Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-11-03
TELLS Of VETERANS
Col. ]. A. Watrous Writes OF
Wisconsin War Officers.
Incidents of so Years Ago Recalled and
Names OF Many Men Who Took
Active Part in Electing kbra-
ham Lincoln.

sonstn OF so years ago and recall
many Of the men who took an &C
tive part in the political campaign
which made Abraham Lincoln presi-
dent.
Without going into details, I want
to present She names and the work
Of some Of those men. as well as
some who had a part In opposing Mr..
Lfncoln's election, writes Col. ]. A.
Watrous IN an exchange Ii a military
tint is given, am sure that not many
will find fault
Within five years from that event
full year for the American republic,
Wisconsin had sent $1,000 to take
part in the most memorable of civil
wars. wish it were possible to men
ion, If no more than by name, all in
that Wisconsin contribution to the
country. who deserve It, II would
mean many thousands of names, and
the stories Of their good service,
OF their heroism. were added, the pro-
duct would fill many books. AS that
cannot be done, I must content myself
with a mention of Wisconsin,
commanders of regiments and bat
teries. The thought of such a task
brings up a food of memories. Who
were the commanders? What of
them?
John c. Starkweather of Milwau-
kee went out with the First Wiscon-
sin, both when it was three months
and three years regiment. George
B. Brigham Of Milwaukee became the
colonel when Starkweather was made
a brigadier general.
S. Park Coon, a Milwaukee lawyer,
Wisconsin's second attorney general,
was the first colonel of the Second
regiment. His successors were Ed
gar O'Connor, Lucius Fairchild and
John Mansfield. O'Connor was killed
in battle and FairchiId and Mansfield
were wounded at Gettysburg,
Charles s. Hamilton was the
Thirds first colonel Thomas H
Roger second and William Haw-
ley the third. Hamilton and Roger
became major generals and Hawley q
brevet brigadier. Hamilton and Ro-
ger were West Pointers. All served
in the regulars. Roger was one of
Wisconsin's four major generals of
the regular army; John P. Story,
George NJ. Randall and Arthur Mac
Arthur, afterward promoted to lieu
tenant general, being the others.
colonel and Thomas S. Allen the sec
ond. Cobb was Wisconsin congress
man eight year and chief justice of
Nebraska. Allen was one of Wis
eonsin's best soldiers and secretary
of state for four years.
The Sixth's first colonel was Ly-
sander Cutler, Edward s. Bragg the
second, Rufus R. Dawes the third and
John A. Kellogg the fourth. All be-
came generals. Gen. Bragg. SO past.
is the only one living. Cutler was bre-
vered major general of volunteers.
Joseph Vandor, w. w. Robinson,
Mark Finnicum and Hollon Richard
son were colonies of the Seventh.
Finnicum lives at Paris, Tenn, and
Richardson at Seattle, Wash.
R. c. Murphy, George w Robbins,
John W. Jefferson and W. B. Britton
were coIonels of the Eighth. Brftton
is resident of GAINESVILLE.
Frederick Solomon, Charles E Sal
ONION and Arthur jacob were the
Ninth's colonies. All are dead The
Salomons were brothers of Gov Ed
ward Solomon. Frederick was bre-
veted major general
Tie Tenth had three colonies, A
r. Chaplin, John G. McMynn and Dun
can McKercher. All are dead.
The Eleventh had but one colonel
Charles L. Harris, who was brevet-
ed a brigadier and resides at Oma-
ha, Neb.
The Twelfth had George E. Bryant,
recently dead, and James K Proud
fit, who lives at Kansas City. Both
were breveted brigadiers. Gen.
Proudht was the first department
commander of the Wisconsin G. A. R.
The Thirteenth had three colonies,
Maurice Maloney, captain of regu-
lars; William P. Lyon and A H Kun
mel Gen. Lyon was chief justice for
many years, a member Of the board
of control and now resides in Califor-
MIA, past 81.
The Fourtenth's were Coils. David
E. Wood, John Hancock and Lyman
NJ Ward. Wood died in 1862 and
Hancock 10 years ago. Gen. Ward
died last year.
Hans C. Heg and Ole G. johnson
were colonies of the Fifteenth, the
Norwegian regiment. Heg was killed
in battle and Johnson died "a years
ago.
Benjamin Allen and Cassius Fair
child were colonels of the Sixteenth.
Both are dead.
John L. Doran and A. G. Mallory led
the Seventeenth. Doran died long
ago and Gen. Malloy lives IN Texas.
Co.'s. J. S. Alban. Gabriel Bouck and
Charles H. Jackson were of the
Eighteenth. Bouck died five years
ago and Jackson several years ago.
Horace T. Sanders, a former state
senator from Racine, and Samuel K.
Vaughan of Portage were colonies of
the Nineteenth. Both are dead.
Col. Berthe Finkney, a state gena-
tor for Fon6 du Lac and Henry Bert
ram of Dodge county, both dead. COM
manded the Twentieth Bertram com
manded brigade most of the time
he was in service
Benjamin j. Sweet and Harrison
c. Hobart were coIonels of the TWEEN
ty-frst Both have served in the state
senate, both served in ether regi-
ments before going to the Twenty
first; both became brigadiers: both
were from Calumet county. Gen.
Sweet died So years ago and Gen. Ho-
bart eight years ago.
William Utley of Racine, former
state senator and adjutaRt general,