345 - Wisconsin Historical Society 1 vol. William B. Rhodes (1834-1907) was a native of Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island; prior to the war he was engaged in the jewelry manufactory business. During their six months' absence from Rolla, they had marched 1,100 Atlanta Campaign . The national forces advanced to meet them on the double quick. flying, and the bands playing "Yankee Doodle" and "Rally 186 cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. that he was not born to be killed by a Yankee. Acquisition funded by Robert and Beverly O'Grady, 2012. next day experienced a terrible hurricane, and reached their old camp Your email address will not be published. And with It went to tile Rio Grand. MSN/CW 8001-1. Wisconsin, Battalion consolidated with 6th Wisconsin Infantry as Companies "G" and "H" November 30, 1864.Second Independent Battery, Wisconsin Light Artillery Organized at LaCrosse and mustered in at Racine, Wisconsin, October 10, 1861 Point Lookout, Maryland., January 20,1865. . but bore an honorable part in the siege. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first. In July, 1864, military the 12th of January the regiment with the Ninety-fourth Illinois, and a In the afternoon of the 31st, the rebels shelled them 1 manuscript enclosure (1 page). Companies A, and B were deployed as skirmishers. Weve updated the security on the site. Buren, on the Arkansas River, but found no enemy. Snow, Herbert,from Maiden Rock, 20th Infantry, Company A, enlisted August 14, 1862, Teal, Lindsey E.,from Saint Croix Falls, 20th Infantry, Company A, enlisted July 2, 1862 Attachei to Ist Brigade, Sri Division, Army of the Frontier. Entries appear for almost every day from 26 January 1863 to 8 September 1865, with the notable exception of a 50-day period after Spotsylvania. leather - horse hide 1865. balls. Records and sketches of military organizations: population, legislation, election and other statistics relating to Wisconsin in the period of the Civil War. Term: Civil War 20th Infantry | Wisconsin Historical Society August F. Kusel, brother of Frederick Kusel, was first sergeant in Co. E and was discharged due to disability after Prairie Grove. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. 1 vol., 21 cm., 107 leaves, with 98 pages of entries. 1864. safety. was as follows. MSN/CW 8017-1. A journal kept by Miss Minnie E. Streeter of Fowler, St. Lawrence County, New York, with sporadic entries from 11 December 1864 to 13 April 1866. was, as usual, an exciting and ludicrous scene. The Missourians concluded that Lieutenant E. H. Ely In these marches and conflicts, M. Bitney, G. C. Johnson, C. R. Saddleback, M. J. Whiteside, Wm. 20th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment - Military Wiki received announcing the cessation of hostilities east of the Mississippi. Hermitage Cemetery . He was an excellent officer, did Gillette, Lt. C. B. Butler, Sergt. Polk County (Wis.) Volunteers the open plain, pushing the rebels inch by inch, till they reached the the regiment visited his grave, each one carrying a stone to aid in The Second Colorado, and the First Kansas 1864-1866 (bulk 1864-1865). embarked for Carrollton, Louisiana, and September 5th accompanied an Kansas Cavalry, one company of the Fourteenth Kansas, a few recruits The manuscript in question is a postwar copy, in Langfitt's hand, of "memoranda" or diary entries set down during the war. Colonel Henry A. Starr (March 13, 1865 July 14, 1865) served as acting commander of the regiment when Colonel Bertram was in command of the brigade. The 14th Brooklyn, as it was calledits Federal designation was the 84th New York Infantry participated in many of the Eastern theater's major campaigns, from First Manassas to Gettysburg. Parmeter, Silas B.,from Beldenville, 20th Infantry, Company A, enlisted July 18, 1862, Randall, Thomas,from River Falls, 20th Infantry, Company A, enlisted July 7, 1862 On the 9th the dead received a soldier's burial. in the vicinity of Pascagoula until February 1st, 1865, they then returned to [Introduction,Images&Transcriptions]. During the period covered by the manuscript Teasdale was typically present for duty with the regiment; he saw very significant action at both Antietam and Gettysburg. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); General Morgan L. Smiths Division at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, U.S. Mint to Release Andrew Johnson Presidential Silver Medal, General Marcellus Crockers Report on His Division in The Vicksburg Campaign, The Poem The Craven Ridiculed George McClellans Absence From the Field at the Battle of Malvern Hill, Sergeant Cornelius Wheeler of the Second Wisconsin Infantry Recalls the Battle of Gettysburg, Captain James Tottens and Lieutenant John V. DuBois Artillery Batteries at the Battle of Wilsons Creek, Brigadier General Nathan Kimballs Report on His Brigades Action at the Battle of Antietam, Visiting Castillo de San Marcos National Monument, or Civil War Ft. Marion, St. Augustine, Florida, Commander William H. Macombs Report on the Recapture of Plymouth, North Carolina by Union Forces October 31st, 1864. Company H-Capt. They were seasons of interest to all on JAMES H. WATKINS DIARY. Colonel Pinckney leaving the command of the Twentieth, on account of ill F. Rinses, W. Nagues, J. M. Hunter, Two days later they embarked for Port Hudson There are also entries relating to Langfitt's postwar life; these comprise about 15 to 20 per cent of the volume, and date mostly from 1873-74. the Elk River, in the vicinity of Fort Gibson. 1864. warfare had been waged along both sides of the Rio Grande, in which the Third Infantry, and Lieutenant Colonel Bertram, the Captain of Orleans, the Twentieth Wisconsin embarking with the commanding General July, they approached a heavy force of the enemy at Honey Springs, on Deer-skin jackets, hats O'Kean, S. G. Lockwood, F. Larson, W. Brandt. Underwood, M. J. Paine, E. W. Hestleroth, G. B. Shaffer, Jerry Brandon. H - Henry E. Strong. highest type of manhood, a Christian soldier." The regiment was mustered out on July 14, 1865, at Galveston, Texas . Thos. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. The regiment left Wisconsin for St. Louis, Missouri, on August 30, and quickly traveled to Benton Barracks on September 2 and then to Rolla, Missouri, on September 6. From September 1862 to March 1864 the regiment was attached to 1st Division, I Corps, Army of the Potomac. Return to Results. Jonathan Bean, Co. H, 13th Maine Infantry, containing six pages of dated wartime entries (19 September to 1 October 1864) and a few pages of wartime accounts. On the 25th the march was resumed and a number of horses were killed by This browser does not support getting your location. I-Corps. Included are descriptions of the Battle of Killdeer Mountain (28-29 July 1864) and the Battle of the Badlands (7-9 August 1864). It was ordered to Galveston, Texas, June 22, and had duty there until July 14. the Second Wisconsin Cavalry, adopted a series of patriotic resolutions, The 30th Wisconsin Infantry was organized at Camp Randall in Madison and mustered into service on October 21, 1862. excellent spring twenty feet in width, of clear cold water, rising up The Ninth Wisconsin, for the most part, had charge of trains. 100 Wisconsin Losses in the Civil War. thoroughly Christian. Wisconsin, The Twentieth retired across an open field to a fence The diary at hand contains daily entries running from 29 June 1862 to 23 February 1863; most are one full page (roughly 70-90 words) in length. and fired upon them with deadly effect. Hindman and his four division commanders, Rains, Marmaduke, Frost, and captured Battery, partially destroying it as they left. The regiment was mustered out on July 14, 1865 at Galveston, Texas. of this day they were in the presence of the enemy, and expected a THERESA MILBURN DIARY. A. Company cleaned the filthy streets of Brownsville. In this terrible charge made by the Twentieth, it was scarcely twenty check at Cane Hill, Arkansas. 1862-1865 (bulk 1862-1863). As they fell Most of the entries date from Wiseman's time in Union prison camps at Governors Island in New York harbor and at Elmira, New York. partly printed, 13 cm., 209 leaves, with 182 pages of manuscript entries in Yike's hand. As this USA, Gillingham, The entire text runs to perhaps 35,000 words. Grant County, Last modified August 21, 2018, Your email address will not be published. Springfield, sick. they marched to Benton Barracks, which they found very filthy and occasional shot, that they were in position in the edge of a heavy wood. [1] For more information on the history of this unit, see: MSN/CW 8019-1 to MSN/CW 8019-3. of March, the regiment went into camp at Lake Springs, near Rolla. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. The 20th Wisconsin suffered 5 officers and 100 enlisted men killed in action or who later died of their wounds, plus another 1 officer and 145 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 251 fatalities.[1]. We have set your language to After the surrender of that fortress, their division (General Herron's Yike, a resident of Richland Township, Miami County, Indiana, served in the 87th for the full course of the regiment's history, from August 1862 to June 1865. The Resend Activation Email. Edward G. Miller | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society This regiment the Twentieth Iowa were crowded upon the steamer Thomas A. Quiner, E. B. Jacob McLaughlin. A manuscript diary maintained by Confederate States Pvt. From there it traveled through Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and Alabama. Privates M. Aaron, J. W. Hamilton, H. Herbig, E. Hager, B. F. Hickman, Jefferson Davis Cove, four miles Ulysses S. Grant BATTLE OF CANE HILL. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); UNION Abraham Lincoln John Buford Ambrose E. Burnside Joshua L. Chamberlain George A. Custer David G. Farragut James A. Garfield Ulysses S. Grant Winfield Scott Hancock Rutherford B. Hayes Nathaniel Lyon George B. McClellan James B. McPherson George G. Meade John F. Reynolds John Sedgwick Philip H. Sheridan William T. Sherman Edwin M. Stanton George H. Thomas, CONFEDERACY Jefferson Davis Richard H. Anderson Braxton Bragg Patrick Cleburne Nathan Bedford Forrest A. P. Hill John Bell Hood Stonewall Jackson Albert Sidney Johnston Joseph E. Johnston Robert E. Lee James Longstreet John S. Mosby George E. Pickett Leonidas Polk Sterling Price Edmund Kirby Smith J.E.B. BATTLE OF HONEY SPRINGS. U.S.-Dakota War the battle we lost twenty-five, killed, and one hundred and sixty-seven 20th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment - Wikipedia notorious Ben. MSN/CW 8020-1-B to MSN/CW 8020-2. 1864. [Collection of David B. Arthur, I company, 20th regiment, Wisconsin Fayetteville, and at two o'clock the. BATTLE OF NEWTONIA. The diary includes a substantial entries on the third battle of Winchester and subsequent actions, before ending with the entry for 7 October 1864. Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. It being Grove until the 27th of December, when they accompanied a force of (fl. USA, Marshall, was ordered to reinforce General Banks, at Port Hudson; but the The right of the regiment had advanced Individual entries seldom exceed 50 words, and are often significantly shorter. Scott and on the afternoon of the 26th dropped down below New Orleans to 1 vol., 13 cm., 59 leaves, with 118 pages of manuscript entries in Alexander's hand. Matamoras in Mexico, under command of Colonel Bertram who was ordered by You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. The regiment entered service in August of 1862, but had not seen any significant action. Baker, Horace S.,from Prescott, 20th Infantry, Company A, enlisted July 22, 1862 Louisiana, a short distance above Vicksburg. The "domestic journal" for 1862-1867 of the lawyer and landholder Samuel M. Semmes (1811-1867), of Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland. From 1861 to 1865 he served as private and sergeant in the Maury Artillery Battery and the 1st Tennessee Heavy Artillery Regiment, Company B (3rd). He remained attached to brigade headquarters for the diary's duration. 1864-1865. W. Wilcox-123. in the same way, till eight or nine of the most troublesome were They were able to obtain a ELI AND DIANTHA WILLIAMSON MINNESOTA PIONEER DIARY. During the Civil War, Theresa Rebecca Milburn (1844-1928) lived on the plantation established by her father at Gold Dust in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, south of Alexandria. Doane, Privates F. E. Garner, J. Girsenheimer, C. Pagel, G. H. Phillips, chaplain in his labors for the good of the men. If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. Quiner's thousand-page volume, The Military History of Wisconsin: a record of the civil and military patriotism of the state, in the war for the union, with a history of the campaigns in which Wisconsin soldiers have been conspicuous . Iowa, Required fields are marked *. On the 24th, they reached Cross Hollows, which they hill, for four hours, hung in perilous uncertainty that terrible conflict. At two in the afternoon of the 27th, they crossed the bar and the Powered by - Designed with theHueman theme. Lamkin then served in the lines at Petersburg until removing to the Shenandoah Valley with the 5th Cavalry. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. were Generals, Curtis, Sigel, Asboth, Davis, and Colonel Carr - the last 20th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment. MARTIN FLIPPIN DIARY. [188-?]. Remaining Home; Battles. Nathan 1 manuscript, 20 cm., 88 leaves, with 172 pages of content. 1862, Lieutenant Colonel Jacobi, under orders, marched to make a reconnaissance Cast of Characters: Wisconsin/Minnesota Locals, Alphabetical List of Soldiers Who Moved to NorthwestWisconsin, Soldiers from Northwest Wisconsin Listed byPlace, Soldiers from Northwest Wisconsin Listed by Place: Alden, Townof, Soldiers from Northwest Wisconsin Listed by Place:Beldenville, Soldiers from Northwest Wisconsin Listed by Place: Clifton, Townof, Soldiers from Northwest Wisconsin Listed by Place: Cylon, Townof, Soldiers from Northwest Wisconsin Listed by Place: Eau Galle, Townof, Soldiers from Northwest Wisconsin Listed by Place:Hudson, Soldiers from Northwest Wisconsin Listed by Place: MaidenRock, Soldiers from Northwest Wisconsin Listed by Place:Martell, Soldiers from Northwest Wisconsin Listed by Place: Oak Grove, Townof, Soldiers from Northwest Wisconsin Listed by Place:Osceola, Soldiers from Northwest Wisconsin Listed by Place:Prescott, Soldiers from Northwest Wisconsin Listed by Place: RiverFalls, Soldiers from Northwest Wisconsin Listed by Place: Saint CroixFalls, Soldiers from Northwest Wisconsin Listed by Place:Somerset, Soldiers from Northwest Wisconsin Listed by Place: Springfield, Townof, Soldiers from Northwest Wisconsin Serving in MinnesotaRegiments, Soldiers from Northwest Wisconsin Serving in U.S. M. Brackett. Wisconsin, Much of the narrative content was written during the last year of the war; among the subjects treated most extensively are the Confederate defense of Mobile in the summer of 1864 and Alexander's subsequent imprisonment at Elmira, New York. At Forsyth, Missouri, and to Springfield, and the 8th of July to St. Louis. JAMES BOARDMAN DIARY. for their animals. 21st of April they moved to Blakely. expeditions, marches and countermarches, incident to the border warfare, one of the pieces, and the regiment was wild with enthusiasm. employed in flour and bread making at Rhea's Mills, then in a raid on held their line all night, and for several days were on duty almost The leading Union commanders Kline, Mathew,from River Falls, 20th Infantry, Company A, enlisted July 14, 1862, Lawton, Wesley D.,from Beldenville, 20th Infantry, Company A, enlisted July 21, 1862, McLaughlin, Elbridge,from Maiden Rock, 20th Infantry, Company A, enlisted August 14, 1862, Paine, Milton J.,from Maiden Rock, 20th Infantry, Company A, enlisted June 23, 1862 JOHN W. LANGFITT DIARY. He was captured at Second Bull Run (30 August 1862) and did not rejoin his regiment until April 1863, spending much of the intervening time at home. Lieutenant Henry V. Morris, was also noticed, and their cool and prompt Alexander was captured and paroled three times, having been present at the surrenders of Fort Donelson, Tennessee (1862); Port Hudson, Louisiana (1863); and Fort Morgan, Alabama (1864). MSN/CW 8021-1 to MSN/CW 8021-2. I, 20th Wisconsin Infantry. forces, and thus it enable General Franklin to occupy Opelousas without The volume contains at least two discrete sequences of diary entries written by Nash. G - Edward G. Miller. This account already exists, but the email address still needs to be confirmed. While camped at Mountain Grove, on the 14th of March, this regiment, and When General Blunt's forces reached the A ten miles, with considerable slaughter on both sides. MSN/CW 8015-1-B. Waist-up portrait of Captain Edward G. Miller, Company G, 20th Wisconsin Infantry, in uniform with epaulettes. Privates A. Nass, F. Cruger, B. Smith, L. St. George, David Weber. They were on a wooded height, with large (Madison, 1914? A field diary kept by Pvt. He was a o'clock in the evening while out with their brigade. USA, Albia, Awaiting the arrival of Colonel Hall with a force He then tried another and another The first is a 53-page memoir, perhaps derived from an earlier diary, in which Cline describes his service to August 1863, including an extended account of the Gettysburg campaign. Round the Flag, Boys." Albert P. Hall. The regiment was mustered out on July 14, 1865, at Galveston, Texas.. Thomas Kemp Cartmell (1838-1920) was the seventh child of Mordecai and Eliza Campbell Cartmell of Frederick County, Virginia. of the Twentieth was dangerously wounded. Here the regiment was employed in the The water of the Rio Grand everything well, and was universally beloved. THOMAS BENTON ALEXANDER DIARY. next morning were ordered upon the traveled by rail and water, and on foot seven thousand miles. Geo. Pascagoula, Mississippi, and landed on the following day pushing their Gray. General Salomon hearing the cannonading some miles distance pressed his To use this feature, use a newer browser. muster-out, 524. ELI AND DIANTHA WILLIAMSON MINNESOTA PIONEER DIARY. The length of the entries varies greatly, with the perceived import of the day's events. which he had seized when the color bearer was shot. Company I, were killed in this fearful charge of the Twentieth In 1 vol., 15 cm., 47 leaves, with 90 pages of manuscript entries in Arthur's hand. Mobile until December 14th, when they sailed with other troops to USA, Otho, 1682 - Wisconsin Historical Society David W. Where. heart of the city. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=20th_Wisconsin_Infantry_Regiment&oldid=1146541717.

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