The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-09-22
OTTAWA FREE TRADER; SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 1871

La Sale; James Hampton, Williamson Is. M"u
ison, Shelby; W. Kinman, Pike; Adams Dunlap
Schuyler Franklin Niles, Madison .,
Capt Dunlap's company was coiiipoSe" VI
cavalry or mounted men.
The Sixth Regiment was really the overflow
of men who came forward to fill the Fifth. IL
was permitted to be organized by special oruer
of the Secretary OF War on the petition OF 'ne
men. The officers were
| Counel-J Collins.
Lieutenant ColOnclR. Hicks
| Major-C. Livingston,
! AdjutaHt--M. Fitch.
Quarternaster-W. &. Taylor.
! Sergeant Major--J. b, Hines.
Cap;ains-E' W. Dill, Madison; Harvey im''
Jr, Fayctte; John Bristow, Green; burrcu iG-
! trick, Macoupin james t. iu@uhh; N0"Ni WI,
| liam Shepherd Boone; &. Jenkins, VIII; james
! Bowman Jefferson: &. l.. Wright 10 paNlcSs' -
Collins, 10 Davies; D. {. Berry, j, bNrns' H. L.
! Harvey, j. Ewing. ~.
While Gen Taylor was passing the RIO.
Grande and making his way toward the center
of the country, the plan was formed ol moving
a corps from Fort LcavenWorh ON santa re.
! This was to be called the army OF The west, ana
| to be commanded by Gen. kclrncy. III rem
de2vouscd at Fort Lcayenworth. About the
same time the plan Of marching from the san
Antonio river to chihuahua was formed, ana
a corps of men ordered 10 assemble Tor thlS
purpose at Antonio de BeXar, on the San An
tonic river This corps was called the Army
Of the Center, and placed under the command
OF Brig Gen John +. Wool. At the same time
Comargo, $50 miles above the mouth OF the
Rio Grandc, was made The base OF supplies Tor
Taylor's army and 20 that point all ms rem,
forcements were sent The First and second
regiments were sent to Join Gen WOODS Army
Of the Center, while the Third and Fourth pro
Cccded to iOin Gen. TayOr's army by way oil
Comargo The career Of the First and Second
regiments may be briefly sketched They left
San Antonio, Tex. Sept. %, 1916 and marched
steadily along until, on the 2ith of October,
they entered Santa Rosa, meeting with no OPP
position. Thence they marched to Monclova,
and thence to Parras, where the original idea
Of the march, the capture Of chihuahua, was
abandoned. Thence, after twelve days stay,
Gen. Wool started TO intercept if possible, san
ia Annals attack on Monterey and on the 2lst
of December occupied Aqua Nucya, thuS com
pletng six weeks march of about 1000 miles,
which was utterly fruitlcss of results. In the
meantime the Third and Fourth regiments had
been. with the rest of Gen. Patterson's division,
marching from Matamoyas TO TampicO where
they formed part of Gen. Shields force, he be
ing in command Of the city. Gen. Taylor in
January 1871, proceeded from SaltillO and
formed junction with Gen. Wool, among
whose troops were two Illinois regiments On
the ODD of February was begun the great bat
tie of Bucna Vista in which the First and Sc
cond Illinois covered themselves with glory
end reflected honor on the State which sent
them out. The loss Of the First regiment was
forty five Of whom twcntyninc were killed;
Of the Second 13l, siXty-two Of whom were
killed. The name, of the brave and lOval men |
killed on that field include Hardin, Mckee,
Clay, Willis, Zabrisiie and others, among
whom no loss was greater than that of Hardin. |
The Third and Fourth regiments took part
in the movement against Vera Cruz, being in !
Gen. Shields brigade. Companies \, + and |
G. Of the Fourth were the first to effect the land
ing March 9, 1874. In the battle Of Ccrro Cor
do the Third and Fourth were hotly engaged. |
and gained great credit for their bravery. The |
loss was sixteen men in the Third and forty |
eight in the Fourth regiment
The battle Of Cerro Gordo was the last one
Of the war in which any Illinois regiments par
ticipatcd The First and Second regiments F..
were diSbandcd at Comargo and the Third and |
Fourth at JalapG, at the expiration Of their |
years enlistment Al arrived at home about
the 1st Of June ls41. Everybody knows with |
what enthusiastic welcomes thcyWerc received. |
To recount those things would be to waste |
space.
The career Of the Fifth regiment may be |
soon told. II left by steamer for Fort LCayen- !
worth June Il, 1914, and, ON discriminating, |
marched across the plains to Santa Re. In |
October the First Battalion, with part of
Missouri regiment, marched to ri Paso. The
other battalion remained at Santa Fc as gar /
Iison. The regiment saw no service during its |
enlistment but it, loss by sickness was quite |
large.
The Sixth regiment was sent to New Orleans |
and there divided into two brttalions, the first
(companie, \, d. L, +, III, under Col Collins, |
being sent to Vera Cruz and the second lB, c. |
G., |, ~, under Col. Hicks to Tampico. The !
second battalion saw no service other than gar
rison duty. The first arrived at Vera Cruz,
Aug. 81, and was shortly after engaged with
some gueriIias in a skirmsh, where they lost
one man and had two wounded This rcgi-
ment lost greatly 10y sickness, and it was us
serted, though the statement was proved toh have
been exaggerated, that in five months oneffth
of the iorcedied The cavalry companies raised
by the State for this war were five in number,
viz: Adams, Dunlap's William Prcntice's
W b. Stapp's josiah Dittc's, and Capt Law
ler', i does not appear Of record that either
of them took any large share in the fighting
and some Of them did not leave the state.