The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-07-20
GATHER FOR ANNUAL DINNER
Members of the Famous Fighting
Corps Spend the Day Talking Over
the Events that are Held Dear in
Their Memories

Recalling the events of civil war
time twelve of the surviving members
of Companies H. and I. of the Thirty
Third Wisconsin Infantry in the war
of the rebellion, met in an informal
reunion at the Eichelman hotel on
Sunday and spent the entire day to-
gether recalling the exciting events Of
the march and the battlefield. The
number at the reunion this year was a
little larger than in former years and
several Of the men who sat down
about the table at noon had not at
tended the gatherings in several years.
New faces at the banquet table
brought up new memories of the past
and the presence of these men made
the day decidedly interesting one.
Dinner was served at one o'clock
and after dinner the servivors of the
two companies retired to the parlors
of the hotel where the regulation
Grand Army camp FIRE was held. There
was a host of short stories which had
been handed down by the survivors of
the companies since war times and it
mattered not that most of the men had
heard the stories before as they gath
cred interest from the retelling.
The members of the two companies
attending the reunion included: James
E. Drom, Chicago; Julius Kidder, Chi
cago; e. w. Sherwood, Evanston; Chas.
w. Stetson, Chicago; J. w. Musback,
Port Washington; S. B. Cropley, Pleas
ant Prairie; David Pierce, Pleasant
Prairie; II. A. King, Pleasant Prairie;
JAS. Eddy, Bristol; John G. Campbell,
Iowa; Geo. Hale, Kenosha; Capt. Chas.
Frantz, Kenosha,
During the afternoon there was a
business meeting at which the follow
ing officers were elected for the year:
President, George Hale; Vice Presi-
dent and Secretary, S. B. Cropley. It
was unanimously decided to hold the
next reunion at the Eichelman in July
of, 1912.
Companies II. and I. were among
the most noted of the fighting COM
panies of the civil war and they took
part in many Of the most interesting
battles of the great struggle. The two
companies were in service for three
years and most of the time they were
fighting. The two companies were
mustered in as part of the Thirty
third regiment at Camp Utley in Ra-
cine Nov. IL, 1862. They went at once
to Memphis, Tenn, and hurried on to
Oxford, Miss. They returned by way
of Holley Springs to Moscow and were
fighting their way all along the line.
From Moscow they returned to Mem
phis and then went to Coldwater, Miss.
Returning again to Memphis, they
were sent to Vicksburg and Jackson
taking part in the bitter conflicts at
those places. Returning 70 Vicksburg
they were sent to Nachez and later to
Meridian from which point they took
y part in the famous march of Sher-
man in the Meridian campaign. Then
they went to Red River and Alexan-
dria, La, and then up the river to
Mansfield. Later they returned to
the mouth of the Red River and went
up the Mississippi to Memphis. Then
on to Tapelo and on up the White
river to Dueall's Bluffs in Arkansas
After this trip they made run
through Missouri stopping in st. Louis
Jefferson and Wa-rensburg and from
this point they went, south to Nash
vile and north again to East Port
Tenn, and Cairo, Ill. From Cairo they
went back down the river to New Or.
leans, Mobile and Spanish Fort. They
took part in all the battles about these
many cities and late in 1866 they re.
turned to Madison where they were
mustered out.