The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-04-19
TO MEET IN KENOSHA
TWenty-sixth Wisconsin Volunteers
Arrange to Hold Their Annual
Reunion in This City May 80.
WIsCoNsIN's BRAvEsT MEN


The Regiment, of Which the Old Comrades
VIII Gather in Kenosha, Was the Finest
Regiment Sent Out by the State and
Took Part in Many Of the Leading Bat
ties of the War-TwentY- Kenosha
County Men in the Regiment.
G. T. Stemn, who has been in Mil
waukee for the past few days arrang-
ing for the dedicatory services of the
Soldiers monument, arrived home this
morning and announced to the COM
nittee that the old battle SCARED vet
Grams of the Twenty-sixth Wisconsin
Volunteers had decided to come to Ke-
nosha on Memorial day to hold the an
nua1 reunion of the regiment. The
committee areshigh1y delighted in the
work of comrade Stemm in securing
the reunion for Kenosha and it will I'M
doubted1y be one of the greatest feat
ures of the4day. The Twenty-sixth is
rated as the finest regiment that went
out from Wisconsin during the civil
war and it has received official notice
in the war department which places it
on par with the Iron Brigade and the
other famous organizations of the vet
Grams OF. the, civil war.
The regiment was distinctly Wis
consin regiment and was composed of
German citizens picked from all parts
of the State. Twenty-six of the sol
diers of the regiment were from Keno
sha county.
The regiment was organized in 1862
and left Milwaukee in the fall under
the command of Col. Jacobs. They
were at once added to the department
of Virginia and from that time they
saw nearly all the hard fighting of the
civil war. Among the battles in which
the regiment took part were the bat
ties at charlottesville, Gettysburg,
Missionary Ridge, Raseca, Kennesaw
Pass, Peach Tree Greek, Kennesaw
Mountain, Chattanooga. They
rounded up their career of fighting by
taking part in the long march to the
sea with General Sherman.
All the records of the war depart
p
bravery of this regiment. At Chance1-
| 1orsxi1le the regiment was noted for it's
bravery and when the smoke of battle
had cleared away thirty-seven of the
brave boys of the regiment had been
! left dead on the field, while 147 had
been sent to the rear with the wounded.
At Gettysburg the regiment lost forty
o. - Oh Cd IN
the long list of battles leading up to
the capture of Atlanta the regiment
bore a noble part, and many of the
brave boys who fell in the skirmishes
are buried in unknown graves in the
South.
They are specially mentioned for
their bravery at the battle of Peach
Tree Creek, where they bore the brunt
of the battle and captured the battle
flags of the Thirty-third Mississippi
regiment with forty prisoners. In this
engagement the Twenty-sixth lost nine
killed and thirty-six wounded. AT this
battle they continued to fight the enc
my and we're relieved only when the
| last cartridge in their belts had been
| fired.
They were mustered out after the
fall of Richmond and returned to Mil
waukee under the command of General
Wink1er. It is only necessary to refer
to the records of the War department
to show the fighting abilities of the
| Twenty-sixth Wisconsin. General
Coggswe11, in his report after the war,
said: II believe that the Twenty-sixth
Wisconsin regiment was the finest
military organization in the service. :"
When they returned to their homes
their ranks had been depleted and of
the noble band there are now less than
200 survivors and a large number of
them will be here at the reunion. Let
the people turn out and give these
royal heroes loyal welcome.