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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of Company K, Twentieth Regiment, Illinois
+Volunteer Infantry, by Andrew Brown
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+Title: Company K, Twentieth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry
+       Roster and Record
+
+Author: Andrew Brown
+
+Release Date: April 17, 2010 [EBook #32017]
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+  April 24, 1861.           July 16, 1865.
+
+
+  COMPANY K,
+  Twentieth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry.
+
+  ROSTER and RECORD
+
+
+  BY
+  ANDREW BROWN.
+
+
+  YORKVILLE, ILL.
+  KENDALL COUNTY RECORD PRINT
+  1894.
+
+
+
+
+PREFACE.
+
+
+At the last annual reunion of the association of the survivors of the 20th
+Illinois Regiment, held in Chicago September 8, 1893, I was assigned the
+duty of preparing a roster of Company K. This little publication is the
+result of my efforts to perform that duty. It is intended for the
+surviving members of the Company and their descendants, for relatives and
+friends of deceased members and for all others into whose hands it may
+chance to come, who are interested in learning about the men who fought
+and won battles that secured to America liberty and union.
+
+ANDREW BROWN.
+
+NEWARK, ILLINOIS, June, 1894.
+
+
+
+
+ROSTER AND RECORD.
+
+
+REUBEN F. DYER, M. D., Ottawa, Ill.
+
+Born at Strong, Franklin county, Maine. Volunteered at Newark, Ill., April
+15, 1861. Was elected Captain. Commanded Company at Fredericktown, Fort
+Henry and Fort Donelson. Resigned commission as Captain of Company K March
+13, 1862, at Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee, with view of obtaining a
+position in the line of his profession. August 25, 1862, was commissioned
+Surgeon, 104th Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, which commission he
+held till close of war, and, at close was acting Medical Director 14th
+Army Corps, General Jefferson C. Davis commanding. Has practiced medicine
+at Ottawa since 1865. For a number of years a member of U. S. Board
+Examining Surgeons. Is not a pensioner. A republican. A Methodist.
+
+
+BENJAMIN OLIN, Joliet, Ill.
+
+Born in State of New York. Volunteered at Newark, Ill., in April, 1861.
+Elected Orderly Sergeant of Company. May, 1861, commissioned First
+Lieutenant. Served with Company in Missouri till November, 1861, when he
+resigned on account of ill health. Has been in the practice of law since
+1862. At present County Judge of Will county, Ill. Is not a pensioner. Has
+never applied for a pension. A liberal democrat. A Methodist.
+
+
+JOHN N. BOYER, Normal, Ill.
+
+Born in Centre county, Pennsylvania. Volunteered May 10, 1861, at Newark,
+Ill. Discharged February 15, 1864, on account of wound received at
+Vicksburg. Was appointed Orderly Sergeant June 13, 1861. Commissioned 2d
+Lieutenant January 22, 1862; Captain March 13, 1862.
+
+AT SHILOH.
+
+On April 6, 1862, had mumps very badly, and had neck wrapped with red
+flannel. Nevertheless, went out in command of the Company. Had sword
+struck by a missile and bent nearly double, and received two slight wounds
+in the face. At noon was compelled to retire from the Company. When going,
+several of the boys turned over their pocket-books to him for safe
+keeping. Joined us, and took command of the Company, at daylight the next
+morning and was in all the second day's fighting.
+
+AT BRITTON'S LANE.
+
+On September 1, 1862, was indisposed and was riding in an ambulance with
+Assistant Surgeon Bailey and Chaplain Button. When first shots were heard
+at Britton's Lane he jumped out, buckled on his sword and asked Dr. Bailey
+to give him a strong dose of whisky and quinine and then went forward on a
+run to take charge of the Company. This is a true story, because Chaplain
+Button tells it.
+
+AT VICKSBURG.
+
+On May 22, 1863, while in command of the Company at Vicksburg he was shot
+in the foot. On this occasion he lost his sword that had been battered at
+Shiloh; also, most of his other personal effects. He was discharged on
+account of this wound and receives pension therefor at the rate of twenty
+dollars a month.
+
+A MAN OF PEACE.
+
+Since war has been teacher, farmer, business man and cattle man in the
+West. Is broken in health. Rheumatism and other debilities. Says he can't
+work much. We understand he does not have to. In one sense of the word it
+is supposed he is well-heeled, although in another sense it is certain he
+is very badly heeled. In religion a Methodist; in politics a radical
+republican.
+
+
+PERRY W. SPELLMAN, Fellowship, Florida.
+
+Born in Pittsford, Monroe county, New York. Volunteered April 24, 1861, at
+Newark, Ill. Mustered out July 16, 1865, by reason of close of war. Was
+appointed Sergeant in May, 1861. Detailed on recruiting service from
+December, 1861, to June, 1862. Was Orderly Sergeant for a few months, then
+reduced to the ranks and detailed as acting Hospital Steward and dispenser
+of medicine. Was commissioned First Lieutenant March 2, 1863, and Captain
+February 23, 1865.
+
+On May 12, 1863, during our desperate struggle behind the rail fence at
+Raymond, Comrade Spellman had the command of the Company. Near the close
+of that battle, when our lines were advancing through the woods, he was
+hit in the side by a bullet and disabled for a time. From May 22, 1865, he
+commanded the Company during the siege of Vicksburg, and continued in
+command till the latter part of the siege of Atlanta. Was on detached
+service as acting assistant Quartermaster 3d Division 17th Army Corps,
+from October, 1864, till final muster out.
+
+Since the war has mostly followed business pursuits. Has lived in
+Illinois, in South Dakota, and is now in Florida. On December 25, 1893, he
+wrote thus: "I came to Florida in January, 1890, and will probably spend
+the remainder of my days here. The climate is much more agreeable to me
+than that of the chilly North. Roses in full bloom and fresh vegetables
+for the table all winter." Pensioned for disability incurred in the army.
+
+
+FAAGUST ANDERSON, Westport, Brown County, South Dakota.
+
+May, 1861-August 1, 1862. Born in Sweden. Came to America in 1852. Twenty
+years old when enlisted. Was shot in wrist at Shiloh and discharged
+because of wound. Enlisted in another regiment in August, 1863, and
+mustered out in December, 1865, on account of close of war. Is pensioned
+at rate of ten dollars a month for wound received at Shiloh, and other
+disabilities. Has been farming since the war. Is a republican, but not a
+church member.
+
+
+CHARLES BACON, Clinton, Oneida County, New York.
+
+April, 1861-July, 1865. Born in Paris, Oneida county, New York.
+Thirty-three years old when enlisted. Pensioned at rate of eight dollars a
+month for disability incurred in army. Pension granted December, 1893.
+Votes the republican ticket as often as he has a chance to do so, but in
+religion is not very particular. Just goes to whatever church is handiest.
+
+
+JAMES BARROWS, Newark, Ill.
+
+April, 1861-July 24, 1862. Born in Perry, Wyoming county, New York. Was
+twenty-six years old when enlisted. Pensioned at twelve dollars a month.
+Is a painter. A member of Baptist church. A republican. Was in the ranks
+of Company K at Fredericktown, Fort Henry, Fort Donelson and Shiloh.
+
+
+MARTIN BISSELL, Plano, Ill.
+
+May, 1861-October 3, 1862. Born in Addison county, Vermont. Twenty-one
+years old when enlisted. Slightly wounded at Fort Donelson. At Shiloh was
+struck with fragment of bursting shell Sunday morning, in region of hip,
+while regiment was executing a retreat after first engagement with the
+enemy. Soon afterwards was struck in thigh with spent ball, and later in
+the battle had part of right thumb nail knocked off and bayonet scabbard
+cut by another ball. At Britton's Lane was shot in right shoulder; was
+discharged because of this wound, and draws pension therefor at the rate
+of eight dollars a month. Since discharged has been engaged in
+agricultural and mechanical pursuits. A republican. A Methodist.
+
+
+ANDREW BROWN, Newark, Illinois.
+
+April, 1861-July 14, 1864. Born of Irish parents, in Kendall county, Ill.
+Seventeen years old when enlisted. Did not go with Company from Newark to
+Joliet on Saturday, May 11, 1861, because, on that morning, clothes and
+other necessaries were missing, but the next day, being fairly equipped,
+he started on foot for Camp Goodell, east of Joliet, at 10 o'clock a. m.
+and reached destination at 4 p. m. Was farther away from home then than he
+had ever been before in his life. Had made a march of nearly thirty miles
+in six hours, but was in very "light marching order." Was not encumbered
+with a single superfluous article. When he reported in camp, Lieutenant
+Watson ordered the Company to form ranks and then called for three cheers
+for the boy they left behind them. From the day he left home till he
+returned, a period of more than three years, this volunteer never slept in
+a bed nor sat at a table to eat a meal of victuals. Was never on detailed
+duty, never straggled from the ranks and, while a soldier, never missed a
+march, campaign, skirmish or battle, except when wounded and a prisoner in
+the hands of the enemy. When long roll was beat Sunday morning at Shiloh,
+he had his gun off the stock and was swabbing out the barrel in a pail of
+water. Was under arrest and in guard house once only. Charges preferred
+were "committing depredations on private property." The "depredation"
+consisted of milking a cow in canteen. Read the New Testament through
+three times in the army. Has the little volume yet which Chaplain Button
+presented in May, 1861. It has been out in many a storm and is badly
+soaked and soiled. Was slightly wounded at Britton's Lane. Was shot twice
+through leg at Raymond and captured by the enemy. A prisoner for two
+months. Since discharged has been student, teacher, lawyer, farmer. Has
+never been greenbacker, free-silver man nor protective tariff man. Is a
+democrat, but has much regard and respect for prohibitionists. In religion
+liberal. Catholic rather than Protestant.
+
+
+JOHN CAREY, Blackstone, Ill.
+
+May, 1861-July 16, 1865. Born in Limerick, Ireland. Came to America in
+November, 1860. Was twenty-one years old when enlisted.
+
+The preliminary skirmishing of an impending battle always acted like a
+tonic on this comrade, and he was never known to be out of condition
+whenever a battle was on. Was as good a soldier as ever fought under the
+Stars and Stripes.
+
+Captured July 22, 1864, near Atlanta, and confined in Confederate prisons
+for nearly seven months. Finally escaped and reached Union lines near
+Wilmington, N. C., February 22, 1865. Pensioned at rate of twenty dollars
+a month for disabilities incurred in Andersonville Prison. Is a
+bachelor--to me it is an utterly unaccountable fact that so congenial a
+soul as John Carey should choose to live alone in life. Some girl may
+capture him yet. His widow would probably receive a nice pension when John
+is gone. Comrade Carey claims that he votes the republican ticket,
+although he is a true Irishman and a good Catholic. He did not reply to my
+letter of inquiry.
+
+
+CHARLES CLAYTON, 26 Union St., Wakefield Road, Stalysbridge, Lancashire,
+England, Europe.
+
+April, 1861-July 25, 1862. Born in England. Draws pension at rate of eight
+dollars a month for disabilities incurred in service. Enrolled at
+Washington, D. C., Agency. Certificate No. 411,108.
+
+
+FRANKLIN CLIFFORD, Seneca, Ill.
+
+April, 1861-July 16, 1865. Born in St. Louis, Missouri. Twenty-one years
+old when enlisted. Received some slight wounds. There was no discount on
+this comrade's fighting qualities. I remember that very distinctly. Was
+captured near Atlanta July 22, 1864. A prisoner seven months and ten days.
+Exchanged at Wilmington, N. C., March 1, 1865. Is pensioned at twelve
+dollars a month for disabilities incurred in service. Is a laborer. He
+writes thus: "I always vote the republican ticket. I suppose I ought to be
+a religious man, but I am not."
+
+
+ANDERSON CONNER, No. 2219 Messanie St., St. Joseph, Missouri.
+
+June 9, 1861-July 16, 1865. Born in Hunterdon county, New Jersey. Eighteen
+years old when enlisted. Wounded at Raymond and captured. Sent to Libby
+prison. A prisoner only seventeen days. Was then paroled and sent to St.
+Louis to await exchange. Remained at St. Louis nearly four months. Was
+then exchanged and served with Company K to close of war. Is pensioned at
+rate of ten dollars a month for disabilities incurred in the service. His
+paternal grandfather was in the Revolution and war of 1812. He says he has
+two big boys that might do for soldiers if they were drafted and put under
+guard where they could not run.
+
+From 1867 to 1893 lived in Wisconsin; was engaged in lumbering and
+farming, but did not make a fortune. In June, 1893, went to Dwight, Ill.;
+stayed there two months, then went west to take a new start in life.
+
+
+JAMES COYLE, St. Louis, Missouri, No. 624-626 Washington Ave.
+
+May, 1861-July 16, 1865. Was captured near Atlanta July 22, 1864, and
+confined in Confederate prisons. Escaped and recaptured in woods with
+dogs. Escaped again and succeeded in reaching the Union lines after
+traveling a distance of one hundred and fifty miles. Was wounded in
+trenches at Vicksburg. Is pensioned for wound. Was a very determined and
+resolute fighter in battle. Since war has been in business and has been
+successful. Is probably a democrat. Has a democratic name and lives in a
+democratic State. Did not answer my letter of inquiry. The facts here
+given are from previous knowledge.
+
+Since writing the foregoing I have received a letter from this comrade. He
+was not mustered out with the regiment in July, but was retained in
+service by special order of War Department and mustered out September 26,
+1865, at Louisville. Was shot through the right hand in front of Fort
+Hill, Vicksburg, May 21, 1863. When captured near Atlanta July 22, 1864,
+he was sent to Andersonville. On September 11, 1864, while in transit from
+Andersonville to another prison he and George Wilson of Company K escaped
+from the cars at midnight and were out fifteen days. Traveled at night and
+lay in concealment during the day. Were finally captured and confined in a
+common prison at Augusta, Ga., for three weeks. Was then sent to the new
+prison at Millen. Was there only one day when he escaped for the second
+time with a soldier of the Fifteenth Ohio regiment. Was out the second
+time only eleven days and was again captured, and again taken to Augusta;
+was there two days when he made a third escape with a Pennsylvania
+soldier. "After twenty-one days by constant night travel, we reached
+Sherman's army at Atlanta."
+
+In politics a republican; in religion a Presbyterian.
+
+
+JEROME B. DANN, DeWitt, Saline County, Nebraska.
+
+June 4, 1861-July 16, 1865. Born in Pennsylvania. Seventeen years old when
+enlisted. Captured near Atlanta July 22, 1864. A prisoner for several
+months. Escaped and recaptured in the woods. Since the war has followed
+contracting and building, and is at it yet to some extent. Health is quite
+unsatisfactory. Draws pension at rate of twelve dollars a month.--Has been
+connected with Congregational church for twenty years. Has always been a
+republican and expects to die a republican. You may live a long time yet,
+Jerome.
+
+
+RUDOLPH FAVREAU, West New Brighton, Richmond County, N. Y.
+
+May, 1861-July 14, 1864. Born in Germany. Thirty-five years old when
+enlisted. Was the company fifer. Rudolph writes thus: "Ich bin 68 Yahre
+alt. Kam nach Amerika 1858, und bin ein Gartner. Ich leide an Reimatismus
+und kan garnicht mehr arbeiten und muss nun von meine Pension leben von
+$12 monathlich. Auszerdem gehöre ich zuder G. A. R. Post, No. 545, Port
+Richmond. Ich belange zu der Deutsche Kirche."
+
+
+JOHN T. GRAY, Blairsville, Indiana County, Pennsylvania.
+
+April, 1861-July 14, 1864. Twenty-one years old when enlisted. Re-enlisted
+soon after discharge from Company K and served one year in U. S. veteran
+reserve corps. Is not in good health. Pensioned at rate of $4,00 a month
+for rheumatism contracted in the service. Since the war has done a little
+of a great many different things. When a boy he associated himself with
+the republican party in the days of Fremont and Dayton, and has never had
+just cause or provocation to change. Just now, December, 1893, he sees a
+blanked sight less cause to change his opinion than ever. In religion, a
+free thinker, he professes that he is not a Christian. He does not want to
+become a Christian and does not want to be classed as such. Has wife and
+happy family, owns the roof above them and lives contentedly. Has never,
+since his discharge, seen a single Company K man and but one man of the
+regiment.
+
+
+SAMUEL HAGERMAN, Yorkville, Ill.
+
+June 1, 1861-July 16, 1865. Born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. Was
+twenty-seven years old when enlisted. At battle of Shiloh Samuel's gun was
+knocked to pieces by some kind of a missile. At Raymond he was shot in the
+shoulder and leg, and in the Georgia campaign had a finger shot off.
+Receives pension for wounds at rate of eight dollars a month. Member of
+Presbyterian church. A republican.
+
+
+NICHOLAS HANSON, Battle Creek, Ida County, Iowa.
+
+May 8, 1861-July 16, 1865. Born in Schoharie county, New York. He says he
+was only seventeen years old when he enlisted. Was wounded July 21, 1864,
+near Atlanta. Draws pension for wounds at rate of four dollars a month. Is
+farming now and has been most of the time since the war. Is a
+Presbyterian. Votes the republican ticket under all circumstances. Is
+willing to support anything the party puts up. "If you or any other
+Company K folks are ever out this way hunt me up. I own a quarter-section
+farm four miles west of town in as good a country as is around Newark. I
+have never been able to meet you at any of the reunions, but I am always
+glad to get a card of invitation."
+
+
+MARSHALL HAVENHILL, Miner, Miner County, South Dakota.
+
+Enlisted at Newark in April, 1861. July 20, 1861, was transferred to the
+regimental band.
+
+
+GEORGE HOPGOOD, Morton, Lewis County, Washington.
+
+April, 1861-July 23, 1862. Born in England. Came to America in 1857.
+Twenty-one years old when enlisted. Is pensioned at the rate of four
+dollars a month for disabilities incurred in service.
+
+Since the war has lived most of the time at Clinton, Missouri, and has
+worked as a stone-mason. Has gone west and taken a homestead and intends
+to grow up with the country. Is a "republican all the way through". In
+religion he is a true Christian. Adopts the grand principles of the Sermon
+on the Mount. Get your Bibles, turn to Matthew vii, 12, and read the rule
+that he lives by. That is good religion, George. None better was ever
+formulated. Live right up to it and you need have no fear of torment or
+torture in the life beyond this life.
+
+
+EDWIN HOWES, Eola, DuPage County, Illinois.
+
+April, 1861-July 15, 1865. Born in State of New York. Twenty-two years old
+when enlisted. Wounded and captured at Britton's Lane. Paroled. Captured
+again near Atlanta, July 22, 1864, and sent to Confederate prisons.
+Escaped from prison and reached Union lines near Wilmington, North
+Carolina, February, 1865. Pensioned at the rate of twelve dollars a month
+for disabilities incurred in the service. Is a farmer. A prohibitionist.
+Professes to be a Christian.
+
+
+DR. WILLIAM H. H. HUTTON, Surgeon U. S. Marine Hospital Service,
+Detroit, Mich.
+
+Born in York, Jefferson county, Ohio. Enlisted in Company K, 20th Illinois
+regiment, June 17, 1861, at the age of twenty-three years; discharged
+therefrom August 28, 1862, for deafness caused by concussion of cannon at
+battle of Pittsburg Landing. Had participated in all battles in which
+Company was engaged up to date of discharge.
+
+September 2, 1862, enlisted in Company D, 104th regiment Illinois
+volunteers. Reported to his Company at Louisville, Ky., October 2, 1862.
+Appointed Sergeant April 10, 1863. Appointed Color-Sergeant on battlefield
+of Chicamauga September 20, 1863. Wounded at battle of Missionary Ridge
+November 25, 1863. On account of disabilities was sent to Chicago, Ill.,
+March, 1864. Was chief clerk Desmarres eye and ear military hospital,
+Chicago, from July 4, 1864, to March 8, 1865, at which date was discharged
+from 104th Illinois regiment by order of Secretary of War. Was appointed
+Hospital Steward U. S. A. March 8, 1864 in which capacity he served till
+April 1, 1871, thus making a military record of ten years. As Hospital
+Steward, U. S. A., he served at the following places: Chicago, Ill.;
+Montgomery, Mobile, and Forts Gaines and Morgan, Alabama; Charleston,
+S. C.; Newbern and Raleigh, N. C.; Key West and Dry Tortugas, Florida.
+September 8, 1871, was appointed Hospital Steward in U. S. Marine
+Hospital, Mobile, Alabama; resigned July 4, 1874.
+
+Graduated from Chicago Medical College March 16, 1875. May 8, 1875, was
+appointed Assistant Surgeon U. S. Marine Hospital service. This
+appointment was made on results of competitive examination. Promoted to
+Surgeon October 5, 1876. As a United States medical officer has served at
+ports of New York, Cincinnati, Mobile, Key West, New Orleans, Baltimore,
+and is now serving second tour at Detroit.
+
+Has served as Medical Inspector of the Life-Saving Service, is on several
+examing boards, and has had a great deal to do with National quarantine
+matters, especially as regards yellow fever and cholera. On one occasion
+represented the authority of the United States for several months, in
+quarantine matters, on the entire Florida coast.
+
+This is a very brief summary of Comrade Hutton's life for nearly
+thirty-three years.
+
+
+JAMES JENNINGS, Sheridan, LaSalle County, Ill.
+
+April, 1861-July 16, 1865. Born in state of New York. Twenty-one years old
+when enlisted. Was one of the very first to volunteer at Newark; probably
+signed the roll April 15, 1861. He also re-enlisted for another three
+years as soon as he had an opportunity to do so, which was December 16,
+1863. Is well charged with grit. Was shot in shoulder at Britton's Lane.
+Was captured July 22, 1864, near Atlanta, and sent to Andersonville; made
+three escapes from prison; first and second were unsuccessful; was
+recaptured both times in the woods, after traveling many nights and
+undergoing great hardships. Third escape proved successful. Reached Union
+lines near Wilmington, N. C, Feb. 22, 1865. Is pensioned at rate of four
+dollars a month for wound received at Britton's Lane. Is a farmer.
+Non-sectarian in religion; republican in politics.
+
+Comrade Jennings has been greatly bereaved by the loss of his wife who
+died at South San Diego, Cal., April 14, 1894. He and daughter Edith
+accompanied her to the Pacific coast during the preceding autumn, vainly
+attempting to save her from the fatal malady to which she finally
+succumbed. Our comrade's home is now desolate.
+
+
+ELIAS KILMER, Prophetstown, Whiteside County, Ill.
+
+April 24. 1861-July 14, 1864. Born in Oswego county, New York. Twenty-one
+years old when enlisted. September 5, 1864, enlisted in 146th Regiment,
+Illinois Volunteers, and was discharged therefrom July 5, 1865, by reason
+of the termination of the war. Is pensioned at rate of six dollars a
+month. Since the war has been a farmer. This is the way Elias writes:
+"Politics, black republican. In regard to religion, my wife belongs to the
+Methodist church. I suppose you preached prohibition and voted
+democratic." There are very many republicans of my acquaintance whom I
+would be glad to see preaching prohibition although they continue to vote
+the republican ticket. No class of American citizens would be more greatly
+blessed and benefitted by prohibition than republicans.
+
+
+JOHN LEACH, Morris, Ill.
+
+April, 1861-July 16, 1865. Born in West Virginia. Twenty-two years old
+when enlisted. A carpenter. A very active republican--never preaches
+prohibition. Is a christian, but has not worked at the trade for many
+years. Did not answer my letter, and am unable to give further facts from
+memory.
+
+
+JAMES B. LITTLEWOOD, Washington, D. C., No. 415, B Street, N. E.
+
+April, 1861-July, 1865. Born in England. Was struck, I think, by a spent
+ball at Britton's Lane. Was a good soldier. Since war, has held clerical
+positions in Washington; is now in the Patent Office. While performing
+clerical duty, studied medicine and graduated from Medical College at
+Georgetown, D. C. Owns a home in Washington. Is probably a democrat at the
+present time. Did not answer my letter of inquiry.
+
+
+JOHN P. MULLENIX, Fairfield, Iowa.
+
+May, 1861-March 25, 1862. Born in Ohio. Thirty-six years old when
+enlisted. Receives pension at rate of thirty dollars a month for
+disability incurred in service; has drawn pension from date of discharge.
+Badly crippled; cannot go without crutches; has no use of left arm and
+shoulder; rheumatism is the main difficulty. Is a Presbyterian in belief,
+and a republican from principle.
+
+
+ALBERT PIERSON, 10 Prospect Street, East Orange, New Jersey.
+
+June 3, 1861-November 20, 1862. In 1863, when Confederate army came up
+into Pennsylvania, enlisted in a militia company, and served thirty days.
+Born in Orange, N. J. Was twenty-two years old when enlisted. Had the
+pleasure of participating in only one battle during the war--that of
+Fredericktown, Missouri. About November 1, 1861, became very sick at
+Bird's Point, Missouri. On the 20th of that month received furlough and
+went to Mr. Jessup's, Na-au-say township, Kendall county, Illinois, where
+he remained for six months a very sick man. In May, 1862, was sent to East
+Orange, N. J., his former home, in charge of a personal attendant, and
+came near dying on the journey. Remained at East Orange, sick, for four
+months. In August reported to hospital, on Bedloe Island, from which he
+was discharged November 20, 1862, and it is the regret of Comrade Pierson
+that he was not with Company K, 20th Illinois Regiment, during the whole
+war. Since discharged he has been seriously sick, and has paid out money
+to doctors. "Yet, I believe there is One above who rules over all, and
+when my time comes no doctor can save me." (Doctor Taylor, what think you
+of this?) Comrade Pierson is a Presbyterian. He is not a pensioner; he has
+never applied for pension. He is a republican; is a powerful republican,
+and is in grief because of the ascendancy of the democratic party. This is
+the way he writes: "O, what a great big humbug Grover is, anyway; he ought
+to be in England, not America. I recall the night after the election; I
+expected nothing from New Jersey--she has always been a democrat--but I
+did expect good news from the Prairie state. At twelve o'clock report
+came, 'Illinois is against Harrison.' At first I refused to believe it. I
+had been proud of Illinois up to that time, as I had spent some years
+there, but now I am in sorrow for her." Albert, I am surprised that a
+grave and serious man of mature years would sit up till twelve o'clock
+watching election returns. Don't do it again. Retire at nine o'clock
+regularly the night after election and in the morning you will be in
+better condition to hear the news. You may get bad news next time, too. As
+ordered by the people, so will the result be.
+
+Comrade Pierson has been engaged in different lines of business since the
+war--is now, and has been for some years, in the wood and coal business.
+He gives this cordial invitation: "If any Company K boys ever come East, I
+want them to run out to Orange and see me; about fourteen miles from New
+York City, and trains run all the time. Remember!"
+
+In a subsequent letter, Comrade Pierson has given additional facts
+concerning himself. In the spring of 1857 he went out to Illinois to be a
+farmer. Was in Kendall county, Illinois, when the affair took place at
+Fort Sumpter in Charleston Harbor, and immediately joined a Company that
+was started at Oswego. That Company was unfortunate in not being accepted,
+and he was obliged to go back to work. In the meantime a Kendall county
+Company was organized at Newark and went into camp at Joliet. Some of the
+Oswego boys went to Joliet and joined that Company and sent back word that
+a few more men would be received. Comrade Pierson was full of the war, but
+was reluctant about quitting work again. One day he was plowing. His team
+consisted of a free horse and a very lazy one. He talked a great deal to
+the lazy horse and pelted him with chunks of dirt, but all this was
+unavailing and he decided to resort to harsher means. He stopped, threw
+the lines from his shoulders, swung them around the plow handle and went
+up alongside of the lazy animal to thrash him. But as soon as he commenced
+operations the free horse jumped and away went the team. After
+considerable time he caught them. He then felt very gritty and resolved to
+be a soldier. He tied the horses to a fence and started. As he passed the
+house he called at the door and said, "Good bye! I am off for the war,"
+and moved on toward Joliet. On this journey he was troubled by the thought
+that he was liable to be rejected, as he was a small man and, at that
+time, first-class war material was in great abundance. When, however, he
+reached camp he passed muster successfully and was happy. Comrade Pierson
+closes his letter thus: "When another election comes 'round I want you
+fellows out there to attend to business better than you did before. Watch
+New Jersey next time."
+
+
+WILLIAM PRENTICE, Soldiers' Home, Quincy, Illinois.
+
+Enlisted in April, 1861; served for several months in Company K. Was
+discharged for disability, and afterwards enlisted in another Regiment. Is
+a pensioner.
+
+
+WILLIAM PRESTON, Steward, Illinois.
+
+April 24, 1861-July 16, 1865. Born in Kendall county, Illinois. Twenty-one
+years old when enlisted. Receives pension for disability incurred in
+service. After war, engaged in farming; later was in business; now
+somewhat retired. Is interested in Company K matters, and is glad that a
+roster is likely to be made up.
+
+
+JAY DELOS PRUYN, Oneonta, New York.
+
+May 1, 1861-July 14, 1864. Born at Syracuse, N. Y., Twenty-two years old
+when enlisted. Is granted pension at rate of twelve dollars a month. Is
+painter and decorator. Republican. Presbyterian.
+
+I am under special obligation to Comrade Pruyn for aiding me while lying
+helpless and in danger of bleeding to death on the battlefield at Raymond.
+He bandaged my wounded leg with his big red handkerchief, knotted and
+drawn very tightly, and with my own suspenders; gave me a good drink out
+of his canteen, and then resumed his place in the ranks. Comrade Pruyn was
+a good soldier, a conscientious man, a man of many good qualities. My
+association with him in the army will continue a pleasant recollection.
+
+
+NARCISSE REMILLARD, Mount Taber, Multnomah County, Oregon.
+
+April 1861-July 14, 1864. September 5, 1864, enlisted in 146th Regiment,
+Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged therefrom July 5, 1865.
+Was born at Naperville, Canada. Twenty-six years old when enlisted. Is
+pensioned at rate of ten dollars a month for disability incurred in
+service. In religion, Protestant; a member of Baptist church. In politics,
+non-partisan. Votes with reference to the good of the country. Does not
+consider the interests of politicians. That is correct; vote as you
+shot--for country and for right.
+
+
+WARREN ROCKWOOD, Sheridan, Illinois.
+
+April, 1861-November 15, 1861. Born in state of New York. Twenty-three
+years old when enlisted. Receives pension at rate of eight dollars a
+month. Was a farmer for a number of years; now works as carpenter.
+Republican. Non-sectarian in religion.
+
+
+BERDETTE SPENCER, Elmira, New York, No. 1024 College Avenue.
+
+May 13, 1861-July 14, 1864. Born at Mohawk, Herkimer county, N. Y.
+Thirty-three years old when enlisted. Was wounded in left forearm at Fort
+Donelson, and receives pension of ten dollars a month because of wound. On
+account of this wound he was away from the Company on furlough seven
+months, three months at Marine hospital, Chicago, and four months at home.
+During this time missed Shiloh and Britton's Lane; was in all other
+battles with the Company. Is now, and has been since July 24, 1876,
+employed at New York State Reformatory, which has about fifteen hundred
+prisoners. Has never seen a Company K man since the war. Wants to get all
+the news about the boys. Would like to attend a reunion and see them all
+once more. Does not know whether to call them boys now or not. Is not a
+church member; in belief, a spiritualist.
+
+
+RICHARD SPRINGER, Chicago, Ill., No. 99 Washington Street.
+
+April, 1861-August 31, 1865. Born at LaFayette, Indiana. Seventeen years
+old when enlisted. Shot in right arm July 21, 1864, near Atlanta, while
+attempting to rescue Martin Morley, the regimental standard bearer, who
+lay wounded between the lines. Draws pension for this wound at rate of
+seventeen dollars a month. Since war has been student, journalist, man of
+affairs, engaged in various business enterprises, now handles real estate
+in Chicago. Fearless and aggressive in politics, as upon battlefields, he
+has never winced under stroke of party lash. Has been liberal republican
+and greenbacker. Now looks with favor upon the independent populist
+movement. In religion, liberal. Protestant rather than Catholic.
+
+
+JOHN J. TAYLOR, M. D., Streator, Illinois.
+
+June 17, 1861-June 16, 1862. Born in Kent, England. Came to America in
+1852 with his parents when eleven years old. Came on ship Prince Albert
+with five hundred emigrants; thirty-seven days on sea. Has renounced
+allegiance to the British crown. Is now American through and through. Was
+twenty years old when enlisted. Receives pension at rate of eight dollars
+a month for disabilities incurred in service. Suffered for about twenty
+years after discharged from the army with alimentary and other
+difficulties. After coming home badly wrecked he attended Normal
+University with the purpose of preparing for a teacher, but was compelled
+by ill health to abandon the project. Began the study of medicine for
+personal benefit, afterwards adopted it as a profession. Studied medicine
+at University of Michigan in 1865-6, and in 1866-7 in Chicago at the Rush.
+Graduated from Rush Medical College January 25, 1867, and has since been
+engaged in the practice of the profession. Is a railroad surgeon, is
+secretary of LaSalle county Medical Society, and is examining surgeon for
+a number of life insurance companies. Has been president of North Central
+Medical Association. Has been captain of State Militia and alderman fourth
+ward, Streator.
+
+This comrade is a very zealous adherent of the republican party; he has
+great faith in the party. He thinks the republican party is right. He
+thinks it always has been right. He thinks it will soon again have control
+of the affairs of the government. We are in great danger of being deluged
+by foreign goods from which calamity the government should protect us.
+
+In religion he is broad and free. Is not priest-ridden. He cordially
+recognizes whatever of good there is in the "religious societies" and
+spreads the wide mantle of charity over all their errors. Is very willing
+and very anxious to learn in regard to the great beyond, but is not
+willing to take bit and be reined by priest or prelate. Desires liberty in
+regard to religious thought and action.
+
+"Be industrious, be honest, be clean, be true to yourself and charitable
+to others, and lift like a Hercules to lighten the burden of those who are
+heavily loaded and weary in the journey of life. These things are
+religion."--Taylor.
+
+"The practice of moral duties without a belief in a Divine law-giver, and
+without reference to His will or commands, is not religion."--Webster.
+
+Who shall decide when doctors disagree?
+
+
+WILLIAM TODD, Illinois Soldier's Home, Quincy, Illinois.
+
+April, 1861-May 25, 1865. Was born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, but left the
+bleak, barren hills of his native land in 1849 and came to Chicago. Was
+twenty-nine years and nine months old when enlisted. Captured near
+Atlanta, Ga., July 22, 1864, and for many months confined in Confederate
+prisons.
+
+Since putting foot upon the western continent William has been an
+enthusiastic American. He believes America should be protected. We should
+not break down the walls and allow the country to be flooded with goods
+from foreign shores. We want work to do and plenty of it. An idle brain is
+the devil's shop. Don't let the English, the Dutch or the French work for
+us, howsoever cheaply they offer their services. Comrade Todd is an
+idolator. He worships the republican party. He is wedded to his idol--let
+him alone.
+
+In regard to religion, he writes this: "I am a Christian, _i. e._, a
+believer in Christ and his teachings. I am not connected with any
+denomination, but have a leaning to the Congregational. My father was of
+that denomination in Scotland, the name for them there and in England
+being Independents." Became a Kendall county man by adoption.
+
+"I enlisted at Champaign, Ill., April 18, 1861, but when we went into camp
+at Joliet that Company had four men above the maximum number, and the
+Kendall county Company lacked two men of the minimum number. I and another
+transferred ourselves from A to K, and were put on the muster roll as
+having enlisted in Company K April 24, 1861. So you can put me down in
+roster as having enlisted at Newark, Kendall county, Illinois, April 24,
+1861."
+
+Comrade Todd is badly broken in health. Right side partly paralyzed. He
+says he "cannot write worth a continental." Is a shoemaker. Has worked at
+that trade principally since the war, but has been otherwise employed and,
+he writes, "I finally got in here." He receives from Uncle Sam at
+Washington a regular remittance at the rate of six dollars a month. I
+should think the old fellow could do a little better than that.
+
+
+SAMUEL TRENTOR, Morris, Illinois.
+
+April 24, 1861-July 14, 1864. Born at Moundsville, West Virginia. Nearly
+nineteen years old when enlisted. Sam thought that with his long arms he
+could do good work with a cavalry sabre, and did not re-enlist in the 20th
+Regiment, but when discharged therefrom joined Captain Collins' Company of
+the 4th Illinois Cavalry and served until the close of the war. Was shot
+in the neck at Britton's Lane. Receives pension at rate of twelve dollars
+a month for disabilities incurred in the service. Works for a living.
+Writes thus: "I am not a democrat. My religion I have not yet."
+
+
+WILLIAM VREELAND, Maurice, Iowa.
+
+April, 1861-July 14, 1864. Born in Hudson county, N. J. Twenty-four years
+old when enlisted. Receives pension at rate of eight dollars a month for
+disability incurred in the service. Was a farmer for several years after
+discharge, but the condition of his health forced him to abandon that
+vocation. Is now editor and proprietor of the Maurice Free Press. "A
+rock-ribbed republican and a Methodist. The two things go well together,
+you know." How would prohibition and Methodism go? Think about it brother!
+
+
+AMBROSE WALLACE.
+
+Born in England. Enlisted in April, 1861. One day while the Regiment was
+guarding a railroad near Charleston, Missouri, in the fall of 1861,
+Wallace disappeared. Returned to the Company in about two months. Said he
+had been captured and had been with Jeff. Thompson at New Madrid. Sunday,
+April 6, 1861, he deserted from the ranks on the battlefield of Shiloh and
+never afterwards appeared. He now lives in Tennessee. Was heard from a few
+months ago. At that time he was not a pensioner, but he wanted to be. As
+the law now stands he is barred by his record. His only recourse is to
+come North and employ some available Congressman to introduce and pass
+through Congress a special act granting him a pension. In all probability
+it would be vetoed during the present administration, but the Executive
+would be put on record as being opposed to pensions. That would be a point
+gained in politics. Undoubtedly it is to the interest of Ambrose Wallace
+to have a change.
+
+
+ANDREW WEST, Cabery, Illinois.
+
+April, 1861-November 1, 1861. Was born in state of New York. On August 8,
+1862, he enlisted in the 91st Illinois Regiment, and was discharged
+therefrom January 2, 1863; afterwards joined a company of New York
+Artillery, and while in this organization was seriously wounded in leg at
+Petersburg, Virginia, and draws pension for wound. Did not reply to my
+letter of inquiry.
+
+I was sick of measles in a hospital at Cape Girardeau, Missouri, in
+September, 1861. At the same time Andrew West was very sick in another
+hospital close to the river. One evening, when convalescent and on the
+outlook for a boat upon which to return to the Regiment at Bird's Point, I
+sat beside Comrade West for nearly an hour and I thought every breath
+would be his last. The Surgeon in charge said he was dying and called an
+attendant, and directed him to remain with the patient, and gave the
+attendant specific instructions in regard to what he should do when the
+patient was dead. This attendant was Charles Halbert of the 7th Illinois
+Regiment. The end did not come as soon as anticipated, and as the
+attendant sat watching and waiting he reached for a sponge in a dish of
+water near by, squeezed it out, and with the wet sponge commenced to rub
+the dying man. After a little he fancied it gave relief. He continued the
+process of rubbing the whole body, and soon became certain that his
+patient was coming back to life. In the morning Andrew West was in a
+greatly improved condition and the doctor was astonished.
+
+Why did not the dying man die? Comrade Pierson would say it was because
+his time had not yet come. Charles Halbert says he saved him.
+
+
+ALONZO WHITE, Saunemin, Illinois.
+
+June 11, 1861-July 16, 1865. I saw Comrade White about six years ago. At
+that time he was a Methodist, a prohibitionist and was not a pensioner. He
+had never applied for pension and never expected to apply. I do not know
+whether he has held out faithfully up to the present time or not on all
+these points. He did not reply to my letter of inquiry. I wrote to the
+postmaster of his town and got this: "Yes, he is here. He runs a
+blacksmith shop in this town."
+
+
+ANDREW JACKSON WILSEY, Aurora, Illinois.
+
+April, 1861-June 9, 1862. Born in Madison county, New York. Twenty-one
+years old when enlisted. Since discharge has followed a diversity of
+pursuits. He is not a pensioner but, I think, would not object to being
+enrolled as one of Uncle Sam's beneficiaries. I meet him frequently. He
+has never given serious thought to religion and, I understand, has no well
+defined and settled theological opinions. In politics he is a democrat, a
+regular old-fashioned democrat of the Andrew Jackson type. He was not at
+New Orleans, however, but he faced fury of shot and shell at Shiloh.
+
+
+DEWITT C. WILSON, Plattville, Illinois.
+
+June 11, 1861-July 14, 1864. Born in Shelby county, Ohio. Nineteen years
+old when enlisted. Is not a pensioner. Since the war has been a farmer. In
+politics a straight republican. In religion aims to be a practical
+christian. He believes that good works are more efficacious than loud
+prayers and soul-saving sermons. He has no connection with any religious
+sect.
+
+On the morning of June 11, 1861, his father sent him into a field with a
+horse to cultivate corn with a shovel plow. After working a few hours he
+tied his horse to a fence at one end of the field and started directly to
+Joliet on foot to enlist. He did good work as a soldier for more than
+three years.
+
+All will have a vivid recollection of Fort Donelson. The lack of rations,
+the lack of tents or protection of any kind, the hard fighting and the
+hard weather, the rain, the sleet, the snow, the cold, the long dreary
+nights without fires. On one of those nights DeWitt Wilson and the writer
+stood on picket guard together close up to the enemy's works. We were
+posted stealthily after dark under a low bushy tree near a road which led
+to and from the town. We were to remain very quiet, not to speak louder
+than a whisper, and to watch closely all night. If the enemy sallied out
+in force we were to fire and run to the Regiment. It was very cold. The
+mercury was going down and was not far from zero. Our clothes had been
+soaked by previous rains and were now frozen stiff and clanked with every
+movement. We remained as posted for several hours. Finally, the
+Confederates came over their works and made a vigorous assault with
+intent to break the Union line. When the assault was made I was in an
+almost helpless condition. I could scarcely move and was nearly captured.
+I and my comrade became separated. I lost my course and went into the 11th
+Illinois Regiment. DeWitt and I frequently refer to that terrible night,
+the hardest in all our experience.
+
+At Britton's Lane Comrade Wilson and two others occupied a slight
+ambuscade. He was very anxious to have the enemy show up, and poked his
+cap out on the end of his ramrod. Just as he did this a glancing bullet
+struck the side of his head and caused him to roll over two or three
+times. His face and clothes were smeared with blood, and just then he
+would not be considered a good-looking man.
+
+
+GEORGE WILSON, Sharon Springs, Wallace County, Kansas.
+
+"Sharon is like a wilderness."--Isaiah 33: 9.
+
+April, 1861-July 16, 1865. Was born at Newark, Illinois, April 5, 1838.
+Twenty-three when enlisted. Was wounded in hand at Britton's Lane. Was
+captured near Atlanta, July 22, 1864, and confined in various Confederate
+prisons for nearly nine months. Pensioned for disabilities incurred in
+service at rate of four dollars a month. Is a "homesteader" in Western
+Kansas, seven miles from the Colorado line.
+
+"I belong to the prevailing church and I vote as I shot--against the
+South." "Cease firing! They have surrendered!" The men of the Twentieth
+heard those words on many battle fields. Finally they all surrendered and
+grounded arms. We whipped the rebels. We whipped them thoroughly. The
+entire South lay prostrate and bleeding and helpless at the feet of the
+conquering soldiers of the Union. Now, George, come out from the
+"prevailing church," the big wicked church of the world, and be a
+christian. Forgive your enemies and conquer by kindness. Bless them that
+curse you. Do good to them that despitefully use you and persecute you and
+say all manner of evil against you falsely. This is the true way. Consider
+these thoughts seriously, and when you vote again think of something else
+besides voting against the South.
+
+
+JOSIAH WRIGHT, Akron, Washington County, Colorado.
+
+April, 1861-August 9, 1862. Born in Luzern county, Pennsylvania.
+Twenty-two years old when enlisted. Was a non-commissioned officer and
+member of the color guard. Was shot through right wrist while bearing
+aloft the flag of the 20th Regiment at Shiloh. Was discharged because of
+wound. Pensioned for wound at rate of sixteen dollars a month.
+
+Lived in Pennsylvania till 1851. From 1851 to 1871 lived in Kendall
+county, Illinois. From 1871 till 1892 lived in Adair county, Missouri.
+From spring of 1892 to present time has lived on a homestead in Washington
+county, Colorado. Is now, and always has been, a farmer.
+
+In religion is a Methodist. In politics has been a populist since the date
+of the organization of that party. Frequently advocates the principles of
+the party from the rostrum. Is very friendly to silver. On his envelopes
+he has the motto: "Silver sixteen to one." I think Jo has a silver mine on
+his homestead in Colorado.
+
+Here is a vivid picture from Josiah Wright's pen which every man of the
+20th Regiment who was on hand at Shiloh will appreciate: "I was at the
+spring in camp Sunday morning, April 6. The roar of the assault on
+General Prentis's division had become terrific. I heard drums beat the
+long roll as the signal of alarm. I rushed to the Colonel's tent and got
+the flag. In passing out I met the Color Sergeant and gave the flag to
+him. The boys of the 20th were swarming out of their tents with their
+guns. The Regiment was quickly formed and started on a run in the
+direction of the firing. Colonel Marsh rode rapidly up and down the column
+urging the men to their utmost. We did not have to go far. The
+Confederates were advancing with great impetuosity and sweeping the field
+before them. We took position to beat back the on-coming tide and then the
+flag was unfurled and waved in the face of the foe. The Color Sergeant was
+immediately shot down. I picked up the flag and was soon wounded. Another
+member of the color guard then took the flag. I was sent to a boat on the
+river and was nearly gone from loss of blood."
+
+This also from Comrade Wright's letter: "As I write grave thoughts crowd
+in upon me. I go back in memory to the days of '61. I am again at the war
+meeting in Newark, where I listened to the thrilling eloquence of Watson
+until fired by a new born purpose I there resolved to serve my country
+and, if so it be ordered, to die in the service. I was one of the first to
+sign the Company roll. We are now widely scattered, but are bound together
+by the strongest ties. We will hardly meet again in this life, but may we
+so live that we shall meet around our Father's throne where severed ties
+of earth shall be re-united in Heaven." To this closing sentiment of our
+brave Comrade say I, most heartily, Amen. So may we live. Let every
+Company K man, still left, use this prayer. Comrades Gray and Taylor, join
+in.
+
+
+
+
+Our Recruits.
+
+
+TWO SPLENDID ENGLISHMEN.
+
+On the 4th of July, 1861, two young men of good appearance walked into our
+camp and immediately declared their intentions. They proposed to unite
+with us. We cordially accepted, and the next day the ceremony was
+performed.
+
+
+JOHN BROAD, Schell City, Vernon County, Missouri.
+
+July 5, 1861-November 27, 1861. Born in England. Came to America in 1859.
+Twenty-two years old when enlisted. Pensioned at rate of four dollars a
+month for disabilities incurred in service. A carpenter by trade, but now
+farming. Was brought up an Anglican. At present a member of the M. E.
+church, South. Formerly a democrat. Now votes with the Alliance.
+
+
+THOMAS HOPGOOD, Clinton, Henry County, Missouri.
+
+July 5, 1861-July 5, 1864. Born in England. Came to America May, 1859.
+Twenty-six years old when enlisted. Receives no pension. Politics,
+republican all the time. Religion, Protestant, a Presbyterian. Has not
+forgotten the time when we campaigned together. Remembers all the boys and
+wants to be remembered by all of them.
+
+
+TWO MORE RECRUITS, BUT NOT OF A KIND.
+
+About the middle of August, 1861, two large and very brave looking men,
+Bishop and another[1], came down from Kendall county, Illinois, to join
+Company K. We were then at Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and just at that
+juncture were in need of re-inforcements. A Confederate army under General
+Polk had crossed the river at Columbus, Kentucky, and was threatening the
+town. When the recruits arrived the camp was in commotion on account of
+the expected attack. Bishop immediately got a gun, took his place in the
+ranks and was ready for active hostilities. The other became sad and
+pensive. He did not want a gun, and did not appear so much of a warrior as
+at the moment of his arrival. He finally went on board of a boat with some
+women and children and crossed the Mississippi river. After remaining in
+the woods of Southern Illinois for a few days he came back to camp to get
+his carpet bag. He did not want to be mustered into the army. He wanted to
+go to his peaceful home, and he went. He still lives in Illinois. I am not
+informed as to whether he has succeeded in getting a pension or not. His
+case will require a special act.
+
+     [1] In original manuscript the name of this recruit was given, but it
+     is here omitted in compliance with the very earnest solicitation of
+     the printer.
+
+
+LEWIS G. BISHOP, Grand Junction, Colorado.
+
+July 16, 1861-August 9, 1862. Born in Yorkshire, Cattaraugus county, New
+York, on St. Patrick's day, 1838. Was, therefore, twenty-three years old
+at time of enlistment. Was wounded in left arm and left leg at Shiloh. Was
+sent down the rivers to hospitals at Paducah and Mound City. In course of
+time obtained leave of absence and went up to Newark, Illinois. Was then
+made aware that the people appreciated the soldiers. Was lionized wherever
+he went in Kendall county, which was a source of embarrassment to him, as
+he was a modest and humble individual. Was discharged because of wounds
+and receives pension therefor at rate of twelve dollars a month. He is
+glad that he still has his left leg, although it is not as good as the
+other. He is obliged to wear a rubber stocking and use other appliances to
+suppress inflammation and reduce varicose veins.
+
+Comrade Bishop remembers with minute particularity the events of the Fort
+Henry and Fort Donelson campaigns. He remembers as though it were
+yesterday the morning, when, at dawn, we discovered lines of Confederates
+looking at us from their rifle pits and when Chaplain Button went upon his
+knees on the ground and prayed with great earnestness for the salvation of
+the souls of those who should be slain in the impending battle. He thinks
+that if the Chaplain had taken a fife and stepped out and played "Yankee
+Doodle" it would have a better effect. He confesses that the prayer
+depressed him. In the state of mind in which he was at that time he would
+greatly prefer to live than to die and take his chances for heaven. This
+was probably the prevailing sentiment among the soldiers of both armies.
+
+Comrade Bishop came West in the spring of 1860; went as far as Fort
+Larimie, Wyoming, returned in the fall to Illinois, taught school near
+Newark in winter of 1860-61; in spring of 1861 went to Wisconsin and
+helped to run a raft of lumber out of the Wisconsin river down to
+Muscatine; in July, 1861, returned to Kendall county, Illinois. When the
+disaster occurred at Bull Run he awoke to the fact that the country was
+seriously menaced and resolved to be a soldier. He was acquainted with
+many of the boys of Company K, had visited them in Joliet, and he decided
+to cast his lot with them. He picked up his carpet-bag and went to Cape
+Girardeau, Missouri, and was mustered in.
+
+After discharge Comrade Bishop became a student and a teacher; later he
+studied dentistry, and for many years has been engaged in the practice of
+that profession.
+
+Religion: Agnostic. He neither asserts nor denies any theological dogma.
+
+Politics: Anything to beat the republican party. Believes that the
+principles and methods of that party should be relegated to "innosuous
+desuetude." The party is owned and fenced in by syndicates, corporations
+and factories, and is not worthy of public confidence. The people should
+rise in their sovereign capacity and decree that capital shall cease to
+dominate the legislation of the country.
+
+Comrade Bishop has been married and he has been un-married. He considers
+that St. Paul gave first-class advice when, in his letter to the
+Corinthians, he wrote, "Seek not a wife."
+
+
+AUGUSTUS GAY, No. 902 Second Street, Seattle, Washington.
+
+April 5, 1862-April 9, 1865. Was born at Albany, New York, in July, 1846.
+Was, therefore, fifteen years and nine months old when he enlisted. Was
+the youngest man in Company K, and looked very honest. No boy in the whole
+Union army had a more innocent face than Augustus Gay. He came to us at
+Joliet and was rejected. He followed up the Regiment for about a year and
+during most of that time had a position on Dr. Bailey's staff. Finally, at
+Pittsburg Landing, the day before the battle of Shiloh, he was mustered
+into the service as a member of Company K. Was mustered out at Raleigh,
+North Carolina, by reason of the expiration of his term of enlistment.
+
+Augustus Gay appeared to court danger. He went into battle with a broad
+smile on his face and a twinkle of the eye as though he were engaged in
+something pleasant and agreeable. Was very reckless and daring in action.
+The wonder was how it happened that he was never killed. Was captured near
+Atlanta July 22, 1864, and went to Anderson prison, where he spent several
+months. Was finally transferred by the Confederates from Andersonville to
+Savannah and was at that place when it was captured by the Union army
+December 21, 1864.
+
+I am in receipt of a long and interesting letter from Comrade Gay in which
+he gives facts concerning himself. This is dated March 26, 1894. I had
+previously written him up for the roster from memory and had classed him
+among the missing. He says he was very glad to hear from Company K. He has
+never seen any of the Company since the war, and had never heard from any
+of them. He was not sick a day while in the army and was never wounded.
+Since the war he has never been so seriously sick as to be confined to his
+bed. He is not a rich man and he is not a poor man. He weighs 250 pounds.
+He lives well. He never chews nor smokes tobacco nor drinks intoxicating
+liquors and never plays cards. He has been on the Pacific slope for twenty
+years and has not been back to the States during that time. He has been
+married for ten years and has now a boy more than half as old as he was
+when he joined Company K. After the war he studied dental surgery and has
+followed that profession continuously. Receives pension at rate of six
+dollars a month. Writes thus: "I want you to put in your roster that if
+ever a Company K man comes to this part of the world I want him to come
+and see me."
+
+He says that he is Protestant. But I don't think he is a full-blooded
+Protestant. If I remember correctly he used to tell us in the army that
+his parents were Hibernians, and that he was half Catholic and half
+Protestant, and had by inheritance all the good qualities of both kinds of
+religion.
+
+
+JAMES SPRINGER, Eighty-eighth and Throop Streets, Chicago, Illinois.
+
+Born on a farm near La Fayette, Indiana. Enlisted August 28, 1862, at the
+age of twenty-two years. Joined Company K at Holly Springs, Mississippi,
+in November, 1862, and served until mustered out at the close of the war
+in 1865.
+
+After discharge became a student at the University of Chicago, also, law
+department thereof, from which he graduated in June, 1868, and was then
+admitted to the bar. Practiced law for sixteen years. For a time was
+engaged in journalism. Since 1885 has followed a business career.
+
+In politics an independent; in religion a Methodist.
+
+
+LAMBERT CONNER, Braidwood, Illinois.
+
+Born in Hunterdon county, New Jersey. I think he enlisted in the spring of
+1863. Was then eighteen years old. Mustered out July 16, 1865. Receives
+pension at rate of sixteen dollars a month for disabilities incurred in
+service. He did not reply to my letter of inquiry.
+
+
+FOUR KIDS.
+
+Four nice boys, in a bunch, came into our camp at Big Black river,
+Mississippi, about the first of April, 1864. These were Pease Barnard,
+Charles Hall, Luman Preston and Fayette Scofield. They were all
+"Suckers," were separated from their mothers for the first time and, to
+the old campaigners of Fort Donelson, Shiloh and Vicksburg, they, appeared
+very fresh and innocent. They had been mustered in several weeks before by
+a recruiting officer in Illinois, and fitted out with Uncle Sam's
+uniforms, and were now ready to assist in winding up the war.
+
+
+NATHANIEL PEASE BARNARD, Newark, Illinois.
+
+February 25, 1864-July 16, 1865. Born in LaSalle county, Illinois.
+Seventeen years old when enlisted. Served in Georgia, went with Sherman
+from Atlanta to the sea, and helped to eviscerate the Carolinas. Pensioned
+at rate of eight dollars a month. Member of M. E. church. An active member
+of republican party. A lawyer by profession.
+
+
+CHARLES HALL, Westport, Brown County, South Dakota.
+
+February 24, 1864-July 16, 1865. Born in Kendall county, Illinois.
+Eighteen years old when enlisted. July, 1864, in Georgia campaign, was
+shot in the neck, and for a time was supposed to be dead. This recruit was
+built of good material for a soldier. Did not answer my letter.
+
+
+LUMAN PRESTON, Dixon, Illinois.
+
+February 16, 1864-July 16, 1865. Born in Kendall county, Illinois.
+Eighteen years old when enlisted. Is in business. Did not reply to my
+letter of inquiry. Is probably very busily engaged attending to customers.
+I meet Luman occasionally. He is always in good shape and happy. I think
+he is a democrat. Is of the bluest Puritan blood, but has the figure of a
+Teuton.
+
+
+
+
+Our Missing Members.
+
+
+The following four Company K men I cannot find. If any Comrade can give me
+any information concerning any of them I desire to have him do so. They
+may be living, but I think it is more probable that they are dead:
+
+
+GEORGE ADAMS.
+
+June, 1861-October 14, 1862. Born in England.
+
+
+JOHN CONSTANTINE.
+
+May, 1861-August 29, 1861. Born in Ireland. Came to America when one year
+old. Claimed to have been discharged from the regular army a short time
+before enlisting in Company K. Was an intemperate, boisterous and
+quarrelsome man. Was dismissed from the army by sentence of a court
+martial.
+
+
+LOUIS MINTZ.
+
+April, 1861-August 24, 1863. Born in Portugal. In religion was supposed to
+be a Hebrew. I think he came to Newark as a peddler and there joined
+Company K. He was a good soldier, but was very excitable. On one occasion,
+when advancing on skirmish line through the woods, he fired into a dead
+rebel who was hanging on a fence. Comrade Mintz was overheated at
+Raymond, from which he never recovered, and on account of which he was
+discharged.
+
+
+JOHN PEPOON.
+
+May, 1861-December 16, 1862. At time of enlistment he lived in Oswego
+township, Kendall county, Illinois.
+
+
+
+
+OUR DEAD.
+
+
+For many years earth has held the ashes of our fallen Comrades in its
+bosom. We have kept their memories in our hearts.
+
+
+Slain in Battle.
+
+
+ANDREW WILSON, Plattville, Illinois.
+
+Born in Ohio. Enlisted June 17, 1861, at the age of twenty-three years.
+Shot through the head at Fort Donelson, and instantly killed, February 15,
+1862, while the Union line was advancing on the enemy.
+
+Early on the morning of the 16th the Confederates surrendered. I was on
+the detail sent out that day to bury the dead of our Regiment. We went to
+the place where we had position in the line and there, on a hard hill,
+through stones and roots we dug a grave. This is the only grave I have
+ever helped to dig. It was thirty feet long and a little more than six
+feet wide. When of sufficient depth two men remained in the bottom, and
+others handed down, one by one, eighteen men of the 20th Illinois
+Regiment. Andrew Wilson was one of the number. When they had all been
+placed side by side across the grave, good Chaplain Button spoke solemn,
+earnest words in exhortation and prayer. Our dead were covered with earth,
+three volleys were fired over them as a parting salutation, and we then
+filed away into camp, weary and sad.
+
+
+CURTIS WANN, Newark, Illinois.
+
+Born in Clarion county, Pennsylvania, October 2, 1843. Enlisted in Company
+K, April, 1861. Shot and killed instantly in the battle of Shiloh, Sunday,
+April 6, 1862. I have a clear recollection of Curtis Wann on the morning
+of that dreadful day, when we were going forward to meet the enemy. His
+face was aglow with eagerness and courage, but alas! he was the first to
+fall.
+
+
+JAMES CRELLEN, Newark, Illinois.
+
+Born on the Isle of Man. Had not been in America many years. Was a
+shoemaker, and worked at his trade in Newark. Was well thought of by
+everybody. He was one of the first to sign the Company roll. He said at
+the outset that he wanted to be killed if he could not come out of the war
+entire. He dreaded mutilation more than death. At Shiloh, Sunday, April 6,
+1861, he was shot through the neck and killed instantly. I had my eyes
+squarely upon him when he was struck. He dropped to the ground and never
+moved. Did not even quiver. While lying dead upon the battlefield he was
+again shot through the face.
+
+
+MARCUS MORTON.
+
+Enlisted at Joliet May, 1861. Was shot and mortally wounded at Shiloh
+April 6, 1861. Died in a few days after the battle.
+
+
+ISRAEL WATERS, Plattville, Illinois.
+
+Enlisted at Joliet in May, 1861. Was shot and instantly killed May 12,
+1863, in the battle of Raymond. While we were engaged in the desperate
+fighting behind the rail fence I turned my eyes on Waters and he was
+cheering and shouting defiance to the enemy. In a few moments I looked
+again and he lay perfectly dead. A bullet had passed through his brain.
+
+
+WILLIAM SHOGER, Oswego, Illinois.
+
+Born in Germany. Came to America in 1855. Enlisted in May, 1861, at the
+age of nineteen years. Shot and killed instantly in the battle of Raymond
+May 12, 1863. Was brought up and confirmed a Lutheran. Later withdrew from
+Lutheran church and became an active member of Evangelical church.
+
+
+DAVID BARROWS, Newark, Illinois.
+
+Born in New Hampshire. Enlisted April, 1861, at the age of thirty-five
+years. Shot and killed instantly in the battle of Raymond May 12, 1863.
+Was a married man and left a wife and three little girls lonely and sad.
+If I were asked who was the best soldier in Company K the first man I
+would think of would be David Barrows. He did not waste much powder. A
+good marksman, and level-headed under the most trying circumstances, he
+aimed and fired in the heat and fury of battle with the precision and
+accuracy of target practice.
+
+Comrades Waters, Shoger and Barrows were at my right. They were all shot
+through the head and, when killed, lay touching each other.
+
+
+BENJAMIN ADAMS, Newark, Illinois.
+
+Born in Kendall county, Illinois. Enlisted April, 1861, at the age of
+twenty years. Killed in battle of Raymond May 12, 1863. Comrade Adams was
+shot at the very beginning of the battle, as we lay in the woods waiting
+for the skirmishers to rally in, and before we fired a gun. At the close
+of the battle he was still living. A comrade paused over him and said--
+
+"Can I do anything for you?"
+
+"No."
+
+"Ben, you are badly hurt. Won't I stay with you?"
+
+"They are running, are they not?"
+
+"Yes, we have them on the run. Won't I stay with you?"
+
+"No; go on."
+
+He was taken by an ambulance to the field hospital and died in a few
+minutes after reaching that place.
+
+
+HENRY MITCHELL, Na-au-say Township, Kendall County, Illinois.
+
+Born of English parents on Prince Edward's Island January 31, 1836. Came
+to Kendall county, Illinois, in 1845. Enlisted in Company K May, 1861, at
+the age of twenty-five years. Killed in the battle of Raymond May 12,
+1863.
+
+Henry Mitchell was in every sense a large, strong, brave man, and was
+highly regarded by all such as have regard for what is true and noble in
+human life and character. He was scrupulously correct in all his habits.
+Never played cards, was never profane in speech, and never had any use for
+whisky, tobacco or beer. He had five brothers in the Union army, all in
+Company C of the 7th Illinois Regiment, namely, Anthony, William, George,
+Robert and Samuel. These five in the 7th Regiment and Henry in the 20th
+were all in the battle lines at Fort Donelson and Shiloh. I do not believe
+that there is in the whole range of history another instance in which six
+brothers fought in the ranks of any army in the same great battles. I have
+read of Roman patriotism and Grecian valor, of Spartan mothers sending out
+their sons to battle with the injunction to come back either victorious or
+dead, but I have never read of anything that is equal to the case of the
+six Mitchell brothers in patriotism, devotion and valor, all of whom
+responded at once to their country's first call for volunteers.
+
+Of these six brave brothers only three now survive, namely--Anthony, in
+Kansas, and Robert and Samuel, in Colorado. George was slain on the second
+day at Shiloh. "We were all within six feet of George when he fell,"
+writes Anthony. That is, the other four of the 7th Regiment; and Henry was
+close by in the 20th Regiment. William contracted disease in the army,
+came home sick and died.
+
+
+ROBERT TAYLOR, Lisbon, Illinois.
+
+Born in England. Came to America when a child. Enlisted in Company K,
+April, 1861, at the age of about twenty-three years. Shot through hip and
+mortally wounded in battle of Raymond May 12, 1863. Lived a few days after
+the battle and died in extreme agony. I lay near him in the hospital. His
+suffering was the most terrible that I have ever witnessed.
+
+
+WILLIAM READ, Newark, Illinois.
+
+Was a recruit. I think he came to the Company in 1862. Was shot in head
+and mortally wounded in battle of Raymond, May 12, 1863. Lived a few days
+after the battle.
+
+
+JOHN WOODRUFF, Oswego, Illinois.
+
+Enlisted in May, 1861. Shot and mortally wounded in the battle of Raymond,
+May 12, 1863. Was shot in leg below the knee. Three different amputations
+were performed, one below the knee and two above, but each was followed by
+unfavorable results. He and I were in the same hospital, and not very far
+apart. I witnessed the amputations. The patient in all his suffering
+exhibited the most incredible fortitude. He lived nearly three weeks and
+never groaned nor sighed. At last when informed that mortification was
+advancing and the end was near, he called an attendant, paid him for extra
+service rendered and then turned over to the attendant his pocket-book and
+some other personal effects to be sent to his sister at Iowa Falls, Iowa.
+This was done with perfect deliberation. He manifested no fear of death. I
+remember him very distinctly in former battles. He was a very brave
+soldier.
+
+
+RICE BAXTER, Na-au-say Township, Kendall County, Illinois.
+
+May, 1861-October 13, 1861. In a few months after being discharged from
+Company K he enlisted in another Regiment and was killed in the battle of
+Arkansas Post, January 10, 1863. I have been unable to obtain any
+information concerning Comrade Baxter from any of his relatives, although
+I have made persistent efforts to do so.
+
+
+
+
+Died in the Service.
+
+
+THOMPSON BRISTOL, Newark, Illinois.
+
+Enlisted in April, 1861, at the age of nineteen years. Went into camp at
+Joliet, became sick, went home on furlough and died June 16, 1861. Buried
+in Millington. Let his grave be decorated.
+
+
+WILLIAM ASHTON, Lisbon, Illinois.
+
+Born of English parents in Delaware county, Pennsylvania. Enlisted April,
+1861, at the age of nearly twenty-one years. Died at Cape Girardeau,
+Missouri, September 2, 1861.
+
+
+STEPHEN JENNINGS, Newark, Illinois.
+
+Born in State of New York. Enlisted April, 1861, at the age of twenty-five
+years. Died of typhoid fever in hospital at Mound City, Illinois, October
+15, 1861.
+
+
+RICHARD CONNER, Plattville, Illinois.
+
+Born in Hunterdon county, New Jersey. Enlisted June 12, 1861, at the age
+of twenty years. Died of measles in hospital at Mound City, Illinois,
+December 23, 1861.
+
+
+FRANK LEHMAN.
+
+Born in Germany. Enlisted May, 1861. Died at Bird's Point, Missouri,
+January 11, 1862.
+
+
+JOHN R. MCKEAN, Newark, Illinois.
+
+Was one of the first to volunteer in April, 1861. Had been in the regular
+army and, I think, for a short time in the Mexican war. Took a very
+active part in organizing the Company and drilling the boys. Was elected
+Second Lieutenant. A very efficient officer. Died at Bird's Point,
+Missouri, January 23, 1862.
+
+Does any comrade know anything about Lieutenant McKean's burial? If so,
+report to me, please.
+
+
+GEORGE MALLORY, Newark, Illinois.
+
+Born at Rome, Oneida county, New York, November 10, 1835. Came to Kendall
+county, Illinois, in 1838. Enlisted April, 1861, at the age of twenty-five
+years. Died at Bird's Point, Missouri, January 28, 1862.
+
+
+WILLIAM CROWNER.
+
+Enlisted in May, 1861. Died in hospital at Mound City, March 10, 1862.
+
+
+EDWARD ATKINS, Newark, Illinois.
+
+Enlisted April, 1861. Died at Newark, Illinois, March 11, 1862, while home
+on furlough sick.
+
+
+AARON PAXSON, Newark, Illinois.
+
+Enlisted May, 1861. Died at Newark, Illinois, May 4, 1862, while home on
+furlough sick.
+
+
+WILLIAM BENNETT, Adams Township, La Salle County, Illinois.
+
+Born in England January 4, 1837. Enlisted at Newark April, 1861, at the
+age of twenty-four years. His vitality was overtaxed at Fort Donelson. He
+broke down and never recovered. Was sent down the river and died in
+general hospital at St. Louis, Missouri, May 5, 1862.
+
+
+ALBERT WILCOX, Lisbon, Illinois.
+
+Born in Kendall county, Illinois, January 21, 1842. Enlisted April, 1861,
+at the age of twenty years. Died in hospital at St. Louis, Missouri, May
+13, 1862.
+
+
+OTIS CHARLES, Bristol Station, Illinois.
+
+Born in Bristol township, Kendall county, Illinois. Enlisted May, 1861, at
+the age of twenty-five years. Overcome by the strain at Fort Donelson he
+went home on furlough sick, and died at his home June 1, 1862.
+
+
+WILLIAM SMITH, Plattville, Illinois.
+
+Born in Centre county, Pennsylvania. Enlisted May, 1861, at the age of
+twenty years. Died at Paducah, Kentucky, August 23, 1862, while on
+detailed duty in the Signal Corps.
+
+
+JOSEPH SPRINGER.
+
+Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 10, 1831. Enlisted as a
+recruit in Company K August 30, 1862. Died at Lake Providence, Louisiana,
+March 18, 1863. Was a member of the Protestant Methodist Church. Belonged
+to the society organized at Millbrook, Kendall county, Illinois. Was
+married, and when he went away to the war left at home a wife and three
+boys, whose respective ages were seven, five and about two and one-half
+years. His widow, Mrs. Ann Springer, now lives at Firth, Lancaster county,
+Nebraska, from whose letters I make the following extracts: "I am glad the
+survivors of Company K are hunting up the records of those that never
+returned, as well as the records of those who were spared to come back. I
+have been weighed down and almost crushed with sorrow and affliction. I
+have never re-married, and, of course, draw pension at the rate of twelve
+dollars a month. I have lived with my boys, the oldest of whom was taken
+away when nearly sixteen years of age. The other two are still spared. I
+had four brothers who went out to fight for the dear old flag. Two of them
+never returned. One was William Bennett of Company K. He responded to the
+first call and enlisted at Newark, Illinois, early in the spring of 1861.
+Another brother, who was in the artillery service, was killed in the
+battle of Stone River. God bless the soldiers; they did a noble work; they
+are the saviors of the country. If the Company K Roster is published I
+want a copy."
+
+
+ALFRED GRISWOLD, Newark, Illinois.
+
+Enlisted April 1861. Died at Berry's Landing, Louisiana, March 20, 1863.
+
+
+SUMNER COOK, Newark, Illinois.
+
+Enlisted April, 1861. Died at Vicksburg, Mississippi, of typhoid fever,
+July 20, 1863.
+
+
+GEORGE SLEEZER, Newark, Illinois.
+
+Born in Kendall county, Ill. Enlisted as a recruit for Company K September
+26, 1864, at the age of eighteen years. Became sick at Camp Butler, near
+Springfield, Illinois, and died at that place November 13, 1864, before he
+reached the Company.
+
+
+WALTER LANDON, Fox Township, Kendall County, Illinois.
+
+Volunteered as a recruit for Company K October 3, 1864, and died in a
+short time afterward at Camp Butler, Illinois, before reaching the
+Company.
+
+
+GREENBURY LEACH, Lisbon, Illinois.
+
+Born in West Virginia. Enlisted April, 1861. Captured near Atlanta,
+Georgia, July 22, 1864. Confined in Confederate prisons from date of
+capture until the following spring. Died at Fortress Monroe, Virginia,
+April 30, 1865, just after being exchanged and while on his way to the
+north. Was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. While in the army
+always attended whatever religious service was conducted in camp. Was a
+regular attendant and participant at regimental prayer-meetings.
+
+
+
+
+Died Since Date of Discharge.
+
+
+NELSON DAYTON, Newark, Illinois.
+
+Enlisted April, 1861, at the age of eighteen years. Discharged for
+disability November 27, 1861. Died March 4, 1862, at Newark, Illinois.
+
+
+ROBERT LAWTON.
+
+May 1861-August 17, 1862. Born in Lancashire, England. Came to America in
+1852. Died in Kendall county, Illinois, of the disease for which
+discharged from the army April 14, 1864, at the age of twenty-five years,
+three months and eight days. Robert was a good soldier. I remember him
+distinctly on the battlefield of Shiloh. During the terrible fighting of
+the first day he turned over his pocket-book to a member of the Company
+who retired on account of wounds. He did not want his money to be taken by
+the rebels if he were killed in the fight.
+
+Comrade Lawton's remains were interred in the little cemetery at
+Plattville. The slab marble which marks his final resting place has fallen
+down and is broken. When the flowers of May each year come, let patriot
+hands decorate this grave.
+
+
+GILBERT MORTON, Oswego, Illinois.
+
+Enlisted May, 1861. Mustered out July 16, 1865. Promoted to Quartermaster
+Sergeant of the Regiment at the outset and, I think, held that position
+during the entire war. After discharge he became a railroad official and
+had a highly successful career for about ten years. But evil days came,
+and he finally died by his own hand at a hotel in Chicago. This was about
+the year 1876.
+
+
+LONGEN MERKLI.
+
+Born in 1829 at Damsingan, Baden, Germany. Went into German army in his
+youth, and was thoroughly trained as a soldier. Participated in active
+warfare in 1848-'49. He handled sword and bayonet with great dexterity.
+Few men could stand before him with these weapons. After his service in
+the German army he spent several years as a student. Was a good latin
+scholar, and had a knowledge of the French language. Pursued a course of
+study in surgery and medicine in a German University, and, by members of
+his profession, was considered an expert anatomist. Had been reared in the
+faith of the Catholic church, but became a doubter of the fundamental
+doctrines of Christianity. Came to America in 1860 and engaged in the
+practice of medicine at Milford and Newark. Was one of the first to enlist
+in April, 1861. Served in the ranks of the Company for about a year and a
+half. Was in the battles of Fredericktown, Fort Donelson and Shiloh. Was
+shot in the foot at Shiloh. Was a remarkably brave and fearless man. About
+July, 1862, he was detailed to serve in a hospital at Jackson, Tennessee.
+When negro soldiers were enlisted he was offered a commission as assistant
+surgeon of a negro Regiment, but declined it. He continued on detailed
+duty and served as a medical man in various hospitals until the expiration
+of his term of enlistment. Was mustered out in July, 1864. After the war,
+located at Bristol, Illinois, and pursued the practice of medicine. In his
+best years he was unable to control his appetite for strong drink and, as
+time advanced, his appetite steadily increased and he became an abject
+slave. He died at Bristol, Illinois, August 20, 1879.
+
+
+GEORGE WATSON, Newark, Illinois.
+
+I doubt whether any man did as much as George Watson toward getting up
+Company K. He was a lawyer at Newark, was a democrat, voted for Bell and
+Everett in 1860, and was an enthusiastic Union man. He was a fluent
+off-hand speaker and was the main figure at all the war meetings in
+Newark. Had been in Pennsylvania militia and Mexican war and was a good
+drill master. Was elected First Lieutenant. About the first of June, 1861,
+he withdrew from the Company and joined Mulligan's Regiment in Chicago.
+Was captured with that command at Lexington, Missouri, in 1861. After this
+he served on a gunboat and, still later, had a commission in a
+Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment. He was gifted with talent of a high order,
+but an uncontrollable appetite for intoxicating liquor barred all
+possibility of success in life. It caused his ruin and downfall and death.
+He made many spasmodic attempts at reformation, and at these times was a
+successful temperance talker. But all his efforts at reform ended in
+failure. From the United States Soldiers' Home at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, I
+have received this: "The records show that George W. Watson served in
+Company K, 20th Illinois Infantry; Company E, 23d Illinois Infantry;
+Company F, 2d Pennsylvania Cavalry, and in U. S. Navy. He was admitted
+here December 15, 1877, and was killed by a railroad train in Milwaukee,
+Wisconsin, at about 3 o'clock p. m., August 21, 1879."
+
+
+FAYETTE SCOFIELD, Newark, Illinois.
+
+Born in DuPage county, Illinois, January 25, 1847. Enlisted as a recruit
+for Company K February 25, 1864. Discharged July 16, 1865. Killed in a
+railroad wreck in Missouri February 17, 1881.
+
+
+AMON HEACOX, Lisbon, Illinois.
+
+Born in Oneida county, New York, June 6, 1817. Enlisted in Company K, May,
+1861, at the age of forty-four years. Mustered out July 14, 1864. Was the
+oldest man in the Company. I have been informed that he was slightly
+wounded at Britton's Lane, but I have no recollection of it. I remember
+him very distinctly at Fort Donelson. He was a good man and a good
+soldier. Was a member of M. E. church. Was one of six, many years ago, to
+organize a Methodist Episcopal church in Lisbon, Illinois. He died in the
+Soldiers' Home at Quincy, Illinois, April 23, 1889, in the seventy-third
+year of his age. Is interred in the cemetery at Lisbon.
+
+
+HENRY HAVENHILL, Newark, Illinois.
+
+Born in LaSalle county, Illinois, June 17, 1842. Enlisted April, 1861.
+Discharged for disability April 27, 1862. Died in Chicago, Illinois, of
+paralysis, June, 1889.
+
+
+FRANCIS CROWELL, Newark, Illinois.
+
+Born in Tompkins county, New York. Enlisted April, 1861, at the age of
+eighteen years. Was wounded in the Georgia campaign July, 1864. Mustered
+out July 16, 1865. Died at Waterman, Illinois, of a complication of
+diseases, September 17, 1889. The address of his widow is Mrs. Mary A.
+Crowell, Waterman, Illinois.
+
+
+THOMAS GARNER.
+
+April, 1861-July 14, 1864. Born in England. Had been a British soldier,
+and saw active service in the Crimean war. Deserted from the British army.
+Captured and branded with letter D. Deserted again in Canada and succeeded
+in escaping to the United States.
+
+Thomas Garner was one of the best marchers and fighters in the Union army.
+He was always at his post. Never straggled from the ranks and never failed
+because of sore feet or anything else. Whenever there was fighting on hand
+Tom was in it. His great failing we all know, but, notwithstanding that,
+he was the best beloved man in Company K. Some years after the war he went
+back to England and, in time, returned again to the United States. Soon
+after his return he walked from Buffalo, New York, to Morris, Illinois,
+and then came to Newark and Sheridan looking for Company K folks. He found
+none and went away very despondent. These facts I learned from his friends
+in Morris. I have received a communication from the Pension Agent at
+Buffalo, New York, which informs me that Thomas Garner, Company K, 20th
+Illinois Regiment, was on the rolls of that agency as a pensioner at the
+rate of six dollars a month, and that he died during the year 1892. He
+drew pension to July 4 of that year. His address at that time was No. 58
+Commercial Street, Buffalo, New York. This is the most definite
+information I have succeeded in obtaining.
+
+
+WILLIAM MINARD, Oswego, Illinois.
+
+Born at Walbrough, Ulster county, New York, September 26, 1840. Enlisted
+May, 1861. Became Commissary Sergeant of the Regiment. Mustered out July
+14, 1864. Died at Chicago, Illinois, of disease of kidneys, January 10,
+1894. Interred at Graceland.
+
+
+GEORGE CONNELLY.
+
+May, 1861-September 8, 1862. Born in Ireland. Had been a soldier in the
+regular army. Was a brave man. Was wounded at Shiloh. Was discharged on
+account of wound and pensioned therefor. He is now dead. Date of death not
+ascertained.
+
+
+JAMES HAGARDORN.
+
+Enlisted at Joliet in May, 1861, and, I think, served about a year and a
+half. Was discharged for disability and became a pensioner. After the war
+lived in State of New York. Is now dead. Date of death not ascertained.
+
+
+JAMES LORD.
+
+May, 1861-March 5, 1863. Was an actor. Came to Newark, Illinois, in the
+spring of 1861 with a theatrical troupe and there enlisted in Company K.
+He was a very intelligent man and a good soldier. Was wounded at Fort
+Donelson. Was discharged for disability and became a pensioner. He is now
+dead. Date of death not ascertained.
+
+
+RALPH PRATT.
+
+May, 1861-November 27, 1861. Discharged for disability. Became a
+pensioner. Is now dead. Date of death not ascertained.
+
+
+
+
+REMARKS.
+
+
+The names of those who served thirty days with Company K in the State
+service but who declined to join the Company for three years in the United
+States service do not appear in this roster; neither do the names of
+drafted men and substitutes who were assigned to the Company during the
+last few months of the war.
+
+The dates after a name indicate the time when the soldier first
+volunteered and the time when he was mustered out or discharged. Those who
+did not enlist for a second term of three years were nearly all mustered
+out July 14, 1864. Those who re-enlisted were mustered out July 16, 1865,
+on account of the close of the war. Those discharged at other dates were
+discharged for disability resulting from wounds or sickness.
+
+The names of 108 Company K men are herein given; 56 are living, 52 are
+dead. 4 are missing; of these four I have not been able to obtain any
+information whatever. I know not whether they are living or dead.
+
+Of the 56 men living, 41 receive pensions; 7 receive no pension. In regard
+to the others, it is not ascertained whether they are pensioners or not.
+32 receive pensions for disabilities incurred in the army; 9 for
+disabilities not incurred in the army.
+
+Of the 56 men here reported as living, 23 at least were wounded in battle;
+13 draw pension for wounds.
+
+Eight Company K men were buried at Raymond--Shoger, Barrows, Waters and
+Mitchell were buried in the same grave with others of the Regiment on the
+battlefield, near the rail fence. Adams was buried near the field
+hospital. Taylor, Reed and Woodruff were buried in the graveyard near the
+town. Crellen and Wann were buried on the battlefield of Shiloh. None of
+these graves are now marked or known.
+
+For courtesy, and for information furnished to assist me in tracing lost
+members of Company K, I am under special obligations to the Hon. WILLIAM
+LOCHREN, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C. I also acknowledge my
+indebtedness to many postmasters, to newspaper editors, to pension agents
+and others.
+
+If any Company K man dies or changes his place of residence I desire to be
+informed of the fact. In this way we will know where every man of the
+Company is located. Remember, please.
+
+A more lengthy sketch is given of some Comrades than of others. The reason
+is I have had more information in regard to some than in regard to others.
+In many cases what is said about each one of the living is his own letter
+to me re-cast and abridged. I have not intentionally slighted or
+misrepresented any. I may have made errors. If so, I hope they are few and
+not of a grievous nature.
+
+
+
+
+A BIT OF HISTORY.
+
+
+When the news of the President's first call for volunteers reached Newark
+the people were wild with excitement. "That night," writes Dr. Dyer, "I
+could not sleep. The next morning I was out very early. I went into
+Fowler's drug store and there with pen and ink drew up a company
+muster-roll and signed it, and united with others in calling a war meeting
+for that evening. I was called to make a long ride in the country and upon
+my return found five names on the muster-roll in addition to my own. I
+wish I had that paper now." This was the beginning of our Company.
+Volunteers continued to come forward and in a few days the requisite
+number had signed the roll. April 24, 1861, is on record as the date of
+our Company organization. We were not accepted under the President's call
+and were sorely disappointed. However, most of the boys continued to meet
+in Newark and were drilled by Lieutenants Watson and McKean. On May 11,
+1861, our Company left Newark for Joliet and went into camp. The 20th
+Illinois Regiment was there organized and the Kendall county boys became
+Company K of that organization. After that the history of the Company
+became part of the history of the Regiment. June 13, 1861, we were
+mustered into the United States service for three years, if not sooner
+discharged. About the 17th of June we took the cars for the South. Stopped
+three weeks at Alton, Illinois, and drilled constantly. Early in July we
+went into camp for a short time in the United States Arsenal at St.
+Louis, Missouri, and were here armed with Enfield rifles and received new
+blue uniforms. We now had a very extravagant opinion of ourselves, of our
+fighting qualities in particular, and did not take the least pains to
+conceal that opinion from others. This is what a St. Louis paper said of
+us:
+
+     ARRIVAL OF COLONEL MARSH'S REGIMENT FROM ALTON.
+
+     At 11 o'clock a. m., of Saturday, the steamer, "City of Alton," from
+     Alton, landed at the Arsenal the Twentieth Illinois Regiment, Colonel
+     C. C. Marsh commanding. The boat brought also the entire camp
+     equipage and stores of the Regiment. The spontaneous greeting
+     tendered by our Missouri soldiers was hearty and enthusiastic. Cheers
+     upon cheers of welcome rent the air and were responded to by the
+     Illinoisans in magnificent style. The guests were assigned the
+     western lawn of the Arsenal grounds for their camping site. Tents
+     were speedily pitched, baggage distributed, and the newly arrived
+     volunteers were soon perfectly at home. They are aching for active
+     service wherever desired, and, we understand, are already under
+     orders for "a forward movement." Other Regiments in Illinois are also
+     in eager anticipation of lively "business" in Missouri or Arkansas.
+
+     Colonel Marsh's Regiment is evidently in first-class condition and
+     consists of strikingly vigorous and hardy men. They are brim full of
+     health and energy and fun. The Regiment numbers nine hundred and
+     sixty-one men rank and file. Success and joy to them.
+
+We left the Arsenal in a few days and for six months were engaged in
+"business" in southeast Missouri. On October 21 we met the Confederates in
+force, under Jeff. Thompson, at Fredericktown and succeeded in thoroughly
+convincing them that they were whipped.
+
+February 6, 1862, we entered Fort Henry and ten days later marched in
+triumph into Fort Donelson. April 6 and 7 we had position in the Union
+lines at Shiloh and after that took a hand in the siege of Corinth.
+September 1 were engaged in the sharp little battle of Britton's Lane. In
+the winter of 1862-3 were in the campaign in the mud in northern
+Mississippi. Were at Oxford when General VanDorn took Holly Springs and
+burned our supplies. In the spring and summer of 1863 we participated in
+all the battles of the Vicksburg campaign and in the siege of that
+stronghold.
+
+Were out on the Meridian expedition for twenty-nine days in the month of
+February, 1864, without tents or other protection from the elements except
+what every man carried on his back.
+
+In the spring and summer of 1864 were in the Georgia campaign and siege of
+Atlanta. In the fall went from Atlanta to the sea.
+
+In 1865 was in the campaign in the Carolinas and marched through Virginia
+to Washington after the Confederate armies had surrendered.
+
+On the 16th of July, 1865, at Louisville, Kentucky, the Twentieth Regiment
+Illinois Volunteer Infantry was mustered out of the United States service
+and disbanded, and the boys went home.
+
+
+
+
+INDEX.
+
+
+                       PAGE
+
+  Adams, Benjamin        44
+
+  Adams, George          40
+
+  Anderson                6
+
+  Ashton                 47
+
+  Atkins                 48
+
+  Bacon                   6
+
+  Barnard                39
+
+  Barrows, David         43
+
+  Barrows, James          6
+
+  Baxter                 46
+
+  Bennett                48
+
+  Bishop                 34
+
+  Bissell                 7
+
+  Boyer                   4
+
+  Bristol                47
+
+  Broad                  33
+
+  Brown                   7
+
+  Carey                   8
+
+  Charles                49
+
+  Clayton                 9
+
+  Clifford                9
+
+  Connelly               56
+
+  Conner, Richard        47
+
+  Conner, Anderson       10
+
+  Conner, Lambert        38
+
+  Constantine            40
+
+  Cook                   50
+
+  Crellen                42
+
+  Crowell                55
+
+  Crowner                48
+
+  Coyle                  10
+
+  Dann                   11
+
+  Dayton                 51
+
+  Dyer                    3
+
+  Favreau                12
+
+  Garner                 55
+
+  Gay                    36
+
+  Griswold               50
+
+  Gray                   12
+
+  Hagerdorn              56
+
+  Hagerman               13
+
+  Hall                   39
+
+  Hanson                 13
+
+  Havenhill, Marshall    13
+
+  Havenhill, Henry       54
+
+  Heacox                 54
+
+  Hopgood, Thomas        33
+
+  Hopgood, George        13
+
+  Howes                  14
+
+  Hutton                 14
+
+  Jennings, Stephen      47
+
+  Jennings, James        16
+
+  Kilmer                 16
+
+  Landon                 50
+
+  Lawton                 51
+
+  Leach, Greenbury       51
+
+  Leach, John            17
+
+  Lehman                 47
+
+  Littlewood             17
+
+  Lord                   56
+
+  Mallory                48
+
+  McKean                 47
+
+  Merkli                 52
+
+  Minard                 56
+
+  Mintz                  40
+
+  Mitchell               44
+
+  Morton, Marcus         43
+
+  Morton, Gilbert        52
+
+  Mullenix               18
+
+  Olin                    3
+
+  Paxson                 48
+
+  Pepoon                 41
+
+  Pierson                18
+
+  Pratt                  57
+
+  Prentice               20
+
+  Preston, William       21
+
+  Preston, Luman         39
+
+  Pruyn                  21
+
+  Read                   46
+
+  Remillard              21
+
+  Rockwood               22
+
+  Scofield               54
+
+  Shoger                 43
+
+  Sleezer                50
+
+  Smith                  49
+
+  Spellman                5
+
+  Spencer                22
+
+  Springer, Richard      22
+
+  Springer, James        38
+
+  Springer, Joseph       49
+
+  Taylor, Robert         45
+
+  Taylor, John           23
+
+  Todd                   24
+
+  Trenter                26
+
+  Vreeland               26
+
+  Wallace                26
+
+  Wann                   42
+
+  Waters                 43
+
+  Watson                 53
+
+  West                   27
+
+  White                  28
+
+  Wilcox                 49
+
+  Wilsey                 28
+
+  Wilson, Andrew         41
+
+  Wilson, DeWitt         29
+
+  Wilson, George         30
+
+  Woodruff               46
+
+  Wright                 31
+
+
+  Preface                 2
+
+  Remarks                57
+
+  A Bit of History       59
+
+
+
+
+Transcriber's Notes:
+
+Passages in italics are indicated by _underscore_.
+
+The following misprints have been corrected:
+  "accompauied" corrected to "accompanied" (page 16)
+  "doctor's" corrected to "doctors" (page 24)
+  "religous" corrected to "religious" (page 29)
+  "Novembe" corrected to "November" (page 50)
+  "Pennsylania" corrected to "Pennsylvania" (page 53)
+
+Some of the dates seem obviously incorrect; however, they are presented
+in this text as they appear in the original.
+
+
+
+
+
+
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+<h4>April 24, 1861.<span class="spacer">&nbsp;</span>July 16, 1865.</h4>
+<p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>
+<h1>COMPANY K,</h1>
+<h3>Twentieth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry.</h3>
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<h3>ROSTER and RECORD</h3>
+<p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>
+<h4>BY</h4>
+<h3><span class="smcap">Andrew Brown.</span></h3>
+<p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>
+<h4>YORKVILLE, ILL.<br /><span class="smcap">Kendall County Record Print</span><br />1894.</h4>
+
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>
+<hr style="width: 45%;" />
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_2" id="Page_2">[Pg 2]</a></span></p>
+<h2>PREFACE.</h2>
+
+<p>At the last annual reunion of the association of the survivors of the 20th
+Illinois Regiment, held in Chicago September 8, 1893, I was assigned the
+duty of preparing a roster of Company K. This little publication is the
+result of my efforts to perform that duty. It is intended for the
+surviving members of the Company and their descendants, for relatives and
+friends of deceased members and for all others into whose hands it may
+chance to come, who are interested in learning about the men who fought
+and won battles that secured to America liberty and union.</p>
+
+<p class="right">ANDREW BROWN.</p>
+
+<p><span class="smcap">Newark, Illinois</span>, June, 1894.</p>
+
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>
+<hr style="width: 45%;" />
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_3" id="Page_3">[Pg 3]</a></span></p>
+<h2>ROSTER AND RECORD.</h2>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">REUBEN F. DYER, M. D., Ottawa, Ill.</p>
+
+<p>Born at Strong, Franklin county, Maine. Volunteered at Newark, Ill., April
+15, 1861. Was elected Captain. Commanded Company at Fredericktown, Fort
+Henry and Fort Donelson. Resigned commission as Captain of Company K March
+13, 1862, at Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee, with view of obtaining a
+position in the line of his profession. August 25, 1862, was commissioned
+Surgeon, 104th Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, which commission he
+held till close of war, and, at close was acting Medical Director 14th
+Army Corps, General Jefferson C. Davis commanding. Has practiced medicine
+at Ottawa since 1865. For a number of years a member of U. S. Board
+Examining Surgeons. Is not a pensioner. A republican. A Methodist.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">BENJAMIN OLIN, Joliet, Ill.</p>
+
+<p>Born in State of New York. Volunteered at Newark, Ill., in April, 1861.
+Elected Orderly Sergeant of Company. May, 1861, commissioned First
+Lieutenant. Served with Company in Missouri till November, 1861, when he
+resigned on account of ill health. Has been in the practice of law since
+1862. At present County Judge of Will county, Ill. Is not a pensioner. Has
+never applied for a pension. A liberal democrat. A Methodist.</p>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_4" id="Page_4">[Pg 4]</a></span>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">JOHN N. BOYER, Normal, Ill.</p>
+
+<p>Born in Centre county, Pennsylvania. Volunteered May 10, 1861, at Newark,
+Ill. Discharged February 15, 1864, on account of wound received at
+Vicksburg. Was appointed Orderly Sergeant June 13, 1861. Commissioned 2d
+Lieutenant January 22, 1862; Captain March 13, 1862.</p>
+
+<p class="center"><span class="smcaplc">AT SHILOH.</span></p>
+
+<p>On April 6, 1862, had mumps very badly, and had neck wrapped with red
+flannel. Nevertheless, went out in command of the Company. Had sword
+struck by a missile and bent nearly double, and received two slight wounds
+in the face. At noon was compelled to retire from the Company. When going,
+several of the boys turned over their pocket-books to him for safe
+keeping. Joined us, and took command of the Company, at daylight the next
+morning and was in all the second day&#8217;s fighting.</p>
+
+<p class="center"><span class="smcaplc">AT BRITTON&#8217;S LANE.</span></p>
+
+<p>On September 1, 1862, was indisposed and was riding in an ambulance with
+Assistant Surgeon Bailey and Chaplain Button. When first shots were heard
+at Britton&#8217;s Lane he jumped out, buckled on his sword and asked Dr. Bailey
+to give him a strong dose of whisky and quinine and then went forward on a
+run to take charge of the Company. This is a true story, because Chaplain
+Button tells it.</p>
+
+<p class="center"><span class="smcaplc">AT VICKSBURG.</span></p>
+
+<p>On May 22, 1863, while in command of the Company at Vicksburg he was shot
+in the foot. On this occasion he lost his sword that had been battered at
+Shiloh; also, most of his other personal effects. He was discharged on
+account of this wound and receives pension therefor at the rate of twenty
+dollars a month.</p>
+
+<p class="center"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_5" id="Page_5">[Pg 5]</a></span><span class="smcaplc">A MAN OF PEACE.</span></p>
+
+<p>Since war has been teacher, farmer, business man and cattle man in the
+West. Is broken in health. Rheumatism and other debilities. Says he can&#8217;t
+work much. We understand he does not have to. In one sense of the word it
+is supposed he is well-heeled, although in another sense it is certain he
+is very badly heeled. In religion a Methodist; in politics a radical
+republican.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">PERRY W. SPELLMAN, Fellowship, Florida.</p>
+
+<p>Born in Pittsford, Monroe county, New York. Volunteered April 24, 1861, at
+Newark, Ill. Mustered out July 16, 1865, by reason of close of war. Was
+appointed Sergeant in May, 1861. Detailed on recruiting service from
+December, 1861, to June, 1862. Was Orderly Sergeant for a few months, then
+reduced to the ranks and detailed as acting Hospital Steward and dispenser
+of medicine. Was commissioned First Lieutenant March 2, 1863, and Captain
+February 23, 1865.</p>
+
+<p>On May 12, 1863, during our desperate struggle behind the rail fence at
+Raymond, Comrade Spellman had the command of the Company. Near the close
+of that battle, when our lines were advancing through the woods, he was
+hit in the side by a bullet and disabled for a time. From May 22, 1865, he
+commanded the Company during the siege of Vicksburg, and continued in
+command till the latter part of the siege of Atlanta. Was on detached
+service as acting assistant Quartermaster 3d Division 17th Army Corps,
+from October, 1864, till final muster out.</p>
+
+<p>Since the war has mostly followed business pursuits. Has lived in
+Illinois, in South Dakota, and is now in Florida. On December 25, 1893, he
+wrote<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_6" id="Page_6">[Pg 6]</a></span> thus: &#8220;I came to Florida in January, 1890, and will probably spend
+the remainder of my days here. The climate is much more agreeable to me
+than that of the chilly North. Roses in full bloom and fresh vegetables
+for the table all winter.&#8221; Pensioned for disability incurred in the army.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">FAAGUST ANDERSON, Westport, Brown County, South Dakota.</p>
+
+<p>May, 1861-August 1, 1862. Born in Sweden. Came to America in 1852. Twenty
+years old when enlisted. Was shot in wrist at Shiloh and discharged
+because of wound. Enlisted in another regiment in August, 1863, and
+mustered out in December, 1865, on account of close of war. Is pensioned
+at rate of ten dollars a month for wound received at Shiloh, and other
+disabilities. Has been farming since the war. Is a republican, but not a
+church member.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">CHARLES BACON, Clinton, Oneida County, New York.</p>
+
+<p>April, 1861-July, 1865. Born in Paris, Oneida county, New York.
+Thirty-three years old when enlisted. Pensioned at rate of eight dollars a
+month for disability incurred in army. Pension granted December, 1893.
+Votes the republican ticket as often as he has a chance to do so, but in
+religion is not very particular. Just goes to whatever church is handiest.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">JAMES BARROWS, Newark, Ill.</p>
+
+<p>April, 1861-July 24, 1862. Born in Perry, Wyoming county, New York. Was
+twenty-six years old when enlisted. Pensioned at twelve dollars a month.
+Is a<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_7" id="Page_7">[Pg 7]</a></span> painter. A member of Baptist church. A republican. Was in the ranks
+of Company K at Fredericktown, Fort Henry, Fort Donelson and Shiloh.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">MARTIN BISSELL, Plano, Ill.</p>
+
+<p>May, 1861-October 3, 1862. Born in Addison county, Vermont. Twenty-one
+years old when enlisted. Slightly wounded at Fort Donelson. At Shiloh was
+struck with fragment of bursting shell Sunday morning, in region of hip,
+while regiment was executing a retreat after first engagement with the
+enemy. Soon afterwards was struck in thigh with spent ball, and later in
+the battle had part of right thumb nail knocked off and bayonet scabbard
+cut by another ball. At Britton&#8217;s Lane was shot in right shoulder; was
+discharged because of this wound, and draws pension therefor at the rate
+of eight dollars a month. Since discharged has been engaged in
+agricultural and mechanical pursuits. A republican. A Methodist.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">ANDREW BROWN, Newark, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>April, 1861-July 14, 1864. Born of Irish parents, in Kendall county, Ill.
+Seventeen years old when enlisted. Did not go with Company from Newark to
+Joliet on Saturday, May 11, 1861, because, on that morning, clothes and
+other necessaries were missing, but the next day, being fairly equipped,
+he started on foot for Camp Goodell, east of Joliet, at 10 o&#8217;clock a. m.
+and reached destination at 4 p. m. Was farther away from home then than he
+had ever been before in his life. Had made a march of nearly thirty miles
+in six hours, but was in very &#8220;light marching order.&#8221; Was not encumbered
+with a single superfluous article. When he reported in camp, Lieutenant
+Watson<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_8" id="Page_8">[Pg 8]</a></span> ordered the Company to form ranks and then called for three cheers
+for the boy they left behind them. From the day he left home till he
+returned, a period of more than three years, this volunteer never slept in
+a bed nor sat at a table to eat a meal of victuals. Was never on detailed
+duty, never straggled from the ranks and, while a soldier, never missed a
+march, campaign, skirmish or battle, except when wounded and a prisoner in
+the hands of the enemy. When long roll was beat Sunday morning at Shiloh,
+he had his gun off the stock and was swabbing out the barrel in a pail of
+water. Was under arrest and in guard house once only. Charges preferred
+were &#8220;committing depredations on private property.&#8221; The &#8220;depredation&#8221;
+consisted of milking a cow in canteen. Read the New Testament through
+three times in the army. Has the little volume yet which Chaplain Button
+presented in May, 1861. It has been out in many a storm and is badly
+soaked and soiled. Was slightly wounded at Britton&#8217;s Lane. Was shot twice
+through leg at Raymond and captured by the enemy. A prisoner for two
+months. Since discharged has been student, teacher, lawyer, farmer. Has
+never been greenbacker, free-silver man nor protective tariff man. Is a
+democrat, but has much regard and respect for prohibitionists. In religion
+liberal. Catholic rather than Protestant.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">JOHN CAREY, Blackstone, Ill.</p>
+
+<p>May, 1861-July 16, 1865. Born in Limerick, Ireland. Came to America in
+November, 1860. Was twenty-one years old when enlisted.</p>
+
+<p>The preliminary skirmishing of an impending battle always acted like a
+tonic on this comrade, and he was never known to be out of condition
+whenever a<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_9" id="Page_9">[Pg 9]</a></span> battle was on. Was as good a soldier as ever fought under the
+Stars and Stripes.</p>
+
+<p>Captured July 22, 1864, near Atlanta, and confined in Confederate prisons
+for nearly seven months. Finally escaped and reached Union lines near
+Wilmington, N. C., February 22, 1865. Pensioned at rate of twenty dollars
+a month for disabilities incurred in Andersonville Prison. Is a
+bachelor&mdash;to me it is an utterly unaccountable fact that so congenial a
+soul as John Carey should choose to live alone in life. Some girl may
+capture him yet. His widow would probably receive a nice pension when John
+is gone. Comrade Carey claims that he votes the republican ticket,
+although he is a true Irishman and a good Catholic. He did not reply to my
+letter of inquiry.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">CHARLES CLAYTON, 26 Union St., Wakefield Road, Stalysbridge, Lancashire, England, Europe.</p>
+
+<p>April, 1861-July 25, 1862. Born in England. Draws pension at rate of eight
+dollars a month for disabilities incurred in service. Enrolled at
+Washington, D. C., Agency. Certificate No. 411,108.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">FRANKLIN CLIFFORD, Seneca, Ill.</p>
+
+<p>April, 1861-July 16, 1865. Born in St. Louis, Missouri. Twenty-one years
+old when enlisted. Received some slight wounds. There was no discount on
+this comrade&#8217;s fighting qualities. I remember that very distinctly. Was
+captured near Atlanta July 22, 1864. A prisoner seven months and ten days.
+Exchanged at Wilmington, N. C., March 1, 1865. Is pensioned at twelve
+dollars a month for disabilities incurred in service. Is a laborer. He
+writes thus: &#8220;I always vote the republican ticket. I suppose I ought to be
+a religious man, but I am not.&#8221;</p>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[Pg 10]</a></span>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">ANDERSON CONNER, No. 2219 Messanie St., St. Joseph, Missouri.</p>
+
+<p>June 9, 1861-July 16, 1865. Born in Hunterdon county, New Jersey. Eighteen
+years old when enlisted. Wounded at Raymond and captured. Sent to Libby
+prison. A prisoner only seventeen days. Was then paroled and sent to St.
+Louis to await exchange. Remained at St. Louis nearly four months. Was
+then exchanged and served with Company K to close of war. Is pensioned at
+rate of ten dollars a month for disabilities incurred in the service. His
+paternal grandfather was in the Revolution and war of 1812. He says he has
+two big boys that might do for soldiers if they were drafted and put under
+guard where they could not run.</p>
+
+<p>From 1867 to 1893 lived in Wisconsin; was engaged in lumbering and
+farming, but did not make a fortune. In June, 1893, went to Dwight, Ill.;
+stayed there two months, then went west to take a new start in life.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">JAMES COYLE, St. Louis, Missouri, No. 624-626 Washington Ave.</p>
+
+<p>May, 1861-July 16, 1865. Was captured near Atlanta July 22, 1864, and
+confined in Confederate prisons. Escaped and recaptured in woods with
+dogs. Escaped again and succeeded in reaching the Union lines after
+traveling a distance of one hundred and fifty miles. Was wounded in
+trenches at Vicksburg. Is pensioned for wound. Was a very determined and
+resolute fighter in battle. Since war has been in business and has been
+successful. Is probably a democrat. Has a democratic name and lives in a
+democratic State. Did not answer my letter of inquiry. The facts here
+given are from previous knowledge.</p>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[Pg 11]</a></span>Since writing the foregoing I have received a letter from this comrade. He
+was not mustered out with the regiment in July, but was retained in
+service by special order of War Department and mustered out September 26,
+1865, at Louisville. Was shot through the right hand in front of Fort
+Hill, Vicksburg, May 21, 1863. When captured near Atlanta July 22, 1864,
+he was sent to Andersonville. On September 11, 1864, while in transit from
+Andersonville to another prison he and George Wilson of Company K escaped
+from the cars at midnight and were out fifteen days. Traveled at night and
+lay in concealment during the day. Were finally captured and confined in a
+common prison at Augusta, Ga., for three weeks. Was then sent to the new
+prison at Millen. Was there only one day when he escaped for the second
+time with a soldier of the Fifteenth Ohio regiment. Was out the second
+time only eleven days and was again captured, and again taken to Augusta;
+was there two days when he made a third escape with a Pennsylvania
+soldier. &#8220;After twenty-one days by constant night travel, we reached
+Sherman&#8217;s army at Atlanta.&#8221;</p>
+
+<p>In politics a republican; in religion a Presbyterian.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">JEROME B. DANN, DeWitt, Saline County, Nebraska.</p>
+
+<p>June 4, 1861-July 16, 1865. Born in Pennsylvania. Seventeen years old when
+enlisted. Captured near Atlanta July 22, 1864. A prisoner for several
+months. Escaped and recaptured in the woods. Since the war has followed
+contracting and building, and is at it yet to some extent. Health is quite
+unsatisfactory. Draws pension at rate of twelve dollars a month.&mdash;Has been
+connected with Congregational church for twenty years. Has always been a
+republican and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[Pg 12]</a></span> expects to die a republican. You may live a long time yet,
+Jerome.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">RUDOLPH FAVREAU, West New Brighton, Richmond County, N. Y.</p>
+
+<p>May, 1861-July 14, 1864. Born in Germany. Thirty-five years old when
+enlisted. Was the company fifer. Rudolph writes thus: &#8220;Ich bin 68 Yahre
+alt. Kam nach Amerika 1858, und bin ein Gartner. Ich leide an Reimatismus
+und kan garnicht mehr arbeiten und muss nun von meine Pension leben von
+$12 monathlich. Auszerdem geh&ouml;re ich zuder G. A. R. Post, No. 545, Port
+Richmond. Ich belange zu der Deutsche Kirche.&#8221;</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">JOHN T. GRAY, Blairsville, Indiana County, Pennsylvania.</p>
+
+<p>April, 1861-July 14, 1864. Twenty-one years old when enlisted. Re-enlisted
+soon after discharge from Company K and served one year in U. S. veteran
+reserve corps. Is not in good health. Pensioned at rate of $4,00 a month
+for rheumatism contracted in the service. Since the war has done a little
+of a great many different things. When a boy he associated himself with
+the republican party in the days of Fremont and Dayton, and has never had
+just cause or provocation to change. Just now, December, 1893, he sees a
+blanked sight less cause to change his opinion than ever. In religion, a
+free thinker, he professes that he is not a Christian. He does not want to
+become a Christian and does not want to be classed as such. Has wife and
+happy family, owns the roof above them and lives contentedly. Has never,
+since his discharge, seen a single Company K man and but one man of the
+regiment.</p>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[Pg 13]</a></span>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">SAMUEL HAGERMAN, Yorkville, Ill.</p>
+
+<p>June 1, 1861-July 16, 1865. Born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. Was
+twenty-seven years old when enlisted. At battle of Shiloh Samuel&#8217;s gun was
+knocked to pieces by some kind of a missile. At Raymond he was shot in the
+shoulder and leg, and in the Georgia campaign had a finger shot off.
+Receives pension for wounds at rate of eight dollars a month. Member of
+Presbyterian church. A republican.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">NICHOLAS HANSON, Battle Creek, Ida County, Iowa.</p>
+
+<p>May 8, 1861-July 16, 1865. Born in Schoharie county, New York. He says he
+was only seventeen years old when he enlisted. Was wounded July 21, 1864,
+near Atlanta. Draws pension for wounds at rate of four dollars a month. Is
+farming now and has been most of the time since the war. Is a
+Presbyterian. Votes the republican ticket under all circumstances. Is
+willing to support anything the party puts up. &#8220;If you or any other
+Company K folks are ever out this way hunt me up. I own a quarter-section
+farm four miles west of town in as good a country as is around Newark. I
+have never been able to meet you at any of the reunions, but I am always
+glad to get a card of invitation.&#8221;</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">MARSHALL HAVENHILL, Miner, Miner County, South Dakota.</p>
+
+<p>Enlisted at Newark in April, 1861. July 20, 1861, was transferred to the
+regimental band.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">GEORGE HOPGOOD, Morton, Lewis County, Washington.</p>
+
+<p>April, 1861-July 23, 1862. Born in England. Came<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[Pg 14]</a></span> to America in 1857.
+Twenty-one years old when enlisted. Is pensioned at the rate of four
+dollars a month for disabilities incurred in service.</p>
+
+<p>Since the war has lived most of the time at Clinton, Missouri, and has
+worked as a stone-mason. Has gone west and taken a homestead and intends
+to grow up with the country. Is a &#8220;republican all the way through&#8221;. In
+religion he is a true Christian. Adopts the grand principles of the Sermon
+on the Mount. Get your Bibles, turn to Matthew vii, 12, and read the rule
+that he lives by. That is good religion, George. None better was ever
+formulated. Live right up to it and you need have no fear of torment or
+torture in the life beyond this life.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">EDWIN HOWES, Eola, DuPage County, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>April, 1861-July 15, 1865. Born in State of New York. Twenty-two years old
+when enlisted. Wounded and captured at Britton&#8217;s Lane. Paroled. Captured
+again near Atlanta, July 22, 1864, and sent to Confederate prisons.
+Escaped from prison and reached Union lines near Wilmington, North
+Carolina, February, 1865. Pensioned at the rate of twelve dollars a month
+for disabilities incurred in the service. Is a farmer. A prohibitionist.
+Professes to be a Christian.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center"><span class="smcap">Dr.</span> WILLIAM H. H. HUTTON, Surgeon U. S. Marine Hospital Service,
+Detroit, Mich.</p>
+
+<p>Born in York, Jefferson county, Ohio. Enlisted in Company K, 20th Illinois
+regiment, June 17, 1861, at the age of twenty-three years; discharged
+therefrom August 28, 1862, for deafness caused by concussion of cannon at
+battle of Pittsburg Landing. Had<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[Pg 15]</a></span> participated in all battles in which
+Company was engaged up to date of discharge.</p>
+
+<p>September 2, 1862, enlisted in Company D, 104th regiment Illinois
+volunteers. Reported to his Company at Louisville, Ky., October 2, 1862.
+Appointed Sergeant April 10, 1863. Appointed Color-Sergeant on battlefield
+of Chicamauga September 20, 1863. Wounded at battle of Missionary Ridge
+November 25, 1863. On account of disabilities was sent to Chicago, Ill.,
+March, 1864. Was chief clerk Desmarres eye and ear military hospital,
+Chicago, from July 4, 1864, to March 8, 1865, at which date was discharged
+from 104th Illinois regiment by order of Secretary of War. Was appointed
+Hospital Steward U. S. A. March 8, 1864 in which capacity he served till
+April 1, 1871, thus making a military record of ten years. As Hospital
+Steward, U. S. A., he served at the following places: Chicago, Ill.;
+Montgomery, Mobile, and Forts Gaines and Morgan, Alabama; Charleston,
+S. C.; Newbern and Raleigh, N. C.; Key West and Dry Tortugas, Florida.
+September 8, 1871, was appointed Hospital Steward in U. S. Marine
+Hospital, Mobile, Alabama; resigned July 4, 1874.</p>
+
+<p>Graduated from Chicago Medical College March 16, 1875. May 8, 1875, was
+appointed Assistant Surgeon U. S. Marine Hospital service. This
+appointment was made on results of competitive examination. Promoted to
+Surgeon October 5, 1876. As a United States medical officer has served at
+ports of New York, Cincinnati, Mobile, Key West, New Orleans, Baltimore,
+and is now serving second tour at Detroit.</p>
+
+<p>Has served as Medical Inspector of the Life-Saving Service, is on several
+examing boards, and has had a great deal to do with National quarantine
+matters, especially as regards yellow fever and cholera.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[Pg 16]</a></span> On one occasion
+represented the authority of the United States for several months, in
+quarantine matters, on the entire Florida coast.</p>
+
+<p>This is a very brief summary of Comrade Hutton&#8217;s life for nearly
+thirty-three years.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">JAMES JENNINGS, Sheridan, LaSalle County, Ill.</p>
+
+<p>April, 1861-July 16, 1865. Born in state of New York. Twenty-one years old
+when enlisted. Was one of the very first to volunteer at Newark; probably
+signed the roll April 15, 1861. He also re-enlisted for another three
+years as soon as he had an opportunity to do so, which was December 16,
+1863. Is well charged with grit. Was shot in shoulder at Britton&#8217;s Lane.
+Was captured July 22, 1864, near Atlanta, and sent to Andersonville; made
+three escapes from prison; first and second were unsuccessful; was
+recaptured both times in the woods, after traveling many nights and
+undergoing great hardships. Third escape proved successful. Reached Union
+lines near Wilmington, N. C, Feb. 22, 1865. Is pensioned at rate of four
+dollars a month for wound received at Britton&#8217;s Lane. Is a farmer.
+Non-sectarian in religion; republican in politics.</p>
+
+<p>Comrade Jennings has been greatly bereaved by the loss of his wife who
+died at South San Diego, Cal., April 14, 1894. He and daughter Edith
+<ins class="correction" title="original reads 'accompauied'">accompanied</ins> her to the Pacific coast during the preceding autumn, vainly
+attempting to save her from the fatal malady to which she finally
+succumbed. Our comrade&#8217;s home is now desolate.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">ELIAS KILMER, Prophetstown, Whiteside County, Ill.</p>
+
+<p>April 24. 1861-July 14, 1864. Born in Oswego county,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_17" id="Page_17">[Pg 17]</a></span> New York. Twenty-one
+years old when enlisted. September 5, 1864, enlisted in 146th Regiment,
+Illinois Volunteers, and was discharged therefrom July 5, 1865, by reason
+of the termination of the war. Is pensioned at rate of six dollars a
+month. Since the war has been a farmer. This is the way Elias writes:
+&#8220;Politics, black republican. In regard to religion, my wife belongs to the
+Methodist church. I suppose you preached prohibition and voted
+democratic.&#8221; There are very many republicans of my acquaintance whom I
+would be glad to see preaching prohibition although they continue to vote
+the republican ticket. No class of American citizens would be more greatly
+blessed and benefitted by prohibition than republicans.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">JOHN LEACH, Morris, Ill.</p>
+
+<p>April, 1861-July 16, 1865. Born in West Virginia. Twenty-two years old
+when enlisted. A carpenter. A very active republican&mdash;never preaches
+prohibition. Is a christian, but has not worked at the trade for many
+years. Did not answer my letter, and am unable to give further facts from
+memory.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">JAMES B. LITTLEWOOD, Washington, D. C., No. 415, B Street, N. E.</p>
+
+<p>April, 1861-July, 1865. Born in England. Was struck, I think, by a spent
+ball at Britton&#8217;s Lane. Was a good soldier. Since war, has held clerical
+positions in Washington; is now in the Patent Office. While performing
+clerical duty, studied medicine and graduated from Medical College at
+Georgetown, D. C. Owns a home in Washington. Is probably a democrat at the
+present time. Did not answer my letter of inquiry.</p>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_18" id="Page_18">[Pg 18]</a></span>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">JOHN P. MULLENIX, Fairfield, Iowa.</p>
+
+<p>May, 1861-March 25, 1862. Born in Ohio. Thirty-six years old when
+enlisted. Receives pension at rate of thirty dollars a month for
+disability incurred in service; has drawn pension from date of discharge.
+Badly crippled; cannot go without crutches; has no use of left arm and
+shoulder; rheumatism is the main difficulty. Is a Presbyterian in belief,
+and a republican from principle.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">ALBERT PIERSON, 10 Prospect Street, East Orange, New Jersey.</p>
+
+<p>June 3, 1861-November 20, 1862. In 1863, when Confederate army came up
+into Pennsylvania, enlisted in a militia company, and served thirty days.
+Born in Orange, N. J. Was twenty-two years old when enlisted. Had the
+pleasure of participating in only one battle during the war&mdash;that of
+Fredericktown, Missouri. About November 1, 1861, became very sick at
+Bird&#8217;s Point, Missouri. On the 20th of that month received furlough and
+went to Mr. Jessup&#8217;s, Na-au-say township, Kendall county, Illinois, where
+he remained for six months a very sick man. In May, 1862, was sent to East
+Orange, N. J., his former home, in charge of a personal attendant, and
+came near dying on the journey. Remained at East Orange, sick, for four
+months. In August reported to hospital, on Bedloe Island, from which he
+was discharged November 20, 1862, and it is the regret of Comrade Pierson
+that he was not with Company K, 20th Illinois Regiment, during the whole
+war. Since discharged he has been seriously sick, and has paid out money
+to doctors. &#8220;Yet, I believe there is One above who rules over all, and
+when my time comes no doctor can save me.&#8221; (Doctor Taylor, what think<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[Pg 19]</a></span> you
+of this?) Comrade Pierson is a Presbyterian. He is not a pensioner; he has
+never applied for pension. He is a republican; is a powerful republican,
+and is in grief because of the ascendancy of the democratic party. This is
+the way he writes: &#8220;O, what a great big humbug Grover is, anyway; he ought
+to be in England, not America. I recall the night after the election; I
+expected nothing from New Jersey&mdash;she has always been a democrat&mdash;but I
+did expect good news from the Prairie state. At twelve o&#8217;clock report
+came, &#8216;Illinois is against Harrison.&#8217; At first I refused to believe it. I
+had been proud of Illinois up to that time, as I had spent some years
+there, but now I am in sorrow for her.&#8221; Albert, I am surprised that a
+grave and serious man of mature years would sit up till twelve o&#8217;clock
+watching election returns. Don&#8217;t do it again. Retire at nine o&#8217;clock
+regularly the night after election and in the morning you will be in
+better condition to hear the news. You may get bad news next time, too. As
+ordered by the people, so will the result be.</p>
+
+<p>Comrade Pierson has been engaged in different lines of business since the
+war&mdash;is now, and has been for some years, in the wood and coal business.
+He gives this cordial invitation: &#8220;If any Company K boys ever come East, I
+want them to run out to Orange and see me; about fourteen miles from New
+York City, and trains run all the time. Remember!&#8221;</p>
+
+<p>In a subsequent letter, Comrade Pierson has given additional facts
+concerning himself. In the spring of 1857 he went out to Illinois to be a
+farmer. Was in Kendall county, Illinois, when the affair took place at
+Fort Sumpter in Charleston Harbor, and immediately joined a Company that
+was started at Oswego. That Company was unfortunate in not being accepted,
+and he was obliged to go back to work.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_20" id="Page_20">[Pg 20]</a></span> In the meantime a Kendall county
+Company was organized at Newark and went into camp at Joliet. Some of the
+Oswego boys went to Joliet and joined that Company and sent back word that
+a few more men would be received. Comrade Pierson was full of the war, but
+was reluctant about quitting work again. One day he was plowing. His team
+consisted of a free horse and a very lazy one. He talked a great deal to
+the lazy horse and pelted him with chunks of dirt, but all this was
+unavailing and he decided to resort to harsher means. He stopped, threw
+the lines from his shoulders, swung them around the plow handle and went
+up alongside of the lazy animal to thrash him. But as soon as he commenced
+operations the free horse jumped and away went the team. After
+considerable time he caught them. He then felt very gritty and resolved to
+be a soldier. He tied the horses to a fence and started. As he passed the
+house he called at the door and said, &#8220;Good bye! I am off for the war,&#8221;
+and moved on toward Joliet. On this journey he was troubled by the thought
+that he was liable to be rejected, as he was a small man and, at that
+time, first-class war material was in great abundance. When, however, he
+reached camp he passed muster successfully and was happy. Comrade Pierson
+closes his letter thus: &#8220;When another election comes &#8217;round I want you
+fellows out there to attend to business better than you did before. Watch
+New Jersey next time.&#8221;</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">WILLIAM PRENTICE, Soldiers&#8217; Home, Quincy, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>Enlisted in April, 1861; served for several months in Company K. Was
+discharged for disability, and afterwards enlisted in another Regiment. Is
+a pensioner.</p>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_21" id="Page_21">[Pg 21]</a></span>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">WILLIAM PRESTON, Steward, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>April 24, 1861-July 16, 1865. Born in Kendall county, Illinois. Twenty-one
+years old when enlisted. Receives pension for disability incurred in
+service. After war, engaged in farming; later was in business; now
+somewhat retired. Is interested in Company K matters, and is glad that a
+roster is likely to be made up.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">JAY DELOS PRUYN, Oneonta, New York.</p>
+
+<p>May 1, 1861-July 14, 1864. Born at Syracuse, N. Y., Twenty-two years old
+when enlisted. Is granted pension at rate of twelve dollars a month. Is
+painter and decorator. Republican. Presbyterian.</p>
+
+<p>I am under special obligation to Comrade Pruyn for aiding me while lying
+helpless and in danger of bleeding to death on the battlefield at Raymond.
+He bandaged my wounded leg with his big red handkerchief, knotted and
+drawn very tightly, and with my own suspenders; gave me a good drink out
+of his canteen, and then resumed his place in the ranks. Comrade Pruyn was
+a good soldier, a conscientious man, a man of many good qualities. My
+association with him in the army will continue a pleasant recollection.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">NARCISSE REMILLARD, Mount Taber, Multnomah County, Oregon.</p>
+
+<p>April 1861-July 14, 1864. September 5, 1864, enlisted in 146th Regiment,
+Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged therefrom July 5, 1865.
+Was born at Naperville, Canada. Twenty-six years old when enlisted. Is
+pensioned at rate of ten dollars a month for disability incurred in
+service. In religion, Protestant; a member of Baptist church. In politics,
+non-partisan. Votes with reference to the good of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_22" id="Page_22">[Pg 22]</a></span> the country. Does not
+consider the interests of politicians. That is correct; vote as you
+shot&mdash;for country and for right.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">WARREN ROCKWOOD, Sheridan, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>April, 1861-November 15, 1861. Born in state of New York. Twenty-three
+years old when enlisted. Receives pension at rate of eight dollars a
+month. Was a farmer for a number of years; now works as carpenter.
+Republican. Non-sectarian in religion.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">BERDETTE SPENCER, Elmira, New York, No. 1024 College Avenue.</p>
+
+<p>May 13, 1861-July 14, 1864. Born at Mohawk, Herkimer county, N. Y.
+Thirty-three years old when enlisted. Was wounded in left forearm at Fort
+Donelson, and receives pension of ten dollars a month because of wound. On
+account of this wound he was away from the Company on furlough seven
+months, three months at Marine hospital, Chicago, and four months at home.
+During this time missed Shiloh and Britton&#8217;s Lane; was in all other
+battles with the Company. Is now, and has been since July 24, 1876,
+employed at New York State Reformatory, which has about fifteen hundred
+prisoners. Has never seen a Company K man since the war. Wants to get all
+the news about the boys. Would like to attend a reunion and see them all
+once more. Does not know whether to call them boys now or not. Is not a
+church member; in belief, a spiritualist.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">RICHARD SPRINGER, Chicago, Ill., No. 99 Washington Street.</p>
+
+<p>April, 1861-August 31, 1865. Born at LaFayette, Indiana. Seventeen years
+old when enlisted. Shot<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_23" id="Page_23">[Pg 23]</a></span> in right arm July 21, 1864, near Atlanta, while
+attempting to rescue Martin Morley, the regimental standard bearer, who
+lay wounded between the lines. Draws pension for this wound at rate of
+seventeen dollars a month. Since war has been student, journalist, man of
+affairs, engaged in various business enterprises, now handles real estate
+in Chicago. Fearless and aggressive in politics, as upon battlefields, he
+has never winced under stroke of party lash. Has been liberal republican
+and greenbacker. Now looks with favor upon the independent populist
+movement. In religion, liberal. Protestant rather than Catholic.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">JOHN J. TAYLOR, M. D., Streator, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>June 17, 1861-June 16, 1862. Born in Kent, England. Came to America in
+1852 with his parents when eleven years old. Came on ship Prince Albert
+with five hundred emigrants; thirty-seven days on sea. Has renounced
+allegiance to the British crown. Is now American through and through. Was
+twenty years old when enlisted. Receives pension at rate of eight dollars
+a month for disabilities incurred in service. Suffered for about twenty
+years after discharged from the army with alimentary and other
+difficulties. After coming home badly wrecked he attended Normal
+University with the purpose of preparing for a teacher, but was compelled
+by ill health to abandon the project. Began the study of medicine for
+personal benefit, afterwards adopted it as a profession. Studied medicine
+at University of Michigan in 1865-6, and in 1866-7 in Chicago at the Rush.
+Graduated from Rush Medical College January 25, 1867, and has since been
+engaged in the practice of the profession. Is a railroad surgeon, is
+secretary of LaSalle county Medical Society, and is examining<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_24" id="Page_24">[Pg 24]</a></span> surgeon for
+a number of life insurance companies. Has been president of North Central
+Medical Association. Has been captain of State Militia and alderman fourth
+ward, Streator.</p>
+
+<p>This comrade is a very zealous adherent of the republican party; he has
+great faith in the party. He thinks the republican party is right. He
+thinks it always has been right. He thinks it will soon again have control
+of the affairs of the government. We are in great danger of being deluged
+by foreign goods from which calamity the government should protect us.</p>
+
+<p>In religion he is broad and free. Is not priest-ridden. He cordially
+recognizes whatever of good there is in the &#8220;religious societies&#8221; and
+spreads the wide mantle of charity over all their errors. Is very willing
+and very anxious to learn in regard to the great beyond, but is not
+willing to take bit and be reined by priest or prelate. Desires liberty in
+regard to religious thought and action.</p>
+
+<p>&#8220;Be industrious, be honest, be clean, be true to yourself and charitable
+to others, and lift like a Hercules to lighten the burden of those who are
+heavily loaded and weary in the journey of life. These things are
+religion.&#8221;&mdash;Taylor.</p>
+
+<p>&#8220;The practice of moral duties without a belief in a Divine law-giver, and
+without reference to His will or commands, is not religion.&#8221;&mdash;Webster.</p>
+
+<p>Who shall decide when <ins class="correction" title="original reads 'doctor's'">doctors</ins> disagree?</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">WILLIAM TODD, Illinois Soldier&#8217;s Home, Quincy, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>April, 1861-May 25, 1865. Was born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, but left the
+bleak, barren hills of his native land in 1849 and came to Chicago. Was
+twenty-nine years and nine months old when enlisted.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_25" id="Page_25">[Pg 25]</a></span> Captured near
+Atlanta, Ga., July 22, 1864, and for many months confined in Confederate
+prisons.</p>
+
+<p>Since putting foot upon the western continent William has been an
+enthusiastic American. He believes America should be protected. We should
+not break down the walls and allow the country to be flooded with goods
+from foreign shores. We want work to do and plenty of it. An idle brain is
+the devil&#8217;s shop. Don&#8217;t let the English, the Dutch or the French work for
+us, howsoever cheaply they offer their services. Comrade Todd is an
+idolator. He worships the republican party. He is wedded to his idol&mdash;let
+him alone.</p>
+
+<p>In regard to religion, he writes this: &#8220;I am a Christian, <i>i. e.</i>, a
+believer in Christ and his teachings. I am not connected with any
+denomination, but have a leaning to the Congregational. My father was of
+that denomination in Scotland, the name for them there and in England
+being Independents.&#8221; Became a Kendall county man by adoption.</p>
+
+<p>&#8220;I enlisted at Champaign, Ill., April 18, 1861, but when we went into camp
+at Joliet that Company had four men above the maximum number, and the
+Kendall county Company lacked two men of the minimum number. I and another
+transferred ourselves from A to K, and were put on the muster roll as
+having enlisted in Company K April 24, 1861. So you can put me down in
+roster as having enlisted at Newark, Kendall county, Illinois, April 24,
+1861.&#8221;</p>
+
+<p>Comrade Todd is badly broken in health. Right side partly paralyzed. He
+says he &#8220;cannot write worth a continental.&#8221; Is a shoemaker. Has worked at
+that trade principally since the war, but has been otherwise employed and,
+he writes, &#8220;I finally got in here.&#8221; He receives from Uncle Sam at
+Washington a regular remittance at the rate of six dollars a<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[Pg 26]</a></span> month. I
+should think the old fellow could do a little better than that.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">SAMUEL TRENTOR, Morris, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>April 24, 1861-July 14, 1864. Born at Moundsville, West Virginia. Nearly
+nineteen years old when enlisted. Sam thought that with his long arms he
+could do good work with a cavalry sabre, and did not re-enlist in the 20th
+Regiment, but when discharged therefrom joined Captain Collins&#8217; Company of
+the 4th Illinois Cavalry and served until the close of the war. Was shot
+in the neck at Britton&#8217;s Lane. Receives pension at rate of twelve dollars
+a month for disabilities incurred in the service. Works for a living.
+Writes thus: &#8220;I am not a democrat. My religion I have not yet.&#8221;</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">WILLIAM VREELAND, Maurice, Iowa.</p>
+
+<p>April, 1861-July 14, 1864. Born in Hudson county, N. J. Twenty-four years
+old when enlisted. Receives pension at rate of eight dollars a month for
+disability incurred in the service. Was a farmer for several years after
+discharge, but the condition of his health forced him to abandon that
+vocation. Is now editor and proprietor of the Maurice Free Press. &#8220;A
+rock-ribbed republican and a Methodist. The two things go well together,
+you know.&#8221; How would prohibition and Methodism go? Think about it brother!</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">AMBROSE WALLACE.</p>
+
+<p>Born in England. Enlisted in April, 1861. One day while the Regiment was
+guarding a railroad near Charleston, Missouri, in the fall of 1861,
+Wallace disappeared. Returned to the Company in about two months. Said he
+had been captured and had been<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_27" id="Page_27">[Pg 27]</a></span> with Jeff. Thompson at New Madrid. Sunday,
+April 6, 1861, he deserted from the ranks on the battlefield of Shiloh and
+never afterwards appeared. He now lives in Tennessee. Was heard from a few
+months ago. At that time he was not a pensioner, but he wanted to be. As
+the law now stands he is barred by his record. His only recourse is to
+come North and employ some available Congressman to introduce and pass
+through Congress a special act granting him a pension. In all probability
+it would be vetoed during the present administration, but the Executive
+would be put on record as being opposed to pensions. That would be a point
+gained in politics. Undoubtedly it is to the interest of Ambrose Wallace
+to have a change.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">ANDREW WEST, Cabery, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>April, 1861-November 1, 1861. Was born in state of New York. On August 8,
+1862, he enlisted in the 91st Illinois Regiment, and was discharged
+therefrom January 2, 1863; afterwards joined a company of New York
+Artillery, and while in this organization was seriously wounded in leg at
+Petersburg, Virginia, and draws pension for wound. Did not reply to my
+letter of inquiry.</p>
+
+<p>I was sick of measles in a hospital at Cape Girardeau, Missouri, in
+September, 1861. At the same time Andrew West was very sick in another
+hospital close to the river. One evening, when convalescent and on the
+outlook for a boat upon which to return to the Regiment at Bird&#8217;s Point, I
+sat beside Comrade West for nearly an hour and I thought every breath
+would be his last. The Surgeon in charge said he was dying and called an
+attendant, and directed him to remain with the patient, and gave the
+attendant specific instructions in regard to what he should do when<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_28" id="Page_28">[Pg 28]</a></span> the
+patient was dead. This attendant was Charles Halbert of the 7th Illinois
+Regiment. The end did not come as soon as anticipated, and as the
+attendant sat watching and waiting he reached for a sponge in a dish of
+water near by, squeezed it out, and with the wet sponge commenced to rub
+the dying man. After a little he fancied it gave relief. He continued the
+process of rubbing the whole body, and soon became certain that his
+patient was coming back to life. In the morning Andrew West was in a
+greatly improved condition and the doctor was astonished.</p>
+
+<p>Why did not the dying man die? Comrade Pierson would say it was because
+his time had not yet come. Charles Halbert says he saved him.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">ALONZO WHITE, Saunemin, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>June 11, 1861-July 16, 1865. I saw Comrade White about six years ago. At
+that time he was a Methodist, a prohibitionist and was not a pensioner. He
+had never applied for pension and never expected to apply. I do not know
+whether he has held out faithfully up to the present time or not on all
+these points. He did not reply to my letter of inquiry. I wrote to the
+postmaster of his town and got this: &#8220;Yes, he is here. He runs a
+blacksmith shop in this town.&#8221;</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">ANDREW JACKSON WILSEY, Aurora, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>April, 1861-June 9, 1862. Born in Madison county, New York. Twenty-one
+years old when enlisted. Since discharge has followed a diversity of
+pursuits. He is not a pensioner but, I think, would not object to being
+enrolled as one of Uncle Sam&#8217;s beneficiaries. I meet him frequently. He
+has never given serious thought to religion and, I understand, has no well
+defined and settled theological opinions. In politics he<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_29" id="Page_29">[Pg 29]</a></span> is a democrat, a
+regular old-fashioned democrat of the Andrew Jackson type. He was not at
+New Orleans, however, but he faced fury of shot and shell at Shiloh.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center"><span class="smcap">DeWITT</span> C. WILSON, Plattville, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>June 11, 1861-July 14, 1864. Born in Shelby county, Ohio. Nineteen years
+old when enlisted. Is not a pensioner. Since the war has been a farmer. In
+politics a straight republican. In religion aims to be a practical
+christian. He believes that good works are more efficacious than loud
+prayers and soul-saving sermons. He has no connection with any <ins class="correction" title="original reads 'religous'">religious</ins>
+sect.</p>
+
+<p>On the morning of June 11, 1861, his father sent him into a field with a
+horse to cultivate corn with a shovel plow. After working a few hours he
+tied his horse to a fence at one end of the field and started directly to
+Joliet on foot to enlist. He did good work as a soldier for more than
+three years.</p>
+
+<p>All will have a vivid recollection of Fort Donelson. The lack of rations,
+the lack of tents or protection of any kind, the hard fighting and the
+hard weather, the rain, the sleet, the snow, the cold, the long dreary
+nights without fires. On one of those nights DeWitt Wilson and the writer
+stood on picket guard together close up to the enemy&#8217;s works. We were
+posted stealthily after dark under a low bushy tree near a road which led
+to and from the town. We were to remain very quiet, not to speak louder
+than a whisper, and to watch closely all night. If the enemy sallied out
+in force we were to fire and run to the Regiment. It was very cold. The
+mercury was going down and was not far from zero. Our clothes had been
+soaked by previous rains and were now frozen stiff and clanked with every
+movement. We remained as posted for several hours. Finally, the
+Confederates came<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_30" id="Page_30">[Pg 30]</a></span> over their works and made a vigorous assault with
+intent to break the Union line. When the assault was made I was in an
+almost helpless condition. I could scarcely move and was nearly captured.
+I and my comrade became separated. I lost my course and went into the 11th
+Illinois Regiment. DeWitt and I frequently refer to that terrible night,
+the hardest in all our experience.</p>
+
+<p>At Britton&#8217;s Lane Comrade Wilson and two others occupied a slight
+ambuscade. He was very anxious to have the enemy show up, and poked his
+cap out on the end of his ramrod. Just as he did this a glancing bullet
+struck the side of his head and caused him to roll over two or three
+times. His face and clothes were smeared with blood, and just then he
+would not be considered a good-looking man.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">GEORGE WILSON, Sharon Springs, Wallace County, Kansas.</p>
+
+<p class="center">&#8220;Sharon is like a wilderness.&#8221;&mdash;Isaiah 33: 9.</p>
+
+<p>April, 1861-July 16, 1865. Was born at Newark, Illinois, April 5, 1838.
+Twenty-three when enlisted. Was wounded in hand at Britton&#8217;s Lane. Was
+captured near Atlanta, July 22, 1864, and confined in various Confederate
+prisons for nearly nine months. Pensioned for disabilities incurred in
+service at rate of four dollars a month. Is a &#8220;homesteader&#8221; in Western
+Kansas, seven miles from the Colorado line.</p>
+
+<p>&#8220;I belong to the prevailing church and I vote as I shot&mdash;against the
+South.&#8221; &#8220;Cease firing! They have surrendered!&#8221; The men of the Twentieth
+heard those words on many battle fields. Finally they all surrendered and
+grounded arms. We whipped the rebels. We whipped them thoroughly. The
+entire South lay prostrate and bleeding and helpless at the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_31" id="Page_31">[Pg 31]</a></span> feet of the
+conquering soldiers of the Union. Now, George, come out from the
+&#8220;prevailing church,&#8221; the big wicked church of the world, and be a
+christian. Forgive your enemies and conquer by kindness. Bless them that
+curse you. Do good to them that despitefully use you and persecute you and
+say all manner of evil against you falsely. This is the true way. Consider
+these thoughts seriously, and when you vote again think of something else
+besides voting against the South.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">JOSIAH WRIGHT, Akron, Washington County, Colorado.</p>
+
+<p>April, 1861-August 9, 1862. Born in Luzern county, Pennsylvania.
+Twenty-two years old when enlisted. Was a non-commissioned officer and
+member of the color guard. Was shot through right wrist while bearing
+aloft the flag of the 20th Regiment at Shiloh. Was discharged because of
+wound. Pensioned for wound at rate of sixteen dollars a month.</p>
+
+<p>Lived in Pennsylvania till 1851. From 1851 to 1871 lived in Kendall
+county, Illinois. From 1871 till 1892 lived in Adair county, Missouri.
+From spring of 1892 to present time has lived on a homestead in Washington
+county, Colorado. Is now, and always has been, a farmer.</p>
+
+<p>In religion is a Methodist. In politics has been a populist since the date
+of the organization of that party. Frequently advocates the principles of
+the party from the rostrum. Is very friendly to silver. On his envelopes
+he has the motto: &#8220;Silver sixteen to one.&#8221; I think Jo has a silver mine on
+his homestead in Colorado.</p>
+
+<p>Here is a vivid picture from Josiah Wright&#8217;s pen which every man of the
+20th Regiment who was on hand at Shiloh will appreciate: &#8220;I was at the
+spring<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32">[Pg 32]</a></span> in camp Sunday morning, April 6. The roar of the assault on
+General Prentis&#8217;s division had become terrific. I heard drums beat the
+long roll as the signal of alarm. I rushed to the Colonel&#8217;s tent and got
+the flag. In passing out I met the Color Sergeant and gave the flag to
+him. The boys of the 20th were swarming out of their tents with their
+guns. The Regiment was quickly formed and started on a run in the
+direction of the firing. Colonel Marsh rode rapidly up and down the column
+urging the men to their utmost. We did not have to go far. The
+Confederates were advancing with great impetuosity and sweeping the field
+before them. We took position to beat back the on-coming tide and then the
+flag was unfurled and waved in the face of the foe. The Color Sergeant was
+immediately shot down. I picked up the flag and was soon wounded. Another
+member of the color guard then took the flag. I was sent to a boat on the
+river and was nearly gone from loss of blood.&#8221;</p>
+
+<p>This also from Comrade Wright&#8217;s letter: &#8220;As I write grave thoughts crowd
+in upon me. I go back in memory to the days of &#8217;61. I am again at the war
+meeting in Newark, where I listened to the thrilling eloquence of Watson
+until fired by a new born purpose I there resolved to serve my country
+and, if so it be ordered, to die in the service. I was one of the first to
+sign the Company roll. We are now widely scattered, but are bound together
+by the strongest ties. We will hardly meet again in this life, but may we
+so live that we shall meet around our Father&#8217;s throne where severed ties
+of earth shall be re-united in Heaven.&#8221; To this closing sentiment of our
+brave Comrade say I, most heartily, Amen. So may we live. Let every
+Company K man, still left, use this prayer. Comrades Gray and Taylor, join
+in.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<hr style="width: 15%;" />
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_33" id="Page_33">[Pg 33]</a></span></p>
+<h2>Our Recruits.</h2>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center"><span class="smcaplc">TWO SPLENDID ENGLISHMEN.</span></p>
+
+<p>On the 4th of July, 1861, two young men of good appearance walked into our
+camp and immediately declared their intentions. They proposed to unite
+with us. We cordially accepted, and the next day the ceremony was
+performed.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">JOHN BROAD, Schell City, Vernon County, Missouri.</p>
+
+<p>July 5, 1861-November 27, 1861. Born in England. Came to America in 1859.
+Twenty-two years old when enlisted. Pensioned at rate of four dollars a
+month for disabilities incurred in service. A carpenter by trade, but now
+farming. Was brought up an Anglican. At present a member of the M. E.
+church, South. Formerly a democrat. Now votes with the Alliance.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">THOMAS HOPGOOD, Clinton, Henry County, Missouri.</p>
+
+<p>July 5, 1861-July 5, 1864. Born in England. Came to America May, 1859.
+Twenty-six years old when enlisted. Receives no pension. Politics,
+republican all the time. Religion, Protestant, a Presbyterian. Has not
+forgotten the time when we campaigned together. Remembers all the boys and
+wants to be remembered by all of them.</p>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_34" id="Page_34">[Pg 34]</a></span>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center"><span class="smcaplc">TWO MORE RECRUITS, BUT NOT OF A KIND.</span></p>
+
+<p>About the middle of August, 1861, two large and very brave looking men,
+Bishop and another<small><a name="f1.1" id="f1.1" href="#f1">[1]</a></small>, came down from Kendall county, Illinois, to join
+Company K. We were then at Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and just at that
+juncture were in need of re-inforcements. A Confederate army under General
+Polk had crossed the river at Columbus, Kentucky, and was threatening the
+town. When the recruits arrived the camp was in commotion on account of
+the expected attack. Bishop immediately got a gun, took his place in the
+ranks and was ready for active hostilities. The other became sad and
+pensive. He did not want a gun, and did not appear so much of a warrior as
+at the moment of his arrival. He finally went on board of a boat with some
+women and children and crossed the Mississippi river. After remaining in
+the woods of Southern Illinois for a few days he came back to camp to get
+his carpet bag. He did not want to be mustered into the army. He wanted to
+go to his peaceful home, and he went. He still lives in Illinois. I am not
+informed as to whether he has succeeded in getting a pension or not. His
+case will require a special act.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">LEWIS G. BISHOP, Grand Junction, Colorado.</p>
+
+<p>July 16, 1861-August 9, 1862. Born in Yorkshire, Cattaraugus county, New
+York, on St. Patrick&#8217;s day, 1838. Was, therefore, twenty-three years old
+at time of enlistment. Was wounded in left arm and left leg at Shiloh. Was
+sent down the rivers to hospitals at Paducah and Mound City. In course of
+time obtained leave of absence and went up to Newark, Illinois. Was then
+made aware that the people appreciated the soldiers. Was lionized wherever
+he went in Kendall county, which was a source of embarrassment to him,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_35" id="Page_35">[Pg 35]</a></span> as
+he was a modest and humble individual. Was discharged because of wounds
+and receives pension therefor at rate of twelve dollars a month. He is
+glad that he still has his left leg, although it is not as good as the
+other. He is obliged to wear a rubber stocking and use other appliances to
+suppress inflammation and reduce varicose veins.</p>
+
+<p>Comrade Bishop remembers with minute particularity the events of the Fort
+Henry and Fort Donelson campaigns. He remembers as though it were
+yesterday the morning, when, at dawn, we discovered lines of Confederates
+looking at us from their rifle pits and when Chaplain Button went upon his
+knees on the ground and prayed with great earnestness for the salvation of
+the souls of those who should be slain in the impending battle. He thinks
+that if the Chaplain had taken a fife and stepped out and played &#8220;Yankee
+Doodle&#8221; it would have a better effect. He confesses that the prayer
+depressed him. In the state of mind in which he was at that time he would
+greatly prefer to live than to die and take his chances for heaven. This
+was probably the prevailing sentiment among the soldiers of both armies.</p>
+
+<p>Comrade Bishop came West in the spring of 1860; went as far as Fort
+Larimie, Wyoming, returned in the fall to Illinois, taught school near
+Newark in winter of 1860-61; in spring of 1861 went to Wisconsin and
+helped to run a raft of lumber out of the Wisconsin river down to
+Muscatine; in July, 1861, returned to Kendall county, Illinois. When the
+disaster occurred at Bull Run he awoke to the fact that the country was
+seriously menaced and resolved to be a soldier. He was acquainted with
+many of the boys of Company K, had visited them in Joliet, and he decided
+to cast his lot with them. He picked up his<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_36" id="Page_36">[Pg 36]</a></span> carpet-bag and went to Cape
+Girardeau, Missouri, and was mustered in.</p>
+
+<p>After discharge Comrade Bishop became a student and a teacher; later he
+studied dentistry, and for many years has been engaged in the practice of
+that profession.</p>
+
+<p>Religion: Agnostic. He neither asserts nor denies any theological dogma.</p>
+
+<p>Politics: Anything to beat the republican party. Believes that the
+principles and methods of that party should be relegated to &#8220;innosuous
+desuetude.&#8221; The party is owned and fenced in by syndicates, corporations
+and factories, and is not worthy of public confidence. The people should
+rise in their sovereign capacity and decree that capital shall cease to
+dominate the legislation of the country.</p>
+
+<p>Comrade Bishop has been married and he has been un-married. He considers
+that St. Paul gave first-class advice when, in his letter to the
+Corinthians, he wrote, &#8220;Seek not a wife.&#8221;</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">AUGUSTUS GAY, No. 902 Second Street, Seattle, Washington.</p>
+
+<p>April 5, 1862-April 9, 1865. Was born at Albany, New York, in July, 1846.
+Was, therefore, fifteen years and nine months old when he enlisted. Was
+the youngest man in Company K, and looked very honest. No boy in the whole
+Union army had a more innocent face than Augustus Gay. He came to us at
+Joliet and was rejected. He followed up the Regiment for about a year and
+during most of that time had a position on Dr. Bailey&#8217;s staff. Finally, at
+Pittsburg Landing, the day before the battle of Shiloh, he was mustered
+into the service as a member of Company K. Was mustered out at Raleigh,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_37" id="Page_37">[Pg 37]</a></span>
+North Carolina, by reason of the expiration of his term of enlistment.</p>
+
+<p>Augustus Gay appeared to court danger. He went into battle with a broad
+smile on his face and a twinkle of the eye as though he were engaged in
+something pleasant and agreeable. Was very reckless and daring in action.
+The wonder was how it happened that he was never killed. Was captured near
+Atlanta July 22, 1864, and went to Anderson prison, where he spent several
+months. Was finally transferred by the Confederates from Andersonville to
+Savannah and was at that place when it was captured by the Union army
+December 21, 1864.</p>
+
+<p>I am in receipt of a long and interesting letter from Comrade Gay in which
+he gives facts concerning himself. This is dated March 26, 1894. I had
+previously written him up for the roster from memory and had classed him
+among the missing. He says he was very glad to hear from Company K. He has
+never seen any of the Company since the war, and had never heard from any
+of them. He was not sick a day while in the army and was never wounded.
+Since the war he has never been so seriously sick as to be confined to his
+bed. He is not a rich man and he is not a poor man. He weighs 250 pounds.
+He lives well. He never chews nor smokes tobacco nor drinks intoxicating
+liquors and never plays cards. He has been on the Pacific slope for twenty
+years and has not been back to the States during that time. He has been
+married for ten years and has now a boy more than half as old as he was
+when he joined Company K. After the war he studied dental surgery and has
+followed that profession continuously. Receives pension at rate of six
+dollars a month. Writes thus: &#8220;I want you to put in your roster that if
+ever a Company K man comes to<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_38" id="Page_38">[Pg 38]</a></span> this part of the world I want him to come
+and see me.&#8221;</p>
+
+<p>He says that he is Protestant. But I don&#8217;t think he is a full-blooded
+Protestant. If I remember correctly he used to tell us in the army that
+his parents were Hibernians, and that he was half Catholic and half
+Protestant, and had by inheritance all the good qualities of both kinds of
+religion.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">JAMES SPRINGER, Eighty-eighth and Throop Streets, Chicago, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>Born on a farm near La Fayette, Indiana. Enlisted August 28, 1862, at the
+age of twenty-two years. Joined Company K at Holly Springs, Mississippi,
+in November, 1862, and served until mustered out at the close of the war
+in 1865.</p>
+
+<p>After discharge became a student at the University of Chicago, also, law
+department thereof, from which he graduated in June, 1868, and was then
+admitted to the bar. Practiced law for sixteen years. For a time was
+engaged in journalism. Since 1885 has followed a business career.</p>
+
+<p>In politics an independent; in religion a Methodist.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">LAMBERT CONNER, Braidwood, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>Born in Hunterdon county, New Jersey. I think he enlisted in the spring of
+1863. Was then eighteen years old. Mustered out July 16, 1865. Receives
+pension at rate of sixteen dollars a month for disabilities incurred in
+service. He did not reply to my letter of inquiry.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center"><span class="smcaplc">FOUR KIDS.</span></p>
+
+<p>Four nice boys, in a bunch, came into our camp at Big Black river,
+Mississippi, about the first of April, 1864. These were Pease Barnard,
+Charles Hall,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_39" id="Page_39">[Pg 39]</a></span> Luman Preston and Fayette Scofield. They were all
+&#8220;Suckers,&#8221; were separated from their mothers for the first time and, to
+the old campaigners of Fort Donelson, Shiloh and Vicksburg, they, appeared
+very fresh and innocent. They had been mustered in several weeks before by
+a recruiting officer in Illinois, and fitted out with Uncle Sam&#8217;s
+uniforms, and were now ready to assist in winding up the war.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">NATHANIEL PEASE BARNARD, Newark, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>February 25, 1864-July 16, 1865. Born in LaSalle county, Illinois.
+Seventeen years old when enlisted. Served in Georgia, went with Sherman
+from Atlanta to the sea, and helped to eviscerate the Carolinas. Pensioned
+at rate of eight dollars a month. Member of M. E. church. An active member
+of republican party. A lawyer by profession.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">CHARLES HALL, Westport, Brown County, South Dakota.</p>
+
+<p>February 24, 1864-July 16, 1865. Born in Kendall county, Illinois.
+Eighteen years old when enlisted. July, 1864, in Georgia campaign, was
+shot in the neck, and for a time was supposed to be dead. This recruit was
+built of good material for a soldier. Did not answer my letter.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">LUMAN PRESTON, Dixon, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>February 16, 1864-July 16, 1865. Born in Kendall county, Illinois.
+Eighteen years old when enlisted. Is in business. Did not reply to my
+letter of inquiry. Is probably very busily engaged attending to customers.
+I meet Luman occasionally. He is always<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_40" id="Page_40">[Pg 40]</a></span> in good shape and happy. I think
+he is a democrat. Is of the bluest Puritan blood, but has the figure of a
+Teuton.</p>
+
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<hr style="width: 15%;" />
+<h2>Our Missing Members.</h2>
+
+<p>The following four Company K men I cannot find. If any Comrade can give me
+any information concerning any of them I desire to have him do so. They
+may be living, but I think it is more probable that they are dead:</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">GEORGE ADAMS.</p>
+
+<p>June, 1861-October 14, 1862. Born in England.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">JOHN CONSTANTINE.</p>
+
+<p>May, 1861-August 29, 1861. Born in Ireland. Came to America when one year
+old. Claimed to have been discharged from the regular army a short time
+before enlisting in Company K. Was an intemperate, boisterous and
+quarrelsome man. Was dismissed from the army by sentence of a court
+martial.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">LOUIS MINTZ.</p>
+
+<p>April, 1861-August 24, 1863. Born in Portugal. In religion was supposed to
+be a Hebrew. I think he came to Newark as a peddler and there joined
+Company K. He was a good soldier, but was very excitable. On one occasion,
+when advancing on skirmish line through the woods, he fired into a dead
+rebel<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_41" id="Page_41">[Pg 41]</a></span> who was hanging on a fence. Comrade Mintz was overheated at
+Raymond, from which he never recovered, and on account of which he was
+discharged.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">JOHN PEPOON.</p>
+
+<p>May, 1861-December 16, 1862. At time of enlistment he lived in Oswego
+township, Kendall county, Illinois.</p>
+
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+<h2>OUR DEAD.</h2>
+
+<p>For many years earth has held the ashes of our fallen Comrades in its
+bosom. We have kept their memories in our hearts.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<h3>Slain in Battle.</h3>
+
+<p class="center">ANDREW WILSON, Plattville, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>Born in Ohio. Enlisted June 17, 1861, at the age of twenty-three years.
+Shot through the head at Fort Donelson, and instantly killed, February 15,
+1862, while the Union line was advancing on the enemy.</p>
+
+<p>Early on the morning of the 16th the Confederates surrendered. I was on
+the detail sent out that day to bury the dead of our Regiment. We went to
+the place where we had position in the line and there, on a hard hill,
+through stones and roots we dug a grave. This is the only grave I have
+ever helped to dig. It was thirty feet long and a little more than six
+feet wide. When of sufficient depth two men remained in<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_42" id="Page_42">[Pg 42]</a></span> the bottom, and
+others handed down, one by one, eighteen men of the 20th Illinois
+Regiment. Andrew Wilson was one of the number. When they had all been
+placed side by side across the grave, good Chaplain Button spoke solemn,
+earnest words in exhortation and prayer. Our dead were covered with earth,
+three volleys were fired over them as a parting salutation, and we then
+filed away into camp, weary and sad.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">CURTIS WANN, Newark, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>Born in Clarion county, Pennsylvania, October 2, 1843. Enlisted in Company
+K, April, 1861. Shot and killed instantly in the battle of Shiloh, Sunday,
+April 6, 1862. I have a clear recollection of Curtis Wann on the morning
+of that dreadful day, when we were going forward to meet the enemy. His
+face was aglow with eagerness and courage, but alas! he was the first to
+fall.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">JAMES CRELLEN, Newark, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>Born on the Isle of Man. Had not been in America many years. Was a
+shoemaker, and worked at his trade in Newark. Was well thought of by
+everybody. He was one of the first to sign the Company roll. He said at
+the outset that he wanted to be killed if he could not come out of the war
+entire. He dreaded mutilation more than death. At Shiloh, Sunday, April 6,
+1861, he was shot through the neck and killed instantly. I had my eyes
+squarely upon him when he was struck. He dropped to the ground and never
+moved. Did not even quiver. While lying dead upon the battlefield he was
+again shot through the face.</p>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_43" id="Page_43">[Pg 43]</a></span>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">MARCUS MORTON.</p>
+
+<p>Enlisted at Joliet May, 1861. Was shot and mortally wounded at Shiloh
+April 6, 1861. Died in a few days after the battle.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">ISRAEL WATERS, Plattville, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>Enlisted at Joliet in May, 1861. Was shot and instantly killed May 12,
+1863, in the battle of Raymond. While we were engaged in the desperate
+fighting behind the rail fence I turned my eyes on Waters and he was
+cheering and shouting defiance to the enemy. In a few moments I looked
+again and he lay perfectly dead. A bullet had passed through his brain.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">WILLIAM SHOGER, Oswego, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>Born in Germany. Came to America in 1855. Enlisted in May, 1861, at the
+age of nineteen years. Shot and killed instantly in the battle of Raymond
+May 12, 1863. Was brought up and confirmed a Lutheran. Later withdrew from
+Lutheran church and became an active member of Evangelical church.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">DAVID BARROWS, Newark, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>Born in New Hampshire. Enlisted April, 1861, at the age of thirty-five
+years. Shot and killed instantly in the battle of Raymond May 12, 1863.
+Was a married man and left a wife and three little girls lonely and sad.
+If I were asked who was the best soldier in Company K the first man I
+would think of would be David Barrows. He did not waste much powder. A
+good marksman, and level-headed under the most trying circumstances, he
+aimed and fired in the heat and fury of battle with the precision and
+accuracy of target practice.</p>
+
+<p>Comrades Waters, Shoger and Barrows were at my<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_44" id="Page_44">[Pg 44]</a></span> right. They were all shot
+through the head and, when killed, lay touching each other.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">BENJAMIN ADAMS, Newark, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>Born in Kendall county, Illinois. Enlisted April, 1861, at the age of
+twenty years. Killed in battle of Raymond May 12, 1863. Comrade Adams was
+shot at the very beginning of the battle, as we lay in the woods waiting
+for the skirmishers to rally in, and before we fired a gun. At the close
+of the battle he was still living. A comrade paused over him and said&mdash;</p>
+
+<p>&#8220;Can I do anything for you?&#8221;</p>
+
+<p>&#8220;No.&#8221;</p>
+
+<p>&#8220;Ben, you are badly hurt. Won&#8217;t I stay with you?&#8221;</p>
+
+<p>&#8220;They are running, are they not?&#8221;</p>
+
+<p>&#8220;Yes, we have them on the run. Won&#8217;t I stay with you?&#8221;</p>
+
+<p>&#8220;No; go on.&#8221;</p>
+
+<p>He was taken by an ambulance to the field hospital and died in a few
+minutes after reaching that place.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">HENRY MITCHELL, Na-au-say Township, Kendall County, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>Born of English parents on Prince Edward&#8217;s Island January 31, 1836. Came
+to Kendall county, Illinois, in 1845. Enlisted in Company K May, 1861, at
+the age of twenty-five years. Killed in the battle of Raymond May 12,
+1863.</p>
+
+<p>Henry Mitchell was in every sense a large, strong, brave man, and was
+highly regarded by all such as have regard for what is true and noble in
+human life and character. He was scrupulously correct in all his habits.
+Never played cards, was never profane in speech, and never had any use for
+whisky,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_45" id="Page_45">[Pg 45]</a></span> tobacco or beer. He had five brothers in the Union army, all in
+Company C of the 7th Illinois Regiment, namely, Anthony, William, George,
+Robert and Samuel. These five in the 7th Regiment and Henry in the 20th
+were all in the battle lines at Fort Donelson and Shiloh. I do not believe
+that there is in the whole range of history another instance in which six
+brothers fought in the ranks of any army in the same great battles. I have
+read of Roman patriotism and Grecian valor, of Spartan mothers sending out
+their sons to battle with the injunction to come back either victorious or
+dead, but I have never read of anything that is equal to the case of the
+six Mitchell brothers in patriotism, devotion and valor, all of whom
+responded at once to their country&#8217;s first call for volunteers.</p>
+
+<p>Of these six brave brothers only three now survive, namely&mdash;Anthony, in
+Kansas, and Robert and Samuel, in Colorado. George was slain on the second
+day at Shiloh. &#8220;We were all within six feet of George when he fell,&#8221;
+writes Anthony. That is, the other four of the 7th Regiment; and Henry was
+close by in the 20th Regiment. William contracted disease in the army,
+came home sick and died.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">ROBERT TAYLOR, Lisbon, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>Born in England. Came to America when a child. Enlisted in Company K,
+April, 1861, at the age of about twenty-three years. Shot through hip and
+mortally wounded in battle of Raymond May 12, 1863. Lived a few days after
+the battle and died in extreme agony. I lay near him in the hospital. His
+suffering was the most terrible that I have ever witnessed.</p>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_46" id="Page_46">[Pg 46]</a></span>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">WILLIAM READ, Newark, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>Was a recruit. I think he came to the Company in 1862. Was shot in head
+and mortally wounded in battle of Raymond, May 12, 1863. Lived a few days
+after the battle.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">JOHN WOODRUFF, Oswego, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>Enlisted in May, 1861. Shot and mortally wounded in the battle of Raymond,
+May 12, 1863. Was shot in leg below the knee. Three different amputations
+were performed, one below the knee and two above, but each was followed by
+unfavorable results. He and I were in the same hospital, and not very far
+apart. I witnessed the amputations. The patient in all his suffering
+exhibited the most incredible fortitude. He lived nearly three weeks and
+never groaned nor sighed. At last when informed that mortification was
+advancing and the end was near, he called an attendant, paid him for extra
+service rendered and then turned over to the attendant his pocket-book and
+some other personal effects to be sent to his sister at Iowa Falls, Iowa.
+This was done with perfect deliberation. He manifested no fear of death. I
+remember him very distinctly in former battles. He was a very brave
+soldier.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">RICE BAXTER, Na-au-say Township, Kendall County, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>May, 1861-October 13, 1861. In a few months after being discharged from
+Company K he enlisted in another Regiment and was killed in the battle of
+Arkansas Post, January 10, 1863. I have been unable to obtain any
+information concerning Comrade Baxter from any of his relatives, although
+I have made persistent efforts to do so.</p>
+
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<hr style="width: 15%;" />
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_47" id="Page_47">[Pg 47]</a></span></p>
+<h2>Died in the Service.</h2>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">THOMPSON BRISTOL, Newark, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>Enlisted in April, 1861, at the age of nineteen years. Went into camp at
+Joliet, became sick, went home on furlough and died June 16, 1861. Buried
+in Millington. Let his grave be decorated.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">WILLIAM ASHTON, Lisbon, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>Born of English parents in Delaware county, Pennsylvania. Enlisted April,
+1861, at the age of nearly twenty-one years. Died at Cape Girardeau,
+Missouri, September 2, 1861.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">STEPHEN JENNINGS, Newark, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>Born in State of New York. Enlisted April, 1861, at the age of twenty-five
+years. Died of typhoid fever in hospital at Mound City, Illinois, October
+15, 1861.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">RICHARD CONNER, Plattville, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>Born in Hunterdon county, New Jersey. Enlisted June 12, 1861, at the age
+of twenty years. Died of measles in hospital at Mound City, Illinois,
+December 23, 1861.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">FRANK LEHMAN.</p>
+
+<p>Born in Germany. Enlisted May, 1861. Died at Bird&#8217;s Point, Missouri,
+January 11, 1862.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">JOHN R. <span class="smcap">McKEAN</span>, Newark, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>Was one of the first to volunteer in April, 1861. Had been in the regular
+army and, I think, for a short time in the Mexican war. Took a very
+active<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_48" id="Page_48">[Pg 48]</a></span> part in organizing the Company and drilling the boys. Was elected
+Second Lieutenant. A very efficient officer. Died at Bird&#8217;s Point,
+Missouri, January 23, 1862.</p>
+
+<p>Does any comrade know anything about Lieutenant McKean&#8217;s burial? If so,
+report to me, please.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">GEORGE MALLORY, Newark, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>Born at Rome, Oneida county, New York, November 10, 1835. Came to Kendall
+county, Illinois, in 1838. Enlisted April, 1861, at the age of twenty-five
+years. Died at Bird&#8217;s Point, Missouri, January 28, 1862.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">WILLIAM CROWNER.</p>
+
+<p>Enlisted in May, 1861. Died in hospital at Mound City, March 10, 1862.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">EDWARD ATKINS, Newark, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>Enlisted April, 1861. Died at Newark, Illinois, March 11, 1862, while home
+on furlough sick.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">AARON PAXSON, Newark, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>Enlisted May, 1861. Died at Newark, Illinois, May 4, 1862, while home on
+furlough sick.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">WILLIAM BENNETT, Adams Township, La Salle County, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>Born in England January 4, 1837. Enlisted at Newark April, 1861, at the
+age of twenty-four years. His vitality was overtaxed at Fort Donelson. He
+broke down and never recovered. Was sent down the river and died in
+general hospital at St. Louis, Missouri, May 5, 1862.</p>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_49" id="Page_49">[Pg 49]</a></span>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">ALBERT WILCOX, Lisbon, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>Born in Kendall county, Illinois, January 21, 1842. Enlisted April, 1861,
+at the age of twenty years. Died in hospital at St. Louis, Missouri, May
+13, 1862.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">OTIS CHARLES, Bristol Station, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>Born in Bristol township, Kendall county, Illinois. Enlisted May, 1861, at
+the age of twenty-five years. Overcome by the strain at Fort Donelson he
+went home on furlough sick, and died at his home June 1, 1862.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">WILLIAM SMITH, Plattville, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>Born in Centre county, Pennsylvania. Enlisted May, 1861, at the age of
+twenty years. Died at Paducah, Kentucky, August 23, 1862, while on
+detailed duty in the Signal Corps.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">JOSEPH SPRINGER.</p>
+
+<p>Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 10, 1831. Enlisted as a
+recruit in Company K August 30, 1862. Died at Lake Providence, Louisiana,
+March 18, 1863. Was a member of the Protestant Methodist Church. Belonged
+to the society organized at Millbrook, Kendall county, Illinois. Was
+married, and when he went away to the war left at home a wife and three
+boys, whose respective ages were seven, five and about two and one-half
+years. His widow, Mrs. Ann Springer, now lives at Firth, Lancaster county,
+Nebraska, from whose letters I make the following extracts: &#8220;I am glad the
+survivors of Company K are hunting up the records of those that never
+returned, as well as the records of those who were spared to come back. I
+have been weighed down and almost crushed with sorrow and affliction. I
+have<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_50" id="Page_50">[Pg 50]</a></span> never re-married, and, of course, draw pension at the rate of twelve
+dollars a month. I have lived with my boys, the oldest of whom was taken
+away when nearly sixteen years of age. The other two are still spared. I
+had four brothers who went out to fight for the dear old flag. Two of them
+never returned. One was William Bennett of Company K. He responded to the
+first call and enlisted at Newark, Illinois, early in the spring of 1861.
+Another brother, who was in the artillery service, was killed in the
+battle of Stone River. God bless the soldiers; they did a noble work; they
+are the saviors of the country. If the Company K Roster is published I
+want a copy.&#8221;</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">ALFRED GRISWOLD, Newark, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>Enlisted April 1861. Died at Berry&#8217;s Landing, Louisiana, March 20, 1863.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">SUMNER COOK, Newark, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>Enlisted April, 1861. Died at Vicksburg, Mississippi, of typhoid fever,
+July 20, 1863.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">GEORGE SLEEZER, Newark, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>Born in Kendall county, Ill. Enlisted as a recruit for Company K September
+26, 1864, at the age of eighteen years. Became sick at Camp Butler, near
+Springfield, Illinois, and died at that place <ins class="correction" title="original reads 'Novembe'">November</ins> 13, 1864, before he
+reached the Company.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">WALTER LANDON, Fox Township, Kendall County, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>Volunteered as a recruit for Company K October 3, 1864, and died in a
+short time afterward at Camp Butler, Illinois, before reaching the
+Company.</p>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_51" id="Page_51">[Pg 51]</a></span>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">GREENBURY LEACH, Lisbon, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>Born in West Virginia. Enlisted April, 1861. Captured near Atlanta,
+Georgia, July 22, 1864. Confined in Confederate prisons from date of
+capture until the following spring. Died at Fortress Monroe, Virginia,
+April 30, 1865, just after being exchanged and while on his way to the
+north. Was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. While in the army
+always attended whatever religious service was conducted in camp. Was a
+regular attendant and participant at regimental prayer-meetings.</p>
+
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<hr style="width: 15%;" />
+<h2>Died Since Date of Discharge.</h2>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">NELSON DAYTON, Newark, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>Enlisted April, 1861, at the age of eighteen years. Discharged for
+disability November 27, 1861. Died March 4, 1862, at Newark, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">ROBERT LAWTON.</p>
+
+<p>May 1861-August 17, 1862. Born in Lancashire, England. Came to America in
+1852. Died in Kendall county, Illinois, of the disease for which
+discharged from the army April 14, 1864, at the age of twenty-five years,
+three months and eight days. Robert was a good soldier. I remember him
+distinctly on the battlefield of Shiloh. During the terrible fighting of
+the first day he turned over his pocket-book to a member of the Company
+who retired on account of wounds. He did not want his money to be taken by
+the rebels if he were killed in the fight.</p>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_52" id="Page_52">[Pg 52]</a></span>Comrade Lawton&#8217;s remains were interred in the little cemetery at
+Plattville. The slab marble which marks his final resting place has fallen
+down and is broken. When the flowers of May each year come, let patriot
+hands decorate this grave.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">GILBERT MORTON, Oswego, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>Enlisted May, 1861. Mustered out July 16, 1865. Promoted to Quartermaster
+Sergeant of the Regiment at the outset and, I think, held that position
+during the entire war. After discharge he became a railroad official and
+had a highly successful career for about ten years. But evil days came,
+and he finally died by his own hand at a hotel in Chicago. This was about
+the year 1876.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">LONGEN MERKLI.</p>
+
+<p>Born in 1829 at Damsingan, Baden, Germany. Went into German army in his
+youth, and was thoroughly trained as a soldier. Participated in active
+warfare in 1848-&#8217;49. He handled sword and bayonet with great dexterity.
+Few men could stand before him with these weapons. After his service in
+the German army he spent several years as a student. Was a good latin
+scholar, and had a knowledge of the French language. Pursued a course of
+study in surgery and medicine in a German University, and, by members of
+his profession, was considered an expert anatomist. Had been reared in the
+faith of the Catholic church, but became a doubter of the fundamental
+doctrines of Christianity. Came to America in 1860 and engaged in the
+practice of medicine at Milford and Newark. Was one of the first to enlist
+in April, 1861. Served in the ranks of the Company for about a year and a
+half. Was in the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_53" id="Page_53">[Pg 53]</a></span> battles of Fredericktown, Fort Donelson and Shiloh. Was
+shot in the foot at Shiloh. Was a remarkably brave and fearless man. About
+July, 1862, he was detailed to serve in a hospital at Jackson, Tennessee.
+When negro soldiers were enlisted he was offered a commission as assistant
+surgeon of a negro Regiment, but declined it. He continued on detailed
+duty and served as a medical man in various hospitals until the expiration
+of his term of enlistment. Was mustered out in July, 1864. After the war,
+located at Bristol, Illinois, and pursued the practice of medicine. In his
+best years he was unable to control his appetite for strong drink and, as
+time advanced, his appetite steadily increased and he became an abject
+slave. He died at Bristol, Illinois, August 20, 1879.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">GEORGE WATSON, Newark, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>I doubt whether any man did as much as George Watson toward getting up
+Company K. He was a lawyer at Newark, was a democrat, voted for Bell and
+Everett in 1860, and was an enthusiastic Union man. He was a fluent
+off-hand speaker and was the main figure at all the war meetings in
+Newark. Had been in Pennsylvania militia and Mexican war and was a good
+drill master. Was elected First Lieutenant. About the first of June, 1861,
+he withdrew from the Company and joined Mulligan&#8217;s Regiment in Chicago.
+Was captured with that command at Lexington, Missouri, in 1861. After this
+he served on a gunboat and, still later, had a commission in a
+<ins class="correction" title="original reads 'Pennsylania'">Pennsylvania</ins> Cavalry Regiment. He was gifted with talent of a high order,
+but an uncontrollable appetite for intoxicating liquor barred all
+possibility of success in life. It caused his ruin and downfall and death.
+He made many spasmodic attempts at reformation, and at<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_54" id="Page_54">[Pg 54]</a></span> these times was a
+successful temperance talker. But all his efforts at reform ended in
+failure. From the United States Soldiers&#8217; Home at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, I
+have received this: &#8220;The records show that George W. Watson served in
+Company K, 20th Illinois Infantry; Company E, 23d Illinois Infantry;
+Company F, 2d Pennsylvania Cavalry, and in U. S. Navy. He was admitted
+here December 15, 1877, and was killed by a railroad train in Milwaukee,
+Wisconsin, at about 3 o&#8217;clock p. m., August 21, 1879.&#8221;</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">FAYETTE SCOFIELD, Newark, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>Born in DuPage county, Illinois, January 25, 1847. Enlisted as a recruit
+for Company K February 25, 1864. Discharged July 16, 1865. Killed in a
+railroad wreck in Missouri February 17, 1881.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">AMON HEACOX, Lisbon, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>Born in Oneida county, New York, June 6, 1817. Enlisted in Company K, May,
+1861, at the age of forty-four years. Mustered out July 14, 1864. Was the
+oldest man in the Company. I have been informed that he was slightly
+wounded at Britton&#8217;s Lane, but I have no recollection of it. I remember
+him very distinctly at Fort Donelson. He was a good man and a good
+soldier. Was a member of M. E. church. Was one of six, many years ago, to
+organize a Methodist Episcopal church in Lisbon, Illinois. He died in the
+Soldiers&#8217; Home at Quincy, Illinois, April 23, 1889, in the seventy-third
+year of his age. Is interred in the cemetery at Lisbon.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">HENRY HAVENHILL, Newark, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>Born in LaSalle county, Illinois, June 17, 1842. Enlisted April, 1861.
+Discharged for disability April<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_55" id="Page_55">[Pg 55]</a></span> 27, 1862. Died in Chicago, Illinois, of
+paralysis, June, 1889.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">FRANCIS CROWELL, Newark, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>Born in Tompkins county, New York. Enlisted April, 1861, at the age of
+eighteen years. Was wounded in the Georgia campaign July, 1864. Mustered
+out July 16, 1865. Died at Waterman, Illinois, of a complication of
+diseases, September 17, 1889. The address of his widow is Mrs. Mary A.
+Crowell, Waterman, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">THOMAS GARNER.</p>
+
+<p>April, 1861-July 14, 1864. Born in England. Had been a British soldier,
+and saw active service in the Crimean war. Deserted from the British army.
+Captured and branded with letter D. Deserted again in Canada and succeeded
+in escaping to the United States.</p>
+
+<p>Thomas Garner was one of the best marchers and fighters in the Union army.
+He was always at his post. Never straggled from the ranks and never failed
+because of sore feet or anything else. Whenever there was fighting on hand
+Tom was in it. His great failing we all know, but, notwithstanding that,
+he was the best beloved man in Company K. Some years after the war he went
+back to England and, in time, returned again to the United States. Soon
+after his return he walked from Buffalo, New York, to Morris, Illinois,
+and then came to Newark and Sheridan looking for Company K folks. He found
+none and went away very despondent. These facts I learned from his friends
+in Morris. I have received a communication from the Pension Agent at
+Buffalo, New York, which informs me that Thomas Garner, Company K, 20th
+Illinois Regiment, was on<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_56" id="Page_56">[Pg 56]</a></span> the rolls of that agency as a pensioner at the
+rate of six dollars a month, and that he died during the year 1892. He
+drew pension to July 4 of that year. His address at that time was No. 58
+Commercial Street, Buffalo, New York. This is the most definite
+information I have succeeded in obtaining.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">WILLIAM MINARD, Oswego, Illinois.</p>
+
+<p>Born at Walbrough, Ulster county, New York, September 26, 1840. Enlisted
+May, 1861. Became Commissary Sergeant of the Regiment. Mustered out July
+14, 1864. Died at Chicago, Illinois, of disease of kidneys, January 10,
+1894. Interred at Graceland.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">GEORGE CONNELLY.</p>
+
+<p>May, 1861-September 8, 1862. Born in Ireland. Had been a soldier in the
+regular army. Was a brave man. Was wounded at Shiloh. Was discharged on
+account of wound and pensioned therefor. He is now dead. Date of death not
+ascertained.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">JAMES HAGARDORN.</p>
+
+<p>Enlisted at Joliet in May, 1861, and, I think, served about a year and a
+half. Was discharged for disability and became a pensioner. After the war
+lived in State of New York. Is now dead. Date of death not ascertained.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">JAMES LORD.</p>
+
+<p>May, 1861-March 5, 1863. Was an actor. Came to Newark, Illinois, in the
+spring of 1861 with a theatrical troupe and there enlisted in Company K.
+He was a very intelligent man and a good soldier. Was wounded at Fort
+Donelson. Was discharged for<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_57" id="Page_57">[Pg 57]</a></span> disability and became a pensioner. He is now
+dead. Date of death not ascertained.</p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p class="center">RALPH PRATT.</p>
+
+<p>May, 1861-November 27, 1861. Discharged for disability. Became a
+pensioner. Is now dead. Date of death not ascertained.</p>
+
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>
+<hr style="width: 45%;" />
+<h2>REMARKS.</h2>
+
+<p>The names of those who served thirty days with Company K in the State
+service but who declined to join the Company for three years in the United
+States service do not appear in this roster; neither do the names of
+drafted men and substitutes who were assigned to the Company during the
+last few months of the war.</p>
+
+<p>The dates after a name indicate the time when the soldier first
+volunteered and the time when he was mustered out or discharged. Those who
+did not enlist for a second term of three years were nearly all mustered
+out July 14, 1864. Those who re-enlisted were mustered out July 16, 1865,
+on account of the close of the war. Those discharged at other dates were
+discharged for disability resulting from wounds or sickness.</p>
+
+<p>The names of 108 Company K men are herein given; 56 are living, 52 are
+dead. 4 are missing; of these four I have not been able to obtain any
+information whatever. I know not whether they are living or dead.</p>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_58" id="Page_58">[Pg 58]</a></span>Of the 56 men living, 41 receive pensions; 7 receive no pension. In regard
+to the others, it is not ascertained whether they are pensioners or not.
+32 receive pensions for disabilities incurred in the army; 9 for
+disabilities not incurred in the army.</p>
+
+<p>Of the 56 men here reported as living, 23 at least were wounded in battle;
+13 draw pension for wounds.</p>
+
+<p>Eight Company K men were buried at Raymond&mdash;Shoger, Barrows, Waters and
+Mitchell were buried in the same grave with others of the Regiment on the
+battlefield, near the rail fence. Adams was buried near the field
+hospital. Taylor, Reed and Woodruff were buried in the graveyard near the
+town. Crellen and Wann were buried on the battlefield of Shiloh. None of
+these graves are now marked or known.</p>
+
+<p>For courtesy, and for information furnished to assist me in tracing lost
+members of Company K, I am under special obligations to the Hon. <span class="smcap">William
+Lochren</span>, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C. I also acknowledge my
+indebtedness to many postmasters, to newspaper editors, to pension agents
+and others.</p>
+
+<p>If any Company K man dies or changes his place of residence I desire to be
+informed of the fact. In this way we will know where every man of the
+Company is located. Remember, please.</p>
+
+<p>A more lengthy sketch is given of some Comrades than of others. The reason
+is I have had more information in regard to some than in regard to others.
+In many cases what is said about each one of the living is his own letter
+to me re-cast and abridged. I have not intentionally slighted or
+misrepresented any. I may have made errors. If so, I hope they are few and
+not of a grievous nature.</p>
+
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>
+<hr style="width: 45%;" />
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_59" id="Page_59">[Pg 59]</a></span></p>
+<h2>A BIT OF HISTORY.</h2>
+
+<p>When the news of the President&#8217;s first call for volunteers reached Newark
+the people were wild with excitement. &#8220;That night,&#8221; writes Dr. Dyer, &#8220;I
+could not sleep. The next morning I was out very early. I went into
+Fowler&#8217;s drug store and there with pen and ink drew up a company
+muster-roll and signed it, and united with others in calling a war meeting
+for that evening. I was called to make a long ride in the country and upon
+my return found five names on the muster-roll in addition to my own. I
+wish I had that paper now.&#8221; This was the beginning of our Company.
+Volunteers continued to come forward and in a few days the requisite
+number had signed the roll. April 24, 1861, is on record as the date of
+our Company organization. We were not accepted under the President&#8217;s call
+and were sorely disappointed. However, most of the boys continued to meet
+in Newark and were drilled by Lieutenants Watson and McKean. On May 11,
+1861, our Company left Newark for Joliet and went into camp. The 20th
+Illinois Regiment was there organized and the Kendall county boys became
+Company K of that organization. After that the history of the Company
+became part of the history of the Regiment. June 13, 1861, we were
+mustered into the United States service for three years, if not sooner
+discharged. About the 17th of June we took the cars for the South. Stopped
+three weeks at Alton, Illinois, and drilled constantly. Early in July we
+went into camp for a<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_60" id="Page_60">[Pg 60]</a></span> short time in the United States Arsenal at St.
+Louis, Missouri, and were here armed with Enfield rifles and received new
+blue uniforms. We now had a very extravagant opinion of ourselves, of our
+fighting qualities in particular, and did not take the least pains to
+conceal that opinion from others. This is what a St. Louis paper said of
+us:</p>
+
+<div class="blockquot"><p class="center">ARRIVAL OF COLONEL MARSH&#8217;S REGIMENT FROM ALTON.</p>
+
+<p>At 11 o&#8217;clock a. m., of Saturday, the steamer, &#8220;City of Alton,&#8221; from
+Alton, landed at the Arsenal the Twentieth Illinois Regiment, Colonel
+C. C. Marsh commanding. The boat brought also the entire camp
+equipage and stores of the Regiment. The spontaneous greeting
+tendered by our Missouri soldiers was hearty and enthusiastic. Cheers
+upon cheers of welcome rent the air and were responded to by the
+Illinoisans in magnificent style. The guests were assigned the
+western lawn of the Arsenal grounds for their camping site. Tents
+were speedily pitched, baggage distributed, and the newly arrived
+volunteers were soon perfectly at home. They are aching for active
+service wherever desired, and, we understand, are already under
+orders for &#8220;a forward movement.&#8221; Other Regiments in Illinois are also
+in eager anticipation of lively &#8220;business&#8221; in Missouri or Arkansas.</p>
+
+<p>Colonel Marsh&#8217;s Regiment is evidently in first-class condition and
+consists of strikingly vigorous and hardy men. They are brim full of
+health and energy and fun. The Regiment numbers nine hundred and
+sixty-one men rank and file. Success and joy to them.</p></div>
+
+<p>We left the Arsenal in a few days and for six months were engaged in
+&#8220;business&#8221; in southeast Missouri. On October 21 we met the Confederates in
+force, under Jeff. Thompson, at Fredericktown and succeeded in thoroughly
+convincing them that they were whipped.</p>
+
+<p>February 6, 1862, we entered Fort Henry and ten days later marched in
+triumph into Fort Donelson. April 6 and 7 we had position in the Union
+lines at Shiloh and after that took a hand in the siege of Corinth.
+September 1 were engaged in the sharp<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_61" id="Page_61">[Pg 61]</a></span> little battle of Britton&#8217;s Lane. In
+the winter of 1862-3 were in the campaign in the mud in northern
+Mississippi. Were at Oxford when General VanDorn took Holly Springs and
+burned our supplies. In the spring and summer of 1863 we participated in
+all the battles of the Vicksburg campaign and in the siege of that
+stronghold.</p>
+
+<p>Were out on the Meridian expedition for twenty-nine days in the month of
+February, 1864, without tents or other protection from the elements except
+what every man carried on his back.</p>
+
+<p>In the spring and summer of 1864 were in the Georgia campaign and siege of
+Atlanta. In the fall went from Atlanta to the sea.</p>
+
+<p>In 1865 was in the campaign in the Carolinas and marched through Virginia
+to Washington after the Confederate armies had surrendered.</p>
+
+<p>On the 16th of July, 1865, at Louisville, Kentucky, the Twentieth Regiment
+Illinois Volunteer Infantry was mustered out of the United States service
+and disbanded, and the boys went home.</p>
+
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>
+<hr style="width: 45%;" />
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_62" id="Page_62">[Pg 62]</a></span></p>
+<h2><a name="INDEX" id="INDEX"></a>INDEX.</h2>
+
+<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="5" summary="Index">
+<tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td><span class="spacer">&nbsp;</span></td><td align="right"><span class="smcaplc">PAGE</span></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Adams, Benjamin</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_44">44</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Adams, George</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_40">40</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Anderson</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_6">6</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Ashton</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_47">47</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Atkins</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_48">48</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Bacon</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_6">6</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Barnard</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_39">39</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Barrows, David</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_43">43</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Barrows, James</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_6">6</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Baxter</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_46">46</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Bennett</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_48">48</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Bishop</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_34">34</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Bissell</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_7">7</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Boyer</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_4">4</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Bristol</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_47">47</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Broad</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_33">33</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Brown</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_7">7</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Carey</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_8">8</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Charles</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_49">49</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Clayton</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_9">9</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Clifford</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_9">9</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Connelly</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_56">56</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Conner, Richard</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_47">47</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Conner, Anderson</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_10">10</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Conner, Lambert</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_38">38</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Constantine</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_40">40</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Cook</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_50">50</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Crellen</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_42">42</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Crowell</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_55">55</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Crowner</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_48">48</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Coyle</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_10">10</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Dann</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_11">11</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Dayton</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_51">51</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Dyer</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_3">3</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_63" id="Page_63">[Pg 63]</a></span>Favreau</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_12">12</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Garner</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_55">55</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Gay</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_36">36</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Griswold</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_50">50</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Gray</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_12">12</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Hagerdorn</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_56">56</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Hagerman</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_13">13</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Hall</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_39">39</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Hanson</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_13">13</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Havenhill, Marshall</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_13">13</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Havenhill, Henry</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_54">54</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Heacox</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_54">54</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Hopgood, Thomas</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_33">33</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Hopgood, George</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_13">13</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Howes</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_14">14</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Hutton</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_14">14</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Jennings, Stephen</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_47">47</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Jennings, James</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_16">16</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Kilmer</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_16">16</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Landon</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_50">50</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Lawton</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_51">51</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Leach, Greenbury</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_51">51</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Leach, John</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_17">17</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Lehman</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_47">47</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Littlewood</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_17">17</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Lord</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_56">56</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Mallory</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_48">48</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>McKean</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_47">47</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Merkli</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_52">52</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Minard</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_56">56</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Mintz</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_40">40</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Mitchell</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_44">44</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Morton, Marcus</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_43">43</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Morton, Gilbert</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_52">52</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Mullenix</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_18">18</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Olin</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_3">3</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Paxson</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_48">48</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Pepoon</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_41">41</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Pierson</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_18">18</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Pratt</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_57">57</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Prentice</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_20">20</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Preston, William</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_21">21</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Preston, Luman</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_39">39</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Pruyn</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_21">21</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_64" id="Page_64">[Pg 64]</a></span>Read</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_46">46</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Remillard</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_21">21</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Rockwood</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_22">22</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Scofield</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_54">54</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Shoger</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_43">43</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Sleezer</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_50">50</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Smith</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_49">49</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Spellman</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_5">5</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Spencer</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_22">22</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Springer, Richard</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_22">22</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Springer, James</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_38">38</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Springer, Joseph</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_49">49</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Taylor, Robert</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_45">45</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Taylor, John</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_23">23</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Todd</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_24">24</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Trenter</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_26">26</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Vreeland</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_26">26</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Wallace</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_26">26</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Wann</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_42">42</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Waters</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_43">43</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Watson</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_53">53</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>West</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_27">27</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>White</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_28">28</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Wilcox</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_49">49</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Wilsey</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_28">28</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Wilson, Andrew</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_41">41</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Wilson, DeWitt</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_29">29</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Wilson, George</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_30">30</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Woodruff</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_46">46</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Wright</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_31">31</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
+<tr><td>Preface</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_2">2</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Remarks</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_57">57</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td>A Bit of History</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_59">59</a></td></tr></table>
+
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>
+<hr style="width: 45%;" />
+<p><b>Footnotes:</b></p>
+
+<p><a name="f1" id="f1" href="#f1.1">[1]</a> In original manuscript the name of this recruit was given, but it
+is here omitted in compliance with the very earnest solicitation of the printer.</p>
+
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>
+<hr style="width: 45%;" />
+<p><b>Transcriber&#8217;s Note:</b></p>
+
+<p>Some of the dates seem obviously incorrect; however, they are presented in this text as they appear in the original.</p>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<pre>
+
+
+
+
+
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+Illinois Volunteer Infantry, by Andrew Brown
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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of Company K, Twentieth Regiment, Illinois
+Volunteer Infantry, by Andrew Brown
+
+This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
+almost no restrictions whatsoever.  You may copy it, give it away or
+re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included
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+
+Title: Company K, Twentieth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry
+       Roster and Record
+
+Author: Andrew Brown
+
+Release Date: April 17, 2010 [EBook #32017]
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+Language: English
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+  April 24, 1861.           July 16, 1865.
+
+
+  COMPANY K,
+  Twentieth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry.
+
+  ROSTER and RECORD
+
+
+  BY
+  ANDREW BROWN.
+
+
+  YORKVILLE, ILL.
+  KENDALL COUNTY RECORD PRINT
+  1894.
+
+
+
+
+PREFACE.
+
+
+At the last annual reunion of the association of the survivors of the 20th
+Illinois Regiment, held in Chicago September 8, 1893, I was assigned the
+duty of preparing a roster of Company K. This little publication is the
+result of my efforts to perform that duty. It is intended for the
+surviving members of the Company and their descendants, for relatives and
+friends of deceased members and for all others into whose hands it may
+chance to come, who are interested in learning about the men who fought
+and won battles that secured to America liberty and union.
+
+ANDREW BROWN.
+
+NEWARK, ILLINOIS, June, 1894.
+
+
+
+
+ROSTER AND RECORD.
+
+
+REUBEN F. DYER, M. D., Ottawa, Ill.
+
+Born at Strong, Franklin county, Maine. Volunteered at Newark, Ill., April
+15, 1861. Was elected Captain. Commanded Company at Fredericktown, Fort
+Henry and Fort Donelson. Resigned commission as Captain of Company K March
+13, 1862, at Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee, with view of obtaining a
+position in the line of his profession. August 25, 1862, was commissioned
+Surgeon, 104th Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, which commission he
+held till close of war, and, at close was acting Medical Director 14th
+Army Corps, General Jefferson C. Davis commanding. Has practiced medicine
+at Ottawa since 1865. For a number of years a member of U. S. Board
+Examining Surgeons. Is not a pensioner. A republican. A Methodist.
+
+
+BENJAMIN OLIN, Joliet, Ill.
+
+Born in State of New York. Volunteered at Newark, Ill., in April, 1861.
+Elected Orderly Sergeant of Company. May, 1861, commissioned First
+Lieutenant. Served with Company in Missouri till November, 1861, when he
+resigned on account of ill health. Has been in the practice of law since
+1862. At present County Judge of Will county, Ill. Is not a pensioner. Has
+never applied for a pension. A liberal democrat. A Methodist.
+
+
+JOHN N. BOYER, Normal, Ill.
+
+Born in Centre county, Pennsylvania. Volunteered May 10, 1861, at Newark,
+Ill. Discharged February 15, 1864, on account of wound received at
+Vicksburg. Was appointed Orderly Sergeant June 13, 1861. Commissioned 2d
+Lieutenant January 22, 1862; Captain March 13, 1862.
+
+AT SHILOH.
+
+On April 6, 1862, had mumps very badly, and had neck wrapped with red
+flannel. Nevertheless, went out in command of the Company. Had sword
+struck by a missile and bent nearly double, and received two slight wounds
+in the face. At noon was compelled to retire from the Company. When going,
+several of the boys turned over their pocket-books to him for safe
+keeping. Joined us, and took command of the Company, at daylight the next
+morning and was in all the second day's fighting.
+
+AT BRITTON'S LANE.
+
+On September 1, 1862, was indisposed and was riding in an ambulance with
+Assistant Surgeon Bailey and Chaplain Button. When first shots were heard
+at Britton's Lane he jumped out, buckled on his sword and asked Dr. Bailey
+to give him a strong dose of whisky and quinine and then went forward on a
+run to take charge of the Company. This is a true story, because Chaplain
+Button tells it.
+
+AT VICKSBURG.
+
+On May 22, 1863, while in command of the Company at Vicksburg he was shot
+in the foot. On this occasion he lost his sword that had been battered at
+Shiloh; also, most of his other personal effects. He was discharged on
+account of this wound and receives pension therefor at the rate of twenty
+dollars a month.
+
+A MAN OF PEACE.
+
+Since war has been teacher, farmer, business man and cattle man in the
+West. Is broken in health. Rheumatism and other debilities. Says he can't
+work much. We understand he does not have to. In one sense of the word it
+is supposed he is well-heeled, although in another sense it is certain he
+is very badly heeled. In religion a Methodist; in politics a radical
+republican.
+
+
+PERRY W. SPELLMAN, Fellowship, Florida.
+
+Born in Pittsford, Monroe county, New York. Volunteered April 24, 1861, at
+Newark, Ill. Mustered out July 16, 1865, by reason of close of war. Was
+appointed Sergeant in May, 1861. Detailed on recruiting service from
+December, 1861, to June, 1862. Was Orderly Sergeant for a few months, then
+reduced to the ranks and detailed as acting Hospital Steward and dispenser
+of medicine. Was commissioned First Lieutenant March 2, 1863, and Captain
+February 23, 1865.
+
+On May 12, 1863, during our desperate struggle behind the rail fence at
+Raymond, Comrade Spellman had the command of the Company. Near the close
+of that battle, when our lines were advancing through the woods, he was
+hit in the side by a bullet and disabled for a time. From May 22, 1865, he
+commanded the Company during the siege of Vicksburg, and continued in
+command till the latter part of the siege of Atlanta. Was on detached
+service as acting assistant Quartermaster 3d Division 17th Army Corps,
+from October, 1864, till final muster out.
+
+Since the war has mostly followed business pursuits. Has lived in
+Illinois, in South Dakota, and is now in Florida. On December 25, 1893, he
+wrote thus: "I came to Florida in January, 1890, and will probably spend
+the remainder of my days here. The climate is much more agreeable to me
+than that of the chilly North. Roses in full bloom and fresh vegetables
+for the table all winter." Pensioned for disability incurred in the army.
+
+
+FAAGUST ANDERSON, Westport, Brown County, South Dakota.
+
+May, 1861-August 1, 1862. Born in Sweden. Came to America in 1852. Twenty
+years old when enlisted. Was shot in wrist at Shiloh and discharged
+because of wound. Enlisted in another regiment in August, 1863, and
+mustered out in December, 1865, on account of close of war. Is pensioned
+at rate of ten dollars a month for wound received at Shiloh, and other
+disabilities. Has been farming since the war. Is a republican, but not a
+church member.
+
+
+CHARLES BACON, Clinton, Oneida County, New York.
+
+April, 1861-July, 1865. Born in Paris, Oneida county, New York.
+Thirty-three years old when enlisted. Pensioned at rate of eight dollars a
+month for disability incurred in army. Pension granted December, 1893.
+Votes the republican ticket as often as he has a chance to do so, but in
+religion is not very particular. Just goes to whatever church is handiest.
+
+
+JAMES BARROWS, Newark, Ill.
+
+April, 1861-July 24, 1862. Born in Perry, Wyoming county, New York. Was
+twenty-six years old when enlisted. Pensioned at twelve dollars a month.
+Is a painter. A member of Baptist church. A republican. Was in the ranks
+of Company K at Fredericktown, Fort Henry, Fort Donelson and Shiloh.
+
+
+MARTIN BISSELL, Plano, Ill.
+
+May, 1861-October 3, 1862. Born in Addison county, Vermont. Twenty-one
+years old when enlisted. Slightly wounded at Fort Donelson. At Shiloh was
+struck with fragment of bursting shell Sunday morning, in region of hip,
+while regiment was executing a retreat after first engagement with the
+enemy. Soon afterwards was struck in thigh with spent ball, and later in
+the battle had part of right thumb nail knocked off and bayonet scabbard
+cut by another ball. At Britton's Lane was shot in right shoulder; was
+discharged because of this wound, and draws pension therefor at the rate
+of eight dollars a month. Since discharged has been engaged in
+agricultural and mechanical pursuits. A republican. A Methodist.
+
+
+ANDREW BROWN, Newark, Illinois.
+
+April, 1861-July 14, 1864. Born of Irish parents, in Kendall county, Ill.
+Seventeen years old when enlisted. Did not go with Company from Newark to
+Joliet on Saturday, May 11, 1861, because, on that morning, clothes and
+other necessaries were missing, but the next day, being fairly equipped,
+he started on foot for Camp Goodell, east of Joliet, at 10 o'clock a. m.
+and reached destination at 4 p. m. Was farther away from home then than he
+had ever been before in his life. Had made a march of nearly thirty miles
+in six hours, but was in very "light marching order." Was not encumbered
+with a single superfluous article. When he reported in camp, Lieutenant
+Watson ordered the Company to form ranks and then called for three cheers
+for the boy they left behind them. From the day he left home till he
+returned, a period of more than three years, this volunteer never slept in
+a bed nor sat at a table to eat a meal of victuals. Was never on detailed
+duty, never straggled from the ranks and, while a soldier, never missed a
+march, campaign, skirmish or battle, except when wounded and a prisoner in
+the hands of the enemy. When long roll was beat Sunday morning at Shiloh,
+he had his gun off the stock and was swabbing out the barrel in a pail of
+water. Was under arrest and in guard house once only. Charges preferred
+were "committing depredations on private property." The "depredation"
+consisted of milking a cow in canteen. Read the New Testament through
+three times in the army. Has the little volume yet which Chaplain Button
+presented in May, 1861. It has been out in many a storm and is badly
+soaked and soiled. Was slightly wounded at Britton's Lane. Was shot twice
+through leg at Raymond and captured by the enemy. A prisoner for two
+months. Since discharged has been student, teacher, lawyer, farmer. Has
+never been greenbacker, free-silver man nor protective tariff man. Is a
+democrat, but has much regard and respect for prohibitionists. In religion
+liberal. Catholic rather than Protestant.
+
+
+JOHN CAREY, Blackstone, Ill.
+
+May, 1861-July 16, 1865. Born in Limerick, Ireland. Came to America in
+November, 1860. Was twenty-one years old when enlisted.
+
+The preliminary skirmishing of an impending battle always acted like a
+tonic on this comrade, and he was never known to be out of condition
+whenever a battle was on. Was as good a soldier as ever fought under the
+Stars and Stripes.
+
+Captured July 22, 1864, near Atlanta, and confined in Confederate prisons
+for nearly seven months. Finally escaped and reached Union lines near
+Wilmington, N. C., February 22, 1865. Pensioned at rate of twenty dollars
+a month for disabilities incurred in Andersonville Prison. Is a
+bachelor--to me it is an utterly unaccountable fact that so congenial a
+soul as John Carey should choose to live alone in life. Some girl may
+capture him yet. His widow would probably receive a nice pension when John
+is gone. Comrade Carey claims that he votes the republican ticket,
+although he is a true Irishman and a good Catholic. He did not reply to my
+letter of inquiry.
+
+
+CHARLES CLAYTON, 26 Union St., Wakefield Road, Stalysbridge, Lancashire,
+England, Europe.
+
+April, 1861-July 25, 1862. Born in England. Draws pension at rate of eight
+dollars a month for disabilities incurred in service. Enrolled at
+Washington, D. C., Agency. Certificate No. 411,108.
+
+
+FRANKLIN CLIFFORD, Seneca, Ill.
+
+April, 1861-July 16, 1865. Born in St. Louis, Missouri. Twenty-one years
+old when enlisted. Received some slight wounds. There was no discount on
+this comrade's fighting qualities. I remember that very distinctly. Was
+captured near Atlanta July 22, 1864. A prisoner seven months and ten days.
+Exchanged at Wilmington, N. C., March 1, 1865. Is pensioned at twelve
+dollars a month for disabilities incurred in service. Is a laborer. He
+writes thus: "I always vote the republican ticket. I suppose I ought to be
+a religious man, but I am not."
+
+
+ANDERSON CONNER, No. 2219 Messanie St., St. Joseph, Missouri.
+
+June 9, 1861-July 16, 1865. Born in Hunterdon county, New Jersey. Eighteen
+years old when enlisted. Wounded at Raymond and captured. Sent to Libby
+prison. A prisoner only seventeen days. Was then paroled and sent to St.
+Louis to await exchange. Remained at St. Louis nearly four months. Was
+then exchanged and served with Company K to close of war. Is pensioned at
+rate of ten dollars a month for disabilities incurred in the service. His
+paternal grandfather was in the Revolution and war of 1812. He says he has
+two big boys that might do for soldiers if they were drafted and put under
+guard where they could not run.
+
+From 1867 to 1893 lived in Wisconsin; was engaged in lumbering and
+farming, but did not make a fortune. In June, 1893, went to Dwight, Ill.;
+stayed there two months, then went west to take a new start in life.
+
+
+JAMES COYLE, St. Louis, Missouri, No. 624-626 Washington Ave.
+
+May, 1861-July 16, 1865. Was captured near Atlanta July 22, 1864, and
+confined in Confederate prisons. Escaped and recaptured in woods with
+dogs. Escaped again and succeeded in reaching the Union lines after
+traveling a distance of one hundred and fifty miles. Was wounded in
+trenches at Vicksburg. Is pensioned for wound. Was a very determined and
+resolute fighter in battle. Since war has been in business and has been
+successful. Is probably a democrat. Has a democratic name and lives in a
+democratic State. Did not answer my letter of inquiry. The facts here
+given are from previous knowledge.
+
+Since writing the foregoing I have received a letter from this comrade. He
+was not mustered out with the regiment in July, but was retained in
+service by special order of War Department and mustered out September 26,
+1865, at Louisville. Was shot through the right hand in front of Fort
+Hill, Vicksburg, May 21, 1863. When captured near Atlanta July 22, 1864,
+he was sent to Andersonville. On September 11, 1864, while in transit from
+Andersonville to another prison he and George Wilson of Company K escaped
+from the cars at midnight and were out fifteen days. Traveled at night and
+lay in concealment during the day. Were finally captured and confined in a
+common prison at Augusta, Ga., for three weeks. Was then sent to the new
+prison at Millen. Was there only one day when he escaped for the second
+time with a soldier of the Fifteenth Ohio regiment. Was out the second
+time only eleven days and was again captured, and again taken to Augusta;
+was there two days when he made a third escape with a Pennsylvania
+soldier. "After twenty-one days by constant night travel, we reached
+Sherman's army at Atlanta."
+
+In politics a republican; in religion a Presbyterian.
+
+
+JEROME B. DANN, DeWitt, Saline County, Nebraska.
+
+June 4, 1861-July 16, 1865. Born in Pennsylvania. Seventeen years old when
+enlisted. Captured near Atlanta July 22, 1864. A prisoner for several
+months. Escaped and recaptured in the woods. Since the war has followed
+contracting and building, and is at it yet to some extent. Health is quite
+unsatisfactory. Draws pension at rate of twelve dollars a month.--Has been
+connected with Congregational church for twenty years. Has always been a
+republican and expects to die a republican. You may live a long time yet,
+Jerome.
+
+
+RUDOLPH FAVREAU, West New Brighton, Richmond County, N. Y.
+
+May, 1861-July 14, 1864. Born in Germany. Thirty-five years old when
+enlisted. Was the company fifer. Rudolph writes thus: "Ich bin 68 Yahre
+alt. Kam nach Amerika 1858, und bin ein Gartner. Ich leide an Reimatismus
+und kan garnicht mehr arbeiten und muss nun von meine Pension leben von
+$12 monathlich. Auszerdem gehoere ich zuder G. A. R. Post, No. 545, Port
+Richmond. Ich belange zu der Deutsche Kirche."
+
+
+JOHN T. GRAY, Blairsville, Indiana County, Pennsylvania.
+
+April, 1861-July 14, 1864. Twenty-one years old when enlisted. Re-enlisted
+soon after discharge from Company K and served one year in U. S. veteran
+reserve corps. Is not in good health. Pensioned at rate of $4,00 a month
+for rheumatism contracted in the service. Since the war has done a little
+of a great many different things. When a boy he associated himself with
+the republican party in the days of Fremont and Dayton, and has never had
+just cause or provocation to change. Just now, December, 1893, he sees a
+blanked sight less cause to change his opinion than ever. In religion, a
+free thinker, he professes that he is not a Christian. He does not want to
+become a Christian and does not want to be classed as such. Has wife and
+happy family, owns the roof above them and lives contentedly. Has never,
+since his discharge, seen a single Company K man and but one man of the
+regiment.
+
+
+SAMUEL HAGERMAN, Yorkville, Ill.
+
+June 1, 1861-July 16, 1865. Born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. Was
+twenty-seven years old when enlisted. At battle of Shiloh Samuel's gun was
+knocked to pieces by some kind of a missile. At Raymond he was shot in the
+shoulder and leg, and in the Georgia campaign had a finger shot off.
+Receives pension for wounds at rate of eight dollars a month. Member of
+Presbyterian church. A republican.
+
+
+NICHOLAS HANSON, Battle Creek, Ida County, Iowa.
+
+May 8, 1861-July 16, 1865. Born in Schoharie county, New York. He says he
+was only seventeen years old when he enlisted. Was wounded July 21, 1864,
+near Atlanta. Draws pension for wounds at rate of four dollars a month. Is
+farming now and has been most of the time since the war. Is a
+Presbyterian. Votes the republican ticket under all circumstances. Is
+willing to support anything the party puts up. "If you or any other
+Company K folks are ever out this way hunt me up. I own a quarter-section
+farm four miles west of town in as good a country as is around Newark. I
+have never been able to meet you at any of the reunions, but I am always
+glad to get a card of invitation."
+
+
+MARSHALL HAVENHILL, Miner, Miner County, South Dakota.
+
+Enlisted at Newark in April, 1861. July 20, 1861, was transferred to the
+regimental band.
+
+
+GEORGE HOPGOOD, Morton, Lewis County, Washington.
+
+April, 1861-July 23, 1862. Born in England. Came to America in 1857.
+Twenty-one years old when enlisted. Is pensioned at the rate of four
+dollars a month for disabilities incurred in service.
+
+Since the war has lived most of the time at Clinton, Missouri, and has
+worked as a stone-mason. Has gone west and taken a homestead and intends
+to grow up with the country. Is a "republican all the way through". In
+religion he is a true Christian. Adopts the grand principles of the Sermon
+on the Mount. Get your Bibles, turn to Matthew vii, 12, and read the rule
+that he lives by. That is good religion, George. None better was ever
+formulated. Live right up to it and you need have no fear of torment or
+torture in the life beyond this life.
+
+
+EDWIN HOWES, Eola, DuPage County, Illinois.
+
+April, 1861-July 15, 1865. Born in State of New York. Twenty-two years old
+when enlisted. Wounded and captured at Britton's Lane. Paroled. Captured
+again near Atlanta, July 22, 1864, and sent to Confederate prisons.
+Escaped from prison and reached Union lines near Wilmington, North
+Carolina, February, 1865. Pensioned at the rate of twelve dollars a month
+for disabilities incurred in the service. Is a farmer. A prohibitionist.
+Professes to be a Christian.
+
+
+DR. WILLIAM H. H. HUTTON, Surgeon U. S. Marine Hospital Service,
+Detroit, Mich.
+
+Born in York, Jefferson county, Ohio. Enlisted in Company K, 20th Illinois
+regiment, June 17, 1861, at the age of twenty-three years; discharged
+therefrom August 28, 1862, for deafness caused by concussion of cannon at
+battle of Pittsburg Landing. Had participated in all battles in which
+Company was engaged up to date of discharge.
+
+September 2, 1862, enlisted in Company D, 104th regiment Illinois
+volunteers. Reported to his Company at Louisville, Ky., October 2, 1862.
+Appointed Sergeant April 10, 1863. Appointed Color-Sergeant on battlefield
+of Chicamauga September 20, 1863. Wounded at battle of Missionary Ridge
+November 25, 1863. On account of disabilities was sent to Chicago, Ill.,
+March, 1864. Was chief clerk Desmarres eye and ear military hospital,
+Chicago, from July 4, 1864, to March 8, 1865, at which date was discharged
+from 104th Illinois regiment by order of Secretary of War. Was appointed
+Hospital Steward U. S. A. March 8, 1864 in which capacity he served till
+April 1, 1871, thus making a military record of ten years. As Hospital
+Steward, U. S. A., he served at the following places: Chicago, Ill.;
+Montgomery, Mobile, and Forts Gaines and Morgan, Alabama; Charleston,
+S. C.; Newbern and Raleigh, N. C.; Key West and Dry Tortugas, Florida.
+September 8, 1871, was appointed Hospital Steward in U. S. Marine
+Hospital, Mobile, Alabama; resigned July 4, 1874.
+
+Graduated from Chicago Medical College March 16, 1875. May 8, 1875, was
+appointed Assistant Surgeon U. S. Marine Hospital service. This
+appointment was made on results of competitive examination. Promoted to
+Surgeon October 5, 1876. As a United States medical officer has served at
+ports of New York, Cincinnati, Mobile, Key West, New Orleans, Baltimore,
+and is now serving second tour at Detroit.
+
+Has served as Medical Inspector of the Life-Saving Service, is on several
+examing boards, and has had a great deal to do with National quarantine
+matters, especially as regards yellow fever and cholera. On one occasion
+represented the authority of the United States for several months, in
+quarantine matters, on the entire Florida coast.
+
+This is a very brief summary of Comrade Hutton's life for nearly
+thirty-three years.
+
+
+JAMES JENNINGS, Sheridan, LaSalle County, Ill.
+
+April, 1861-July 16, 1865. Born in state of New York. Twenty-one years old
+when enlisted. Was one of the very first to volunteer at Newark; probably
+signed the roll April 15, 1861. He also re-enlisted for another three
+years as soon as he had an opportunity to do so, which was December 16,
+1863. Is well charged with grit. Was shot in shoulder at Britton's Lane.
+Was captured July 22, 1864, near Atlanta, and sent to Andersonville; made
+three escapes from prison; first and second were unsuccessful; was
+recaptured both times in the woods, after traveling many nights and
+undergoing great hardships. Third escape proved successful. Reached Union
+lines near Wilmington, N. C, Feb. 22, 1865. Is pensioned at rate of four
+dollars a month for wound received at Britton's Lane. Is a farmer.
+Non-sectarian in religion; republican in politics.
+
+Comrade Jennings has been greatly bereaved by the loss of his wife who
+died at South San Diego, Cal., April 14, 1894. He and daughter Edith
+accompanied her to the Pacific coast during the preceding autumn, vainly
+attempting to save her from the fatal malady to which she finally
+succumbed. Our comrade's home is now desolate.
+
+
+ELIAS KILMER, Prophetstown, Whiteside County, Ill.
+
+April 24. 1861-July 14, 1864. Born in Oswego county, New York. Twenty-one
+years old when enlisted. September 5, 1864, enlisted in 146th Regiment,
+Illinois Volunteers, and was discharged therefrom July 5, 1865, by reason
+of the termination of the war. Is pensioned at rate of six dollars a
+month. Since the war has been a farmer. This is the way Elias writes:
+"Politics, black republican. In regard to religion, my wife belongs to the
+Methodist church. I suppose you preached prohibition and voted
+democratic." There are very many republicans of my acquaintance whom I
+would be glad to see preaching prohibition although they continue to vote
+the republican ticket. No class of American citizens would be more greatly
+blessed and benefitted by prohibition than republicans.
+
+
+JOHN LEACH, Morris, Ill.
+
+April, 1861-July 16, 1865. Born in West Virginia. Twenty-two years old
+when enlisted. A carpenter. A very active republican--never preaches
+prohibition. Is a christian, but has not worked at the trade for many
+years. Did not answer my letter, and am unable to give further facts from
+memory.
+
+
+JAMES B. LITTLEWOOD, Washington, D. C., No. 415, B Street, N. E.
+
+April, 1861-July, 1865. Born in England. Was struck, I think, by a spent
+ball at Britton's Lane. Was a good soldier. Since war, has held clerical
+positions in Washington; is now in the Patent Office. While performing
+clerical duty, studied medicine and graduated from Medical College at
+Georgetown, D. C. Owns a home in Washington. Is probably a democrat at the
+present time. Did not answer my letter of inquiry.
+
+
+JOHN P. MULLENIX, Fairfield, Iowa.
+
+May, 1861-March 25, 1862. Born in Ohio. Thirty-six years old when
+enlisted. Receives pension at rate of thirty dollars a month for
+disability incurred in service; has drawn pension from date of discharge.
+Badly crippled; cannot go without crutches; has no use of left arm and
+shoulder; rheumatism is the main difficulty. Is a Presbyterian in belief,
+and a republican from principle.
+
+
+ALBERT PIERSON, 10 Prospect Street, East Orange, New Jersey.
+
+June 3, 1861-November 20, 1862. In 1863, when Confederate army came up
+into Pennsylvania, enlisted in a militia company, and served thirty days.
+Born in Orange, N. J. Was twenty-two years old when enlisted. Had the
+pleasure of participating in only one battle during the war--that of
+Fredericktown, Missouri. About November 1, 1861, became very sick at
+Bird's Point, Missouri. On the 20th of that month received furlough and
+went to Mr. Jessup's, Na-au-say township, Kendall county, Illinois, where
+he remained for six months a very sick man. In May, 1862, was sent to East
+Orange, N. J., his former home, in charge of a personal attendant, and
+came near dying on the journey. Remained at East Orange, sick, for four
+months. In August reported to hospital, on Bedloe Island, from which he
+was discharged November 20, 1862, and it is the regret of Comrade Pierson
+that he was not with Company K, 20th Illinois Regiment, during the whole
+war. Since discharged he has been seriously sick, and has paid out money
+to doctors. "Yet, I believe there is One above who rules over all, and
+when my time comes no doctor can save me." (Doctor Taylor, what think you
+of this?) Comrade Pierson is a Presbyterian. He is not a pensioner; he has
+never applied for pension. He is a republican; is a powerful republican,
+and is in grief because of the ascendancy of the democratic party. This is
+the way he writes: "O, what a great big humbug Grover is, anyway; he ought
+to be in England, not America. I recall the night after the election; I
+expected nothing from New Jersey--she has always been a democrat--but I
+did expect good news from the Prairie state. At twelve o'clock report
+came, 'Illinois is against Harrison.' At first I refused to believe it. I
+had been proud of Illinois up to that time, as I had spent some years
+there, but now I am in sorrow for her." Albert, I am surprised that a
+grave and serious man of mature years would sit up till twelve o'clock
+watching election returns. Don't do it again. Retire at nine o'clock
+regularly the night after election and in the morning you will be in
+better condition to hear the news. You may get bad news next time, too. As
+ordered by the people, so will the result be.
+
+Comrade Pierson has been engaged in different lines of business since the
+war--is now, and has been for some years, in the wood and coal business.
+He gives this cordial invitation: "If any Company K boys ever come East, I
+want them to run out to Orange and see me; about fourteen miles from New
+York City, and trains run all the time. Remember!"
+
+In a subsequent letter, Comrade Pierson has given additional facts
+concerning himself. In the spring of 1857 he went out to Illinois to be a
+farmer. Was in Kendall county, Illinois, when the affair took place at
+Fort Sumpter in Charleston Harbor, and immediately joined a Company that
+was started at Oswego. That Company was unfortunate in not being accepted,
+and he was obliged to go back to work. In the meantime a Kendall county
+Company was organized at Newark and went into camp at Joliet. Some of the
+Oswego boys went to Joliet and joined that Company and sent back word that
+a few more men would be received. Comrade Pierson was full of the war, but
+was reluctant about quitting work again. One day he was plowing. His team
+consisted of a free horse and a very lazy one. He talked a great deal to
+the lazy horse and pelted him with chunks of dirt, but all this was
+unavailing and he decided to resort to harsher means. He stopped, threw
+the lines from his shoulders, swung them around the plow handle and went
+up alongside of the lazy animal to thrash him. But as soon as he commenced
+operations the free horse jumped and away went the team. After
+considerable time he caught them. He then felt very gritty and resolved to
+be a soldier. He tied the horses to a fence and started. As he passed the
+house he called at the door and said, "Good bye! I am off for the war,"
+and moved on toward Joliet. On this journey he was troubled by the thought
+that he was liable to be rejected, as he was a small man and, at that
+time, first-class war material was in great abundance. When, however, he
+reached camp he passed muster successfully and was happy. Comrade Pierson
+closes his letter thus: "When another election comes 'round I want you
+fellows out there to attend to business better than you did before. Watch
+New Jersey next time."
+
+
+WILLIAM PRENTICE, Soldiers' Home, Quincy, Illinois.
+
+Enlisted in April, 1861; served for several months in Company K. Was
+discharged for disability, and afterwards enlisted in another Regiment. Is
+a pensioner.
+
+
+WILLIAM PRESTON, Steward, Illinois.
+
+April 24, 1861-July 16, 1865. Born in Kendall county, Illinois. Twenty-one
+years old when enlisted. Receives pension for disability incurred in
+service. After war, engaged in farming; later was in business; now
+somewhat retired. Is interested in Company K matters, and is glad that a
+roster is likely to be made up.
+
+
+JAY DELOS PRUYN, Oneonta, New York.
+
+May 1, 1861-July 14, 1864. Born at Syracuse, N. Y., Twenty-two years old
+when enlisted. Is granted pension at rate of twelve dollars a month. Is
+painter and decorator. Republican. Presbyterian.
+
+I am under special obligation to Comrade Pruyn for aiding me while lying
+helpless and in danger of bleeding to death on the battlefield at Raymond.
+He bandaged my wounded leg with his big red handkerchief, knotted and
+drawn very tightly, and with my own suspenders; gave me a good drink out
+of his canteen, and then resumed his place in the ranks. Comrade Pruyn was
+a good soldier, a conscientious man, a man of many good qualities. My
+association with him in the army will continue a pleasant recollection.
+
+
+NARCISSE REMILLARD, Mount Taber, Multnomah County, Oregon.
+
+April 1861-July 14, 1864. September 5, 1864, enlisted in 146th Regiment,
+Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged therefrom July 5, 1865.
+Was born at Naperville, Canada. Twenty-six years old when enlisted. Is
+pensioned at rate of ten dollars a month for disability incurred in
+service. In religion, Protestant; a member of Baptist church. In politics,
+non-partisan. Votes with reference to the good of the country. Does not
+consider the interests of politicians. That is correct; vote as you
+shot--for country and for right.
+
+
+WARREN ROCKWOOD, Sheridan, Illinois.
+
+April, 1861-November 15, 1861. Born in state of New York. Twenty-three
+years old when enlisted. Receives pension at rate of eight dollars a
+month. Was a farmer for a number of years; now works as carpenter.
+Republican. Non-sectarian in religion.
+
+
+BERDETTE SPENCER, Elmira, New York, No. 1024 College Avenue.
+
+May 13, 1861-July 14, 1864. Born at Mohawk, Herkimer county, N. Y.
+Thirty-three years old when enlisted. Was wounded in left forearm at Fort
+Donelson, and receives pension of ten dollars a month because of wound. On
+account of this wound he was away from the Company on furlough seven
+months, three months at Marine hospital, Chicago, and four months at home.
+During this time missed Shiloh and Britton's Lane; was in all other
+battles with the Company. Is now, and has been since July 24, 1876,
+employed at New York State Reformatory, which has about fifteen hundred
+prisoners. Has never seen a Company K man since the war. Wants to get all
+the news about the boys. Would like to attend a reunion and see them all
+once more. Does not know whether to call them boys now or not. Is not a
+church member; in belief, a spiritualist.
+
+
+RICHARD SPRINGER, Chicago, Ill., No. 99 Washington Street.
+
+April, 1861-August 31, 1865. Born at LaFayette, Indiana. Seventeen years
+old when enlisted. Shot in right arm July 21, 1864, near Atlanta, while
+attempting to rescue Martin Morley, the regimental standard bearer, who
+lay wounded between the lines. Draws pension for this wound at rate of
+seventeen dollars a month. Since war has been student, journalist, man of
+affairs, engaged in various business enterprises, now handles real estate
+in Chicago. Fearless and aggressive in politics, as upon battlefields, he
+has never winced under stroke of party lash. Has been liberal republican
+and greenbacker. Now looks with favor upon the independent populist
+movement. In religion, liberal. Protestant rather than Catholic.
+
+
+JOHN J. TAYLOR, M. D., Streator, Illinois.
+
+June 17, 1861-June 16, 1862. Born in Kent, England. Came to America in
+1852 with his parents when eleven years old. Came on ship Prince Albert
+with five hundred emigrants; thirty-seven days on sea. Has renounced
+allegiance to the British crown. Is now American through and through. Was
+twenty years old when enlisted. Receives pension at rate of eight dollars
+a month for disabilities incurred in service. Suffered for about twenty
+years after discharged from the army with alimentary and other
+difficulties. After coming home badly wrecked he attended Normal
+University with the purpose of preparing for a teacher, but was compelled
+by ill health to abandon the project. Began the study of medicine for
+personal benefit, afterwards adopted it as a profession. Studied medicine
+at University of Michigan in 1865-6, and in 1866-7 in Chicago at the Rush.
+Graduated from Rush Medical College January 25, 1867, and has since been
+engaged in the practice of the profession. Is a railroad surgeon, is
+secretary of LaSalle county Medical Society, and is examining surgeon for
+a number of life insurance companies. Has been president of North Central
+Medical Association. Has been captain of State Militia and alderman fourth
+ward, Streator.
+
+This comrade is a very zealous adherent of the republican party; he has
+great faith in the party. He thinks the republican party is right. He
+thinks it always has been right. He thinks it will soon again have control
+of the affairs of the government. We are in great danger of being deluged
+by foreign goods from which calamity the government should protect us.
+
+In religion he is broad and free. Is not priest-ridden. He cordially
+recognizes whatever of good there is in the "religious societies" and
+spreads the wide mantle of charity over all their errors. Is very willing
+and very anxious to learn in regard to the great beyond, but is not
+willing to take bit and be reined by priest or prelate. Desires liberty in
+regard to religious thought and action.
+
+"Be industrious, be honest, be clean, be true to yourself and charitable
+to others, and lift like a Hercules to lighten the burden of those who are
+heavily loaded and weary in the journey of life. These things are
+religion."--Taylor.
+
+"The practice of moral duties without a belief in a Divine law-giver, and
+without reference to His will or commands, is not religion."--Webster.
+
+Who shall decide when doctors disagree?
+
+
+WILLIAM TODD, Illinois Soldier's Home, Quincy, Illinois.
+
+April, 1861-May 25, 1865. Was born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, but left the
+bleak, barren hills of his native land in 1849 and came to Chicago. Was
+twenty-nine years and nine months old when enlisted. Captured near
+Atlanta, Ga., July 22, 1864, and for many months confined in Confederate
+prisons.
+
+Since putting foot upon the western continent William has been an
+enthusiastic American. He believes America should be protected. We should
+not break down the walls and allow the country to be flooded with goods
+from foreign shores. We want work to do and plenty of it. An idle brain is
+the devil's shop. Don't let the English, the Dutch or the French work for
+us, howsoever cheaply they offer their services. Comrade Todd is an
+idolator. He worships the republican party. He is wedded to his idol--let
+him alone.
+
+In regard to religion, he writes this: "I am a Christian, _i. e._, a
+believer in Christ and his teachings. I am not connected with any
+denomination, but have a leaning to the Congregational. My father was of
+that denomination in Scotland, the name for them there and in England
+being Independents." Became a Kendall county man by adoption.
+
+"I enlisted at Champaign, Ill., April 18, 1861, but when we went into camp
+at Joliet that Company had four men above the maximum number, and the
+Kendall county Company lacked two men of the minimum number. I and another
+transferred ourselves from A to K, and were put on the muster roll as
+having enlisted in Company K April 24, 1861. So you can put me down in
+roster as having enlisted at Newark, Kendall county, Illinois, April 24,
+1861."
+
+Comrade Todd is badly broken in health. Right side partly paralyzed. He
+says he "cannot write worth a continental." Is a shoemaker. Has worked at
+that trade principally since the war, but has been otherwise employed and,
+he writes, "I finally got in here." He receives from Uncle Sam at
+Washington a regular remittance at the rate of six dollars a month. I
+should think the old fellow could do a little better than that.
+
+
+SAMUEL TRENTOR, Morris, Illinois.
+
+April 24, 1861-July 14, 1864. Born at Moundsville, West Virginia. Nearly
+nineteen years old when enlisted. Sam thought that with his long arms he
+could do good work with a cavalry sabre, and did not re-enlist in the 20th
+Regiment, but when discharged therefrom joined Captain Collins' Company of
+the 4th Illinois Cavalry and served until the close of the war. Was shot
+in the neck at Britton's Lane. Receives pension at rate of twelve dollars
+a month for disabilities incurred in the service. Works for a living.
+Writes thus: "I am not a democrat. My religion I have not yet."
+
+
+WILLIAM VREELAND, Maurice, Iowa.
+
+April, 1861-July 14, 1864. Born in Hudson county, N. J. Twenty-four years
+old when enlisted. Receives pension at rate of eight dollars a month for
+disability incurred in the service. Was a farmer for several years after
+discharge, but the condition of his health forced him to abandon that
+vocation. Is now editor and proprietor of the Maurice Free Press. "A
+rock-ribbed republican and a Methodist. The two things go well together,
+you know." How would prohibition and Methodism go? Think about it brother!
+
+
+AMBROSE WALLACE.
+
+Born in England. Enlisted in April, 1861. One day while the Regiment was
+guarding a railroad near Charleston, Missouri, in the fall of 1861,
+Wallace disappeared. Returned to the Company in about two months. Said he
+had been captured and had been with Jeff. Thompson at New Madrid. Sunday,
+April 6, 1861, he deserted from the ranks on the battlefield of Shiloh and
+never afterwards appeared. He now lives in Tennessee. Was heard from a few
+months ago. At that time he was not a pensioner, but he wanted to be. As
+the law now stands he is barred by his record. His only recourse is to
+come North and employ some available Congressman to introduce and pass
+through Congress a special act granting him a pension. In all probability
+it would be vetoed during the present administration, but the Executive
+would be put on record as being opposed to pensions. That would be a point
+gained in politics. Undoubtedly it is to the interest of Ambrose Wallace
+to have a change.
+
+
+ANDREW WEST, Cabery, Illinois.
+
+April, 1861-November 1, 1861. Was born in state of New York. On August 8,
+1862, he enlisted in the 91st Illinois Regiment, and was discharged
+therefrom January 2, 1863; afterwards joined a company of New York
+Artillery, and while in this organization was seriously wounded in leg at
+Petersburg, Virginia, and draws pension for wound. Did not reply to my
+letter of inquiry.
+
+I was sick of measles in a hospital at Cape Girardeau, Missouri, in
+September, 1861. At the same time Andrew West was very sick in another
+hospital close to the river. One evening, when convalescent and on the
+outlook for a boat upon which to return to the Regiment at Bird's Point, I
+sat beside Comrade West for nearly an hour and I thought every breath
+would be his last. The Surgeon in charge said he was dying and called an
+attendant, and directed him to remain with the patient, and gave the
+attendant specific instructions in regard to what he should do when the
+patient was dead. This attendant was Charles Halbert of the 7th Illinois
+Regiment. The end did not come as soon as anticipated, and as the
+attendant sat watching and waiting he reached for a sponge in a dish of
+water near by, squeezed it out, and with the wet sponge commenced to rub
+the dying man. After a little he fancied it gave relief. He continued the
+process of rubbing the whole body, and soon became certain that his
+patient was coming back to life. In the morning Andrew West was in a
+greatly improved condition and the doctor was astonished.
+
+Why did not the dying man die? Comrade Pierson would say it was because
+his time had not yet come. Charles Halbert says he saved him.
+
+
+ALONZO WHITE, Saunemin, Illinois.
+
+June 11, 1861-July 16, 1865. I saw Comrade White about six years ago. At
+that time he was a Methodist, a prohibitionist and was not a pensioner. He
+had never applied for pension and never expected to apply. I do not know
+whether he has held out faithfully up to the present time or not on all
+these points. He did not reply to my letter of inquiry. I wrote to the
+postmaster of his town and got this: "Yes, he is here. He runs a
+blacksmith shop in this town."
+
+
+ANDREW JACKSON WILSEY, Aurora, Illinois.
+
+April, 1861-June 9, 1862. Born in Madison county, New York. Twenty-one
+years old when enlisted. Since discharge has followed a diversity of
+pursuits. He is not a pensioner but, I think, would not object to being
+enrolled as one of Uncle Sam's beneficiaries. I meet him frequently. He
+has never given serious thought to religion and, I understand, has no well
+defined and settled theological opinions. In politics he is a democrat, a
+regular old-fashioned democrat of the Andrew Jackson type. He was not at
+New Orleans, however, but he faced fury of shot and shell at Shiloh.
+
+
+DEWITT C. WILSON, Plattville, Illinois.
+
+June 11, 1861-July 14, 1864. Born in Shelby county, Ohio. Nineteen years
+old when enlisted. Is not a pensioner. Since the war has been a farmer. In
+politics a straight republican. In religion aims to be a practical
+christian. He believes that good works are more efficacious than loud
+prayers and soul-saving sermons. He has no connection with any religious
+sect.
+
+On the morning of June 11, 1861, his father sent him into a field with a
+horse to cultivate corn with a shovel plow. After working a few hours he
+tied his horse to a fence at one end of the field and started directly to
+Joliet on foot to enlist. He did good work as a soldier for more than
+three years.
+
+All will have a vivid recollection of Fort Donelson. The lack of rations,
+the lack of tents or protection of any kind, the hard fighting and the
+hard weather, the rain, the sleet, the snow, the cold, the long dreary
+nights without fires. On one of those nights DeWitt Wilson and the writer
+stood on picket guard together close up to the enemy's works. We were
+posted stealthily after dark under a low bushy tree near a road which led
+to and from the town. We were to remain very quiet, not to speak louder
+than a whisper, and to watch closely all night. If the enemy sallied out
+in force we were to fire and run to the Regiment. It was very cold. The
+mercury was going down and was not far from zero. Our clothes had been
+soaked by previous rains and were now frozen stiff and clanked with every
+movement. We remained as posted for several hours. Finally, the
+Confederates came over their works and made a vigorous assault with
+intent to break the Union line. When the assault was made I was in an
+almost helpless condition. I could scarcely move and was nearly captured.
+I and my comrade became separated. I lost my course and went into the 11th
+Illinois Regiment. DeWitt and I frequently refer to that terrible night,
+the hardest in all our experience.
+
+At Britton's Lane Comrade Wilson and two others occupied a slight
+ambuscade. He was very anxious to have the enemy show up, and poked his
+cap out on the end of his ramrod. Just as he did this a glancing bullet
+struck the side of his head and caused him to roll over two or three
+times. His face and clothes were smeared with blood, and just then he
+would not be considered a good-looking man.
+
+
+GEORGE WILSON, Sharon Springs, Wallace County, Kansas.
+
+"Sharon is like a wilderness."--Isaiah 33: 9.
+
+April, 1861-July 16, 1865. Was born at Newark, Illinois, April 5, 1838.
+Twenty-three when enlisted. Was wounded in hand at Britton's Lane. Was
+captured near Atlanta, July 22, 1864, and confined in various Confederate
+prisons for nearly nine months. Pensioned for disabilities incurred in
+service at rate of four dollars a month. Is a "homesteader" in Western
+Kansas, seven miles from the Colorado line.
+
+"I belong to the prevailing church and I vote as I shot--against the
+South." "Cease firing! They have surrendered!" The men of the Twentieth
+heard those words on many battle fields. Finally they all surrendered and
+grounded arms. We whipped the rebels. We whipped them thoroughly. The
+entire South lay prostrate and bleeding and helpless at the feet of the
+conquering soldiers of the Union. Now, George, come out from the
+"prevailing church," the big wicked church of the world, and be a
+christian. Forgive your enemies and conquer by kindness. Bless them that
+curse you. Do good to them that despitefully use you and persecute you and
+say all manner of evil against you falsely. This is the true way. Consider
+these thoughts seriously, and when you vote again think of something else
+besides voting against the South.
+
+
+JOSIAH WRIGHT, Akron, Washington County, Colorado.
+
+April, 1861-August 9, 1862. Born in Luzern county, Pennsylvania.
+Twenty-two years old when enlisted. Was a non-commissioned officer and
+member of the color guard. Was shot through right wrist while bearing
+aloft the flag of the 20th Regiment at Shiloh. Was discharged because of
+wound. Pensioned for wound at rate of sixteen dollars a month.
+
+Lived in Pennsylvania till 1851. From 1851 to 1871 lived in Kendall
+county, Illinois. From 1871 till 1892 lived in Adair county, Missouri.
+From spring of 1892 to present time has lived on a homestead in Washington
+county, Colorado. Is now, and always has been, a farmer.
+
+In religion is a Methodist. In politics has been a populist since the date
+of the organization of that party. Frequently advocates the principles of
+the party from the rostrum. Is very friendly to silver. On his envelopes
+he has the motto: "Silver sixteen to one." I think Jo has a silver mine on
+his homestead in Colorado.
+
+Here is a vivid picture from Josiah Wright's pen which every man of the
+20th Regiment who was on hand at Shiloh will appreciate: "I was at the
+spring in camp Sunday morning, April 6. The roar of the assault on
+General Prentis's division had become terrific. I heard drums beat the
+long roll as the signal of alarm. I rushed to the Colonel's tent and got
+the flag. In passing out I met the Color Sergeant and gave the flag to
+him. The boys of the 20th were swarming out of their tents with their
+guns. The Regiment was quickly formed and started on a run in the
+direction of the firing. Colonel Marsh rode rapidly up and down the column
+urging the men to their utmost. We did not have to go far. The
+Confederates were advancing with great impetuosity and sweeping the field
+before them. We took position to beat back the on-coming tide and then the
+flag was unfurled and waved in the face of the foe. The Color Sergeant was
+immediately shot down. I picked up the flag and was soon wounded. Another
+member of the color guard then took the flag. I was sent to a boat on the
+river and was nearly gone from loss of blood."
+
+This also from Comrade Wright's letter: "As I write grave thoughts crowd
+in upon me. I go back in memory to the days of '61. I am again at the war
+meeting in Newark, where I listened to the thrilling eloquence of Watson
+until fired by a new born purpose I there resolved to serve my country
+and, if so it be ordered, to die in the service. I was one of the first to
+sign the Company roll. We are now widely scattered, but are bound together
+by the strongest ties. We will hardly meet again in this life, but may we
+so live that we shall meet around our Father's throne where severed ties
+of earth shall be re-united in Heaven." To this closing sentiment of our
+brave Comrade say I, most heartily, Amen. So may we live. Let every
+Company K man, still left, use this prayer. Comrades Gray and Taylor, join
+in.
+
+
+
+
+Our Recruits.
+
+
+TWO SPLENDID ENGLISHMEN.
+
+On the 4th of July, 1861, two young men of good appearance walked into our
+camp and immediately declared their intentions. They proposed to unite
+with us. We cordially accepted, and the next day the ceremony was
+performed.
+
+
+JOHN BROAD, Schell City, Vernon County, Missouri.
+
+July 5, 1861-November 27, 1861. Born in England. Came to America in 1859.
+Twenty-two years old when enlisted. Pensioned at rate of four dollars a
+month for disabilities incurred in service. A carpenter by trade, but now
+farming. Was brought up an Anglican. At present a member of the M. E.
+church, South. Formerly a democrat. Now votes with the Alliance.
+
+
+THOMAS HOPGOOD, Clinton, Henry County, Missouri.
+
+July 5, 1861-July 5, 1864. Born in England. Came to America May, 1859.
+Twenty-six years old when enlisted. Receives no pension. Politics,
+republican all the time. Religion, Protestant, a Presbyterian. Has not
+forgotten the time when we campaigned together. Remembers all the boys and
+wants to be remembered by all of them.
+
+
+TWO MORE RECRUITS, BUT NOT OF A KIND.
+
+About the middle of August, 1861, two large and very brave looking men,
+Bishop and another[1], came down from Kendall county, Illinois, to join
+Company K. We were then at Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and just at that
+juncture were in need of re-inforcements. A Confederate army under General
+Polk had crossed the river at Columbus, Kentucky, and was threatening the
+town. When the recruits arrived the camp was in commotion on account of
+the expected attack. Bishop immediately got a gun, took his place in the
+ranks and was ready for active hostilities. The other became sad and
+pensive. He did not want a gun, and did not appear so much of a warrior as
+at the moment of his arrival. He finally went on board of a boat with some
+women and children and crossed the Mississippi river. After remaining in
+the woods of Southern Illinois for a few days he came back to camp to get
+his carpet bag. He did not want to be mustered into the army. He wanted to
+go to his peaceful home, and he went. He still lives in Illinois. I am not
+informed as to whether he has succeeded in getting a pension or not. His
+case will require a special act.
+
+     [1] In original manuscript the name of this recruit was given, but it
+     is here omitted in compliance with the very earnest solicitation of
+     the printer.
+
+
+LEWIS G. BISHOP, Grand Junction, Colorado.
+
+July 16, 1861-August 9, 1862. Born in Yorkshire, Cattaraugus county, New
+York, on St. Patrick's day, 1838. Was, therefore, twenty-three years old
+at time of enlistment. Was wounded in left arm and left leg at Shiloh. Was
+sent down the rivers to hospitals at Paducah and Mound City. In course of
+time obtained leave of absence and went up to Newark, Illinois. Was then
+made aware that the people appreciated the soldiers. Was lionized wherever
+he went in Kendall county, which was a source of embarrassment to him, as
+he was a modest and humble individual. Was discharged because of wounds
+and receives pension therefor at rate of twelve dollars a month. He is
+glad that he still has his left leg, although it is not as good as the
+other. He is obliged to wear a rubber stocking and use other appliances to
+suppress inflammation and reduce varicose veins.
+
+Comrade Bishop remembers with minute particularity the events of the Fort
+Henry and Fort Donelson campaigns. He remembers as though it were
+yesterday the morning, when, at dawn, we discovered lines of Confederates
+looking at us from their rifle pits and when Chaplain Button went upon his
+knees on the ground and prayed with great earnestness for the salvation of
+the souls of those who should be slain in the impending battle. He thinks
+that if the Chaplain had taken a fife and stepped out and played "Yankee
+Doodle" it would have a better effect. He confesses that the prayer
+depressed him. In the state of mind in which he was at that time he would
+greatly prefer to live than to die and take his chances for heaven. This
+was probably the prevailing sentiment among the soldiers of both armies.
+
+Comrade Bishop came West in the spring of 1860; went as far as Fort
+Larimie, Wyoming, returned in the fall to Illinois, taught school near
+Newark in winter of 1860-61; in spring of 1861 went to Wisconsin and
+helped to run a raft of lumber out of the Wisconsin river down to
+Muscatine; in July, 1861, returned to Kendall county, Illinois. When the
+disaster occurred at Bull Run he awoke to the fact that the country was
+seriously menaced and resolved to be a soldier. He was acquainted with
+many of the boys of Company K, had visited them in Joliet, and he decided
+to cast his lot with them. He picked up his carpet-bag and went to Cape
+Girardeau, Missouri, and was mustered in.
+
+After discharge Comrade Bishop became a student and a teacher; later he
+studied dentistry, and for many years has been engaged in the practice of
+that profession.
+
+Religion: Agnostic. He neither asserts nor denies any theological dogma.
+
+Politics: Anything to beat the republican party. Believes that the
+principles and methods of that party should be relegated to "innosuous
+desuetude." The party is owned and fenced in by syndicates, corporations
+and factories, and is not worthy of public confidence. The people should
+rise in their sovereign capacity and decree that capital shall cease to
+dominate the legislation of the country.
+
+Comrade Bishop has been married and he has been un-married. He considers
+that St. Paul gave first-class advice when, in his letter to the
+Corinthians, he wrote, "Seek not a wife."
+
+
+AUGUSTUS GAY, No. 902 Second Street, Seattle, Washington.
+
+April 5, 1862-April 9, 1865. Was born at Albany, New York, in July, 1846.
+Was, therefore, fifteen years and nine months old when he enlisted. Was
+the youngest man in Company K, and looked very honest. No boy in the whole
+Union army had a more innocent face than Augustus Gay. He came to us at
+Joliet and was rejected. He followed up the Regiment for about a year and
+during most of that time had a position on Dr. Bailey's staff. Finally, at
+Pittsburg Landing, the day before the battle of Shiloh, he was mustered
+into the service as a member of Company K. Was mustered out at Raleigh,
+North Carolina, by reason of the expiration of his term of enlistment.
+
+Augustus Gay appeared to court danger. He went into battle with a broad
+smile on his face and a twinkle of the eye as though he were engaged in
+something pleasant and agreeable. Was very reckless and daring in action.
+The wonder was how it happened that he was never killed. Was captured near
+Atlanta July 22, 1864, and went to Anderson prison, where he spent several
+months. Was finally transferred by the Confederates from Andersonville to
+Savannah and was at that place when it was captured by the Union army
+December 21, 1864.
+
+I am in receipt of a long and interesting letter from Comrade Gay in which
+he gives facts concerning himself. This is dated March 26, 1894. I had
+previously written him up for the roster from memory and had classed him
+among the missing. He says he was very glad to hear from Company K. He has
+never seen any of the Company since the war, and had never heard from any
+of them. He was not sick a day while in the army and was never wounded.
+Since the war he has never been so seriously sick as to be confined to his
+bed. He is not a rich man and he is not a poor man. He weighs 250 pounds.
+He lives well. He never chews nor smokes tobacco nor drinks intoxicating
+liquors and never plays cards. He has been on the Pacific slope for twenty
+years and has not been back to the States during that time. He has been
+married for ten years and has now a boy more than half as old as he was
+when he joined Company K. After the war he studied dental surgery and has
+followed that profession continuously. Receives pension at rate of six
+dollars a month. Writes thus: "I want you to put in your roster that if
+ever a Company K man comes to this part of the world I want him to come
+and see me."
+
+He says that he is Protestant. But I don't think he is a full-blooded
+Protestant. If I remember correctly he used to tell us in the army that
+his parents were Hibernians, and that he was half Catholic and half
+Protestant, and had by inheritance all the good qualities of both kinds of
+religion.
+
+
+JAMES SPRINGER, Eighty-eighth and Throop Streets, Chicago, Illinois.
+
+Born on a farm near La Fayette, Indiana. Enlisted August 28, 1862, at the
+age of twenty-two years. Joined Company K at Holly Springs, Mississippi,
+in November, 1862, and served until mustered out at the close of the war
+in 1865.
+
+After discharge became a student at the University of Chicago, also, law
+department thereof, from which he graduated in June, 1868, and was then
+admitted to the bar. Practiced law for sixteen years. For a time was
+engaged in journalism. Since 1885 has followed a business career.
+
+In politics an independent; in religion a Methodist.
+
+
+LAMBERT CONNER, Braidwood, Illinois.
+
+Born in Hunterdon county, New Jersey. I think he enlisted in the spring of
+1863. Was then eighteen years old. Mustered out July 16, 1865. Receives
+pension at rate of sixteen dollars a month for disabilities incurred in
+service. He did not reply to my letter of inquiry.
+
+
+FOUR KIDS.
+
+Four nice boys, in a bunch, came into our camp at Big Black river,
+Mississippi, about the first of April, 1864. These were Pease Barnard,
+Charles Hall, Luman Preston and Fayette Scofield. They were all
+"Suckers," were separated from their mothers for the first time and, to
+the old campaigners of Fort Donelson, Shiloh and Vicksburg, they, appeared
+very fresh and innocent. They had been mustered in several weeks before by
+a recruiting officer in Illinois, and fitted out with Uncle Sam's
+uniforms, and were now ready to assist in winding up the war.
+
+
+NATHANIEL PEASE BARNARD, Newark, Illinois.
+
+February 25, 1864-July 16, 1865. Born in LaSalle county, Illinois.
+Seventeen years old when enlisted. Served in Georgia, went with Sherman
+from Atlanta to the sea, and helped to eviscerate the Carolinas. Pensioned
+at rate of eight dollars a month. Member of M. E. church. An active member
+of republican party. A lawyer by profession.
+
+
+CHARLES HALL, Westport, Brown County, South Dakota.
+
+February 24, 1864-July 16, 1865. Born in Kendall county, Illinois.
+Eighteen years old when enlisted. July, 1864, in Georgia campaign, was
+shot in the neck, and for a time was supposed to be dead. This recruit was
+built of good material for a soldier. Did not answer my letter.
+
+
+LUMAN PRESTON, Dixon, Illinois.
+
+February 16, 1864-July 16, 1865. Born in Kendall county, Illinois.
+Eighteen years old when enlisted. Is in business. Did not reply to my
+letter of inquiry. Is probably very busily engaged attending to customers.
+I meet Luman occasionally. He is always in good shape and happy. I think
+he is a democrat. Is of the bluest Puritan blood, but has the figure of a
+Teuton.
+
+
+
+
+Our Missing Members.
+
+
+The following four Company K men I cannot find. If any Comrade can give me
+any information concerning any of them I desire to have him do so. They
+may be living, but I think it is more probable that they are dead:
+
+
+GEORGE ADAMS.
+
+June, 1861-October 14, 1862. Born in England.
+
+
+JOHN CONSTANTINE.
+
+May, 1861-August 29, 1861. Born in Ireland. Came to America when one year
+old. Claimed to have been discharged from the regular army a short time
+before enlisting in Company K. Was an intemperate, boisterous and
+quarrelsome man. Was dismissed from the army by sentence of a court
+martial.
+
+
+LOUIS MINTZ.
+
+April, 1861-August 24, 1863. Born in Portugal. In religion was supposed to
+be a Hebrew. I think he came to Newark as a peddler and there joined
+Company K. He was a good soldier, but was very excitable. On one occasion,
+when advancing on skirmish line through the woods, he fired into a dead
+rebel who was hanging on a fence. Comrade Mintz was overheated at
+Raymond, from which he never recovered, and on account of which he was
+discharged.
+
+
+JOHN PEPOON.
+
+May, 1861-December 16, 1862. At time of enlistment he lived in Oswego
+township, Kendall county, Illinois.
+
+
+
+
+OUR DEAD.
+
+
+For many years earth has held the ashes of our fallen Comrades in its
+bosom. We have kept their memories in our hearts.
+
+
+Slain in Battle.
+
+
+ANDREW WILSON, Plattville, Illinois.
+
+Born in Ohio. Enlisted June 17, 1861, at the age of twenty-three years.
+Shot through the head at Fort Donelson, and instantly killed, February 15,
+1862, while the Union line was advancing on the enemy.
+
+Early on the morning of the 16th the Confederates surrendered. I was on
+the detail sent out that day to bury the dead of our Regiment. We went to
+the place where we had position in the line and there, on a hard hill,
+through stones and roots we dug a grave. This is the only grave I have
+ever helped to dig. It was thirty feet long and a little more than six
+feet wide. When of sufficient depth two men remained in the bottom, and
+others handed down, one by one, eighteen men of the 20th Illinois
+Regiment. Andrew Wilson was one of the number. When they had all been
+placed side by side across the grave, good Chaplain Button spoke solemn,
+earnest words in exhortation and prayer. Our dead were covered with earth,
+three volleys were fired over them as a parting salutation, and we then
+filed away into camp, weary and sad.
+
+
+CURTIS WANN, Newark, Illinois.
+
+Born in Clarion county, Pennsylvania, October 2, 1843. Enlisted in Company
+K, April, 1861. Shot and killed instantly in the battle of Shiloh, Sunday,
+April 6, 1862. I have a clear recollection of Curtis Wann on the morning
+of that dreadful day, when we were going forward to meet the enemy. His
+face was aglow with eagerness and courage, but alas! he was the first to
+fall.
+
+
+JAMES CRELLEN, Newark, Illinois.
+
+Born on the Isle of Man. Had not been in America many years. Was a
+shoemaker, and worked at his trade in Newark. Was well thought of by
+everybody. He was one of the first to sign the Company roll. He said at
+the outset that he wanted to be killed if he could not come out of the war
+entire. He dreaded mutilation more than death. At Shiloh, Sunday, April 6,
+1861, he was shot through the neck and killed instantly. I had my eyes
+squarely upon him when he was struck. He dropped to the ground and never
+moved. Did not even quiver. While lying dead upon the battlefield he was
+again shot through the face.
+
+
+MARCUS MORTON.
+
+Enlisted at Joliet May, 1861. Was shot and mortally wounded at Shiloh
+April 6, 1861. Died in a few days after the battle.
+
+
+ISRAEL WATERS, Plattville, Illinois.
+
+Enlisted at Joliet in May, 1861. Was shot and instantly killed May 12,
+1863, in the battle of Raymond. While we were engaged in the desperate
+fighting behind the rail fence I turned my eyes on Waters and he was
+cheering and shouting defiance to the enemy. In a few moments I looked
+again and he lay perfectly dead. A bullet had passed through his brain.
+
+
+WILLIAM SHOGER, Oswego, Illinois.
+
+Born in Germany. Came to America in 1855. Enlisted in May, 1861, at the
+age of nineteen years. Shot and killed instantly in the battle of Raymond
+May 12, 1863. Was brought up and confirmed a Lutheran. Later withdrew from
+Lutheran church and became an active member of Evangelical church.
+
+
+DAVID BARROWS, Newark, Illinois.
+
+Born in New Hampshire. Enlisted April, 1861, at the age of thirty-five
+years. Shot and killed instantly in the battle of Raymond May 12, 1863.
+Was a married man and left a wife and three little girls lonely and sad.
+If I were asked who was the best soldier in Company K the first man I
+would think of would be David Barrows. He did not waste much powder. A
+good marksman, and level-headed under the most trying circumstances, he
+aimed and fired in the heat and fury of battle with the precision and
+accuracy of target practice.
+
+Comrades Waters, Shoger and Barrows were at my right. They were all shot
+through the head and, when killed, lay touching each other.
+
+
+BENJAMIN ADAMS, Newark, Illinois.
+
+Born in Kendall county, Illinois. Enlisted April, 1861, at the age of
+twenty years. Killed in battle of Raymond May 12, 1863. Comrade Adams was
+shot at the very beginning of the battle, as we lay in the woods waiting
+for the skirmishers to rally in, and before we fired a gun. At the close
+of the battle he was still living. A comrade paused over him and said--
+
+"Can I do anything for you?"
+
+"No."
+
+"Ben, you are badly hurt. Won't I stay with you?"
+
+"They are running, are they not?"
+
+"Yes, we have them on the run. Won't I stay with you?"
+
+"No; go on."
+
+He was taken by an ambulance to the field hospital and died in a few
+minutes after reaching that place.
+
+
+HENRY MITCHELL, Na-au-say Township, Kendall County, Illinois.
+
+Born of English parents on Prince Edward's Island January 31, 1836. Came
+to Kendall county, Illinois, in 1845. Enlisted in Company K May, 1861, at
+the age of twenty-five years. Killed in the battle of Raymond May 12,
+1863.
+
+Henry Mitchell was in every sense a large, strong, brave man, and was
+highly regarded by all such as have regard for what is true and noble in
+human life and character. He was scrupulously correct in all his habits.
+Never played cards, was never profane in speech, and never had any use for
+whisky, tobacco or beer. He had five brothers in the Union army, all in
+Company C of the 7th Illinois Regiment, namely, Anthony, William, George,
+Robert and Samuel. These five in the 7th Regiment and Henry in the 20th
+were all in the battle lines at Fort Donelson and Shiloh. I do not believe
+that there is in the whole range of history another instance in which six
+brothers fought in the ranks of any army in the same great battles. I have
+read of Roman patriotism and Grecian valor, of Spartan mothers sending out
+their sons to battle with the injunction to come back either victorious or
+dead, but I have never read of anything that is equal to the case of the
+six Mitchell brothers in patriotism, devotion and valor, all of whom
+responded at once to their country's first call for volunteers.
+
+Of these six brave brothers only three now survive, namely--Anthony, in
+Kansas, and Robert and Samuel, in Colorado. George was slain on the second
+day at Shiloh. "We were all within six feet of George when he fell,"
+writes Anthony. That is, the other four of the 7th Regiment; and Henry was
+close by in the 20th Regiment. William contracted disease in the army,
+came home sick and died.
+
+
+ROBERT TAYLOR, Lisbon, Illinois.
+
+Born in England. Came to America when a child. Enlisted in Company K,
+April, 1861, at the age of about twenty-three years. Shot through hip and
+mortally wounded in battle of Raymond May 12, 1863. Lived a few days after
+the battle and died in extreme agony. I lay near him in the hospital. His
+suffering was the most terrible that I have ever witnessed.
+
+
+WILLIAM READ, Newark, Illinois.
+
+Was a recruit. I think he came to the Company in 1862. Was shot in head
+and mortally wounded in battle of Raymond, May 12, 1863. Lived a few days
+after the battle.
+
+
+JOHN WOODRUFF, Oswego, Illinois.
+
+Enlisted in May, 1861. Shot and mortally wounded in the battle of Raymond,
+May 12, 1863. Was shot in leg below the knee. Three different amputations
+were performed, one below the knee and two above, but each was followed by
+unfavorable results. He and I were in the same hospital, and not very far
+apart. I witnessed the amputations. The patient in all his suffering
+exhibited the most incredible fortitude. He lived nearly three weeks and
+never groaned nor sighed. At last when informed that mortification was
+advancing and the end was near, he called an attendant, paid him for extra
+service rendered and then turned over to the attendant his pocket-book and
+some other personal effects to be sent to his sister at Iowa Falls, Iowa.
+This was done with perfect deliberation. He manifested no fear of death. I
+remember him very distinctly in former battles. He was a very brave
+soldier.
+
+
+RICE BAXTER, Na-au-say Township, Kendall County, Illinois.
+
+May, 1861-October 13, 1861. In a few months after being discharged from
+Company K he enlisted in another Regiment and was killed in the battle of
+Arkansas Post, January 10, 1863. I have been unable to obtain any
+information concerning Comrade Baxter from any of his relatives, although
+I have made persistent efforts to do so.
+
+
+
+
+Died in the Service.
+
+
+THOMPSON BRISTOL, Newark, Illinois.
+
+Enlisted in April, 1861, at the age of nineteen years. Went into camp at
+Joliet, became sick, went home on furlough and died June 16, 1861. Buried
+in Millington. Let his grave be decorated.
+
+
+WILLIAM ASHTON, Lisbon, Illinois.
+
+Born of English parents in Delaware county, Pennsylvania. Enlisted April,
+1861, at the age of nearly twenty-one years. Died at Cape Girardeau,
+Missouri, September 2, 1861.
+
+
+STEPHEN JENNINGS, Newark, Illinois.
+
+Born in State of New York. Enlisted April, 1861, at the age of twenty-five
+years. Died of typhoid fever in hospital at Mound City, Illinois, October
+15, 1861.
+
+
+RICHARD CONNER, Plattville, Illinois.
+
+Born in Hunterdon county, New Jersey. Enlisted June 12, 1861, at the age
+of twenty years. Died of measles in hospital at Mound City, Illinois,
+December 23, 1861.
+
+
+FRANK LEHMAN.
+
+Born in Germany. Enlisted May, 1861. Died at Bird's Point, Missouri,
+January 11, 1862.
+
+
+JOHN R. MCKEAN, Newark, Illinois.
+
+Was one of the first to volunteer in April, 1861. Had been in the regular
+army and, I think, for a short time in the Mexican war. Took a very
+active part in organizing the Company and drilling the boys. Was elected
+Second Lieutenant. A very efficient officer. Died at Bird's Point,
+Missouri, January 23, 1862.
+
+Does any comrade know anything about Lieutenant McKean's burial? If so,
+report to me, please.
+
+
+GEORGE MALLORY, Newark, Illinois.
+
+Born at Rome, Oneida county, New York, November 10, 1835. Came to Kendall
+county, Illinois, in 1838. Enlisted April, 1861, at the age of twenty-five
+years. Died at Bird's Point, Missouri, January 28, 1862.
+
+
+WILLIAM CROWNER.
+
+Enlisted in May, 1861. Died in hospital at Mound City, March 10, 1862.
+
+
+EDWARD ATKINS, Newark, Illinois.
+
+Enlisted April, 1861. Died at Newark, Illinois, March 11, 1862, while home
+on furlough sick.
+
+
+AARON PAXSON, Newark, Illinois.
+
+Enlisted May, 1861. Died at Newark, Illinois, May 4, 1862, while home on
+furlough sick.
+
+
+WILLIAM BENNETT, Adams Township, La Salle County, Illinois.
+
+Born in England January 4, 1837. Enlisted at Newark April, 1861, at the
+age of twenty-four years. His vitality was overtaxed at Fort Donelson. He
+broke down and never recovered. Was sent down the river and died in
+general hospital at St. Louis, Missouri, May 5, 1862.
+
+
+ALBERT WILCOX, Lisbon, Illinois.
+
+Born in Kendall county, Illinois, January 21, 1842. Enlisted April, 1861,
+at the age of twenty years. Died in hospital at St. Louis, Missouri, May
+13, 1862.
+
+
+OTIS CHARLES, Bristol Station, Illinois.
+
+Born in Bristol township, Kendall county, Illinois. Enlisted May, 1861, at
+the age of twenty-five years. Overcome by the strain at Fort Donelson he
+went home on furlough sick, and died at his home June 1, 1862.
+
+
+WILLIAM SMITH, Plattville, Illinois.
+
+Born in Centre county, Pennsylvania. Enlisted May, 1861, at the age of
+twenty years. Died at Paducah, Kentucky, August 23, 1862, while on
+detailed duty in the Signal Corps.
+
+
+JOSEPH SPRINGER.
+
+Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 10, 1831. Enlisted as a
+recruit in Company K August 30, 1862. Died at Lake Providence, Louisiana,
+March 18, 1863. Was a member of the Protestant Methodist Church. Belonged
+to the society organized at Millbrook, Kendall county, Illinois. Was
+married, and when he went away to the war left at home a wife and three
+boys, whose respective ages were seven, five and about two and one-half
+years. His widow, Mrs. Ann Springer, now lives at Firth, Lancaster county,
+Nebraska, from whose letters I make the following extracts: "I am glad the
+survivors of Company K are hunting up the records of those that never
+returned, as well as the records of those who were spared to come back. I
+have been weighed down and almost crushed with sorrow and affliction. I
+have never re-married, and, of course, draw pension at the rate of twelve
+dollars a month. I have lived with my boys, the oldest of whom was taken
+away when nearly sixteen years of age. The other two are still spared. I
+had four brothers who went out to fight for the dear old flag. Two of them
+never returned. One was William Bennett of Company K. He responded to the
+first call and enlisted at Newark, Illinois, early in the spring of 1861.
+Another brother, who was in the artillery service, was killed in the
+battle of Stone River. God bless the soldiers; they did a noble work; they
+are the saviors of the country. If the Company K Roster is published I
+want a copy."
+
+
+ALFRED GRISWOLD, Newark, Illinois.
+
+Enlisted April 1861. Died at Berry's Landing, Louisiana, March 20, 1863.
+
+
+SUMNER COOK, Newark, Illinois.
+
+Enlisted April, 1861. Died at Vicksburg, Mississippi, of typhoid fever,
+July 20, 1863.
+
+
+GEORGE SLEEZER, Newark, Illinois.
+
+Born in Kendall county, Ill. Enlisted as a recruit for Company K September
+26, 1864, at the age of eighteen years. Became sick at Camp Butler, near
+Springfield, Illinois, and died at that place November 13, 1864, before he
+reached the Company.
+
+
+WALTER LANDON, Fox Township, Kendall County, Illinois.
+
+Volunteered as a recruit for Company K October 3, 1864, and died in a
+short time afterward at Camp Butler, Illinois, before reaching the
+Company.
+
+
+GREENBURY LEACH, Lisbon, Illinois.
+
+Born in West Virginia. Enlisted April, 1861. Captured near Atlanta,
+Georgia, July 22, 1864. Confined in Confederate prisons from date of
+capture until the following spring. Died at Fortress Monroe, Virginia,
+April 30, 1865, just after being exchanged and while on his way to the
+north. Was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. While in the army
+always attended whatever religious service was conducted in camp. Was a
+regular attendant and participant at regimental prayer-meetings.
+
+
+
+
+Died Since Date of Discharge.
+
+
+NELSON DAYTON, Newark, Illinois.
+
+Enlisted April, 1861, at the age of eighteen years. Discharged for
+disability November 27, 1861. Died March 4, 1862, at Newark, Illinois.
+
+
+ROBERT LAWTON.
+
+May 1861-August 17, 1862. Born in Lancashire, England. Came to America in
+1852. Died in Kendall county, Illinois, of the disease for which
+discharged from the army April 14, 1864, at the age of twenty-five years,
+three months and eight days. Robert was a good soldier. I remember him
+distinctly on the battlefield of Shiloh. During the terrible fighting of
+the first day he turned over his pocket-book to a member of the Company
+who retired on account of wounds. He did not want his money to be taken by
+the rebels if he were killed in the fight.
+
+Comrade Lawton's remains were interred in the little cemetery at
+Plattville. The slab marble which marks his final resting place has fallen
+down and is broken. When the flowers of May each year come, let patriot
+hands decorate this grave.
+
+
+GILBERT MORTON, Oswego, Illinois.
+
+Enlisted May, 1861. Mustered out July 16, 1865. Promoted to Quartermaster
+Sergeant of the Regiment at the outset and, I think, held that position
+during the entire war. After discharge he became a railroad official and
+had a highly successful career for about ten years. But evil days came,
+and he finally died by his own hand at a hotel in Chicago. This was about
+the year 1876.
+
+
+LONGEN MERKLI.
+
+Born in 1829 at Damsingan, Baden, Germany. Went into German army in his
+youth, and was thoroughly trained as a soldier. Participated in active
+warfare in 1848-'49. He handled sword and bayonet with great dexterity.
+Few men could stand before him with these weapons. After his service in
+the German army he spent several years as a student. Was a good latin
+scholar, and had a knowledge of the French language. Pursued a course of
+study in surgery and medicine in a German University, and, by members of
+his profession, was considered an expert anatomist. Had been reared in the
+faith of the Catholic church, but became a doubter of the fundamental
+doctrines of Christianity. Came to America in 1860 and engaged in the
+practice of medicine at Milford and Newark. Was one of the first to enlist
+in April, 1861. Served in the ranks of the Company for about a year and a
+half. Was in the battles of Fredericktown, Fort Donelson and Shiloh. Was
+shot in the foot at Shiloh. Was a remarkably brave and fearless man. About
+July, 1862, he was detailed to serve in a hospital at Jackson, Tennessee.
+When negro soldiers were enlisted he was offered a commission as assistant
+surgeon of a negro Regiment, but declined it. He continued on detailed
+duty and served as a medical man in various hospitals until the expiration
+of his term of enlistment. Was mustered out in July, 1864. After the war,
+located at Bristol, Illinois, and pursued the practice of medicine. In his
+best years he was unable to control his appetite for strong drink and, as
+time advanced, his appetite steadily increased and he became an abject
+slave. He died at Bristol, Illinois, August 20, 1879.
+
+
+GEORGE WATSON, Newark, Illinois.
+
+I doubt whether any man did as much as George Watson toward getting up
+Company K. He was a lawyer at Newark, was a democrat, voted for Bell and
+Everett in 1860, and was an enthusiastic Union man. He was a fluent
+off-hand speaker and was the main figure at all the war meetings in
+Newark. Had been in Pennsylvania militia and Mexican war and was a good
+drill master. Was elected First Lieutenant. About the first of June, 1861,
+he withdrew from the Company and joined Mulligan's Regiment in Chicago.
+Was captured with that command at Lexington, Missouri, in 1861. After this
+he served on a gunboat and, still later, had a commission in a
+Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment. He was gifted with talent of a high order,
+but an uncontrollable appetite for intoxicating liquor barred all
+possibility of success in life. It caused his ruin and downfall and death.
+He made many spasmodic attempts at reformation, and at these times was a
+successful temperance talker. But all his efforts at reform ended in
+failure. From the United States Soldiers' Home at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, I
+have received this: "The records show that George W. Watson served in
+Company K, 20th Illinois Infantry; Company E, 23d Illinois Infantry;
+Company F, 2d Pennsylvania Cavalry, and in U. S. Navy. He was admitted
+here December 15, 1877, and was killed by a railroad train in Milwaukee,
+Wisconsin, at about 3 o'clock p. m., August 21, 1879."
+
+
+FAYETTE SCOFIELD, Newark, Illinois.
+
+Born in DuPage county, Illinois, January 25, 1847. Enlisted as a recruit
+for Company K February 25, 1864. Discharged July 16, 1865. Killed in a
+railroad wreck in Missouri February 17, 1881.
+
+
+AMON HEACOX, Lisbon, Illinois.
+
+Born in Oneida county, New York, June 6, 1817. Enlisted in Company K, May,
+1861, at the age of forty-four years. Mustered out July 14, 1864. Was the
+oldest man in the Company. I have been informed that he was slightly
+wounded at Britton's Lane, but I have no recollection of it. I remember
+him very distinctly at Fort Donelson. He was a good man and a good
+soldier. Was a member of M. E. church. Was one of six, many years ago, to
+organize a Methodist Episcopal church in Lisbon, Illinois. He died in the
+Soldiers' Home at Quincy, Illinois, April 23, 1889, in the seventy-third
+year of his age. Is interred in the cemetery at Lisbon.
+
+
+HENRY HAVENHILL, Newark, Illinois.
+
+Born in LaSalle county, Illinois, June 17, 1842. Enlisted April, 1861.
+Discharged for disability April 27, 1862. Died in Chicago, Illinois, of
+paralysis, June, 1889.
+
+
+FRANCIS CROWELL, Newark, Illinois.
+
+Born in Tompkins county, New York. Enlisted April, 1861, at the age of
+eighteen years. Was wounded in the Georgia campaign July, 1864. Mustered
+out July 16, 1865. Died at Waterman, Illinois, of a complication of
+diseases, September 17, 1889. The address of his widow is Mrs. Mary A.
+Crowell, Waterman, Illinois.
+
+
+THOMAS GARNER.
+
+April, 1861-July 14, 1864. Born in England. Had been a British soldier,
+and saw active service in the Crimean war. Deserted from the British army.
+Captured and branded with letter D. Deserted again in Canada and succeeded
+in escaping to the United States.
+
+Thomas Garner was one of the best marchers and fighters in the Union army.
+He was always at his post. Never straggled from the ranks and never failed
+because of sore feet or anything else. Whenever there was fighting on hand
+Tom was in it. His great failing we all know, but, notwithstanding that,
+he was the best beloved man in Company K. Some years after the war he went
+back to England and, in time, returned again to the United States. Soon
+after his return he walked from Buffalo, New York, to Morris, Illinois,
+and then came to Newark and Sheridan looking for Company K folks. He found
+none and went away very despondent. These facts I learned from his friends
+in Morris. I have received a communication from the Pension Agent at
+Buffalo, New York, which informs me that Thomas Garner, Company K, 20th
+Illinois Regiment, was on the rolls of that agency as a pensioner at the
+rate of six dollars a month, and that he died during the year 1892. He
+drew pension to July 4 of that year. His address at that time was No. 58
+Commercial Street, Buffalo, New York. This is the most definite
+information I have succeeded in obtaining.
+
+
+WILLIAM MINARD, Oswego, Illinois.
+
+Born at Walbrough, Ulster county, New York, September 26, 1840. Enlisted
+May, 1861. Became Commissary Sergeant of the Regiment. Mustered out July
+14, 1864. Died at Chicago, Illinois, of disease of kidneys, January 10,
+1894. Interred at Graceland.
+
+
+GEORGE CONNELLY.
+
+May, 1861-September 8, 1862. Born in Ireland. Had been a soldier in the
+regular army. Was a brave man. Was wounded at Shiloh. Was discharged on
+account of wound and pensioned therefor. He is now dead. Date of death not
+ascertained.
+
+
+JAMES HAGARDORN.
+
+Enlisted at Joliet in May, 1861, and, I think, served about a year and a
+half. Was discharged for disability and became a pensioner. After the war
+lived in State of New York. Is now dead. Date of death not ascertained.
+
+
+JAMES LORD.
+
+May, 1861-March 5, 1863. Was an actor. Came to Newark, Illinois, in the
+spring of 1861 with a theatrical troupe and there enlisted in Company K.
+He was a very intelligent man and a good soldier. Was wounded at Fort
+Donelson. Was discharged for disability and became a pensioner. He is now
+dead. Date of death not ascertained.
+
+
+RALPH PRATT.
+
+May, 1861-November 27, 1861. Discharged for disability. Became a
+pensioner. Is now dead. Date of death not ascertained.
+
+
+
+
+REMARKS.
+
+
+The names of those who served thirty days with Company K in the State
+service but who declined to join the Company for three years in the United
+States service do not appear in this roster; neither do the names of
+drafted men and substitutes who were assigned to the Company during the
+last few months of the war.
+
+The dates after a name indicate the time when the soldier first
+volunteered and the time when he was mustered out or discharged. Those who
+did not enlist for a second term of three years were nearly all mustered
+out July 14, 1864. Those who re-enlisted were mustered out July 16, 1865,
+on account of the close of the war. Those discharged at other dates were
+discharged for disability resulting from wounds or sickness.
+
+The names of 108 Company K men are herein given; 56 are living, 52 are
+dead. 4 are missing; of these four I have not been able to obtain any
+information whatever. I know not whether they are living or dead.
+
+Of the 56 men living, 41 receive pensions; 7 receive no pension. In regard
+to the others, it is not ascertained whether they are pensioners or not.
+32 receive pensions for disabilities incurred in the army; 9 for
+disabilities not incurred in the army.
+
+Of the 56 men here reported as living, 23 at least were wounded in battle;
+13 draw pension for wounds.
+
+Eight Company K men were buried at Raymond--Shoger, Barrows, Waters and
+Mitchell were buried in the same grave with others of the Regiment on the
+battlefield, near the rail fence. Adams was buried near the field
+hospital. Taylor, Reed and Woodruff were buried in the graveyard near the
+town. Crellen and Wann were buried on the battlefield of Shiloh. None of
+these graves are now marked or known.
+
+For courtesy, and for information furnished to assist me in tracing lost
+members of Company K, I am under special obligations to the Hon. WILLIAM
+LOCHREN, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C. I also acknowledge my
+indebtedness to many postmasters, to newspaper editors, to pension agents
+and others.
+
+If any Company K man dies or changes his place of residence I desire to be
+informed of the fact. In this way we will know where every man of the
+Company is located. Remember, please.
+
+A more lengthy sketch is given of some Comrades than of others. The reason
+is I have had more information in regard to some than in regard to others.
+In many cases what is said about each one of the living is his own letter
+to me re-cast and abridged. I have not intentionally slighted or
+misrepresented any. I may have made errors. If so, I hope they are few and
+not of a grievous nature.
+
+
+
+
+A BIT OF HISTORY.
+
+
+When the news of the President's first call for volunteers reached Newark
+the people were wild with excitement. "That night," writes Dr. Dyer, "I
+could not sleep. The next morning I was out very early. I went into
+Fowler's drug store and there with pen and ink drew up a company
+muster-roll and signed it, and united with others in calling a war meeting
+for that evening. I was called to make a long ride in the country and upon
+my return found five names on the muster-roll in addition to my own. I
+wish I had that paper now." This was the beginning of our Company.
+Volunteers continued to come forward and in a few days the requisite
+number had signed the roll. April 24, 1861, is on record as the date of
+our Company organization. We were not accepted under the President's call
+and were sorely disappointed. However, most of the boys continued to meet
+in Newark and were drilled by Lieutenants Watson and McKean. On May 11,
+1861, our Company left Newark for Joliet and went into camp. The 20th
+Illinois Regiment was there organized and the Kendall county boys became
+Company K of that organization. After that the history of the Company
+became part of the history of the Regiment. June 13, 1861, we were
+mustered into the United States service for three years, if not sooner
+discharged. About the 17th of June we took the cars for the South. Stopped
+three weeks at Alton, Illinois, and drilled constantly. Early in July we
+went into camp for a short time in the United States Arsenal at St.
+Louis, Missouri, and were here armed with Enfield rifles and received new
+blue uniforms. We now had a very extravagant opinion of ourselves, of our
+fighting qualities in particular, and did not take the least pains to
+conceal that opinion from others. This is what a St. Louis paper said of
+us:
+
+     ARRIVAL OF COLONEL MARSH'S REGIMENT FROM ALTON.
+
+     At 11 o'clock a. m., of Saturday, the steamer, "City of Alton," from
+     Alton, landed at the Arsenal the Twentieth Illinois Regiment, Colonel
+     C. C. Marsh commanding. The boat brought also the entire camp
+     equipage and stores of the Regiment. The spontaneous greeting
+     tendered by our Missouri soldiers was hearty and enthusiastic. Cheers
+     upon cheers of welcome rent the air and were responded to by the
+     Illinoisans in magnificent style. The guests were assigned the
+     western lawn of the Arsenal grounds for their camping site. Tents
+     were speedily pitched, baggage distributed, and the newly arrived
+     volunteers were soon perfectly at home. They are aching for active
+     service wherever desired, and, we understand, are already under
+     orders for "a forward movement." Other Regiments in Illinois are also
+     in eager anticipation of lively "business" in Missouri or Arkansas.
+
+     Colonel Marsh's Regiment is evidently in first-class condition and
+     consists of strikingly vigorous and hardy men. They are brim full of
+     health and energy and fun. The Regiment numbers nine hundred and
+     sixty-one men rank and file. Success and joy to them.
+
+We left the Arsenal in a few days and for six months were engaged in
+"business" in southeast Missouri. On October 21 we met the Confederates in
+force, under Jeff. Thompson, at Fredericktown and succeeded in thoroughly
+convincing them that they were whipped.
+
+February 6, 1862, we entered Fort Henry and ten days later marched in
+triumph into Fort Donelson. April 6 and 7 we had position in the Union
+lines at Shiloh and after that took a hand in the siege of Corinth.
+September 1 were engaged in the sharp little battle of Britton's Lane. In
+the winter of 1862-3 were in the campaign in the mud in northern
+Mississippi. Were at Oxford when General VanDorn took Holly Springs and
+burned our supplies. In the spring and summer of 1863 we participated in
+all the battles of the Vicksburg campaign and in the siege of that
+stronghold.
+
+Were out on the Meridian expedition for twenty-nine days in the month of
+February, 1864, without tents or other protection from the elements except
+what every man carried on his back.
+
+In the spring and summer of 1864 were in the Georgia campaign and siege of
+Atlanta. In the fall went from Atlanta to the sea.
+
+In 1865 was in the campaign in the Carolinas and marched through Virginia
+to Washington after the Confederate armies had surrendered.
+
+On the 16th of July, 1865, at Louisville, Kentucky, the Twentieth Regiment
+Illinois Volunteer Infantry was mustered out of the United States service
+and disbanded, and the boys went home.
+
+
+
+
+INDEX.
+
+
+                       PAGE
+
+  Adams, Benjamin        44
+
+  Adams, George          40
+
+  Anderson                6
+
+  Ashton                 47
+
+  Atkins                 48
+
+  Bacon                   6
+
+  Barnard                39
+
+  Barrows, David         43
+
+  Barrows, James          6
+
+  Baxter                 46
+
+  Bennett                48
+
+  Bishop                 34
+
+  Bissell                 7
+
+  Boyer                   4
+
+  Bristol                47
+
+  Broad                  33
+
+  Brown                   7
+
+  Carey                   8
+
+  Charles                49
+
+  Clayton                 9
+
+  Clifford                9
+
+  Connelly               56
+
+  Conner, Richard        47
+
+  Conner, Anderson       10
+
+  Conner, Lambert        38
+
+  Constantine            40
+
+  Cook                   50
+
+  Crellen                42
+
+  Crowell                55
+
+  Crowner                48
+
+  Coyle                  10
+
+  Dann                   11
+
+  Dayton                 51
+
+  Dyer                    3
+
+  Favreau                12
+
+  Garner                 55
+
+  Gay                    36
+
+  Griswold               50
+
+  Gray                   12
+
+  Hagerdorn              56
+
+  Hagerman               13
+
+  Hall                   39
+
+  Hanson                 13
+
+  Havenhill, Marshall    13
+
+  Havenhill, Henry       54
+
+  Heacox                 54
+
+  Hopgood, Thomas        33
+
+  Hopgood, George        13
+
+  Howes                  14
+
+  Hutton                 14
+
+  Jennings, Stephen      47
+
+  Jennings, James        16
+
+  Kilmer                 16
+
+  Landon                 50
+
+  Lawton                 51
+
+  Leach, Greenbury       51
+
+  Leach, John            17
+
+  Lehman                 47
+
+  Littlewood             17
+
+  Lord                   56
+
+  Mallory                48
+
+  McKean                 47
+
+  Merkli                 52
+
+  Minard                 56
+
+  Mintz                  40
+
+  Mitchell               44
+
+  Morton, Marcus         43
+
+  Morton, Gilbert        52
+
+  Mullenix               18
+
+  Olin                    3
+
+  Paxson                 48
+
+  Pepoon                 41
+
+  Pierson                18
+
+  Pratt                  57
+
+  Prentice               20
+
+  Preston, William       21
+
+  Preston, Luman         39
+
+  Pruyn                  21
+
+  Read                   46
+
+  Remillard              21
+
+  Rockwood               22
+
+  Scofield               54
+
+  Shoger                 43
+
+  Sleezer                50
+
+  Smith                  49
+
+  Spellman                5
+
+  Spencer                22
+
+  Springer, Richard      22
+
+  Springer, James        38
+
+  Springer, Joseph       49
+
+  Taylor, Robert         45
+
+  Taylor, John           23
+
+  Todd                   24
+
+  Trenter                26
+
+  Vreeland               26
+
+  Wallace                26
+
+  Wann                   42
+
+  Waters                 43
+
+  Watson                 53
+
+  West                   27
+
+  White                  28
+
+  Wilcox                 49
+
+  Wilsey                 28
+
+  Wilson, Andrew         41
+
+  Wilson, DeWitt         29
+
+  Wilson, George         30
+
+  Woodruff               46
+
+  Wright                 31
+
+
+  Preface                 2
+
+  Remarks                57
+
+  A Bit of History       59
+
+
+
+
+Transcriber's Notes:
+
+Passages in italics are indicated by _underscore_.
+
+The following misprints have been corrected:
+  "accompauied" corrected to "accompanied" (page 16)
+  "doctor's" corrected to "doctors" (page 24)
+  "religous" corrected to "religious" (page 29)
+  "Novembe" corrected to "November" (page 50)
+  "Pennsylania" corrected to "Pennsylvania" (page 53)
+
+Some of the dates seem obviously incorrect; however, they are presented
+in this text as they appear in the original.
+
+
+
+
+
+
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