The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-06-14
FROM CAPT. COPP's COMPANY.
The seth Ill. Vol.
CAMP HARKER, NEAR NASHVILLE,
,Tune 9th 1865.


Col. DANFoRTH.-As we are to be muster
ed out of the United States service and start
en- route for Chicago in day or two, ]
thought a line informing you would not be
inappropriate.
Our company (F) goes out with SO of the
original members. Our recruits have been
assigned to the seth Illinois under the in
structions of the war department
Captain E, 7. Wells will shortly leave the
service. He is now assistant adj utant gener'
al for Maj. Gen. Johnson's command, the 9th
division cavalry corps, at Paluski, Tenn, and
it is said he will resume the practice of law
in Rock Island He has recently been bre-
vetted major and lieutenant colonel for gal.
liant and meritorious services.
Our gallant Lieut.. Cox w. d. Williams
has been recommended for brevet colonel by
Brig. Gen. Willick and Maj. Gems. Wood and
Stanley, for long, arduous and gallant servI
ces since the commencement of the war. He
has commanded, in the capacity of captain,
ma or and lieutenant colonel of our regiment.
two of the three years we have been in the
service. He has commanded and led the S9th
in every battle, skirmish, march, foraging,
expedition or bipouac, in which we have been
engaged the most memorable of which are
Stone River, Liberty Gap. Chickamauga,
Missionary Ridge. Orchard Knob, Knoxville
Daller, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree
Greek, Atlanta, Johnesboro. Lovejoy Station,
Franklin. and Nashville, and it does seem as
though brevet was mighty cheap and in
adequate reward for such services. But
rank is "big thing, especially in the army,
and in consideration of our immense public
burden. Brevetting is an econimical methed
of satisfying the shoulder strap gentry"
and they appear to be pretty well satisfied
with it too.
Capt. Copp and Lieut.. Arenshield are both
with US, ct present.
To show you the 'statur of Company F's
officers, Lieut.. Arenshield has, at different
times commanded five different companies.-
This is no mean compliment TO Company f,
and Lieut. Arenshield, who started out pri-
vate and has won his way through real mer-
it.
Capt. Copp started out sargent and ranks
A No. amongst his brother officers.
All, Colonel we think Company F, seth
Illinois just about the best company that ever
left Rock Island county. We challenge COM
parison with any other company from our
coonty for marches, battles, birouacs and for.
aging.
We shall not come to Rock Island as
company. wish we could, with our arms
and accoutrements,-we would like to drill
and shirmish and show the citizens of Rock
Island what we can do but that is impossi-
BILE. The majority of the survivors of our
company live in the northern part of the
county, WATERFOWL, Hampton and Moline,
and will stop off at the Junction and Moline !;
but some time in the future, God willing, we
will get together in Rock Island, and show
the citizens what military education of three
years "to the front" has done for us. We
hope also to show. by our daily walk and
conversation" what, discipline, under good
ofheiers. can effect towards making good citi.
zens OF the young men who enlisted in 1862,
to save the Union. We claim that three years