Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1913-08-07

3d. 1862, where the Second and Seventh
were consolidated temporarily, the Sec
ond in four Companies, and the Seventh
in six Companies, under command of
Lieut.. Col. Fairchild. On the retreat
of the army, after this battle, the bri-
gade acted as rear guard, while the
whole army passed by them, and cover
ing the retreat, the Second Regiment
being the last to cross the Stone Bridge.
There were no losses to Company 81"
in this engagement though the brigade
suffered severely. On August 30, 1862,
Lieut. Col Fairchild was promoted to
Colonel, Major Thos. S. Allen to Lieut..
Colonel, and Capt. George II. Stevens
of Company "a" to Major. On Sept.
IA, 1862, the battle of South Mountain
was fought with the following losses to
Company "I'': Killed Private George
Gilbert ~; wounded Corporal W. A.
Nelson, Privates A. T Budlong, E. f.
Knowlton and George M. Williams az.
The regimental loss being II killed and
10 wounded. Their next engagement
was at Antietam on Sept. II, 1862,
where the Second Regiment was under
command Of Lieut. Col Allen, Colonel
Fairchild being sick The Second was
very much depleted in number and on
ly $50 men went into action, Of whom
81 were lost, % killed, IS wounded and
z missing. the fighting being more Sc
we're than at Gainesville. Lieut.. Col
Allen was wounded and the command
fell temporarily to Capt. Ely of Com
pany 90" The losses to Company
Il" were: Killed-Second Lieut.. 0. w.
Sanford ~; wounded Privates II. p
Coates, j. f. Johnson, N. Geib, Chris
Schlosser and S. Whitehead 90. No
record of the missing 1t was after
this battle that Gen. Mcclellan pro-
nounced the iron Brigade" as equal
to the best troops in the world
On October TO- 1862, the oath Michi-
gan Regiment was added to the bril-
gade, and Gen. Gibbon having been as
signed TO the command Of division,
Col Cutler assumed temporary com
mand, being succeeded on Oct. %, 1862,
by Gen. Meredith. On Dee 18th to
18th, 1862, the brigade took part in the
battle of fredericksburg, but did not
occupy a very important position and
the losses We're light, there being none
in Company a. On Dec 20, 1862,
they went into winter quarters at Belle
Plaine on the Potomac. near Falmouth,
and during the winter the Second Wis
consin were on numerous foraging ex-
petitions under Col Fairchild During
the winter, Lieut., Col Allen was pro-
NOTED to Colonel of the Fifth Wiscon-
sin and Major George H. Stevens to
Lieut. Colonel, and Capt. Mansfield Of
Company &c" TO Major.
Gen Hooker was placed in command
of toe Army Of the Potomac, and the
campaign of 1868 was begun on April
2S, 1868 The Iron Brigade" was at
tachcd to the First Division under Gen,
Wadsworth u the First Army Corps,
under Gen. Reynolds, and on the 29th
of April, 1868, the division moved down
the Potomac river, below Fredericks-
burg, where the brigade had some ser
vice, crossing the river on pontoon
boats. and driving the enemy from
their intreuchments at that point, the
casualties being confined principally to
the Sixth and Seventh Wisconsin and
Twenty Fourth Michigan. On May 2,
they again crossed the. river and en-
gagged the enemy, a large number of
confederate prisoners being captured
On Sunday, May 3rd, the corps under
Gen. Reynolds arrived near the Chan
cellorsville battlefield but did not take
part in that battle. Early in June, the
Seventh Wisconsin, with Companies
"a and "T'' of the Second Wisconsin,
under command of Col Robinson, took
part in reconnaissance towards Culpep-
per Court House, afterwards rejoining
their brigade while on its march toward
Pennsylvania to intercept Gen. Lee on
his second raid into northern states.
They marched 100 miles through Vir-
ginia and Maryland until in the vicini-
ty of Gen Lee, near Gettysburg.
The battle Of Gettysburg began on
July l. 1863 and the division Of Gen.
Wadsworth's, which fought on that
day, was composed of the First or Iron
Brigade under Gen. Meredith and the
Second Brigade under Gen Cutler,
formerly Colonel Of the Sixth Wiscon-
sin. Gen. Reynolds Corps being order
ed TO move on Gettysburg. Gen. Wads-
worth's Division was in the advance,
and when within one mile of the town
came upon Buford's Cavalry. who with
light artillery were contesting the
advance of the Confederates, Wads-
worth's Division entered the field lit
Tie TO the left Of Gettysburg Seminary
the Iron Brigade" in the advance in
the following order: The Secono Wis