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BAER, SAMUEL 6th Infantry
Served until close of war.
BENJAMIN, S. 51st Infantry
BROWN, M. D 2nd Battalion
BRANDT, ADOLPH 5th Infantry
BLOOMFIELD, ISAAC A 10th Infantry
BEAR, SAMUEL
Killed; buried in Jewish cemetery at Richmond, Virginia.
COLEMAN, ---- 51st Infantry
COHEN, SOLOMON 51st Infantry
CRONE, HERMAN A 20th Infantry
Sixteen years old when enlisted; taken prisoner at
Williamsburg.
COHEN, PHILIP A 8th Infantry
DREYER, LOUIS A. 1st and 63d
Infantry
DE YOUNG, HARRY 2nd Battalion
DAVISSON, D. 2nd Battalion
DAVIDSON, DAVID Captain 50th Infantry
EICHBAUM, JOSEPH 44th Infantry
Wounded several times.
ELKAN, M. 63d Infantry
EHRLICH, A. 1st Infantry
Wounded in action.
EBERHART, JACOB G 7th Cavalry
Captured; died and buried at Woodlawn Cemetery,
Elmira, New York.
FALKNER, C. B 4th Infantry
Died of wounds received at Hanover Court House.
FRIEDENTHAL, L. 1st Cavalry
FEUCHTWANGER, ---- 2nd Battalion
FOOTE, ABRAHAM 14th Infantry
FRIESLEHEN, JACOB D 4th Infantry
FRANK, J.
Killed; buried at Jewish cemetery at Richmond, Virginia.
GOLDSMITH, M. M. Lieutenant Home Guards
Killed near Macon, Georgia.
GREEN, WILLIAM 57th Infantry
GOODMAN, CHARLES 2nd Battalion
GANS, JACOB A 4th Infantry
GREENBAUM, JACOB 51st Infantry
Killed at Gettysburg.
GOODMAN, ISAAC 3d Battalion
GOLDMAN, EDWARD A 2nd Battalion
Subsequently Drill Officer of 38th North Carolina Infantry.
GEISENHEIMER, M. B 1st Infantry
GOODMAN, HENRY Sergeant B 14th Infantry
Enlisted as private; wounded in three actions--Harper's
Ferry, Chancellorsville and the Wilderness.
GOLDSTEIN, ---- 18th Infantry
Killed in action.
GOLDSMITH, I. Wellington Ranger
Died of fever contracted in camp.
HAAS, SOLOMON A 1st Infantry
Enlisted, 1861; when mustered out, re-enlisted
in 12th Artillery
HERTZ, J. H. I 2nd Infantry
HIRSCHLER, I. D 2nd Infantry
HARRIS, ELISHA Cobb's Legion
Captured; died and buried at Woodlawn Cemetery,
Elmira, New York
HEYMAN, ISAAC D 4th Infantry
Wounded at Malvern Hill.
HAYMAN, CHARLES D 4th Infantry
General Phil. Cook introduced this soldier to General
Gordon at the reunion of the old brigade with the
words: "General, this was one of the bravest men
in my brigade."
HEYMAN, A.
Killed; buried at Jewish cemetery at Richmond, Virginia.
ISAACS, A. 46th Regiment
ISAACS, EMANUEL 2nd Battery
ISAACS, ISAAC 2nd Battalion
ISAACS, M. 13th Battalion
JONAS, SIEGFRIED I 8th Infantry
JACOBUS, JACOB H. Lieutenant 5th Infantry
Killed at Shiloh.
JACKSON, I. 51st Infantry
JACOBS, WILLIAM M. 5th Infantry
KOPPEL, JACOB 5th Infantry
Killed at Shiloh.
KAHN, MOSES 5th Infantry
KOHN, BERNARD Cherokee Artillery
KAUFMAN, SELIG A 8th Infantry
KOHN, JACOB 63d Infantry
LIPPMAN, JULIUS E 12th Infantry
LEVY, JACOB Sergeant 22d Infantry
Wounded; served until close of war.
LEVY, MORRIS 4th Infantry
LIPPMAN, LOUIS 8th Infantry
Wounded at Bull Run.
LEHMAN, A. 63d Infantry
LIPPMAN, JACOB 63d Infantry
LEVY, SIMON 6th Infantry
Served three years.
LEVY, NATHAN Lieutenant 5th Infantry
Promoted from the ranks; killed.
LEVY, JACOB Lieutenant 5th Infantry
Enlisted as private; killed at Petersburg.
LEON, MORRIS 44th Infantry
Promoted from private.
LEVY, DICK 10th Infantry
LEVY, M. D. 1st Infantry
LEISSER, L. A 4th Infantry
Wounded at the Wilderness.
LYON, LEONAREANDE, Colonel
LYONS, JAMES DE
Graduate of West Point; Adjutant of State Troops.
MOUNT, SAMUEL B., Lieutenant 9th Infantry
Promoted from the ranks.
MARCUS, ---- 63d Infantry
MEINHART, ISAAC 63d Infantry
MEINHART, SAMUEL 63d Infantry
MORRIS, W. C 3d Battery
Captured; died and buried at Woodlawn Cemetery,
Elmira, New York.
MEHLINGER, J. C 2d Battalion
METZGER, ISAAC A 2d Battalion
MAYER, GABRIEL 4th Infantry
MOSS, L. A. 4th Infantry
MARCUS, M. Captain 15th Infantry
Killed, October 13th, 1864; buried in Jewish Cemetery
at Richmond, Virginia.
MAGNUS, SOLOMON Cherokee Artillery
Killed at Resaca, Georgia.
MANNERS, JACOB I 8th Infantry
MEYER, BERNARD A 1st Infantry
Killed at Manassas.
MANES, E. H 8th Infantry
Color-bearer at 2nd battle of Manassas, and at Sharpsburg.
MEYER, SIMEON 5th Infantry
MAYERS, AARON Silver Grays
MORRIS, PHILIP Silver Grays
MAYER, ISAAC Major 5th Infantry
MEYER, LAZARUS 3d Infantry
MOSES, ---- Lieutenant C 2d Battery
MOSES, I. CLIFTON A 10th Infantry
MOSES, MONTEFIORE J. 2d Infantry
Promoted Surgeon.
MOSES, WILLIAM MOULTRIE 2d Infantry
MEHLINGER, M B 4th Infantry
MYERS, BERNARD 1st Infantry
Killed at Rich Mountain.
MERZ, LOUIS D 4th Infantry
Killed at Sharpsburg.
MOISE, EDWARD M. Captain A 10th Infantry
Enlisted in 7th Cavalry; served until surrender;
commanded the 10th; had three horses shot from
under him in one day; commanded the advance in
the Hampton cattle raid; captured 2785 head of
cattle in the rear of General Grant's army in
the fall of 1864.
MOISE, A. W. Lieutenant H 24th Infantry
Enlisted at the age of sixteen years as private in first
battalion of Maryland Cavalry; transferred to 24th
Regiment; wounded at the Wilderness carrying the
colors until disabled; promoted from the ranks.
NEWMAN, C. 49th Infantry
POPPER, I. 63d Infantry
ROSENBERG, I. 3d Infantry
Killed; buried at Jewish Cemetery at Richmond, Virginia.
RUSH, GEORGE W. Captain 22d Infantry
Killed at Petersburg.
ROBINSON, A. 15th Infantry
Killed in action June 26th, 1863; buried at Jewish
Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.
ROSENWALT, LAZARUS 3d Infantry
RUSSELL, PHILIP M. 1st Infantry
SHERLEIN, LEOPOLD 5th Infantry
STERN, ISAAC A 2d Battalion
Wounded at Gettysburg.
SCHIFF, JOSEPH C 2d Infantry
STERNE, LEVI D 4th Infantry
STERNE, ANSELM D 4th Infantry
Wounded by a shell.
SIMON, N. 51st Infantry
SEGAL, M. 50th Infantry
SYLVESTER, L. 5th Infantry
SARLING, SOLOMON 5th Infantry
SCHIFF, JONAS 44th Infantry
SCHIFF, P. 44th Infantry
STERN, JACOB 63d Infantry
TRIEST, JACOB 13th Battalion
WALLERSTEIN, H. 44th Infantry
WERTHEIMER, SAMUEL K 2nd Infantry
WEIL, JACOB 3d Infantry
WITTKOWSKY, DAVID 51st Infantry
WITTKOWSKY, ALEXANDER Lieutenant 19th Infantry
WARNER, L. Silver Grays
WERTHEIMER, HARRIS Carten Battalion
Artillery
WERTHEIMER, HENRY B 4th Regiment
WEISS, L.
Killed; buried in Jewish cemetery at Richmond, Virginia.
ZITTERBART, ---- 4th Infantry
MACON, GEORGIA, GERMAN ARTILLERY.
At the outbreak of the Civil War there existed in Macon, Georgia, an Artillery Company named "The Macon, Georgia, German Artillery," composed entirely of American citizens, of German birth, about one-third being of Hebrew faith. We give the names and positions of a few only, remembered by a survivor.
NAME. RANK.
BINSWANGER, NATHAN 2nd Lieutenant
BINSWANGER, J. Corporal
BINSWANGER, G. Private
BINSWANGER, MOSES "
EINSTEIN, ---- "
FENDIG, ---- "
HOCHSER, ---- "
KAHN, ---- Orderly-Sergeant
MILLER, H. Private
NORDLINGER, B. Bugler
NORDWALT, A. Private
SANGER, A. "
SANGER, R. "
1st Camp, Harrison, between Savannah and Brunswick.
2nd Camp, Satilla, near Brunswick, Georgia.
3d Camp, Failfair, near Savannah, Georgia.
Under Brigadier-General Capers. The Company was subsequently transferred to General Walker.
ILLINOIS.
NAME. RANK. COMPANY. REGIMENT.
ALEXANDER, ISAAC 8th Infantry
ASHER, JULIUS Sergeant B 9th Infantry
AUERBACK, SALOMON {10th Infantry
{31st Infantry
Served until the close of the war.
ABRAHAMSON, OTTO E 10th Infantry
ARNOLD, AARON B 12th Infantry
ADLER, CHARLES G 14th Infantry
ABRAHAM, AUGUST B 20th Infantry
ABRAHAM, WILLIAM 21st Infantry
Wounded at Stone River.
ADLER, W. C 30th Infantry
ABRAMS, SAMUEL 34th Infantry
ASH, DAVID L. 1st Lieutenant B 37th Infantry
Promoted from the ranks.
ABRAMS, FRANK A 39th Infantry
ABRAHAMS, FREDERICK Lieutenant 44th Infantry
ADOLPH, JACOB 44th Infantry
ARNOLD, ISAAC A. Captain A 46th Infantry
Promoted from 2nd Lieutenant.
ARNOLD, DAVID Captain 57th Infantry
Promoted from Lieutenant.
ABRAHAM, JACOB 67th Infantry
ASH, NATHAN 81st Infantry
AARON, G. A 83d Infantry
ABRAHAMSON, WILLIAM K 84th Infantry
ARNOLD, SIMON 92d Infantry
AARONS, GEORGE 120th Infantry
ARNOLD, JACOB 130th Infantry
ARNOLD, REUBEN E 131st Infantry
ADLER, FERDINAND 153d Infantry
ASHER, SAMUEL E 154th Infantry
AARON, JULIUS 156th Infantry
ADLER, HENRY 3d Cavalry
ARNOLD, ISRAEL M 3d Cavalry
Died in Service.
ALEXANDER, W. 4th Cavalry
Died in camp.
ABRAMS, HENRY Sergeant 4th Cavalry
Enlisted as private.
ABRAHAM, ALEXANDER 5th Cavalry
AARON, WILLIAM 10th Cavalry
ABRAMS, H. C 11th Cavalry
ACKERMAN, JACOB H 11th Cavalry
ARNOLD, BENJAMIN
Lieutenant 12th Cavalry
ARNOLD, ABRAHAM 17th Cavalry
ABRAHAMSON, J. 1st Artillery
ADLER, DANIEL Corporal Hershaw Artillery
ADLER, DANKMAR Corporal ---- Artillery
BEHRENS, A. 8th Infantry
BERLIN, DAVID B 8th Infantry
BLIND, PHILIP K 8th Infantry
BACHMAN, JACOB 8th Infantry
BENJAMIN, CHARLES A. 13th Infantry
BERNARD, GEORGE K 13th Infantry
BENJAMIN, W. A 13th Infantry
BRESLAUER, MORRIS K 19th Infantry
BRESLAUER, JOSEPH 19th Infantry
BEHRENDS, BERNHART 21st Infantry
BENJAMIN, JOHN K 22d Infantry
Served three years.
BLUMENTHAL, ISIDORE
Corporal K 24th Infantry
Enlisted as private;
served three years.
BLUMENTHAL, EDWARD K 24th Infantry
BAMBERGER, ALEXANDER K 24th Infantry
BAUM, BENJAMIN Corporal 25th Infantry
Enlisted as private.
BENJAMIN, JACOB 25th Infantry
BRUCKER, S. S. Lieutenant C 39th Infantry
Enlisted as private.
BAER, JOSEPH C 39th Infantry
BIEN, FREDERICK G 39th Infantry
BIEN, DAVID C. 42d Infantry
BAUM, HENRY 44th Infantry
BAMBERGER, V. 49th Infantry
BAUM, GEORGE 49th Infantry
BLUM, GUSTAV 57th Infantry
BAUER, FERDINAND E 58th Infantry
BERNHARD, JACOB 63d Infantry
Killed in battle.
BAMBERGER, SALOMON A 65th Infantry
BERNSTEIN, SAMUEL Sergeant K 67th Infantry
Enlisted as private.
BRUM, SAMUEL Captain 81st Infantry
Wounded at Guntown; promoted to Captain for bravery on
the battlefield; served three years.
BAUM, GEORGE Sergeant B 82d Infantry
BLUM, LOUIS 82d Infantry
BAUER, JACOB H 82d Infantry
BRAND, JACOB 82d Infantry
BREDE, CHARLES C 82d Infantry
Killed at Chancellorsville.
BURGHEIM, HERMAN C 82d Infantry
BAUM, CHARLES 112th Infantry
BEHRENS, FERDINAND E 113th Infantry
BIEN, JACOB B 126th Infantry
BAUM, SAMUEL 142d Infantry
BRESLAUER, MORITZ Sergeant 147th Infantry
BAER, REUBEN B. D 4th Cavalry
BAUM, FRANKLIN 4th Cavalry
BAER, DANIEL M 7th Cavalry
BAUER, HERMAN 9th Cavalry
BLUM, CHARLES 16th Cavalry
Died of wounds.
BEHRENS, HEINRICH 16th Cavalry
BLUM, LOUIS 16th Cavalry
BLUMENBERG, LEWIS 2d Artillery
COLEMAN, ALEXANDER 8th Infantry
CORNELIUS, ADOLPH 9th Infantry
Re-enlisted as Veteran; died of wounds.
CERFF, GEORGE 13th Infantry
Killed at Little Rock, Arkansas.
COLEMAN, ISAAC 15th Infantry
Re-enlisted after expiration of term.
COHN, J. E 18th Infantry
COLEMAN, HENRY 18th Infantry
CORNELIUS, SAMUEL B 26th Infantry
CAUFFMAN, ALBERT Lieutenant E 33d Infantry
COLEMAN, ISAAC D 42nd Infantry
COHEN, A. H 46th Infantry
COLEMAN, J. 56th Infantry
COHN, FRIEDRICH C 82nd Infantry
COHEN, HENRY K 82nd Infantry
COHEN, JACOB H 147th Infantry
COHEN, LOUIS 7th Cavalry
COHEN, WILLIAM 1st Lieutenant B 12th Cavalry
Promoted from Corporal.
DARMSTADTER, JACOB A 8th Infantry
DAVIDSON, HENRY 12th Infantry
Died from wounds.
DAVIDSON, SAMUEL, Assistant-Surgeon 14th Infantry
DE WOLF, HENRY A 15th Infantry
DAVID, DANIEL 18th Infantry
DANIELS, ABRAHAM H 29th Infantry
DAVIDSON, MARCUS L. G 35th Infantry
DANIELS, JOSEPH 35th Infantry
DAVIDSON, DAVID J. F 38th Infantry
Killed in action.
DAVIDSON, BENJAMIN T. Sergeant B 40th Infantry
DE WOLF, DAVID Captain 47th Infantry
Killed at the battle of Corinth.
DANIEL, JOSEPH 49th Infantry
DURST, JACOB G 57th Infantry
DANIELS, ALEXANDER 65th Infantry
DAVID, E. 65th Infantry
DAVID, LEASER A 65th Infantry
DANIEL, JACOB K 87th Infantry
DAVID, JACOB 97th Infantry
DAVID, ISAAC B 132nd Infantry
DANIELSON, ELOF I 132nd Infantry
DAVID, ISAAC Captain 151st Infantry
DAVIDSON, DAVID 5th Cavalry
DANIELSON, GUSTAV B 9th Cavalry
DE WOLF, WILLIAM B 1st Artillery
DANIELSON, AUGUST 1st Artillery
ERLACHER, MAX D 24th Infantry
ESSLINGER, JOSEPH 30th Infantry
ENGEL, FERDINAND H 43d Infantry
ENGEL, ASA 72nd Infantry
Wounded.
ENGEL, FRANK B 132nd Infantry
ECKSTEIN, LEWIS 3d Cavalry
EINDEN, SALOMON Lieutenant 12th Cavalry
Enlisted as private.
EHRLICH, WILLIAM 12th Cavalry
ENGEL, MORITZ 12th Cavalry
FRANKS, WILLIAM F 8th Infantry
FRANK, JOSEPH 10th Infantry
Re-enlisted as Veteran.
FRANK, PHILIP 12th Infantry
FREEMAN, JOSEPH H 14th Infantry
FRANK, DAVID E. 21st Infantry
FRANK, FREDERICK 28th Infantry
FREEMAN, MOSES C 32nd Infantry
FRANKS, E. S. 39th Infantry
FRANK, CARL D 43d Infantry
Killed in action.
FRANK, HERMAN 43d Infantry
Badly wounded.
FRANKENBERG, ELI 46th Infantry
FRANK, SIMON C 57th Infantry
FREEMAN, J. A 66th Infantry
FALKENTHAL, ADOLPH D 70th Infantry
FRIEDENBERG, ISAAC 75th Infantry
FRANK, JACOB 76th Infantry
FRANK, I. A 82nd Infantry
FRANK, MEIER Captain C 82nd Infantry
FRANK, MORITZ C 82nd Infantry
FRANK, MAYER Captain C 82nd Infantry
Enlisted at Chicago; was elected Lieutenant of Company C of the
82nd Regiment, in which he served about two years, when he was
promoted to Captain. He was at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg from
first to last. Subsequently he was appointed Brigade Inspector
and ordered West. He took part in the battle of Wauhatchie and at
Missionary Ridge, commanding the 80th. He went with Sherman to
Knoxville to relieve Burnside. Captain Frank's deeds entitle him
to a place among the bravest Captains in the service of the United
States. When Captain Frank volunteered to dislodge Confederate
sharpshooters, his whole Company to a man followed him. It was
subsequent to this act that he was appointed Brigade Inspector.
Two horses were shot from under him at the first day's battle at
Gettysburg. He scouted for some time in Georgia, Tennessee and
Alabama against guerilla chief "Roddy."
FRANK, JESSE 86th Infantry
FRANK, ISAAC 104th Infantry
FRANK, DAVID Sergeant I 105th Infantry
FRANKS, WILLIAM 1st Lieutenant B 168th Infantry
Promoted from Corporal.
FRANK, ISAAC 118th Infantry
FRANKENBERG, BENJAMIN 119th Infantry
Died of wounds received in battle.
FRANK, EMANUEL 130th Infantry
FISHEL, SAMUEL 135th Infantry
FISHEL, DANIEL 135th Infantry
FRANKENBERGER, DAVID 150th Infantry
FRANKENBERGER, EPHRAIM 150th Infantry
FRANK, ISRAEL B 2nd Cavalry
FRANK, NOAH 3d Infantry
Died in the service.
FREEMAN, MARCUS 7th Infantry
FRANK, HENRY B 9th Infantry
FREUND, LUDWIG 13th Infantry
Died in the service.
FRANK, PHILIP 2nd Artillery
GOLDSMITH, DAVID H 7th Infantry
GREENWALL, DAVID A 8th Infantry
GOTTLOB, THEO. Lieutenant 9th Infantry
GLEISER, N. G 10th Infantry
GOLDSMITH, J. Corporal 14th Infantry
At expiration of term re-enlisted as a veteran.
GOTTLOB, ADOLPH G 14th Infantry
GOLDSMITH, GEORGE 14th Infantry
GOLDSMITH, ALEXANDER 10th Infantry
Re-enlisted after being honorably discharged.
Wounded in action at Stone River.
GOLDSMITH, ALEXANDER Corporal F 19th Infantry
Wounded at Stone River, Kentucky.
GOLDSMITH, JONAS F 19th Infantry
Enlisted as private; re-enlisted after being
honorably discharged. Killed at Stone River,
Kentucky.
GOLDSMITH, ABRAHAM 24th Infantry
GOODMAN, DANIEL E 27th Infantry
GOLDSMITH, HENRY K 28th Infantry
GOTTLIEB, JOSEPH G 28th Infantry
GOTTSHALK, EMANUEL H 37th Infantry
GOLDSMITH, JACOB I 37th Infantry
GREENEBAUM, SAMUEL C 39th Infantry
GREEN, S. W. 42nd Infantry
GREENWALT, SAMUEL 49th Infantry
GOLDSMITH, BENJAMIN F 70th Infantry
GOLDMAN, E. 71st Infantry
GOTTLOB, JOSEPH Captain I 82nd Infantry
Promoted from Lieutenant.
GREENHUT, JOSEPH B. Captain K 82nd Infantry
Enlisted as a private at Chicago, April, 1861, in 12th Illinois
Infantry, being the second man on the enrollment list of those
who enlisted in Chicago for the war. He was promoted to Sergeant,
August, 1861; was with the 12th Illinois Regiment through all the
campaigns under General Grant, in Kentucky and Tennessee, up to and
including the Battle of Fort Donaldson, in February, 1862, at which
battle, while storming the Fort and just before its surrender,
he was badly shot in the right arm which caused his retirement
from the 12th Illinois shortly thereafter. In August, 1862 he was
appointed Captain of Company K, 82nd Illinois Infantry, in which
Regiment he passed through the various campaigns and battles in
Virginia, under Generals Burnside, Hooker and Meade. Captain
Greenhut participated in the memorable Battle of Gettysburg,
July 1st, 2nd and 3d, 1863. He was then transferred to the staff
of Brigade Commander Hecker, being appointed Adjutant-General
of the brigade. This brigade, after the Gettysburg Battle,
Rosecrans who, with his army, was surrounded at was transferred
to the Western army to relieve General Chattanooga, Tennessee.
The brigade had a severe battle at Wauhatchie, near Chattanooga,
in opening communications with Rosecrans. The same brigade also
took a prominent part in the battles of Mission Ridge and Lookout
Mountain, as well as shortly thereafter of that of Knoxville,
Tennessee. On the retirement of General Hecker, in February, 1864,
Captain Greenhut also resigned his position in the army; the
following communication being handed him on his retirement, by
General McGroarty, who succeeded in the command of the brigade:
"Headquarters 3d Brigade, 3d Division, 11th Corps.
WHITESIDE, TENN., February 28th, 1864.
_General order No. 9._
Captain Joseph B. Greenhut, of the 82nd Regiment Illinois Volunteers, having tendered his resignation, is, in pursuance of special order, No. 55, Headquarters Department of the Cumberland, February 24, 1864, relieved from duty as Assistant Adjutant-General of this Brigade, and Lieutenant Rudolph Muller is announced as his successor. In parting with Captain Greenhut, the Colonel commanding feels it both a duty and a pleasure to bear testimony to his diligence, zeal and fidelity in the performance of his duty in the office, as well as in the field, and he regrets to see so excellent and brave an officer as Captain Greenhut leave his command.
Matters of important character only could induce Captain Greenhut to leave the army in which he served three long and hard years, taking active part in all the most decisive battles east and west.
To be read on dress parade to the troops to-day.
By order of Colonel MCGROARTY,
Commanding Brigade and Post.
RUDOLPH MULLER,
1st Lieutenant and A. A. A. General.
Captain JOSEPH B. GREENHUT,
Assistant Adjutant-General, 3d Brigade."
In recent years Captain Greenhut was appointed by Governor Fifer one of the three commissioners to erect a monument on the battle-field of Gettysburg, in honor of the Illinois soldiers who participated in that battle. He delivered the dedicatory address at the unveiling of the monument, September 3, 1891, in the presence of Governor Fifer, and a large multitude of veterans and representative citizens of the State of Illinois, who visited the battle-field on that occasion.
The _Chicago Tribune_, of September 4, 1891, prints Captain Greenhut's speech, as follows:
"Friends and Comrades: We are assembled here to-day on the spot
where, on the first day of July, 1863, our regiment stood in line,
at the beginning of the first day's memorable Battle of Gettysburg.
More than twenty-eight years have passed since that eventful
struggle, but our memory is refreshed and brightened when we cast
our eyes about us and view these familiar surroundings, and we are
impressed in part with the feelings which raged in our breasts when
we were formed into line on this field to stem the advance of the
Rebel Army. It was an herculean task to perform when we consider
that only a small portion of our army was in the field on the first
day of the battle, while the larger portion of Lee's Army was
concentrated on our front and right.
"None of us knew what a hot day's fight was before us when we broke
camp at Emmetsburg early on the morning of July 1st, and began our
march towards Gettysburg. We had not gone far when orders came to
move faster and to be prepared for an engagement. As we approached
the town of Gettysburg on the Emmetsburg road, we could hear the
first shots that were being fired on the cavalry skirmish lines and
soon thereafter received word that the First Corps, which was ahead
of us, was already engaging the enemy, and then came the sad news
that General Reynolds had been killed. We then moved double-quick
through the town to this field where our batteries were placed in
position, and at once opened fire on the advancing enemy. I was
detailed in command of two companies of our regiment to support
Dilger's battery, and I can bear witness to the effective work done
by that gallant battery in holding the enemy in check. We were
exposed to the fearful cannonade fire which the enemy opened in our
front, and by which we had several of our men wounded. We held our
ground for a long time against the large force in our front, but
later in the afternoon Ewell's corps flanked us on the right, and
as our numbers were still entirely too small to combat with the
overwhelming forces of the approaching enemy on our right, there
was no alternative for us but to retreat through the town and take
up a position on Cemetery Hill. It was in this retreat through the
town that our regiment suffered most severely, the rebels coming
in through the side streets, which compelled us to fight our way
through the entire town.
"Besides the killed and wounded we suffered in this street
conflict, a number of our officers were cut off and captured by the
enemy. It was a fearful struggle against great odds, and as our
regiment covered the rear of our brigade in that retreat it has
been a surprise to me that we were not entirely annihilated in our
endeavors to force our way through the town up to Cemetery Hill.
Each one of us can, however, vividly recollect the hair-breadth
escapes experienced on that occasion without any allusions on my
part. From Colonel Salomon, who had his horse shot from under him
in the street, down through the entire rank of officers and men,
none will ever forget that terrible day. As soon as we reached
Cemetery Hill, we felt that we were in a better position and could
resist any further attacks, if they should be made, and the rebels
evidently came to that conclusion, as they did not make any further
attempt that day.
"During the night we were reinforced by the remainder of our army,
which reached Gettysburg from different points and which brought
confidence and encouragement to us who had withstood the hardships
of the engagement of the first day's battle. When daylight appeared
July 2nd, we were prepared and ready for the second day's struggle.
"Early morning hours on the second day were spent in comparative
quiet, each army in full view of the other, and each waiting
for the other to begin the fight. The rebels, however, who had
possession of the town, had filled the houses standing on the
outskirts of the town, just below Cemetery Hill, with sharpshooters
for the purpose of picking off our officers, whom they could easily
spy standing or walking about on the hill. This had become quite
troublesome and General Schurz requested Colonel Salomon to send
a detail of about one hundred men to dislodge the sharpshooters.
I had the honor to command that detail, which was made up of
volunteers, and stormed those houses, driving out the sharpshooters
and keeping possession of the houses the balance of the day. In
making up this detail an incident happened which I shall surely
remember as long as I live, and I cannot refrain from referring to
it at this time. Brave John Ackerman, a private in my company, who
on every previous occasion was the first to respond when volunteers
were asked for to engage in some daring work, did not come to the
front on this occasion. I was much surprised at his action, and
stepped over to speak to him about it. He said to me:
"'Captain, I cannot go with you this time; I feel as though
something terrible was going to happen to me to-day.'
"He looked pale and despondent. Believing that he did not feel
well, I left him, after saying a few encouraging words to him.
Within an hour after I left him, Ackerman was killed, a rebel shell
cutting off more than half his head. His remains were buried on
Cemetery Hill, close to where he was killed. It is singular, that
he is the only one of our regiment killed at Gettysburg whose name
appears on any headstone in the National Cemetery.
"The great artillery duel, consisting of the firing of more than
200 cannon, which was the beginning of the second day's battle,
was especially severe on the exposed position occupied by the
Eleventh Corps on Cemetery Hill, and the rebels seemed determined
to dislodge us from our position, but were unsuccessful in their
efforts. All of us can recollect the myriads of shells and bombs
that flew in our midst and over our heads, dealing out death
wherever they struck in our ranks, and few of the headstones which
marked the graves in the old cemetery were left unbroken after that
shower of shells.
"The terrible charge the rebels made in the evening of the second
day to force us from our position on Cemetery Hill has passed
into history as one of the most desperate and bloody of this
memorable battle. The charge was made from the streets of the town
by the rebel brigade known as the 'Louisiana Tigers,' and it is
officially stated that out of 1700 men in that brigade less than
300 'Tigers' returned to the town after that charge. The third
day's battle was nearly a duplicate of the day previous, our
regiment holding the same position on Cemetery Hill and standing
the terrible fire of the enemy with the same bravery and gallantry
that had characterized our organization from the beginning. We
can all recollect how with frantic desperation the rebels tried to
dislodge us from the position we occupied, but all their attempts
were unavailing, and when the radiant sun sank behind the western
horizon after the third day's fight, the rebels signalized their
defeat by a hasty retreat southward. We can also vividly remember
how light-hearted and joyous we felt on that early Fourth of July
morning when we gazed on those fields and hills in our front which
only the evening before were full of life, covered with rebel
soldiers and cannon, and now looked deserted and forsaken. We then
first began to realize the great victory we had won, a victory
which I confidently believe was the turning point for the salvation
of this country. But while the face of every Union soldier on that
morning was glowing with the flush of heroism, there were but few,
however, who could pass without sad emotions over the fields which
were so thickly strewn with dead and dying that in some places it
was impossible to walk without stepping on some of the dead bodies.
But these are the consequences of war, and I sincerely hope it
may never again become necessary in this glorious country to call
out large armies and to bring such great sacrifices in order to
perpetuate our liberties and freedom. (Cheers.)
"It is not necessary to-day to eulogize the many brave deeds of
the officers and men of our regiment on this battle-field, as the
official records bear ample testimony on that subject, and I doubt
whether any regiment can show a better record for bravery than the
old 82nd Illinois. (Applause.)
"This monument which has been erected through the generosity
of the State of Illinois to commemorate the noble deeds of the
82nd Regiment will stand for ages as a tribute of a grateful
people to her sons, now living or dead, who participated in this,
the greatest battle which was fought during the war for the
preservation of the Union. (Cheers.)
"We, the surviving members of the 82nd Regiment, fully appreciate
this token erected in our honor by the State of Illinois and in
behalf of our comrades I desire to express through his excellency,
Governor Fifer, our sincere thankfulness for the same." (Applause.)
* * * * *
"Mr. Greenhut concluded by paying a handsome compliment to the old
Colonel of the 82nd, Colonel E. S. Salomon, and the ceremonies
closed with the recitation of a short poem in German by Lieutenant
John Baus, of Chicago."
GOODMAN, ABRAHAM 83d Infantry
GOODMAN, LEWIS 87th Infantry
GOLDSMITH, W 93d Infantry
Wounded in battle.
GOLDSMITH, J. 103d Infantry
GOODMAN, MOSES Lieutenant 109th Infantry
GOODMAN, JACOB 116th Infantry
GOLDSMITH, JOSEPH D 118th Infantry
GOODMAN, E. 120th Infantry
GOLDSMITH, DAVID 155th Infantry
GANS, HENRY C 2d Cavalry
GOLDSMITH, J. Corporal 4th Cavalry
GANS, LEVI 10th Cavalry
GOLDSMITH, WILLIAM 10th Cavalry
GOLDSMITH, G. W. I 14th Cavalry
GOTTHELF, JOSEPH Adjutant 16th Cavalry
Enlisted as private; promoted for bravery to 1st
Lieutenant and Adjutant. After being mustered out
re-enlisted in 4th Regiment, Hancock's Veteran
Corps; served as Quartermaster Sergeant.
GOTTHART, MORITZ E 2d Artillery
HAYS, BENJAMIN B 7th Infantry
HESS, JOSEPH A 8th Infantry
Severely wounded at Fort Donelson.
HAHN, MARTIN D 8th Infantry
HEINEMAN, HENRY A 9th Infantry
HAAS, FERDINAND A 9th Infantry
HEINEMAN, J. A 9th Infantry
HERRMAN, FRANK B 9th Infantry
HESS, ALEXANDER B 11th Infantry
HEINEMAN, WILLIAM A 12th Infantry
Killed at Fort Donelson.
HAYS, MOSES 18th Infantry
HESS, ABRAHAM 19th Infantry
Re-enlisted as a veteran.
HELLER, ADOLPH 19th Infantry
HERRICK, C. K. 19th Infantry
Died from wounds received at Elizabethtown, Kentucky
HELLER, ALBERT 19th Infantry
HAHN, CHARLES 22nd Infantry
HAYS, ABRAHAM Corporal C 25th Infantry
Mustered out as Sergeant.
HAYS, FRANKLIN C 25th Infantry
HAYS, DAVID C 25th Infantry
HAYS, HENRY 25th Infantry
HESS, JACOB Corporal A 20th Infantry
HAYS, MORRIS 33d Infantry
HAYS, LEVI 34th Infantry
HART, AARON 34th Infantry
HAYS, DANIEL 35th Infantry
HOFFMAN, ADOLPH Captain 39th Infantry
Promoted from 2nd Lieutenant.
HERRMAN, M. } 2 brothers 41st Infantry
HERRMAN, HENRY } 41st Infantry
HEINEMAN, GEORGE A 43d Infantry
HERRMAN, LOUIS B 43d Infantry
HESS, JACOB G 43d Infantry
HEINEMAN, HENRY K 43d Infantry
HEILBRUN, JOSEPH 43d Infantry
HAHN, DANIEL 44th Infantry
Wounded and captured.
HESS, AARON B 46th Infantry
HAYS, MORRIS C 47th Infantry
HAYS, B B 54th Infantry
HAYS, LEVI 55th Infantry
HAYMAN, A. F 57th Infantry
HEINEMAN, JOSEPH A 58th Infantry
HEINEMAN, JACOB F 58th Infantry
HERRMAN, FRANK 59th Infantry
HART, ISAAC 63d Infantry
HIRSCH, JOSEPH F 64th Infantry
HIRSCH, JULIUS 64th Infantry
HAYS, JOSEPH 65th Infantry
HAAS, JOSEPH F 65th Infantry
HARRIS, CHARLES 66th Infantry
HAYS, ISAAC 66th Infantry
HEINEMAN, WILLIAM E 67th Infantry
HAAS, MORRIS 72nd Infantry
HAAS, ALEXANDER 79th Infantry
HIRSCHBERG, LOUIS 80th Infantry
HERRMAN, JULIUS A 82nd Infantry
HERRMAN, JACOB C 82nd Infantry
HESSBERGER, LEOPOLD C 82nd Infantry
HENSHALL, ALEXANDER C 82nd Infantry
HEYMAN, JACOB C 82nd Infantry
HIRSCHLEIN, LEOPOLD C 82nd Infantry
HIRSCH, L. C 82nd Infantry
Wounded at Gettysburg.
HESSLEIN, ISIDORE C 82nd Infantry
HAHN, ISAAC 93d Infantry
HAHN, JACOB 93d Infantry
HIRSCH, AUGUST Lieutenant C 100th Infantry
HIRSCHBERGER, AARON Lieutenant 107th Infantry
HIRSCH, BENJAMIN 108th Infantry
HIRSCHBERGER, HERMAN 111th Infantry
HIRSCHMAN, JACOB H 117th Infantry
HERZBERGER, F. 117th Infantry
HEINEMAN, HENRY 120th Infantry
HESS, JACOB 120th Infantry
HARRIS, JACOB 130th Infantry
HARRIS, CHARLES K 134th Infantry
Served four years.
HOLZMAN, S. L. A 140th Infantry
HAYS, JACOB Captain 142nd Infantry
HARRIS, BENJAMIN Lieutenant 143d Infantry
HERRMAN, GOTTLIEB K 144th Infantry
HIRSCH, HENRY 152nd Infantry
HERZ, DAVID 156th Infantry
HART, AARON 1st Cavalry
HERRMAN, HERMAN 3d Cavalry
HIRSCHMAN, JOSEPH 3d Cavalry
HERRMAN, JACOB G 5th Cavalry
HAHN, HENRY K 7th Cavalry
HEROLD, HERMAN Lieutenant 11th Cavalry
Enlisted as private; promoted for gallant conduct.
HAHN, SAMUEL 1st Artillery
HART, LEVI Captain 1st Artillery
Promoted from 2nd Lieutenant.
HERMAN, GOTTLIEB 2nd Artillery
HESS, HENRY 2nd Artillery
HYMAN, L. Chicago Board of
Trade Battery
ISAACS, JOSEPH F 8th Infantry
ISRAEL, SAMUEL 18th Infantry
ISRAEL, AARON Sergeant K 23d Infantry
ISENSTEIN, GEORGE Captain 24th Infantry
ISAACS, AARON 42nd Infantry
ISAAC, CHARLES 59th Infantry
ISAACSON, ISAAC 92nd Infantry
ISAACS, W. A. 117th Infantry
ISAAC, DAVID 119th Infantry
ISRAEL, W. 12th Cavalry
JACOBS, C. 8th Infantry
JACOBS, BENJAMIN Corporal G 9th Infantry
Killed at Fort Donelson.
JOSEPH, JOSEPH H 10th Infantry
JACOBS, JAMES A 12th Infantry
JACOBSON, FR. D 12th Infantry
JACOBS, G. 18th Infantry
JACOBS, DANIEL Corporal H 25th Infantry
JACOBS, JOSEPH N. A 26th Infantry
JACOBS, SAMUEL 30th Infantry
JACOBS, FR. 37th Infantry
JACOBS, ELIAS D 38th Infantry
JACOBS, J. B. 38th Infantry
JACOBS, BERNHART 39th Infantry
JACOB, PHILIP K 43d Infantry
JACOBSON, JACOB 44th Infantry
JACOBS, HENRY K 47th Infantry
JACOBSON, JACOB 53d Infantry
JACOBS, ABRAHAM 53d Infantry
JACOBS, E. 56th Infantry
JACOBS, BENJAMIN 57th Infantry
JACOBS, S. 62nd Infantry
Died in the service.
JACOBS, HENRY H 65th Infantry
JACOB, AARON 66th Infantry
JACOBS, SAMUEL F 78th Infantry
JACOBSON, A. I 82nd Infantry
JACOBS, WILLIAM 93d Infantry
Died in the field.
JACOBSON, CHARLES 94th Infantry
JACOBS, JOSEPH C 98th Infantry
JACOBS, AARON 98th Infantry
JACOBS, SAMUEL E 98th Infantry
JACOBS, W. Corporal 103d Infantry
JACOBS, JOSEPH 133d Infantry
JACOBS, HENRY C. C 134th Infantry
JACOBS, JOSEPH E. 143d Infantry
JONAS, EDWARD Captain 149th Infantry
JULIAN, DAVID 153d Infantry
JACOBS, CHARLES 2nd Cavalry
JACOBS, J. 3d Cavalry
JACOBS, JOSEPH, JR. H 9th Cavalry
JACOBSON, J. 9th Cavalry
JACOBS, CHARLES H 11th Cavalry
JACOBS, CHARLES Corporal F 11th Cavalry
JACOBS, HENRY 11th Cavalry
JACOBS, ALEXANDER 12th Cavalry
JACOBS, BERNHARD 12th Cavalry
JACOBS, A. 15th Cavalry
JACOBS, DAVID F. A 1st Artillery
JACOBS, JACOB G 1st Artillery
JACOBS, DAVID M. 2nd Artillery
JACOBS, DANIEL W. 2nd Artillery
JACOBS, DANIEL Chicago Mercantile
Artillery
JACOBS, C. G. 13th United States
Infantry
JONAS, EDWARD Major 50th Infantry
Enlisted as private; promoted to 2nd Lieutenant,
Captain and Major; captured at Shiloh.
KAHN, MOSES D 9th Infantry
KOHN, EDWARD H 12th Infantry
KURZ, ELIAS C 14th Infantry
KATZ, ELIAS C 14th Infantry
KUHN, GEORGE 16th Infantry
KAHN, HENRY 20th Infantry
KOHN, HENRY 24th Infantry
KAUFMAN, MORITZ 1st H 24th Infantry
Lieutenant
Promoted from Corporal.
KAUFMAN, JACOB K 24th Infantry
KRAUSKOPF, G. Sergeant A 39th Infantry
KAUFMAN, ISAAC Corporal 47th Infantry
KAUFMAN, REUBEN Corporal 54th Infantry
KING, LOUIS H 57th Infantry
KAUFMAN, JOSEPH 58th Infantry
KAUFMAN, LEVI Corporal I 68th Infantry
KOCH, HERMAN Sergeant F 82nd Infantry
KOCH, FRANK F 82nd Infantry
KOCH, GUSTAV H 82nd Infantry
KRAMER, SAMUEL C 82nd Infantry
KARMINSKI, JACOB G 88th Infantry
Wounded at Stone River.
KOHN, JACOB 95th Infantry
KAUFMAN, LEVI 106th Infantry
KAUFMAN, ISAAC 106th Infantry
KAUFMAN, ISAAC C. F 115th Infantry
KONIG, JACOB 132nd Infantry
KAUFMAN, JACOB 149th Infantry
KAUFMAN, PHILIP I 1st Cavalry
KAUFMAN, E. B. C 2nd Cavalry
KOHN, N. 3d Cavalry
KAUFMAN, PHILIP E 7th Cavalry
KONIGSTEIN, JACOB Corporal 7th Cavalry
Wounded in action.
KOHN, FREDERICK 8th Cavalry
KOHN, CHARLES 9th Cavalry
KAHN, FRIEDRICH H 13th Cavalry
KAUFMAN, BENJAMIN Sergeant 14th Cavalry
Died in the service.
KOCH, LOUIS C 16th Cavalry
KAUFMAN, MICHAEL 1st Artillery
KAUFMAN, MARTIN 2nd Artillery
KOCH, JOSEPH M. 2nd United States Veteran Volunteers
KOCH, LEWIS 2nd United States Veteran Volunteers
LEAVIT, LEVI G 3d Infantry
LESSER, SAMUEL B. I 8th Infantry
LEIB, HERMAN Major 8th Infantry
LEHMAN, JACOB Corporal 8th Infantry
Enlisted as private.
LEHMAN, REUBEN F 10th Infantry
LOESER, LEVI H 14th Infantry
LEVIN, CHARLES E 17th Infantry
LEVY, MICHAEL 19th Infantry
LANG, ADOLPH 19th Infantry
LEHMAN, ERNST A 20th Infantry
LUDWIG, OSCAR Captain 20th Infantry
Promoted from Sergeant.
LEHMAN, FRANK 20th Infantry
Died in the service.
LEHMAN, JACOB 20th Infantry
LIEBERMAN, MARTIN 21st Infantry
Died of wounds.
LEVY, JOSEPH A 24th Infantry
LEOPOLD, WILLIAM 45th Infantry
LORCH, ALEXANDER 46th Infantry
LEHMAN, JOSEPH B 47th Infantry
LEHMAN, HENRY B 47th Infantry
LOEB, PHILIP 49th Infantry
LYON, JACOB F. 50th Infantry
LOUIS, LEVI 50th Infantry
LEHMAN, HENRY L. 1st A 59th Infantry
Lieutenant
LEHMAN, HENRY Corporal 59th Infantry
LEDERMAN, DAVID E 59th Infantry
LEDERMAN, DANIEL E 59th Infantry
LEHMAN, J. 70th Infantry
LOEB, WILLIAM 2nd C 82nd Infantry
Lieutenant
LEVY, LOUIS C 82nd Infantry
LAMMFROMM, JACOB C 82nd Infantry
LASALLE, JACOB Captain C 82nd Infantry
LOEB, WILLIAM Captain C 82nd Infantry
Entered as private; promoted for gallant conduct.
LEHMAN, LEWIS B 86th Infantry
LICHTENBERG, JACOB 87th Infantry
LISTNER, LOUIS 93d Infantry
LEDERMAN, ABRAHAM F 113th Infantry
LEDERMAN, A. 130th Infantry
LANDENBURG, ABRAHAM 137th Infantry
LYON, DAVID M. Captain 138th Infantry
LORCH, JACOB 144th Infantry
LEIB, LEVI H. 2nd Cavalry
Died of wounds.
LUDWIG, DANIEL 3d Cavalry
LICHTENBERGER, ALFRED 3d Cavalry
LEHMAN, FREDERICK 4th Cavalry
LEOPOLD, WILLIAM 8th Cavalry
LOESER, JACOB 9th Cavalry
LIEBMAN, DANIEL 10th Cavalry
Died of disease contracted in camp.
LEHMAN, JACOB 12th Cavalry
LEVI, R. B 13th Cavalry
LEHMAN, FREDERICK F 13th Cavalry
LEHMAN, MICHAEL 2nd 13th Cavalry
Lieutenant
LEHMAN, MAX 1st 16th Cavalry
Lieutenant
Promoted from 2nd Lieutenant.
LEOPOLD, WILLIAM 1st Artillery
MENDEL, NOAH E. Captain 7th Infantry
Promoted from 2nd Lieutenant; killed at Fort Donelson.
MYERS, LEO W. 1st 7th Infantry
Lieutenant
Killed at Shiloh.
MORRISON, SAMUEL 8th Infantry
MEYER, LEO 9th Infantry
MAYER, CHARLES G 12th Infantry
Enlisted as private.
MEYERS, HERMAN 12th Infantry
MEYERS, DAVID 7th Infantry
MEYERS, HENRY 8th Infantry
MEYER, JACOB 9th Infantry
Died in the service.
MOSES, FRANK C 9th Infantry
MEYER, MOSES 9th Infantry
Died in the service.
MEYERS, AARON H 9th Infantry
MYERS, DANIEL 9th Infantry
MEERHOLZ, HEINRICH D 10th Infantry
MARKS, A. L. K 13th Infantry
Served four years under the name of Charles Harris.
MORRIS, LEVI C 14th Infantry
MYERS, FRANK 14th Infantry
MOSES, GEORGE 15th Infantry
MENKEN, HERMAN 16th Infantry
MEYERS, DAVID 19th Infantry
MAYER, JACOB A 20th Infantry
MEYERS, SAMUEL 20th Infantry
MYER, ALEXANDER 20th Infantry
MYER, JONAS G 22nd Infantry
MAYER, A. Sergeant A 24th Infantry
MEYER, SAMUEL Sergeant 24th Infantry
MEIER, JACOB E 25th Infantry
MAYER, CHARLES Corporal F 24th Infantry
Captured; died in Andersonville Prison.
MEIER, ISIDORE K 24th Infantry
Captured; died in Andersonville Prison.
MEIER, LOUIS 26th Infantry
MYERS, JOSEPH 26th Infantry
Died of wounds.
MANUEL, JOSEPH G 27th Infantry
Killed in action.
MOSES, ALBERT Major 28th Infantry
Promoted from Sergeant.
MEIER, CHARLES 28th Infantry
MANN, ISAAC Corporal B 30th Infantry
Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.
MARKS, ISAAC Corporal 30th Infantry
MEIER, JACOB 31st Infantry
MORRIS, SIMEON 31st Infantry
MORRIS, LEVI E. 31st Infantry
MEYERS, ABRAHAM A 33d Infantry
Killed at Vicksburg.
MYERS, JOSEPH Captain 34th Infantry
Promoted from 2nd Lieutenant.
MARCUS, FREDERIC 36th Infantry
MORRIS, SOLOMON 37th Infantry
MYERS, ABRAHAM G 40th Infantry
MANN, CHARLES B 43d Infantry
MEIER, FRANK 43d Infantry
MEYER, LOUIS K 43d Infantry
MANN, GUSTAV 44th Infantry
MEIER, LEWIS 44th Infantry
MEYERS, JOSEPH 1st Lieutenant 44th Infantry
Promoted from Sergeant.
MOSES, LEWIS 46th Infantry
MOSES, WILLIAM 46th Infantry
MAYER, ISAAC H 46th Infantry
MYERS, JACOB 47th Infantry
MENDEL, DAVID H 47th Infantry
MORITZ, WILLIAM 48th Infantry
MAY, CHARLES Lieutenant 50th Infantry
MYERS, LOUIS 54th Infantry
MAYER, CHARLES Adjutant 58th Infantry
Promoted from private.
MEYERS, HENRY E 58th Infantry
MOSES, CHARLES F 58th Infantry
MAYER, BENJAMIN 59th Infantry
MAYER, ABRAHAM 62nd Infantry
MEYER, FREDERICK 63d Infantry
MEYERS, SIMEON 2nd Lieutenant 63d Infantry
MAY, AARON E. Adjutant 64th Infantry
MEYER, CHARLES Sergeant 65th Infantry
MEIER, CHARLES E. Corporal G 65th Infantry
MEIER, SAMUEL G 65th Infantry
MANN, MARTIN Captain 65th Infantry
MANTEL, A. E 69th Infantry
MEYER, CHARLES 69th Infantry
MEYERS, WILLIAM 69th Infantry
MEYERS, ALEXANDER 70th Infantry
MEYER, GUSTAV 72nd Infantry
MEIER, FERDINAND 72nd Infantry
MANTEL, CHARLES 73d Infantry
Killed in action.
MAYER, SAMUEL 76th Infantry
MARX, C. H. G 80th Infantry
MARKS, NATHAN C 82nd Infantry
MEIER, DANIEL C 82nd Infantry
MEIER, PHILIP C 82nd Infantry
MANNHEIM, E. C 82nd Infantry
MEIER, GOTTLIEB D 82nd Infantry
MAYER, WILLIAM D 82nd Infantry
MEIER, JACOB Corporal K 82nd Infantry
Killed at Chancellorsville.
MEYERS, DAVID I 82nd Infantry
MANHEIMER, GODFREY C 82nd Infantry
Wounded at Atlanta.
MEYERS, ISAAC 83d Infantry
MANN, ISAAC Corporal 85th Infantry
MEYERS, SOLOMON 85th Infantry
MAYER, JACOB 87th Infantry
MEYER, JOSEPH F 87th Infantry
MEYERS, FRANK 89th Infantry
MAYERS, W. Lieutenant 92nd Infantry
MYERS, ISAAC 103d Infantry
MYERS, HENRY 111th Infantry
MORGENTHAL, JACOB 116th Infantry
MAYER, CHARLES 118th Infantry
MAY, ABRAHAM Lieutenant 130th Infantry
MYERS, LEWIS 131st Infantry
MORRIS, NATHAN D 131st Infantry
MEYER, GUSTAV D 134th Infantry
MAYER, HENRY 142d Infantry
MEIER, JOSEPH 142d Infantry
MOSES, REUBEN Lieutenant 146th Infantry
Promoted from the ranks.
MOSES, AARON Sergeant 1st Cavalry
MOSES, REUBEN Sergeant 1st Cavalry
MEYERS, HENRY 2nd Cavalry
MANN, LEVI 7th Cavalry
MEYERS, MORRIS G 7th Cavalry
MEIER, HENRY 7th Cavalry
MEYERS, DANIEL 8th Cavalry
MAY, OSCAR 9th Cavalry
MEIER, HERMAN 9th Cavalry
Died of wounds.
MEIER, WILLIAM 9th Cavalry
MEIER, HERMAN 10th Cavalry
MEIER, AUGUST Lieutenant 10th Cavalry
Enlisted as private.
MAYER, MOSES A 12th Cavalry
MARKS, SAMUEL L 12th Cavalry
MEYERS, HENRY 13th Cavalry
MEYER, FERDINAND 13th Cavalry
MARX, FELIX Captain 13th Cavalry
Promoted from Lieutenant.
MEIER, MOSES B 15th Cavalry
MANN, EUGENE Corporal H 15th Cavalry
MEYERS, CHARLES A 16th Cavalry
MAYER, J. B 16th Cavalry
MEIER, HERMAN 16th Cavalry
MARX, JOHN F. Lieutenant 16th Cavalry
MEIERS, NATHAN 17th Cavalry
MEYERS, DAVID C 1st Artillery
MEIERS, FRANK G 1st Artillery
MEYERS, HENRY Sergeant 1st Artillery
Enlisted as private.
MARX, LOUIS A 2nd Artillery
MOSES, FERDINAND K 2nd Artillery
MANN, LEWIS Chicago Mercantile Artillery
MEYER, HENRY Elgin Artillery
NEUMAN, ALBERT C 9th Infantry
At expiration of term re-enlisted in Company B; was
killed at Fort Donelson.
NATHAN, G. M. B 24th Infantry
NATHAN, MORRIS 24th Infantry
NEWMAN, JOSEPH F 42nd Infantry
NEWMAN, J. 66th Infantry
NIEMAN, MORITZ A 82d Infantry
NEWMAN, BENJAMIN 91st Infantry
NEWMAN, JACOB F 82nd Infantry
NATTINGER, S. L. E 104th Infantry
NEWMAN, JESSE 112th Infantry
NEWMAN, SIMON Captain 145th Infantry
NEWMAN, J. 4th Cavalry
NEWMAN, DAVID 13th Cavalry
Died of wounds.
NEWMAN, JACOB Corporal Springfield Artillery
OCHS, GEORGE C 9th Infantry
OCHS, FERDINAND H 24th Infantry
OPPERMAN, JULIUS 24th Infantry
OCHS, MARTIN 27th Infantry
OCHS, CHARLES Corporal B 71st Infantry
OCHS, FRIEDRICH 72nd Infantry
OPPENHEIMER, ABRAHAM 17th Cavalry
PHILLIPSON, AARON D 3d Cavalry
ROSE, E. E 10th Infantry
RESSIE, ADOLPH K 10th Infantry
ROSENBACH, MOSES G 10th Infantry
ROSE, DANIEL H 12th Infantry
ROSENTHAL, HENRY 21st Infantry
ROSENFELD, FRANK K 23d Infantry
ROSENTHAL, M. K 43d Infantry
ROSENTHAL, CHARLES 49th Infantry
ROSENTHAL, C. W. Lieutenant 57th Infantry
ROSE, DANIEL 58th Infantry
Mortally wounded at Shiloh.
RICE, JOSEPH 58th Infantry
ROSENBAUM, ALEXANDER A 75th Infantry
ROSENBAUM, WILLIAM 76th Infantry
ROSENTHAL, SAMPSON 82nd Infantry
ROSENHAUPT, JOSEPH 107th Infantry
ROSENBERG, S. 118th Infantry
ROSENHAUPT, SIMON I 142nd Infantry
RAPP, JACOB 146th Infantry
ROSENBERG, J. 3d Cavalry
RUBEN, FREDERICK 12th Cavalry
SIMPSON, ELIAS 7th Infantry
SIMPSON, DAVID K 7th Infantry
SIMONSON, ISAAC E 8th Infantry
At expiration of term re-enlisted as veteran; promoted
to Sergeant; killed at Fort Blakely.
STURMER, JOSEPH G 10th Infantry
SANDERS, FRANK 16th Infantry
SAMUELS, CHARLES H 19th Infantry
SIMON, JOSEPH G 24th Infantry
SUMMERFIELD, ELIAS 24th Infantry
SANDERS, JACOB 25th Infantry
SOLOMON, F. A 25th Infantry
STERN, JACOB 30th Infantry
SIMPSON, ISAAC I 31st Infantry
SIMPSON, WILLIAM I 31st Infantry
STERN, JOSEPH 35th Infantry
SIMONS, ADOLPH C 37th Infantry
SIMONS, MARCUS C 37th Infantry
SIMONS, LEVI Corporal F 37th Infantry
SIMPSON, JOSEPH 38th Infantry
SIMPSON, DANIEL 40th Infantry
SAMUELSON, ALEXANDER C 43d Infantry
SAMUELSON, CHARLES C 43d Infantry
SAMUELSON, CHARLES A. C 43d Infantry
SANGER, LOUIS 47th Infantry
SOLOMON, HENRY D 48th Infantry
SIMON, LEWIS 51st Infantry
SOLOMON, DAVID 52nd Infantry
SAMPSON, SAMUEL 53d Infantry
SIMPSON, SAMUEL Corporal 55th Infantry
SAMUELSON, CHARLES 55th Infantry
Killed at Kenesaw Mountain.
SOLOMON, D. 58th Infantry
STRAUSS, CHARLES E 59th Infantry
STINE, ISAAC 68th Infantry
SIMONS, ALEXANDER 78th Infantry
SOMMER, FRANK Corporal B 82nd Infantry
SALOMON, A. C 82nd Infantry
SIMON, GUSTAV C 82nd Infantry
STEINBACH, M. JOSEPH 82nd Infantry
SIMPSON, HERMAN Corporal 82nd Infantry
Killed at Chancellorsville.
SHOENWALT, FRANK Lieutenant K 82nd Infantry
SALOMON, ABRAHAM C 82nd Infantry
SIESEL, SIEGMUND C 82nd Infantry
SALOMON, EDWARD S. Brigadier-General 82nd Infantry
Joined the 24th Illinois as 2nd Lieutenant, participating in
the battles of Frederickton and Mainfordsville, Kentucky. His
gallantry in action and general proficiency in tactics were the
cause of successive promotions till in 1862 Lieutenant Salomon was
gazetted Major of the regiment. Owing to disagreement among the
officers of the command of Colonel Hecker, Major Salomon and other
officers resigned and organized another regiment under the official
designation of the 82nd Illinois Infantry, of which Major Salomon
ultimately became Colonel. As a member of the 11th Army Corps
under General Howard, he participated in the campaign of which the
actions at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg were salient features.
He also took part in the battles round Chattanooga, Lookout
Mountain, and Missionary Ridge; fought in fact throughout all the
campaign in the Southwest and was ultimately brevetted to the rank
of Brigadier-General.
President Grant appointed General Salomon to the Governorship of
Washington Territory which position he held four years to the
satisfaction of the citizens and to the increased industrial
prosperity of the North-west.
* * * * *
As the subject of this sketch has also been prominent in politics
on the Republican side, his military service has frequently been
attacked by political enemies. To show with what little justice
these attacks have been made, we publish a few of the opinions
entertained by prominent Generals of the army:
"HEADQUARTERS 3D DIVISION,
August 20, 1863.
MAJOR GENERAL HOWARD,
Commanding 11th Corps.
GENERAL:
Of the part taken by my Division in the actions of July 2 and 3 at
Gettysburg, I have the honor to submit the following report: One of
the five regiments of the 1st Brigade, the 74th Pennsylvania, was
left with General Ames to strengthen his right wing; the remaining
four were directed towards a strip of woods on the right of the
Division, in which the firing had become very heavy, and where,
according to a report of some staff officers of the 1st Corps,
immediate aid was needed. Two regiments, the 157th New York and the
61st Ohio, were guided by one of their officers, while the other
two, the 82nd Illinois and the 45th New York, were led by my Chief
of Staff, Lieutenant-Colonel Otto, of the 50th New York.
It had meanwhile become quite dark, the direction of the fight
being indicated by nothing but the sound of musketry. The regiment
entered the woods with the greatest determination, and drove the
enemy from our rifle pits.
It is my pleasant duty to mention as especially deserving, the
names of Lieutenant-Colonel Otto, who superintended this operation
with great judgment and courage, and Lieutenant Colonel Salomon, of
the 82nd Illinois, who displayed the highest order of coolness and
determination under very trying circumstances.
I am, General,
Very respectfully yours,
(Signed) C. SCHURZ,
Major-General Commanding Division.
* * * * *
HEADQUARTERS 3D BRIGADE, 1ST DIVISION, 20TH ARMY CORPS.
NEAR KENESAW MOUNTAIN, GA.
June 26th, 1864.
ALLEN FULLER,
Adjutant-General, State of Illinois.
SIR:
I have the honor to respectfully request that you issue a Colonel's
commission to Lieutenant-Colonel Edward S. Salomon, commanding
the 82nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, belonging to his
brigade. I take pleasure in saying that it is my sincere belief
that Lieutenant-Colonel Salomon fully deserves this favor, not
only by his inherent ability and merit as an officer, but more
particularly by the gallantry and efficiency he has displayed
during this campaign. The regiment he commands is his best
recommendation, it being soldierly, gallant and thoroughly
disciplined. It will be accepted as a personal favor if you will
make special effort to obtain the approval of Lieutenant-Colonel
Salomon's commission as Colonel, and his muster as such by the War
Department.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
J. S. ROBINSON,
Colonel Commanding 3d Brigade,
1st Division 20th Army Corps.
* * * * *
HEADQUARTERS 1ST DIVISION, 20TH ARMY CORPS.
June 28th, 1864.
Respectfully forwarded, heartily concurring with the within
recommendation.
(Signed) A. S. WILLIAMS,
Brig. Gen. Commanding Division.
* * * * *
HEADQUARTERS 20TH ARMY CORPS.
June 28th, 1864.
Respectfully forwarded. I fully concur in the within recommendation
Lieutenant Colonel Salomon has won the good opinion of all his
comrades by his great gallantry and good conduct, and it will be
but a just and grateful appreciation of his services to confer the
preferment upon him.
(Signed) JOSEPH HOOKER,
Major-General Commanding.
* * * * *
HEADQUARTERS 3D BRIGADE, 1ST DIVISION, 20TH ARMY CORPS.
GOLDSBORO, N. C., April 2nd, 1865.
HON. E. M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
SIR:
I have the honor to recommend and earnestly request the appointment
of Colonel Edward S. Salomon, of the 82nd Regiment, Illinois
Volunteers, as Brevet Brigadier-General for gallant and meritorious
services.
Colonel Salomon joined this brigade with his regiment at the
opening of the campaign against Atlanta in the spring of 1864.
During the fighting before Resaca, Georgia, on the 14th and 15th of
May, this regiment behaved with great gallantry.
Again, at New Hope, Georgia, on the 25th of the same month, Colonel
Salomon led his command with admirable coolness and courage against
the enemy. After having advanced under a severe fire of musketry
and artillery more than a mile, he held his line close to the
entrenched position of the enemy, without a breastwork, and with a
scanty supply of ammunition.
At the battle near Peach Tree Creek, before Atlanta, Georgia, on
the 20th of July, 1864, Colonel Salomon performed a most gallant
and meritorious part in repulsing the repeated onslaughts made by
the enemy. In the face of a furious raking fire, he held his line
for four hours, when the enemy withdrew from his front with great
loss.
During the siege of Atlanta, Colonel Salomon was ever prominent for
his energy, coolness and judgment.
In the fight near Averysboro, North Carolina, on the 16th of March,
1865, Colonel Salomon, as usual, led his regiment into action with
great gallantry and skill.
At the battle of Bentonville, on the 19th of March, 1865, Colonel
Salomon and his command drew the unqualified admiration of all who
witnessed their coolness and discipline under fire, and their
effectual services in repulsing several determined attacks of the
enemy.
Colonel Salomon has distinguished himself in other engagements
besides those which have been mentioned. At Gettysburg and Missouri
Ridge his gallantry was conspicuous and challenged the highest
admiration.
I consider Colonel Salomon one of the most deserving officers of my
acquaintance. His regiment is his highest praise In point of drill
and discipline it is second to none in this corps. Its record will
bear safe comparison with any other of the same age in the army.
Colonel Salomon has had a commission as Colonel since April, 1864,
but his regiment not containing the requisite number of men he has
been unable to get mustered.
Earnestly hoping that his claims will meet your favorable attention.
I remain, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
(Signed) J. S. ROBINSON,
Brig. Gen. U. S. V., Commanding 3d Brigade,
1st Division, 20th Army Corps.
* * * * *
HEADQUARTERS 20TH ARMY CORPS.
GOLDSBORO, April 2, 1865.
I cordially concur in the recommendation of General Robinson. The
officer (Colonel Salomon) has just merits. He is intelligent,
gallant, brave and faithful. I have had several occasions to mark
his distinguished merit. There can be no promotion more deserved.
A. S. WILLIAMS,
Brevet Maj. Gen. Commanding.
* * * * *
WAR DEPARTMENT,
WASHINGTON, June 15, 1865.
SIR:
You are hereby informed that the President of the United States has
appointed you for distinguished gallantry and meritorious services
during the war, a Brigadier General of Volunteers, by brevet in the
service of the United States, to rank as such from the thirteenth
day of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five. Should
the Senate at the next session advise and consent thereto, you will
be commissioned accordingly.
EDWIN M. STANTON,
_Secretary of War_.
TO BREVET BRIGADIER-GENERAL EDWARD S. SALOMON,
U. S. VOLUNTEERS.
* * * * *
What was thought of General Salomon and his administration as Governor by the people of Washington Territory is best explained by quoting the following article from the _Pacific Tribune_, published at the time he resigned his office of Governor:
"RESIGNATION OF GOVERNOR SALOMON.
"The acceptance of Governor Salomon's resignation by the President
is universally regretted by our people. He was honest, fearless
and capable. He mingled freely with the people, identified himself
with their interests and generously expended his time and means
to bring hither population and to promote our material interests.
He has established a reputation in the office which will make his
administration a source of pride to his fellow-citizens, and he
carries into his retirement the consolation that the good and true
of all parties regard it fortunate that he should have been called
to preside over our destinies. We speak the sentiment of our people
when we express unfeigned regret that he felt it his duty to resign
his office. His official acts are his best records; they have all
met with the heartiest commendation of our people.
"A thorough and consistent Republican, baptized in the fire of
battle, when gallantly sustaining the flags, he has always been
true and steadfast to the principles of the party of which he was
so distinguished a member. While ever ready with purse, pen and
tongue to maintain his partisan principles, he was singularly free
from a partisan bigotry in the exercise of official functions. He
governed the Territory. Party behests never made him swerve from
official integrity or duty to the whole people. How proudly can he
look to this episode of his life. He governed well. He satisfied
all, for the welfare of the whole was constantly in his eye; he was
true to the position he so happily filled.
"But his successor is soon to come among us. We are ready to accord
to the Executive a cordial welcome. We can wish him, however, no
higher or better aspiration than that he may prove worthy to be
the successor of one who so faithfully and well performed all his
duties as Edward S. Salomon."
SHANWALT, JACOB 91st Infantry
SAMUELSON, G. 105th Infantry
STINE, ABRAHAM 111th Infantry
SWITZER, MOSES 118th Infantry
SALOMON, TOBIAS 122nd Infantry
SALOMON, LEVI C 123d Infantry
SALOMON, SAMUEL C 123d Infantry
STRAUSS, DAVID 124th Infantry
SIMONS, SAMUEL 132nd Infantry
STRAUSS, ALBERT 156th Infantry
SIMON, DAVID S. 2nd Cavalry
STERNBERG, H. 2nd Cavalry
SIMONS, DANIEL 4th Cavalry
STRAUSS, CHARLES 4th Cavalry
SCHIFF, GOTTLIEB 8th Cavalry
STRAUSS, LEWIS 8th Cavalry
SAMUELSON, DAVID Corporal 10th Cavalry
SALOMON, HENRY, 1st Lieutenant 10th Cavalry
Enlisted as private.
SAMPSON, SIMON 10th Cavalry
Died of wounds.
SOLOMON, H. J. 2nd Lieutenant 10th Cavalry
STROUSE, CHARLES 12th Cavalry
SACHS, ADAM Captain 13th Cavalry
Promoted from 2nd Lieutenant.
SIMON, HENRY A 17th Cavalry
SCHONEMAN, JACOB 2nd Artillery
ULMAN, A. 58th Infantry
VOGEL, BERNHARD D 9th Infantry
VOGEL, LOUIS D 43d Infantry
Veteran.
VOGEL, LOUIS 44th Infantry
VOGEL, JACOB 67 Infantry
VOGEL, GOTTLIEB 72nd Infantry
VOGEL, CHARLES Captain B 132nd Infantry
VOGEL, LEWIS 2nd Cavalry
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