Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-06-07

bragg, Gen- w. w Dudley, who
started as captain in the nineteenth
Indiana, served a long time as com.
missioner of pensions; he still resides
in Washington; Gen. Kellogg, Col. N.
IL. Fitch and Capt. l.. E. Pond were
United States pension agents in Wis
consin: Col. John Mansfield OF the
second was lieutenant governor OF
California; Gen. Lucius Fairchild Oh
the second, was secretary Of the state
two years, governor OF Wisconsin six
years, consul general at Liverpool and
Paris, minister to Spain, commander
in-chief Of the Grand army and com.
mander-in-chief of the Loyal legion.
Its Representatives in Congress.
The brigade's representatives. in
congress have been Gea. Rufus r
Dawes, who served from an Ohio dis
trict; Gen. John B. Calls from an
Arkansas district; Col George q.
Symes from Colorado: Cen. E. S.
Bragg, Col. Gabe Bouck, Capt. e. NJ.
Woodward, Capt. A. r. Bushnell ana
Private John j. jenkins, from wis
consin; Capt w. H. Harries and NJ.
r. Baldwin from Minnesota.
Gen. Rufus King served as minister
to Rome after the war. Lieut.. Col
Charles A. Hamilton was circuit
Judge; Gen. Meredith was surveyor
general 81 Montana; Col. Symes was
federal judge in Montana. Wisconsin,
Indiana and Mich. an have taken
more than one hundred members OF
the brigade for senators and members
, of the assembly, and a long list OF
county and circuit judges, not to
| mention pOstmasters, collectors and
assessors of internal revenue. United
States marsh4is attorneys, consulc
and other pos tons.
Surprise has been expressed by
many familiar with the soldiership
of the Iron brigade that so few of its
! members entered the regular army
after TIE war. 1t can be said that
many officers of the five regiments
composing The brigade could have
gone into the regular army A large
| number were offered commissions. bur
most of them declined, feeling that
four years in such a war, with a
| brigade that had such an abundance
Of fighting and general campaining
had given them ali of the army thar
they cared FOR. | can think of several
who were offered commissions. and
who would have been captains within
a year from their acceptance, who to-
! day, in the natural course of events,
would be about ready to retire as
major generals, and others who would
| be on the eve of retiring as
bGigadiers. However. the old brigade
/ had some representative in the regu.
lar army, and some of them are still
I there.
Morrow's Three Sons in the Army
/ Gen. John Gibbon, when he took
command in May, 1862, was a captain
/ of regulars. The reputation he won
/ as commander of the western brigade
/ had chiefly to do with his jumping
/ from captain to colonel at the end OIL
the war. AS already stated, he retired
as a brigadier general. Col. Henry A
Morrow entered the regulars as lieu
/ tenant colonel in 1866, became COZ
onel in 1879. dying with that rank in
! 1891. Three of Gen. Morrow's sons
are i'll the regular army-Maj. Henry
I Morrow, in the Judge Advocate de-
partnent; Capt. William Morrow OF
the twenty-frst infantry, and Capt
/ Frank ]. Morrow of the twenty-nintn
infantry
Gen. Lucius Fairchild, VINO went to
I the second as lieutenant colonel in
/ 1862, was a captain in the sixteenth
( regular infantry. Private William H.
/ Upham, who was sent to West Point
/ by President Lincoln in 1862. was a
/ second lieutenant in 1869. He resign
/ ed that year and became one OF Wis
( consin's most SUGGEST full lumbermen,
i having also served his stale as COVER
/ nor
Private Patrick H. Ray of the sec
ond. was promoted to be captain in the
/ first heavy artillery. In 1867 he was
I commissioned second lieutenant Of
/ regulars. He is now colonel of the
1 fourth Infantry and next year will re
/ tire as a brigadier general.
| The first to go into the army from
! the olAlu w lSCUUSlu was TIIFdLG II " III
t ". Potter, of Company E. Young
Potter was a nephew of the wife OF
Simon Cameron, who was secretary
Of war. One day a carriage drove to
/ The camp of the sixth, and the oc-
cupant, lady, sent for Private Potter.
Their meeting was cordial. The
dignifed and distinguished wife OF
cabinet officer threw her arms around
the neck of the young soldier. kissed
him. and then the two engaged in a
pleasant chat. The next week an
official document came to Company
Z through regular channels. 1t was
commission as first lieutenant for
Private Irwin w Potter. He was APP
pointed captain III 1866 and died IN
1863
Entered the Regular Army,
Earl NJ Rogers, private OF Com
pany l. sixth, who won promotion to
breyet major, was appointed secono
lieutenant OF regulars in 1861, but re
signed a year later. Private J. A.
Warous, Company E, who became
adjutaat and adjutant general o, the
brigade and breyet captain, was
offered a commission in the regular
army in 1855 but did not accept. He
later entered the regular service as
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