Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-10-19
PotOsi in tile War of the Rebellion

Henry Schwatgen, CHRISTOPHER Lang
Henry Muench, Henry Meyer and John
Stroh. The following named Potosi-
ans enlisted with Capt Palmer of
Lancaster and served in COMPANY 2
10th Wisconsin Infantry, James Brad
bury, William Branstehter, Josiah
Daley, Nelson layers, James Eayers.
William layers, Theodore Hilgers.
Ambrose Jarrett, Robert Jarrett, Ro-
bert Langstaff, John Names. John
MCGUIRE, Charles H. Platt, Robert
Roach, Delos Wilson, Irwin Wright
The regiment left the state for the
south Nov. 8, 1861 Two men from
Potosi belonging to Company F., .Ro-
bert Langstaff and Theodore Hilgers
were killed. John Names and Robert
Roach were wounded. Names was
shot in the head, requiring skull ire
panning and a silver plate inserted
After he returned from the war he
lived in Potosi and some years ago
removed to California where it is pre-
sumed he died. All of the other bows
returned to PotoSi, and in later years
moved to different parts of the coun-
try. John Mcclure a gallant little
IriShman, after the war, made his
home with his mother in Potosi and
after her death he retired to batche-
lOrhOOd Becoming unable later on to
perform manual labor he was admitted
to the Soldiers Home at Milwaukee.
and for time was at the home at
LeavenWOrth, kans., and later on re-
turned to Milwaukee. There is no
record of his death, and what has be-
come of him is not known, if living
he would be about 80 years of age.
He came here from Ireland when a
child with his parents, Peter Mcclure
and wife in the early fOrties His
father was drowned in Grant river a
few years after coming here, when his
body was brought to his home, Mrs.
Mcclure in her grief, exclaimed, Peter,
Peter you came all the way from Ire
land, across the briney ocean to
drown in a frog pond. John Mcclure
was a good soldier and was we'll
thought of among his comrades. At
home Johnnie Mack, as he was famili-
airy known had friends by the hun
dreds for his kindness and manful
disposition. He was always ready to
quickly do a favor for any one, more
especially for a friend. A company
of volunteers was organized in Potosi
in August 1862 They were called the
Potosi Badgers and subsequently be-
came Company H. 25th Wisconsin
Volunteer Infantry. z. S. Swan a
school teacher and elocutionist in Po-
tosi at that time was authorized to
raise a company of volunteers. He
was elected captain of the company
with Chas F. OlmStead first lieuten-
ant and Henry G.. Wise End lieutenant
Those who enlisted from POtosi were:
Theodore Bellan, John Allison, Friend
b Bilderback, Charles Bilderdback,
John Bradbury, Daniel Buacker, Fred
rick Curtiss, Geo P. Campbell Jessie
P Cardy. John D. Cenfield, Thomas
r. Clark, James l.. Clark, Samuel
Croker, Jessie Daley John A. Druen,
Frank Feldhaar, James Frawley, Wal
ter GroshOng, John Hail, William Hay
wood, Michael Hurst, Alfred Kinney
Jonathan Long, Simon Langstaff,
Samuel Lowry, Herman Marquith,
Michael Meier, Thomas Mcdonald,
Allen McPhail, Peter Nicholas, Will
liam Patterson, Louis Polander Phil
lip Roesch, William Hewett, Robert
H. Kendrick Christopher G. Osborne,
James Richardson, Henry Russell
John K Schmitz, Henry Schroeder,
Leopold Seng, Jacob Stuckley, James
Sprague. Calib Taylor, Newton Tur-
ner, George d. UT, Joseph Walker,
William Walker William Wilson, VIII
liam Woodruff, John A. Burton, John
Zimmerman. The following named re-
cruits from Potosi joined the company
later on, Eleazer BROKER, Louis Bu-
acker, John Bilderback, Robert Crouch
John L. owen, William Druen, Rich
ard Hewitt, Joseph SchoH, Robert
Turner. There was four companies
from Grant county in the 25th Regt.
Company c. from Lancaster, E. from
Platteville, H. from Potosi and | from
the southeast part of the county. On
a rainy day in September company II.
left Potosi for the river landing ana
embarked on the steamer War Eagle
destined to La Crosse. Company II.
and l. boarded the steamer at Dun
lieth and Company G. did likewise at
Cassville The regiment was organ
lied at La Crosse in September 1862
and mustered into the United Service
on Sept 14th and was ordered 10 re
port to General Pope at st. Paul, 10
aid in SURPRISING the Indian dlthcul-
ties in Minnesota and they LETT the
state on the 10Th arriving at ST. Paui
on the goth In the latter part OF
November the regiment was ordered
to return to Winona, Mimi, when
place they reached after long march
through a new country and over IN
different roads, arriving there on the
18th Of December They then moved
to La Crosse, thence by rail TO camp
Randall at Madison On Feb. IL, 1865
the regiment left Camp Randall under
orders to report at Carlo, H.. ana IN
couple of days moved to Columbus
KY, and went into camp. On May 81
they left on transports for Memphis
and were ordered to proceed to Young
Point arriving there on June 4th'
From thence they proceeded up the
Yazoo river to Satartic where they
landed and went into camp. They lelt
Satartic on June 10th and marcheG
down the Yazoo valley to Games
Bluff and from thence to Snyder
Bluff. They were placed in very
sickly locality overlooking the Yazoo
river and the regiment suffered sew
erely over 500 men being sick. on
the 25th of July they left snyder
Bluff and went to Herena, Ark anu