Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-08-13

l 149 1-3 ib. it. 9 IN.
K 1891 5 ft. IN.
The average weight Of the men OF
the 18th regiment is Isl pounds heign
5 feet 8% inches. The tallest man in
the regiment is feet inches. Ihe
Occupation of GO3 Of the 1898 men OF
the 18th is put down as that Of farmer.
About 80 members of the LIST regiment
I-3 months-haVe become officers OF
the 18th, from colonel down to corporal
Among these men OF the 1st is little
Johnny Nichols, who manages to get
more music out Of a drumhead than
any other man.
The Tall Man of The Eleventh.
l must copy one item from the State
Journal Of November IS, 1861 concern
ing the talIest man IN the regiment:
Enlist for the War.
I'VE observe in the ranks of Captain
IHubbard's company the Mendoza
Guards, Eleventh regiment, the tail
form of our friend William Charleton,
Iof Verona. MI. Charleton has enlisted
as a private soldier, and goes to do
battle for the union not for the pay
Iof a solder or because he is in wan.
iot other employment, but from th,:
Ipurest motives Of enlightened patriot
ism Owning a valuable farm in one
IOr the richest sections Of the state, he
has abandoned his business to serve
| his country in its hour Of need. Some
OF his friends here urged him to apply
! for a commission, either as captain Oh
a company or as a regimental officer,
TO which his talents and position fairy
entitled him to aspire, but he cared for
! no better position than in the ranks,
where he could do a mans part in a
manly way.
| MI Charleton was nominated by the
republicans of his district for the As
lsembly this talI, and had he accepted,
was sure of an election as the district
! is now constituted, but he promptly
declined. because he had made up his
mind to have a hand in the war,
He is the talIest man in the regi
ment. being six feet six inches in
height In the same company is the
shortest man. who is only 3 feet in
ches. They are the long and the
short of it."
Though Comrade CharIeton went to
war as private there was never a
better soldier. He came home four
wears later as captain of his company.
Officers of The list And 18th
| The regimentaI officers Of both these
organizations were largely Madison
men. OF the 18th Colonel Charles L.
Harris, Lieutenant Colonel Charles A,
Wood, Major Arthur Plat, Adjutant
Daniel Lincoln, Quartermaster George
NJ Sabin, Chaplain James B. Britton,
/ Sergeant Major Dudley c. Wymau
land Hospital Steward Henry W. Tur-
ner, all resided in Madison; and so did
ICaptain Daniel Hough, Company 4
James H. Hubbard, Company B, Ed
ward B. Chase, Company and Lieu
Tenant Henry Blake Of Company G.
! BY promotion. Madison men as fol
| lows came later to be officers of the
nth: Otis Remick, captain Of Com
pany B and then major; James F,
Spencer. sergeant major and then ad-
Ijutant: Charles George Mayer, quar-
termaster; Charles c. Robins, Charles
HASTE and Charles ]. Holt, quarter
master sergeants; Charles c. Chitten-
! den and Robert HASTE principal mus
clans; Fri Oakley, captain of Company
B; VIM P. Mcconnell, lieutenant or
Company F; and Dudley c. Wyman,
captain Of Company G.
; Of the 18th the following named Off
GERS were Madison linen: Colonel
George E, Bryant, Lieutenant Colonel
D. c. Poole, Adputant James X. Proudfit
Quartermaster A. ]. Sexton, Chaplain
Lemuel Mason, Sergeant Major
Charles Reynolds, Quartermaster ser
geant Henry B. Villas, Commissary
sergeant Levi Bresee, Hospital stew
ard Joseph W. Curtis, and Lieutenant
Michael Cantwell, Company c.
Later Madison men came by promo
ton to be officers as follows. James K.
Proudht, lieutenant colonel, then col.
onel; Levi Bresee, lieutenant of Com
!pany I and then adiutant; Frank B