, 1865-02-13
Mustered Ont,

T
the ssh regiment, Illinois volunteer infantry was
mustered out Of service a. the Office of Captain
Charles c. pomeroy, q. s. Mastering and Dig
bursting officer. The ssth Was oreanircd at Camp
Douglas, In the month os. December, 1851. byWm
F. Lynch, Of Elsin, Kenc county. A finer set Of
men were never gathered together. In the be-
ginning they promised well, and nobly have they
redeemed iheir promise. No regiment from our
State has prouder record than the 55th.
at Camp p Dous!as and iii Chicago ior H. fToat
They were without arns Or e4utpments-had
learned the manual OF arms With muskets bor-
next dsy hey wers Immediately placed On
the transport Franny Bullet, and started for
Donelson: On the way up the river, thetE arms,
boys spent the whole Of tho night Of the 18th Of
February, in pairing down their bullets to fit their
rnnf, he calibcr 81 their musket being s., ana
day on the morning Of the 14lh+ few miles below
feht and sre eaid e have acquitted themselves
were assigned to duties Of much Importance. So
charge. that In his Official report Of the eiege,
assigned them to the duty. d searching
and loading the prisoners captured At the battle 81
Of Shiloh, Gen. Grant In person, before O'Clock
a1a s.saea il to os M speea aay Is l' ahe oat II
the cenhr Of the line ALI day they fought val
tsntly. maintaining their position till about gun
Set ey were e GTsss
retreatcd. gradually they fell back 70 tho line,
when, 10! t was a febelliae. They were cut off
surrounded! Perhaps no hardeE ngating was ever
and e1upbed each other With the stocks OF their
murkets. Those who struck quickest md strong
ct srs he eest sows 81 haps and 5s s.;
ss4s ssRserea t1ssn 1sss Tue fs Rsa is
4GSa Il e q s u ss s Ess
1eth. and 1tth Iowa. In thia organization The boys
remained LaEtng the s1e@Ee @ Of ce1nth: They pr; =;
sso .n m hs ss one or ean :.
making !" four ti,nes,' ihnn.h threc-fourths or
one company (D) were Killed or wounded, md the
Il Tie Winter q d and -, the prisoners h.v-
ing been exchanged, The regiment wa. reorsan-
tzed at Camp Butler, where they rcnaits:d until
fbeil numbers we're largely added TO- On he ist Of
January, 1861, The regiment Was scain lal.
During The past year, no regiment IN Tie serEiee
f. .San ST. Tses
foP xksbs te sassaa aha ID eSss1 Sss1
with i. J. Smiths command to help Banks in hts
memorable Red River =, expedition. According io
coloTs weIc dist planted Oh Fort De Iussy. Ac.
Of Gen. Stone Gen. Banks' Chief Of staff, they
Marshyille P1ain, Clontiersville, Cane River L,nd
Si11msport At Tie latter place, II less than
s g.s So esy o o a aSoas e H. sss as
After sturgis' defeat at Guntosn, this regiment
% der T. J. sni;h. %he M nassnia$sat 1.eso1y i ~
EeGt they won't witE Smith to odorl. had no
escinlea @ 5 NJ %ashbaru a "a and run into Memphis while
the boys were gone. that Was no fault OF theirs.
A. ]. Smith, it vail be remembered, commanded
Again the ssh was along: matching oyer twelve
hundred miles in pursuit Of the fat hero " OF
Missourt.
on The 15sh and 18Th or December last they, added
fresh 1autcls to their wreath Of fame. Their sH1.
mish-1ine, unaidcd, captured, on the morning OF
battles over, they Joined IN the pursuit Of Hood.
and, though their time expired on the aith Of De-
cepber, they have served afnce, till now, without
More than two thousand men hare scrTcd in
About four hundred have been consolidated into
Ma5or Robert II. Hcaiy, and are now with Thomas,
under the immediate Command Of A. J. Smith.
Eishty-nInc men we're mastered ont the balance
irs Thsl me s ys
when ne nre dust Others arc at home on
crutches, disab1ed-bsaye ss those who have gone
QClQEE-kEulEEi$
Chicago, and Of The people of Illinois, We say, Of
the dead, :" Peace to their ashcs;" TO the living,
AVE THAN6 Tou.''
TIE PHILOSOPHY OF TIE PLEpoE.-Rarcly have
we listened to more eloquent and triumphant
yind,caton of. the principles Of total abstinence
than was confirmed in the discourse Of Rcy. Dt.
Evcrts, last evening On "The Philosophy Of the
Pledge" 1t WIS sbundauty demonstrated that
the Pledge in some form,is an inherent and essen
iii condition OF nll the dignity and authority Of
the Statc-all the protective potency Of law
all establ,ehcd forms Of social older-an virtue
ali religious cAer2cter end church organization
aud every varied phase Of Christian cy1lIzati2n'
lie safeguard Of the strong. 1t conoblcs exalts,
and projects. Pledged men arc not weak and pne-
ri1e-thcy only are truly strong and manly in the
uoblest sense. They are not 1nnatics hut live
consistent with the pusest reason and tie purcst,
In closing, The D1. paid handsome tribute to
The Temperance Organizations Of The city, styling
thcm The advance guards Of The great army Of re-
! iigions reform. and bidding them God speed in