The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1869-10-16


Winchester. March %. 80; Of Columbia bridge,
vas at HArrson's Landing. in the closing scenes
OF Gen. McClellms seven days fight there. In
the second Malvern fight; in Gen. Hunters OK.
petition against CharlestOn: at the capture of
Fort Wagner. Capt. Joseph Woodruff, Of Mar
settles, was killed In the capture of Fort Gregg
by y shell thrown from Sullivap's Island In
Cen Buffers expedition on James river in 1864
engaged in revere fight Aug 16, "a, at Drury's
Bluff Gen. Butler reported that the seth reg't
fought most calamity and suffered most severe
10. Fought 1T Wier Bottom Church Nav 90.
losing 40 men fought again June on nearly
the same ground. losing about the same number.
June l6, II aud 18 fought at Petersburgb, losing
81 mon. Aug II, '64 in severe battle at Deep
RIM, losing 104 men. Oct z. again fought at Pc
tersburgh; 18th, at Darlington Road losing 90
men 9th at Petersburg; April g 1865, was in
the assault on Fort Gregg and the first regiment
in the Fort and the first to plant it. colors on
the enemy's works Out of $50 men the regiment
lost 81. Of whom 10 were shot dead. April 10Th
at Appomattox court h. Lost from this Co. 5.
Company 1, Gath Reg't-Wss engaged in the
following battles A fight with cavalry in Tenn.
April %, '62; Perryville Oct. s. 60 Loss from
this compsny,9
Company @, 25th-Its history have not had
time TO get. It's loss was % men from this county
Company +, 36th-Wss in the following bat
ties Bentsnville, Mar 8, 80: Lee,own Mar 7 !;
Pea Ridge Mar 8; Perryville; Stone River, in
bAyonet charge; Chicamauga; Gordon Mills.
Loss . msn.-from this county.
Companies B and ID, 6Sth, organised Sept. '62.
Battles, Perryville, 8 killed, 36 wounded Muir
freysboro Dec rs, 6s; Stone River, Dec 81, '62;
ChicamAugs; Mission ridge; Rocky Ford ridge /;
Kssacs; Adairsvile New Hope church; Pine
Mountain Mud creek Kenesaw mountain At
lAnts; Joaesborough; Lovejoy Station; Column
bus; Spring Hill; Franklin and Nashville Loss
IA men from this county. Mustered. out June
Ii, 1865.
Company G, 7th cavalry-Loss men, Histo.
ry not traced.
Company X, 9th cavalry--In the army OF the
POtomsc IL all its campaigns Loss not ascer-
tanned.
The Gath Rcy't, Col. John Morrill, Engaged
in the following battles: New Madrid siege of
Corinth; Chambers creek Tuscumbia creek, all
in 1862 Uutil New was head quarters guard
Tor Gen. Rosecrans. Heavily engaged Oct 4, To-
sing ~ men. James G. Cameron, company A,
commissioned colonel I'd Ala colored infantry,
was killed wh'is galsntly leading his regiment
1t Bart0ns Station, April II, '63. In battle of
Rssaca, May Sth. and again -, IA, Is and 10Th.
Dallas; ksnosaw, losing Adj w H Hinklsy and
o. men; July A on skirmsh line losing 25 men
ChattShoochie; Nance's creek; Decatur, where
1t captured Al prisoners and battle flag, recap
turing the field glass and papers Of Gen. Nc
Phsrsop, who had been killed In siege of At.
l.ntA, and marched with Sherman to the sea; at
Bsntonville
I:aAvs only traced the dead of the leading
military organizations. Of the many who went
te Chicago and other points during the war
and enlisted, have taken no note am forced
TO the conclusion, from the examination have
made. that the dead from this county will num-
Der nearly or quite one thousand.
Tho Do ID from this county, so far as have had
time 10 trace them out, are divided among the
towns rs follows. This list, however, is very i'm.
perfect, toy want Of time:
Adam, II, Allen t. Brookisld 4, Bruce 10,
Dayton y. Deer Park H. Dimmick l, Eagle 1,
Earl rs. Edeu l, Farm Ridge 5, Fall River 8,
Freedom Is, Grand Rapids 10, Hope %, La Sale
~. MAnlius ~. Mendoza 62, Meriden 81, North.
vile y, Ophir 2. Gage 4 Ottawa 1874, Otter or. l.,
Peru II. Richand 2, Rutlane Z, Serena Is, So
ottswA 4. Troy Grove 43, Utica 3, Wallace 6,
Wsrhs. ., unknown 16. Total GIG.
H.~ hn. roll Of the dead from this county
siOns! Multiply this list BY that of sll the
oOunties shich sent their sous to our armies, and
che n'susoer MAkss one shpdder. Alas! how
many aornss are dArksnei with this shadow of
dssth; aud in some, where all tho sons ars goae,
what horrsr OF great darkness has settled
down! We caa I'VE like this even in our
own county. Asd, then. to-day we must re.
member thst among these dead we're 40 many Of
ouS young mes, to whom life was in its early
sprlaytime, and locked beautiful as its bright
buds OF hope and promises were just beginning
" unfold. They knew nothing of LIES disap.
po,ntmenss end WEAKNESS Their sun went
down while it Was yet early morning. Need
nsms such names rs the two Prices, William
Rpua Runn Dali II
others Who entered the service with the en-.
thusissm Of hfe's fret earnest work They
come not hack. though al b won, whose young
hssrts best 40 high. And while we dedicate
to their memory the monument which shall rise
upon this spot, these remembrance bring to
W. sadness and bitter regret, and with the wld-
ows, the berssved fathers and mothers and
nourning households among US, we feel deep
er AID tendsrer sympathy this day, which brings
to them 30 many and 40 bitter memories. But
the remsmbrances which this occasion bring to
US are not all Of sadness. We proudly think Of
those, our friends and ueighbors who distin-
guished themselves in the arena where 40 many
strove Among the names forever identified
with the history Of t ,ountry is the name of
Gen Wallace, whose mortal remains rest on yon-
der hill. Among the very first to hear the
ceuntrys call, and to respond thereto, his mill
tsry career, though short, was glorious. In
command OF the 18th Illinois, he held the i'm
pOrtAnt positions of Cairo and Birds Point snc-
csssfully when both sides we'll knew the import
ancs of these places Is strategic points, and the
possession Of them was an object of eager inter-
est to each. Before Donelson he held the line
firmly when commanding the left brigade of Nc
Clernand's division, when the enemy, successful
in other parts Of the field, were hurled upon him
in vastly superior numbers at Shiloh, command
inga division, holding his ground with an OBJ
stinats valor, which contributed so greatly to