Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-02-17


February 6, 1916, which contains an
article by Capt. George E. Albee of
Laurel, Maryland. The leading charac-
ter mentioned in the article is the Col.
A. G. Malloy who went to the civil
War from BarabooHand who died few
years ago in California. The article
is entitled Irish Regiment and will
be found below
The Seventeenth Wisconsin volunteers
was Irish. It was full of the descendants
of the Irish Kings, Nuada of the silver
hand, McCuill, Mac Griene, Eremen,
Mae Carthy O'Brien, O. Donnell, O'Neill,
and the rest, and all of the recruits
when it was at all possible were full
of bug juice.
The regiment was organized at
Camp Randall, Madison, Wisconsin, in
1861 The soldiers predetermined that
the citizens of Madison should remem-
Der them kindly, for the night before
they were to leave for the front the
whole regiment broke through the
camp guard and spread themselves
over the city. They had an all night
ruction that the older residents of
Madison remember to this day and
speak of with bated breath.
Adam G. Malloy of Baraboo was the
Colonel and while his war record was
first class he is chiefly remembered for
what he did to an incipient revolution
(that had nothing to do with the Con-
federates or the Civil wary in Lime
stone County, Texas.
The Texas Central R. r. was then,
1871, building through the county and
as near as | can remember and my
memory is little hazy on this point,
the citizens objected to the exact loca-
ton and stopped the workmen by force
Malioy was at the time in command
of the Texas State troops and was
sent to Greesbeck with battalion to
stop the row.
The writer, then on duty at Dept. Hid.
OTIS. at San Antonio, went up as an OBJ
server, but Malloy went Quietly into
camp and told the citizens of the coun-
ty to stop their interference. They
laughed but committed no overt acte,
and sat down to wait for Malloy and
his men to leave, but they did not go,
just rested in camp having good time.
After aOout week the citizens got
nervous and appointed committee to
wait upon Malloy and find out when he
was going away.
Malloy told them that it was costing
about one thousand dollars a day for
pay and subsistence to keep the troops
there, every cent of which would have
to be paid by the county. AS soon as
they would raise the money, pay the
expenses and give responsible guaran-
tee that there should be no mere inter-
ference with the railroad, he would go.
They got busy at once, raised the
cash, gave the guarantee, and Malloy
had won a notable and bloodless victory
there was no more trouble of the
kind in that or other counties.
Thomas Reynolds of Madison, who
was known to his friends as Tomuel,
Quartermaster of the 18th, afterwards
Lieut.. Col. of the 10TH Wis. He was
badly wounded in front of Atlanta, the
surgeons were about to take off his leg
and Tomuel says: You must not take
off that leg. " well. why not?" Tom-
uel replied: That 8 no common dot-
mestic leg, it's an imported leg; sure
imported it myself"
The surgeons laughed and said:
well if that is the case We will take a
chance and try to save it. And they
did.
The Seventeenth. like all the rest of
the Irish regiments, did splendid fight
ing on many hard fought fields. They
left their dead at Vicksburg, Corinth,
Atlanta, Big Shanty and Kenesaw, it's
survivors, were very proud of it's record
and when its veterans got
together of course they
were glad to celebrate. Years
after the war two of its old members
who had not met since muster out, hap
pened in Milwaukee saloon at the
same time and at once proceeded to
renew the assurances" After half a
dozen or more drinks, and their think
tanks were somewhat muddled, Pat
says to Terence, "I'll give you toast"
They filled their glasses and held them
up and Pat says. Here's to the bloody
Seventeenth, the last regiment into a
flight and the first one OUT they drank,
and then Terence began to wake up,
Here" says he, there's something
wrong about that toast | don't know
pfwhat lit is but but its wrong any
how. Fill up again and I'll give you
one that alright. They filled again and