunteers, the Scotch Regiment.
axsToRx OF THnrR snRvrcns,
Their Original and PreSCnt Nos.
tiers Of Officers.
WISCONSIN, AND IOWA raoops.
ETC. Kso., Etc.

4. The 6sh regiment OF illinois volunteers. bet,
- knoHn ~ tho nSeolch regiment" arrived In Il
n, eaty At late hour on Saturday evening. and v
IL II once moved ont 10 quarters In Camp Du1el,
= Ihe regiment wss organized hero In the sp.,
e OF 1sda, and on the 1st OF May OF that year "
). mustered into the service Of the United st,te
n with strength Of $50 men and full cono1em E,
. OF officers. Immediately Alter muster they vsy
l. ordered OF down to Matunsbusg, Va, vhe,
@s{ Tsfs % bFiEsasd VIII he 1asth Me- 70,
!: lighs artillery, under command Of Col, Mis- Mia,
Mneh That paltroo0 Of e1ecra,ed memory bas i
,aT5endeEed ,sa, M st aarpeTs Ferry September 5ti
en Mels e. m mads By s
. Ut cnce returned hefe to Camp Douglas, to ava,
sb.a sbSehansS By Tho early Part q My. 1ss;
, l9lh theJ started bsck into sct1Yc servIc. :,
. the Easssn Kentucky campaign. They var
! iheis uEul August II, with but one Inemosab1
esptufe 81 da of 5t9e oasa .atsa
I l6o men Of the lob Kentucky (rebel] infsutry
rnoss ,a.. Command q Col. Ban. ca1dli. This csp
i eaecttd without any serious loss by ihe fi,n
tnst canpatRn having endcd By the ''fah5' scat
!!ef1nR Mon thai section Of the county 10 heslth
Eay Of Cincinnati, 10 Ca1P Neleon. Ey.. ~ ~
1ncnee Knoxville, Tenn. aere they Tsra mi mi
S1dsr co,1mand e Of Gen. scho1eld, In tho ID ID
participated In al the operations OF Tia am u ~
that vicinity. from the Oh Of September ~ mi II
hao1fi1le was in orr hands, and long afIerHar1
ia e.nt ~ hne us tneJ were roen1sted a. veterans
lsea: They wore, however, fortunate enough ~
oe On me eouth aide Of the river, where the
sd hsx;n no no1 80 severe ~ on the north side
nent, that OF Knoxville, they praseryad iheir
1nmbers unusually we'll. When their Thirty ds,
e e. veteran tariougs bad expired hey rejoned
hinee,on, Ga, resuntng thelr old position under
Gea. sthoneld: On the 1ssa Of J1os. he s army
g. 'os ksnes.@ ts s1ri ne1 s + he
II this tae t;ih In A''aft'n' Is nasi, aaa
ssa1n ssa On The Gn, h., ~ ~ brought nte
y1etoEIously through The worEs Which he l, 1sSes
1st naa fvssnste1; between M ksnes.w and Loaf Moua
tim. On the 9th OF june they moved to n 1E oint
about ten miles tou.hss.t or KeussaW and CON
menced thfo~ing up works, bat we're subjected
s sss Ssa III eSy y .s satsh @aas 'sy
the 29th Of june they were moved to Nose creef
ano had lille eERagement with the enemy
es fteek ka ine Fe6es di.pnng hes pass
rate charge scrots the bridge we're called Tor from
The Gath regiment. The task see med almost 4 de.-
hsll Of bullets across the narrow PISS Lass tbe1
nttJ men ehpped fo ward. CHARGED across the
bridge in this second Lodi, drove the enemy from
q ht regiment crossed to iheir support. Two rV1s
doye the Tegineua laid here and then, on the ist
o. q July. H. they were set to building work. On
fsom Kenessw Mountaln. Several days w-so
ep. nt in alternate skltmishipe and ior,lfylne, and
toen ,he 65th wac changed from the reat 10 tho
!eh ot The army. and thrown arfoss tho Chatta
wlich csossed tia, river on the Atlanta csmp1..n,
AIDE Of TIE river. On the 191h OF July they we;e
moved cut towards Dec.tu1. and commenced
throxtnR Up saltnwosks IN sight Of Atlanta. Oo
tue nth corp. atd erecting works 10 conn1Dd he
r,ilroad between Atlanta and Decatur. akitmrah.
es, advances and retreats followed e.ch Other
Until AUGUST b. when ths 23d corps took po.aes-
sion Of The railroad at Rou2h and Re,dy Station,
intsensasd M. seeTsexes, .S and On the euceeedng
SioWls but steadily the rebels wzrs driven b,ck
fully mile. and a. they tel1 back our gallant men
mado good 1aeis opportunity hr tearing up the
ine the sat.s. That evening they were relieved
BY cavalry force and were At once stsrted on tho
9tne9 L nox.sa e5n91ee o15 OFees
thai tine retsrtd In diten with the strength of
OF % - torres suddenly brought before him return
OCT army having BY tblt time been victorious al
n1ln n1sn's From Deeasus they we're sent 10 Csdar
3oI n,nn A'.i, .hetss TO- Rome, g.. thsnce to D.
there cent cut 10 Pulaski. From Pui,sE1 vs the1
fell back to ColuDbta, before uopd'e snnerirr
!o[ee ano, % ne soth aad 9Th ot November, had
From Columbia they fell back to FrAnknn. sn5.
% The Nth, commenced there, in the forenoon,
70 ~ TIT
lepu!sed with great lotR. AT II O'Clock taat |
nighf, howeyert on. troops LEFT their Worka and |
works nd renamed unti December ISL. On |
thst ca,e and the 18th, they had another |
@ a1ht wtth hood. md 90 eaec!uslly whipped |
~ Columbus the Federal srny chased him. but
from there down to Cor,nth he was only p9rsned
B, ,hs 4tb eofpt: H. ga. tnclaoin9 lae 6;.a regi
they we're sent IN the niedle Of January, lsss. to
Washington, D. C., where th, : laid in camp for
fsw r.: dsyr. and wsEe then moves over to Ann,po
e. y. e, where t1sJ sr.1sed on Fearuuy SD.
s! Ihty dia iseir = EN- ny sh.rn IN tas severe ak,r
,nhs misees o. GER, pont up t. .he tae whsa
aRsinst wilnipEton. oa Fenru,ry. l5!h 1hsy
crossed the Caps Fear RlTer - SmltAland, N. C.,
o sn9 o. % e5
ed In driving xhe rebes out OF tbtlr works in thn
Isar Of the CITY md captured ab,u so prisoners.
rex, morning nored up to Wilmington, III
etcd'ne one Suf ooJs to;k possession. o. the
reathtd him be bid managed II bel,
ea ns sne%y FSn ~ so' "a hofn1 The "1on
sbont one huudrsd in number, were sent ,
home to be 1nustnet out Of the aersIce. The re. ,
mining portiopof of the reRim-nt were ne1t or.
rear, and here they heard the e.o:iou%s % ueT. ~ !,
he fores fhs 65th had lo.t ~ the return of the
with their 1esiment Of Isl inep ffom
ths 9sd .1itno!e. under commsnd OF Capt. d, N.
rmmttnow Msjor Of the ssthh and on= comp,ay ,,
of tht 11a'h regiment under command OF Isunt |
nov Capt M,'chrtst. THIS ~. on The ait Of
I.oe. 1asJ were 1o!ped 1t t'oldsboro By shsr
u the battle OF Raleigh, the corps IN which theT
sere was cot snRased at al. md at1er being held
~S nsy tt stnSn5 sss, ssso
'nrE1eon duly there. In this duty tney wcrc oc / !
up,ed from My ata 70 July s,h, when they Se !
lived ofsF9 re t, e feta.n aa bone All be d.charsed
Harrisburg, Pitsourgh aad Fast F
Wien ihe ss!h returned to vet.r.u,za. tb,,
'rought home to1F hundred men, leaving one
unored IN the field, and when they went hsck
oeJ took WITH hem shout nve hundred recruits
ad eince that hm', the 1o0 OF mora conso!,d ated
: h ihsm at Goldsnoro would eive a their total
9mh.I @ r Q, snro lea men stnee ''vex ranizat1on,"
boui IT'S wtnt ont with the regiment IN 1ses Ths
o!lowing 1s their present roster or officers; +
Eent. Geleasl. jas. sis: siltr. I
Ad}uia1t, FRED. 4. Minyc. :
Surgeon, - Psylcr5
Assistant SpIgeGn, F. Il Bostock. :
QusrteInastef, Geo. P. Lyon, I
Qu.1'erma.tere sereesnt, P. j. Cary. Z
ConntstsrJ Sergeant John Douglas.
cenPspy A-C.pt: Geo; 4 MeLstn, IL. Lieut.
G1mP;py (. ,Sy B1cant ! 5t Aostgo%sry; 1st
coeaps s. S. fat raes,a pI,stf e. .n
u: Plnkerten % Lieut.: VIM. Love,
eTR;ss, Ds: 3 RGsP IsB 5oda dReftss fss;, II 1sot
,ss, = = Hieea i aS5nSss:a g.
ceuPsng FHapi q jtn; w. rMaIraEi.t; 1ssL*at.
Company G-0spt. Joha +. Nelson; 1st {
's1t Noims1 1eTi:; I'd Lieut. Gso. W.ieoxson. Z
lent l.V. Helm; 81 Lieut. Wm. Stewart " 81
:. ". snbl I'd Lent Wn P. Mootasri' '"''
sanR 1es d acnP saPs n s. V M;r9 I9e'e lat Lieut.
For th. foregoing accnunt Of their servteas We :.
e msiEiy indebted to the acting Sergeant MAJOR
oliie enough 70 render Ills sssst,nea to our re. p
Dtter, more than can be esld Of two or three OF
e :. 9la a. oillsezs of hs regiment to whom he mp
1Ha 451H nzo r w1scons1N To1uNrEKRs, u
Under command OF Major R. schlichttng, af- II
ved here Ut three O'Clock yesterday mornina 1 4
3.ned the1E homeward journey towards M4d,soe. n
'is;, where M they are 70 be dlecharsed from .
Iv1ee a,,n, THIS rsgashnt principally Ge@poset
'eanized at Msdeon. Nls. Part OF the teg1 neux :.
ett to the feld In November and Decsmo.r, "a ! le
ID ! ths : 1em.inder e ~ January, '8s. Companies b
."t'H, - and ''1'' were present and took ~
'1t IN IT. battle OF Na.hvll:e, Tenu, since then
ey have been doing duty at that city untii or.
eret home ftW days tlnce: TneIr aggregate
1nlrg. 4
THE THIRD WISCONSIN Rzosr. !,
Numbering about 800 men, arrived hers at an | Il
rly hour yesterday morning, breAkfasted at G
Rptt and went fh1ir m rJo |
alteswatd. II
TIE FOURTH rowA'AE1'T.
Was expected to arrive at a very early hour :
ie mo1Dlns- +