Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-08-19


X 1881 5 it. in
The average weight of the men OF
the 18th regiment is 151 pounds; heigh
feet S1k inches. The tallest man in
the regiment is feet inches. The
Occupation of 603 of the 1898 men OF
the 18th is put down as that of farmer
About 80 members of the LIST regiment
l-3 months-have become officers OF
the 18th, from colonel down TO corporal.
Among these men of the LIST is little
Johnny Nichols, who manages 70 get
more music out of a drumhead than
any other man.
The Tall Man of The Eleventh.
! must copy one iteLa from the State
Journal of November is. 1861 concern
ing the tallest man in ths regiment:
Enlist for the War.
I'VE observe in the ranks of Captain
Hubbard's company the Mendoza
Guards, Eleventh regiment, the tall
form of our friend William Charleton.
| of Verona. Mr. Char1eton has enlisted
as private soldier, and goes TO do
battle for the union not for the pay
Iof a solder or because he is in wan.
lof other employment, but from th,.
Ipurest motives of enlightened patriot
ism. Owning a valuable farm in one
LOT 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 commission, either as captain OF
a company or as 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 4
manly way.
Mr.. Charleton was nominated by the
republicans of his district for the AS
lsembly this fall, 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 tallest man in the regi-
lment. being six feet six inches in
height. In the same company is the
shortest man, who is only feet in
ches. They are the long and the
short of it,"
Though Comrade Charleton went to
war as a private there was never a
better soldier. He came home four
ears later as captain of his company.
Officers of The list And 18th
The regimental 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, QGartermaster George
NJ Sabin, Chaplain James B. Britton,
Sergeant Major Dudley c. Wyman
and Hospital Steward Henry w. Tug-
ner. all resided in Madison; and so did
Captain Daniel Hough, Company 4
James H. Hubbard, Company B, Ed
ward B. Chase, Company F and Lieu.
tenant Henry Blake of Company G.
BY promotion, Madison men as fol-
lows came later to be officers of the
18th: Otis Remick, captain of Com
pany B and then major; James F.
Spencer, sergeant major and then adj
jutant; 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; VIZ P. Mcconnell, lieutenant OF
Company f; and Dudley c. Wyman
taptain CT Company G.
OF the 18th the following named Off
GERS were Madison linen: Colonel
j George E. Bryant, Lieutenant Colonel
D. c. Poole, Adputant James K Proudft
Quartermaster A. J. 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 ! and then adiutani; Frank B