Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-10-19
MANY WAR RELICS OF
LATE GEN. J. B. CALLS
Presented to Gen Calls Circle
by the Family.
Last Thursday Evening -Mementoes In
clude Roster and Company Banner
of Co. F., 9TH Reg't.

A memorable occasion Tor the mem
bers of Gen. Calls Circle, Ladies
of the g. A r., was the meeting of
last Thursday evening, one of the
features of which was the presenta-
tion to the order of number of relics
of the Civil War which had belonged
to the late Gen. J. B. Calls and since
his death had been treasured by the
family. Now that Mrs. Calls has
also passed away from life the mem
bers of the family decided to let many
of these relics pass into the hands of
the G.. A. r organizations. The
Herald Task week told of the presenta-
tion the Generals swords, a couple Of
regimental flags, etc. to the g. A. r.
by members of his family but some of
the choicest of his relics are those
which have now been given to the
Circle that bears his name.
These include an excellent oil
painted portrait of Gen. Calls; a
Confederate battle flag, captured at
Gettysburg on July 1st, 1858; the
company banner, made by the ladies
of Lancaster and presented to Co. F.
Of which Gen. Calls was then
captain, when it left Lancaster to go
into camp. preparatory to its departure
for the seat of war. There was also
number of specimens of shot and
she'll of various kinds, which had been
accumulated, many of them picked.
up from Southern battle: fields.
But the most highly priced article
in the collection. aside from the
Generals portrait, is a framed copy
of the roster of the company. This
is quite large 30x44 inches, and con-
tains the names of the company, and
regimental officers as we'll as those of
all the members of Company F. and
the particulars pertaining to the COM
pany's organization, its induction to
the state service, etc
The roster was engrossed entirely
with a steel pen by S. w. Martin 8
Writing Academy at Madison and
dedicated to Capt J. B. Calls. The
upper portion of the picture shows a
large American eagle with outstretch-
ed wings poised in the empyrian blue
of the skies. which are studded with
stars, representing the states of the
Union. Below are representations of
massive columns draped. with banners
bearing appropriate inscriptions. And
of the company's officers and members
as follows:
Captain b. Calls.
1st Lieut.. : Samuel Woodhouse.
Cd Lieut. = Henry F. Young
Sergeants-John W. Mckenzie
Alex. r. Mccartney, Geo w. Cowan,
Lorne G. Parsons, VIM. E Sloat.
Corporals- Alphonso A Kidd, Geo
Fl. Henderson, Geo F. Halbert, W.
Warren Whitney, Jno. D. Runion,
Jno. c Bradley, Simon Woodhouse,
Fletcher Kidd
Thos. G. Alexander, Geo. Atkinson,
VIM Atkinson, O. W. Atwood
Richard r. Belts, Andrew Bishop
C. B. Bishop Jno. Blackburn, Bsn
F. Bonham, James Black, Henry
Black, Nathan Bradbury, Philip Ben
netts, Henry Boddener, F. A. Boyn-
ton, Philip Brother, Lyman D. Culver,
Webster Cook. Jesse M. Cook, Geo.
w. Cooley, Lyman Carrier, Judson
N. Carrier, James A. Clark, Collins
Chapman, Wesley Craig, Peter
Cameron Chas. F. Dean, Jno.
Dolphin, Lester Day, Jacob A. Drew,
Milo Dext r, Jas. Fl. Ellis, Jas. Fl.
layers, Geo. Eust1ce, John Folk,
0rley J. Foote, James G1lligan, VIM.
j. Garner. Perry Gilbert, Ben F.
Hayden. John Harvill, Hubert
Harris, Henry Hudson, Griffin Hic-
kok, Richard Huftill. John Johnson,
Henry A. Kaump, Henry Kentner.
Lewis Kuntz, Thomas Kee /, Thomas
Kee 3, ]. W. Largent. James Lewis,
Alex. Lewis Jr., Chas Levings, John
Lepla. Jno. L. Marks, VIM. Fl. Miles,
VIM N. Miles, Andrew Meeker,
Albert G. Morse, Stanley j. Marrow,
Edgar Moses, John NARROW, Edw.
McDowall Edward F. Mcdonald,
Newton McPhail. Julius B. Nickerson.
John D. Overton. Richmond B.
Pierce, Justus Poynter, Giles Parker,
Thomas Price, Danford Rector, Jesse
NJ. Roberts, Isaac G. Raymer, Herbert
Roberts, VIM. K. Ray. Henry Rupke,
Jesse Shipton, Vim. A. Smith, Geo.
Ell. Smith, Jno. j. Schloesser, Peter
Schloesser. Lewis W. Stevens, Jas.
A. Simpkins, Joseph Stonehouse,
Adelbert Staley, Lewis spease, Levi
Sixby. Bradford Fl. Trip, Lorenzo
Taylor, VIM. Tumby, James Thorpe,
Henry G Walrath.