THE TWELFTH INFANTRY.

99 Co. K-Captain, Jas. R. Hugunin; 1st Lieutenant, Wm. E. Waite; 2d Lieutenant, Eben Bacon.

When re-mustered into the three years' service, the roster was as follows:

Colonel, John McArthur; Lieutenant-Colonel, A. L. Chetlain; Major, Wm. D. Williams; Adjutant, J. Bates Dickson; Quartermaster, S. R. Wetmore; Surgeon, Horace Wardner; 1st Assistant Surgeon, James H. Ferris; 2d Assistant Surgeon, Wm. M. Newell; Chaplain, Joel Grant.

Co. A-Captain, Arthur C. Ducat; 1st Lieutenant, William Fisher; 2d Lieutenant, Duncan McLean.

Co. B-Captain, John Tyler Hale; 1st Lieutenant, Henry S. Stephenson; 2d Lieutenant, Justin D. Towner.

Co. C-Captain, Wm. J. Allen; 1st Lieutenant, Rob't V. Chesley; 2d Lieutenant, David Jones..

Co. D-Captain, Robert H. Lackey; 1st Lieutenant, Robert Koehlor; 2d Lieutenant, Wm. F. Jobe.

Co. E-Captain, Vincent Ridgely; 1st Lieutenant, John W. Fisher; 2d Lieutenant, Henry V. Sellar.

Co. F-Captain, Wallace Campbell; 1st Lieutenant, J. Bates Dickson; 2d Lieutenant, Nicholas Roth.

Co. G-Captain, Guy C. Ward; 1st Lieutenant, J. M. McArthur; 2d Lieutenant, John F. Watkins.

Co. H-Captain, Wm. T. Swain; 1st Lieutenant, John M. Mills; 2d Lieutenant, W. S. Merriman.

Co. I-Captain, Frank B. Ferris; 1st Lieutenant, Geo. L. Paddock; 2d Lieutenant, Wm. D. Mills.

Co. K-Captain, Jas. R. Hugunin; 1st Lieutenant, Wm. E. Waite; 2d Lieutenant, Eben Bacon.

On the 10th of May, 1861, the regiment left for Cairo, from whence it was sent to Cape Girardeau, to reinforce the troops at that point. It was afterward sent on an expedition through the country surrounding Belmont, Missouri, but failed to discover any armed rebels. It afterward went down the river to Columbus, where could be distinctly heard the firing of the guns at the battle of Belmont. It was intended to advance on Belmont the next morning, but the retreat of our army prevented it. It was next engaged in a "reconnoissance in force" to Fort Henry, and afterward took part in the battles at that place and at Fort Donelson. From the latter place the regiment was sent to Clarksville, Tennessee, and from thence to Nashville, being among the first Union troops to occupy the latter city. It bore an honorable and active part in the battle of Shiloh, where it lost

109 killed and wounded and seven missing. Then came the siege of Corinth, in which the 12th was engaged. After Corinth had been evacuated, the 12th and other regiments pursued the rebels to Booneville, Mississippi. It was present at the battle of Iuka, but took no part in it, being held in reserve. It next engaged in the battle of Corinth, where it suffered severely. It then lay at Corinth, on guard duty, until June 6, 1863, when it was sent to Pocahontas to guard important bridges. On the 29th of October, the left wing of the 16th army corps was transferred to the 15th corps, under General Sherman. This regiment was engaged in a raid to Lauderdale, Alabama, where our troops destroyed a large cotton factory and several hundred bales of cotton. The 12th arrived at Pulaski, Tennessee, November 12th, and remained there until the 25th, when it again engaged in guarding railroad bridges. On the 14th of January, 1864, 311men and 24 officers of the regiment re-enlisted as veterans and were mustered into the service, and ordered home on furlough. The regiment rendezvoused at camp Fry, Chicago, and remained there, recruiting, until March 28th, when it was sent to Pulaski, Tennessee. It was engaged in the engagements at Lay's Ferry and Rome Cross Roads, Georgia, and assisted in repulsing a heavy night attack of the rebels at Dallas. It was slightly engaged at the battle of Kenesaw Mountain. It was also engaged at Nicojack Creek and Decatur. On the 28th of July it was engaged at Ezra Church. It took part in the siege of Atlanta, losing nearly forty men killed and wounded. At the battle of Allatoona, October 5th, it lost more than one third of the men it took into action. On the 11th of November it started on the march to the sea, and took a part in the Carolina campaign which followed it. It arrived at Raleigh, North Carolina, April 14, 1865, and at Washington on the 24th, where it passed in the grand review before the President. It was then sent to Louisville, and from there, July 10th, to Springfield, when it was mustered out and paid off.

CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE BATTERY.

The Chicago Board of Trade Battery was raised in July, 1862, by the organization whose name it bears. From the opening of its rolls until the company was full was only thirty-six hours. On the

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31st of July it was mustered into the service, with the following

roster:

Captain, James H. Stokes; Sen. 1st Lieutenant, George I. Robinson; Jun. 1st Lieutenant, Albert F. Baxter; Sen. 2d Lieutenant, Trumbull D. Griffin; Jun. 2d Lieutenant, Henry Bennett.

On the 9th of September, 1882, the battery left Chicago for Louisville, whence it participated in the expedition which resulted in driving Bragg from Kentucky. It went as far as Crab Orchard, and then returned to Bowling Green. At its own solicitation it was sent to Nashville, arriving there about the 1st of December. During the next campaign it participated in the battle of Stone River, firing, during the first day of the battle, nearly two thousand rounds of ammunition. In June, 1863, it moved with the army in the campaign in which Bragg was driven from Tennessee, at Elk river, taking part in its principal skirmish on that campaign. At Chickamauga the battery occupied the extreme right of the line. On Saturday morning it was forty-five miles from the scene of action, and arrived there on Sunday afternoon, having to drive the enemy ten miles to get into position. In the Cumberland Mountains, after the battle of Chickamauga, it passed through one of those scenes of suffering with which many of our Illinois organizations became so familiar. For four weeks the men were without rations, except corn obtained from the enemy. This was made into meal by rubbing over a grater extemporized by punching holes through the bottom of a tin pan. And this was borne, too, while they were suffering from lack of clothing and shelter; and it was borne cheerfully and even gaily, for the salvation of the country the brave boys loved so well. At McMinnville and Farmington the battery was particularly distinguished for gallantry. In the spring of 1864, it moved from its winter quarters, at Huntsville, to Nashville, to refit and re-organize, after which it took part in the Atlanta campaign. When General Sherman cut loose from Atlanta, the battery returned to Nashville, joining Thomas' command, participating in the battle of Nashville, and afterward went into camp at Eastport, Miss. In the spring of 1865 it took part in the successes at Selma, Montgomery, Columbus and Macon. It arrived in Chicago on the 26th of June, for final discharge.

BRIDGES' BATTERY.

In Vol. I. [p. 420 et seq.], we have given the record of Battery B (Bridges' Battery), 1st Illinois Light Artillery, to January 1, 1865. From that date it had but little active service, and arrived in Chicago on the 27th of June for final muster and discharge, having shared in the greater part of the important campaigns and battles in the West, and won for its officers and members imperishable renown. Captain Bridges was promoted to Major, and subsequently was brevetted Lieutenant-Colonel for gallant and meritorious conduct.

CHAPTER V.

CHATTANOOGA-LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN-MISSION RIDGE-KNOXVILLE.

DISASTERS RETRIEVED SITUATION OF THE ARMIES-ROSECRANS REINFORCED BY HOOKER -GRANT IN COMMAND-THOMAS SUPERSEDES ROSECRANS-BURNSIDE TAKES KNOXVILLE-IS BESIEGED BY LONGSTREET-UNION PERIL-SHERMAN SENDS OSTERHAUS— ORDERED TO TAKE HIS WHOLE ARMY-ITS MARCH-SHERMAN PLACED IN COMMAND OF DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE-MCPHERSON and Hurlbut-SHERMAN ORDERED ON-GOES-HOOKER'S ASSAULT ON LOOKOUT-CAPTURE-Knoxville-PLAN FOR BATTLE-PONTOONS-OUR ARMY-ORCHARD KNOB-SHERMAN'S POSITION-CORSE OPENS THE BATTLE-LOOMIS-SHERMAN'S FORCES HARD PRESSED-GRANGER'S ADVANCE-GRANT AND THOMAS-UP THE RIDGE-VICTORY-THE DEAD-WOUNDEDLINCOLN'S LETTER-ILLINOIS MEN-GRANT'S ORDER OF CONGRATULATION-PURSUIT RINGGOLD-BURNSIDE RELIEVED-CAMPAIGN ENDED.

HE indecisive results of Chickamauga were to be redeemed; its disasters retrieved, its reproach rolled away. The soldiers of the West, with the leader of Shiloh, and the conqueror of Vicksburg again at their head, were to achieve such a triumph as should ring around the world. In the armies of Sherman and Thomas, were the gallant "Illini" by thousands. Sun-burnt, hard-handed veterans, familiar with battle thunder, they were there on that mountain ridge, this time, to break the backbone of the rebellion. Briefly, the situation was the following: Rosecrans was at Chattanooga receiving reinforcements, the flanks of his army resting on the Tennessee above and below the place. The rebel sharp-shooters cut off communication by way of Bridgeport on the south bank, compelling the hauling of supplies sixty miles over almost impassable roads. A bold rebel raid damaged the railway between Stevenson and Nashville, and captured the train of the 14th Corps. It became a question whether starvation would not compel the evacuation of Chattanooga, which would be virtually abandoning all that had been won in the valley of the Mississippi.