, 1865-07-20

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Station Aner The raid. hey returned to v:ck'-
burg and thence home, Oh y.tsrsn fn,,oneh, in
~ nonth e March, 1s5L, At thss time on'y 10
On shetr rctarn to service, they Joined 6herrasn
a Big eh1nsy, ind urder hia were cnRsged in
ths a1st e;h.Lge On Keaesaw Mountain and the
5eore aEa1t N aa9 e % o1isf tas i,ss
neutofea ca4e, The enemy managed to hank
exception OF thirteen men and two Of three on
eets. When the detai'ed men were 3oEt bsek,
tassf iotA s!reneth Wa thtr,y five men, com
kpg sad ~ ases
sonihern pltecCs. This small remusnt Was
ss e. gn,. snd e@p;eyed IN scouting service oh al
se5ehed Goldaho1o, n. c., where they received
~ recfuits. were fejGined there aud at A!exau.
d1is y neatly, aN <he form r members of he
e1chhngcd, End onto more th.y resumci their
| cnsfsctf as feRtmenisl orgtu1zstop, They
Wefe present II The grand re<icw 1t Washtu 1ton
Ing wi:h them. a. ,hetr present strength. twenty
one ofhcers AID as2 ner, Of whom oniy ahnnt
est5y eesttn.y wets IN The ORIGINAL sai Of Which he
IL roster Of theif present officers: 'o'''"'os
L,eutenant Co!onei-H. K.ns.
Ms(or-R. N. Evars.
Aojuisnt-F1apk Chester.
Suigeou-R. T. Richards.
4uatiezmasteT-A1. Tiff1ny,
SERGEANT Ablor-Wm. L. Carter.
Qualteirnas1er's sergeant-F L Barker,
GomDLss,J serge4nt1D.n. Warden.
B.e, bosp1tsl stsWa1d-F; I. H'gh;
coDpany A-.Csspt. .: All,jgan; FRS. Lieut.,
Company B-Cspt., Eugene bernier.
=, COMPANY Capt. o. Ludwig; First Lieut., a..
Company E-capt John Evanston; FIRST Lieut.,
eo%pany F-cspt ~ Whitney; Firss Lieut., j.
Company a-capt., Ed, Bose; First 1Ieut, A1d.
C egPp,1, 5s,Is MeE~an; First Lieut..
Coupspy I-First Lieut., David P. Richardson.
Company K-cspt., P. Spel!Enan.
aA1TKRX IN" 1sT ILLINOIS LIGHT ARTILLERY
A1,ivsd gesterdsy afternoon ria Michigan Centra,
Railroad, from Cleveland, Tenn where they have
for ssmt time pset been stationed. This b.t,ery
ltit Chicago on September. 9th, 1859, with 1856
men, md now return with ninety IL Of that num-
ber. They wert through all the Atlanta elmpstcu
4rder ehe1nsn, aud through the whole OF i6e
Knoxville and Eastern Tennessee campaigns,
witn remarkably little loss when their gsllan1y
EFT offG err afe:
Captain-G. ". Spencer.
Stn.or First Ltfut nnnt-Thos. Burton.
Junior First lteutensnt-U. Il Finekey.
Senior Second Leutenaut-W. J. Murphy.
Junior Second Lieutcnaut-E C. Gillette.
They are now in barracks at Camp Douglas.
1ATTkAT ..
1naaded By tsrt. g. P. Cunningham, Is on its usy
to This tly to be pstcrtd out Of tha service, md
yin probably ar1ire to-daT. MsI. E. i. Cooper,
caeo mIE'nR arrangements for its reception.
The Battery Wa. organized By Capt. E. McAl1!s
Ter. Of Plat1uc.dt III, End was among the drst
troops TO 20 10 The theater OF war. II Wiz STA
tloned al Cairo during ia lerm Of three months
service, under Col. tnoW Ma. Gen.) Morgan, OF
hs 1a en-. dE9s y qnty: A t. ths S a1pf,S
5ears Battery conpsny, ard 9ads T lis a.st rs eara
patGn under Gen. John A. McCiernand. Al the
ever memorable battle OF Fort Donelson. Ii wss
ably TO the Union Cause. The Battery took
Prominent part II he bslt'es Of Pittsburgh Land
Gen. John i. Logsns divisiop Id Army corps, su ~
About Ibis une Capt. MrAliistsr reslenrd. il
consequence cf falling health. The Battery was
then commanded BY Capt; Il. a. Rogers, u the
during The csmptisn of Gen. Gsant down be III.
sltttppt. md back afafn 10 Memphis then 10 MIL
Ikenss Bend, snd rGuut 10 the te.r Of Vlcksburg,
duItIg the psttIte OF Ra, supnd and Champion
nll!e, and up to the soth Of Mny in ihe Siege Of
b,ll. ~ '''.-.~
Capt E. T. Cooper, formerly OF Piaindeld, Ilit-
oofs, then Commanded during the rest OF the
1iege Q! s1cEsbuIg, and In tns s1nter ot 1864
mo oath r WAS feoIganlzed a. Camp Fry a. a
~, v,a nstsss rs sSens @ ot war
csmnai. nnsg ~ she,msn ,h,nneh enra}s to Ja ~ nf
n 10
OF July he day On which fe the braye and lament
cd McPhcfeop, the b..tcry vas handleo. and he.
hsye5iwlth ccolptse And bravery 1ns truassea in
the history of this war. Capt. Cooper M 1er 1aft
his hCree during the battle and was eytrrwhere
where he was moEt needed. Thls ti.T's Wnii.
ploue has Won lnurete ueTer 10 be forgotten in
he history Of The An,erlc.n psop1e The fatferv
Tetprued 10 NaehytiIe. Tenn.: Wis there fturjnT
,hc lest battle. aud then Vsut u C1srEsv.iJe..
Tenn. Wbtrc il h2s rfmafned nnt1i tha nrarr rsne
for IL mnster onf' Cant. = II Cnnner x.. n1n.
motcp to Mpjor Of the 1T Regiment illinois AFtii.
leFv. FebrustJ sist 1sN. ana First Iient q p
Cunniuchsm vas promoted TO Cs1,fa.n snd ia nnw
in cnm5snd Of tbs bstteTv MI n Cnnnsr
cntered the service msre Inv. a. nr,Tste SS3th.
ont political influence, and tas arrived 10 The
grade he now holds by his own bravery merit
Il d patriotism. ~ '''' W.. ~A3'~''' @'"'''
be {o!lowil Il The roster.
Cspa:n-E. ii. Cooper.
Etitot F1Eet Leutensnt-G P, CUNNINGHAM.
Juliot First I4cuuu.ut-C. {. Pra,t.
Senior Sceono L'euensut-R. B. Brpckway.
junior Secot q Lieutanant-U, c. PoEers.
Qusrteru.tter Strpeanf-W. G. Muzzy.
CornrpfsR ary Serceant-U. B;eham.
Sereeants H. Ockrr, B. b, Washington. G..
A. Potter, q. c. 9tsnley, &. 1. Cooper. o. K. vii.
l,rd.
The following letteYs Will be rad With IN ntar.st
hy the me rnnt ~ ar fhe H,fterv connsnv sna ,He