, 1865-06-13

; mp through Spu:h and North Carolina, buzuip
aug a9ssttoJs1g ss ~ Il Tent cent along. AtAycr{sbes
heavily ths iisf place. sustaining lots Of fort
ion1 men s91, n 91llsd and Eouned. From Goltsbof
pet cay. The number Of men brought bsck
3ss. and twenty of1cets.
THE s6zH REGIMENT.
The s5th regiment Illinois Volunteers, ate
s sh Jeass ~ natS esfy,es 1sto.pa among us Wit
! sec rnore whenever the country calls. Tie 10
loving is the original muster.
Lieutenant C0lonel-A. L. Fahuestock
Aafor-Joeeph F: Thomas.
Ao)utsus-AiRo. P. Loyc1and.
Sufccon-M. Hooten.
Assets tant SuIEeon-1Erael J. Guth
Quarterma.ter-A Bfacken
4 Sergeant Majur-D. G. Ward.
Qusr1erms.ters's Sergeant t--cbarles McGee.
HHus,e,ans. H:7 ?: WsbbeE 4nd 8. =. sIlzeli.
Company A-Cspta1n, 10. Major; First Lien
tenant ]. j. Jones.
we7tsaan.' M7nna' j. c. Kingsley Second Lieutenant,
,co;pP.4y ota WI; heDon,ld Fts
Eeuteta9f. VIM. D. Faulkner; seeord Iisnienaat 4
ss co.up.ny = WE; s@c,pa,n, George A. Smith; rlrs,
F.rst in,eq7enant = John Hail; Second Iieuleaant,
Amo- r Lose1and.
seemon l. V,nzea; Second Lieutenant, taS1sa, Ma1tIn
Company n-csptain. John H. Hall; First
Company 1zzc,p.sin, A. a. Lee; First Lien.
GSmn;sE nss5a kSgspain Sotis L A. Ros; First Lien
The Ssh regiment Of illinois volunteers wss or
Ean'zoa sid mustered into service In Peoria, III,
Ansnsi ;, s.th; Il, 1862; reported Ut Camp Jo. Holt
q 'he Army o. the ohio; left Jone1y11le under
Bnel. md On the eth Of 0ctober fought The battle
o. rs,fyyi!szlost seyentes1 men Killed md
i ase rsoeosa fssnsn. , '1s Ts. an ~.
ard On 5s ,hs sc sna GcsRs s an e os9
Participated IN The battles OF Chlck1tnausa Without
sustaining any very mate11sl lost. From Chitka-
] ManRa thtteeinsnt vent 70 Chattanooga. and from
sle ford # that point, till November eatn; from
this position moved down the river In bo,ts cap.
55s The xsss r ,s Of he au aaasd o.
he feiisf ef KnosSs. Shies asvins M @ sneee:ffal's
is nd e III fss
Eua5y :sa, ,shrn tho see,tne@as @ moved out to Baz-
es sns xauna IN H.
ed; On the 1st Of May the Ssh started on the
Atlanta csnpaiRu, and came up Hltn and engaged
ssh h1s paa afoasS S nEa zen is s9s' os h
On The 1sth and 1sth Of Msy, 1861. From
Jeg. pasis, moved on Rome, -1a.. where the
sGth had desperate but successful 1cht. From
Rome Tho sGth moved on the fank, p1sstrg
tes1ee Of fehte lasuue from the eth Of My III
the <th q jane. Ne1!moyea TO Kcne.aw Noun.
tsin and fought from Jnne 11th III June 9Th. on
width day the blizade 10 which the s8th be-
lopged made desperate charge, but were
nns1esestfai II carrying the works; however,
ene eoys maintained posttion 20 eosc TIT tho
to 'hroE At each other, fer tFe days, when the
ep 70 Az I'D here euh
EsFsa IL !he es,tls Il Peaeh | Trse cssek. T From m
yns 10 % Aasa:t g sb md tSaps ,Sep s4nFsd ,io
participated in the battle Of Jonesaoso, a.sies,ne
RsH. q III s:u F hss
dred prisoners. AID then took cars for Athens,
Astana. stter Forrest; returned to Chattanooga
lnd thence to cartersville, and there commenced
snd p atsnv.lie e ssia xas sssia ensasee' los.
The number Of miles marched on foot by the
6dth ls aSCg; number OF miller travelled By rail,
$50: number Of commissioned officers killed ii
wounds, :; number OF Officers wounded In bat.
tie, 6; number Of officers who died from dis.
sase; !; ! lumber ;s ot otaessa that resigned, Il;
ecrs dismissed, !: The number Of men Killed il
battle is 6s; number died Of wounds, Is; number
16o; number accidentally woundad, i6; number
Captured, 50; number deserted, .s. The number
Of men who returned On Saturday Ia $50, md 70
onters, making total of aSa
1HK 1291H REoxzS7.
To sny ~ vas member Of the 1zeth Illinois
Volunteer Infantry" vii be the pso1dtet honor
raan Iced desire, now that :. thjs cruel war IA
over" The 12ssh arrived In this city on Saturday
Ing to be patd OF and mustered ont OF service,
The following IL the roster:
Heutenept GoIonei~Thonss Il. F1snu.
Adjatsnt-F. ii F.attenburs.
Surgeon-OrlAndo .. Wood.
Chpp'Alr-A- II. Scott.
Gns.'esnHssts5-JehP l,..e.9 Hass- ~ Is Williams.
Qn;ise1nsftes sefse.rt@G. n. Qu,eseneusb.
Connitssty Sereesnt-Johu r WILSON,
Mnsicians-W. .. Wllsou and Il. B,umbaea.
Hospital Stcwssd-JoAn A. Fellows.
Company A-Csptatn, Joseph F. Culver; First
Company Hcaptain, Samuel T. w.lk.ey; Firss
sn Esa eS,leo,s nfe ceftest; Second lsnten
Company c-Captan. A. A. McMp,rsy; First
Lieutenant, T. P. Edglneion.
Company DECaItsin. Wm. BuEch; First Lien
+ s'ss, Sssans ssssa;nt sa'sa ~.
Company E-capt.ln. George N. Horton; First
Company G-Cap,7ln, Henry B. .R.rd; First
John r McEmeht
Company n-Gsp:stn,, G. ". Rasland; Flr-t
neS,spsn copsn5 e,p.'n. es @ henry o,ts Frs.
Ii. ulensni, John Michael.
Company k-cap,e,n; Charles Marsraf; First
Ths 1sath Tesiment was Organized at Pontiac,
ln September. 18Ga. and Is composed Of men from
the following counties: fVa companies from
eonn nd o 1siana
Y foai., o. he "a q ssPsssr 1sa ths regiment
ed II pursuit Of Bragg, advancing . isr IS Crab
Orchard. From ths middle Of December,
TS:,daa a. ~ H. tae ,.,1sa, 1T Of Juns. he 199h
nad frequent col.ions with ths Eeb.. In TepelilnS
tfelr attaeks on the railroad. From the 1at d |
Thomas, It GalIatln, which was threatened BY |
Morgan and his entire eomnand, who Approached |
to N7bi1 about eight 1nilee OF The work. and then
otAnsust, The 12qth took mp tbs line OF ImaI1h Ior
u Fb1naly I tsen sti oaE ne II 9 m,tes
for Nauhatchi= Valley, arriving ahout the middle |
ot Aersh. Previous to. this, The 1ssth vas
8 ai1fson of he h se eo,ps f,ae 81 a
81 TT Raa sad ih koss g IT,
dc enemy. Or the 15sb lie ist brigade sssanlted
the stronghold at the point Of the bayonet car
lied The helehts eaptufed four guns, md held all
cIcmJ.. In this engagement the regiment lost /
nine Killed and forty-ona wounded. The 11R Of |
The 18Th was The drst planted On the forts
Killed while placing them on the rampatts. on'the
SSH Of June came upon the rebels entRenched be-
IL t9aes VIZ osdeTed to SdTance aeas lhs the
works md did go under Ealllng Ire from the en-
sm3 : esnnon; In this ass.alt he l2e,h los:two
ined md Again over
one man Killed md sxfeen To1nded. From tae
18th Of June TIL the 10th Of July, the enemy fsil-
tahcuchic river, the 179tb had vatlous sktrmi.hrs
With him. losing two men killed and u wounded,
On the 17sh Of July the 18Th crosted the Chatta.
previously crntted over. On the 2Uth OF July, /
vh,le he Sd dsi1ion wsrs @ qniss!y y saiaE dinner,
as 81 t psns Of Pieh
Of his army upon The diEis!on, takine complete.
y BY eurpttEe. The Iet brlgsde instantly seized /
s5 E as e
Of the enemy, received hs ire, pressed forward,
gained she crest Of The hill and held It tll ~
nsht the le9th sustained a loss Of twelve men
Killed and t9-two men #ounded. From the aad
Of July tifl the LIT Of September, the 12sth con.
sroald Atlanta. md In various skirntshes lost /
three min killed and eleven wounded. On he /
14ih Of November the regiment left Atlanta, as d
part Of Shermsn's grand army, bonnd for the sea
coast, ard testhcd Savannah On the 10th Of De. |
eexnber. In this long march the 129th !
had tts full eLa1s OF the vsftous /
:" "reeouEees OF the country through which It
paseed-living. On the fat Of The land.
on the s1st Of December. Ii. ut. Col. Flynn as
sumed command CT The regiment Colonel Case
,ak.re command Of the brtsade. md held that po-
hdnn till the atmy reached Raleigh, on the 19lh /
Of Jurc. On the 18th Of March, Genera. S.oeum, |
commanding the army Of Georgia, ordered Col /
Case 10 move his brigade to The right /
Of the enemy,s works near Avefya-
boro, to find their light flank and attack.
The biteade was marched In accordance /
to orders, and alter passing through dense forcss
and terrible bogs Or sWamps, II vas aseert,oed
thet the bE1E*de had reached lts proper position |
10 Attack. The order to charge was given BIZ I
Col. Case, and Instantly The whole bIicndc, COM