Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-11-02

a ny aAASf tHe war ttdSL4AS lAt ram
OF captain.
The late judge Joshua J. Gappey Of
Portage was the only eo.onel the
Twenty-third had. The late Senator
W T. Villas was lieutenant co.Cnei OF
the Twenty-third.
The Twenty fourth had Coils. Charles
H. Larrabee, fcrmer circuit Judge
and eongressma; from Dodge county:
Theodore S. West and Arthur Mac
Artt II, though the latter did not mus
ter as such
Milton Montgomery Of Sparta was
the only colonel the Twenty-nith had.
He lost an arm and died at Omaha
lew years ago The late GsY. Rusk
was lieutenant colonel OF the Twenty
fifth.
w. H. Jacobs and Fred c. Winkler
were colonies of the Twenty sixth, a
German regiment. Gen. Winkler com
manded a brigade most OF the time
the last two years of the war and is
still one of Milwaukee's good cit
liens.
Conrad Krez was the Twenty-sey-
enth's only colonel. He was city at
torney. assemblyman and collector of
customs, dying Is years ago.
DR.. j. NJ. Lewis and Z B. Gray
were colonies of the Twenty-eighth
Col. Gray was an educator OF distinc-
ton and had large experience with
the Grand Army.
Charles A. Gill, state senator. at
torney general and United States
pension commissioner; William A.
Green and Bradford Hancock were
colonies of the Twenty-ninth. All
are dead.
Daniel j. Din was colonel of the
Thirtieth. He is a resident of Pres
colt, where he has resided for more
than so years.
Isaac E. Messmore, f. H West and
George d. Rogers were colonies of
the Thirty-first Gen. West was
United States marshal of the eastern
district under President Cleveland.
He died Is years ago. Col Rogers.
the only survivor, resides at Mime
apolis
James H. Howe, former attorney
general. and c. H. de Groat were the
colonels of the Thirty -second. Gen. de
Groat died six years ago and Col.
Howe "a years ago.
Jonathan H. Moore was the only
colonel of the Thirty-fourth.
Fritz Annecke was colonel of the
I, frf. Of hraf
men.
The colonels of the Thirty-fifth
were Henry ORR and George H. Wal
Tiers
The Thirty-sixth had for colonies
Frank A. Haskell. John A. Savage.
Harvey NJ. Brown and Clement E.
Warner. Haskell and Savage were
killed in battle, Warner lost an arm
and Brown was severely wounded. All
dead hut Warner, who resides al
Windsor, Dane county.
Gen. Samuel Hartman and John
Green were colonies of the Thirty
seventh Dead.
Gen. James Bintiff and C. K. Pier
were colonies of the Thirty-eighth.
Dead.
E. l.. Bittrick was colonel of the
Thirty-ninth. w. A. Ray of the For
tieth, George B. Goodwin of the For
ty-frst. All are dead.
Ezra t. Sprague was colonel of the
Forty-second Amasa Cobb of the
Forty-third, George G. Symes of the
Forty-fourth, Henry F. Belitz or the
forty-fifth. Fred s, Lowell. Forty
sixth; George G. Ginty of the Forty
seventh, all of whom are dead.
Gen. N. B. Pearsall and Henry
Shears were co'onels of the Forty
eighth, now dead. Gen. Bishop Sam
uel Fallows was colonel of the Forty
ninth.
Col. John G. Clark. a Lancaster
lawyer, was colonel of the Ffftieth;
Leonard Martin of the Fifty-first He
died soon after the war, w. c. Webb
was colonel of the F'ifty-second and
d. C. johnson of the FIT, third.
The colonels of the First cavalry
were Edward Daniels and Oscar H.
La Grange Daniels is dead. The
colonels of the Second cavalry were
C. C. Washburn, ten years in congress
and one term governor; Thomas Ste
phens and N H. Dahl.
Gov. W. A. Barstow and Thomas
Derry were colonies Of the Third cav
airy.
The Fourth cavalry had six differ
ent colonels-Halbert f. Paine, s. A.
Jean, F. A. Boardman, Joseph Bailey.
Webster P. Moore and Nelson F.
Craigue. Moore and Craigue are still
living.
The only colonel of the First heavy
artillery regiment was Col. c. c. Mes
servy. former Milwaukee newspaper
man, who is dead.
Only a dozen OF the los co, onels
of Wisconsin regiments are still liv-
ing. OF the 81, 900 soldiers and sail
ors who responded from Wisconsin.
if is safe to say that not exceeding
10000 are living, and a majority of
these reside in other states. There
still live in Wisconsin about 20 900
veterans Of the war, and in their
ranks are men from all of the north
ern and some of the southern states.
Where were these men who led bat
teries. regiments, brigades and divi-
sions in the big war of 1S60-half
century ago. and who were they? Some
of them were then known COR their
service to the state and nation huf