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duty in the city, and was only relieved at the urgent request of Colonel Niles, for active service in the field. While on duty at this place its loss by death was severe, as is the case with most new regiments upon taking the field, but more particularly owing to the prevalence of the measles and the small pox, which carried off many of the best men. On the 27th of March the regiment embarked on the J. C. Snow, for Milliken's Bend, Louisiana, where it arrived on the 31st. It remained at this point while the army was organizing for the Vicksburg campaign, and moved with that army on the 15th of April, 1863, the 13th Army Corps in advance, and crossed the Mississippi River at Bruinsburg, on the morning of May 1st, and marched immediately for Port Gibson, where the advance of the 13th Corps had early engaged the enemy. Here the regiment became engaged for the first time, and behaved like veterans. Captain J. R. Johnson, of Company H, was here wounded in the thigh by a piece of shell. The enemy were handsomely repulsed, after a stubborn resistance, and left their dead and wounded on the field. The regiment continued with the army through Mississippi, and was again engaged at Champion Hills, on the 16th of May, and on the 17th at Black River Bridge, at both of which places the enemy were driven from the field. On the 18th it marched on Vicksburg, and at night encamped within three miles of the city, and one-half of the regiment was on picket all night in front of one-half of the division, the 23d Wisconsin picketing the other half. During the night the enemy burned all buildings outside of their defences, which illuminated the sky, and was a grand and imposing scene. On the morning of the 19th, the regiment was ordered forward in line of battle, in concert with the grand army, which, like a fiery serpent, surrounded the city, and soon compelled the enemy to retire within their defences, and for forty-eight days constant vigilance, and a gradual approach upon the enemy were the order of the day, and on the morning of the glorious Fourth of July, the regiment welcomed the joyful intelligence of the surrender of the enemy. On the 22d of May, Captain William H. Colby was killed, in a charge made, with many gallant soldiers of the regiment killed and wounded; and almost daily during the siege was some soldier either killed or wounded, carried to the rear for burial or medical assist

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On the morning of the 5th of July the regiment again took up line of march for Jackson, Mississippi, where the enemy were found entrenched behind very formidable works, but by a vigorous siege of ten days were compelled to withdraw, burning and sacking the town as they left. The regiment was then ordered to return to Vicksburg, and encamped on the bank of the river, where the 13th Army Corps was permitted to rest and reorganize, and was then transferred to the Gulf Department, under the command of General Banks.

The 130th remained near New Orleans until near the middle of October, 1863, when it was ordered, with the remainder of the army, across to Berwick Bay, and from thence up Bayou Teche, at which time a Texas expedition was under way; but after proceeding up the Bayou about eighty miles, the regiment was brought to a halt at New Iberia, and, with the 99th Illinois, remained on duty at this place, under command of Colonel Niles, while a large portion of the army moved on twenty-five miles farther up, to Vermillionville. The regiment remained at New Iberia until about the 1st of December, and while here Colonel Niles resigned, and the regiment lost a gallant officer. No braver man ever stood before the enemy than he, and true patriotism inspired his every action. Upon his departure, the regiment passed some very complimentary resolutions. Adjutant John B. Hay also resigned on the 26th of October, and E. S. Dewey was appointed in his place. The command of the regiment now devolved upon Major John B. Reid, Lieutenant-Colonel James H. Matheny having been absent nearly the entire time. The regiment was then ordered to the coast of Texas, where it spent the winter of 1863-4, at Decrow's Point, on Matagorda Peninsula. In February, 1864, it returned to Berwick Bay, and then started on the ill-fated Red River expedition. At the battle of Mansfield the regiment lost severely in killed and wounded, and nearly its entire number were captured and taken to Tyler, Texas, where they remained thirteen months as prisoners of war, and were only paroled a few days before the surrender of the entire rebel army. At the battle of Mansfield Lieutenant-Colonel John B. Reid, in command of the regiment, and the only field officer present, was severely wounded, a rifle ball passing through the upper lobe of his left

lung and the entire body. He was taken to a rebel hospital, where he so far recovered as to be paroled in ten weeks from the date of his capture, and once more returned to the Union lines, and by the time he was exchanged was able to again take command of the regiment. Captain F. D. Phillips was also severely wounded in the knee, and afterward died from the effects of the wound. He was a noble, brave young officer, and the service lost a valuable and gallant patriot. Captain C. T. Mullen was also wounded, and died while in the hands of the rebels. The remainder of the regiment, but a handful of men, who succeeded in escaping, returned with the army to the Mississippi River, and was afterward ordered to New Orleans, where it was put on duty during the winter of 1864-5, and in January, 1865, was temporarily consolidated with the 77th Illinois, with whom it was connected through the Mobile campaign, and participated in the attack and siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakeley, and was the second regiment landed on the Mobile shore of the bay, and upon landing found the enemy had evacuated the city, and followed them, and had a slight skirmish with their cavalry-one of the last skirmishes of the war. It went up the Tombigbee River as far as McIntosh Bluffs, where the enemy once had a navy yard, where it remained until the surrender of Taylor's command and the return of the rebel fleet down the river, when it embarked on the fleet and returned to Mobile. On the 11th of July, 1865, the old 77th was mustered out, and the old 130th re-organized into a battalion of six companies, by the untiring energy of Lieutenant-Colonel John B. Reid, who was anxious that it should be mustered out as the old regiment. On the first week in August, 1865, it was ordered to New Orleans for muster out, which was accomplished on the 15th of August, and it at once embarked for Springfield, Illinois, where, on the 31st of August, it was paid off and finally discharged. For gallant services several officers were here promoted, among the number Lieutenant-Colonel John B. Reid to Colonel, and Captain J. W. Wilkin to Major. Colonel Reid was the only field officer who remained with the regiment from its organization to muster out.

Colonel Nathaniel Niles was a man in the prime of life, a lawyer by profession, and of considerable reputation, well known to many of the citizens of this State, and was a resident of Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois.

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Lieutenant-Colonel James H. Matheny was also a lawyer, well known, and a resident of Springfield, Illinois, and was at one time a law partner of the late President Lincoln.

Major John B. Reid was at the time of enlistment Clerk of the Circuit Court of Bond County, elected in 1860, and still holds that office.

Adjutant John B. Hay was a lawyer by profession, a resident of Belleville, Illinois, and is now Prosecuting Attorney for the 24th Judicial Circuit.

One of the officers of the regiment writes: "There was one feature of the 130th Illinois different from many regiments in the service, viz., no jealousy or dissatisfaction ever occurred during the three years of their association as officers, and the most friendly relations always existed, and promotions have, as a general thing, given entire satisfaction."

CHAPTER XXXVII.

CAVALRY REGIMENTS.

THE FOURTH CAVALRY-FORT HENRY-DONELSON AND SHILOH-DEATH OF LIEUTENANTCOLONEL WILLIAM MCCULLOUGH-COLONEL T. LYLE DICKEY-GENERAL M. R. M. WALLACE THE SEVENTH CAVALRY-CAMPAIGN IN MISSOURI-FARMINGTON-PURSUIT OF PRICE-GRIERSON'S RAID-RE-ENLISTMENT-FORREST'S ATTACK UPON MEMPHISRECRUITING MUSTER OUT-MAJOR ZENAS APLINGTON-THE THIRTEENTH CAVALRY— CAMPAIGN IN MISSOURI AND ARKANSAS-CONSOLIDATION-NEW COMPANIES BATTLE ROLL-FINAL ROSTER-BREVET BRIGADIER-GENERAL ALBERT ERSKINE-MAJOR LOTHAR LIPPert.

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FOURTH ILLINOIS CAVALRY.

HE Fourth Cavalry was organized during the months of August, September and October, 1861, by Colonel T. Lyle Dickey, under authority from the War Department, and rendezvoused at Camp Hunter, Ottawa, LaSalle County. The various companies were recruited as follows: Company A, Cook County; B, Cook and Grundy; C, Kendall; D, Will and Kankakee; E, Ogle and Putman; F, Iroquois; G, Woodford and McLean; H, Logan and McLean; I, LaSalle; K, Kankakee; L, Dewitt and McLean; M, Rock Island. The regiment was mustered into the service at Ottawa on the 6th day of August, with the following roster:

Colonel, T. Lyle Dickey; Lieutenant-Colonel, William McCullough; Majors, Charles C. James, Martin R. M. Wallace, Samuel M. Bowman; Adjutant, Harry B. Dox; Adjutant 2d Battalion, Hezekiah T. Buckley; Quartermaster, Raymond W. Hanford; Commissary David Jolly; Surgeon, Darius A. Dow; 1st Assistant Surgeon, Hiram C. Luce; 2d Assistant Surgeon, William T. Beadles; Chaplain, Alfred Eddy. Co. A-Captain, Embury D. Osband; 1st Lieutenant, David H. Gile; 2d Lieutenant, James Sherlock.

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