The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-09-25
Engagement at %Chicamauga Fought
Out Forty Years Ago.
Anniversary Of the Contest Occurred
On Saturday Last.
Company H, That Went From Manka.
to, Participated In It.
Names of Killed, Wounded, and Those
Who Are Alive.
From Mondays Daily.

Forty years ago Saturday the battle
of Chicamauga was fought and n of
the companies that took an important
part in that notable contest was Com
! pany H of the Twenty-second regiment,
Minnesota Volunteers. This company
left Mankato July 4, 1861, with Capt.
NJ. w. Dickinson in command. L. n.
Holmes was first lieutenant. NJ. Hanna
was a corporal. The company was COM
posed of a sturdy lot of young men
often described by writer's as having been
| dressed in blueieans and clothing that
| could not be admired for its fit. But
as clothes do not make brave soldiers
the boys did not have much regard for
their personal appearance. They want,
ed to fight, having responded to the call
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a rebellion.
On the morning of the battle thirty.
two men responded to the roll call,
| On the following Monday only thirteen
answered to their names. The names of
those who were killed follow: A. d.
Rose, Charles Krause, Cyrus w. Smith,
John Foster, j. d. Hopewell, Alfred w
| Bigelow, William Weagut, S. A. Nit.
chell.
The wounded were: Sam Louden, By
ron Pay, Lewis Londrosh, E. Z. Cresy,
Albert Gesel, John S.. billiard, Milton
Hanna, Josiah Keene, Thomas Quale.
Nicholas Weiss.
Uriah III. Karmany was taken prison.
er and spent twenty months at Ander"
sonville.
Five of the wounded re-entered the
| service as soon as they recovered.
Milton Hanna on Saturday recalled the
anniversary day and he related to The
| Free Press a number of incidents in
connection with the battle.
j. r. Beatty was captain of the COM
pany at the time of the battle. He was
also assistant adjutant general. L. n.
Holmes was in command of the company,
he being first lieutenant.
On the Monday morning following the
engagement the following members Of
the company answered to roll call: Lieut.,
L. N. Holmes, E. X. Wasser, orderly SER
geant; Jospeh Burger, w. A. Clark,
John Vale, James Thompson, James
Flanagan, Madison Keene, Albert Gras-
senger, George Sherman, Frank Whit
tier. Henry Tibbetts and Billings Sib-
ley were in the band. H. S. Hilton,
Charles Paul, Samuel Leslie, George Lis
com, Homer Barnard, Thomas Foster,
Thomas Mcdonald and James Pelkey
were guarding the wagon train and did
not participate in the battle. R. L. Ma
son, j.. G. Morris and John III. Sprague
were teamsters. J.. w. Cosgrave was de-
tached to Company E.
The members of the company who are
still alive are:
J. R. Beatty, L.. N. Holmes, Mankato;
Joseph Burger, st. Paul; w. A. Clark,
Belgrade; John Vale, Iowa; James Flan-
nagan. Lewisville, N. Y; Madison
Keene, Matthias Sontag, Mankato; Isaac
Sherman, Beaufort; Frank Whittier,
Maine; Henry s.. Tibbetts, Minneapolis;
Billings Sibley, Canada; Milton Hanna,
Mankato; Byron Pay, Dakota; Nicholas
Weiss, Mankato; J.. w. Cosgrave is a
railway conductor running out of st.
Paul. John Sprague is in business at
Mapleton and Mr.. Mason is at the Sol"
diers' Home, Minnehaha.