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body of your so... Alter we took it out of the grave, .Mr. Taylor pulled tho blanket laside and lifted the rubber blanket off tip; face, which we I'ouud to be nal'.cajed and as whileMs the ehxy il 'was buried. 1 iiuin..'- diatuly recognized it as that of yoar l.e- laved son, as would any one who was ut all acquainted with him, and familiar wilh his apjiearaiice when iu life. It was twelve and a half o'clock when WD''secur¬ ed iho romaiiis in tho eoiliu (which wii^ W'll iiiaile of black walnut.; ami .>ti.rioii lor VJ'itahiuiilop whci-e we aiTivcd ut elev¬ en o'clock that evening, after having driv¬ en l(> miles during the day, twenty iniles of which was a very bad road. j
Yesterday I cot;sulted with Gen. King,, who is here attending on the Court Mar¬ tial, about a funeral, we eonclud.fd to have a military escort. The (ioncr.il jrave nu- a k'tierto Gen. lleiiitzeliuan, whohas c;>m- mand of all the troops here, a.s'kiiig a prop¬ er escort. 'i'o this Geu. liei.it/.oliuau. responded by promptly otdcring a rc;.'l» nient of iiifiiiitry to re[)ort to me to-day nt eleven o'clock, at which time the" fiineral took place. I went personally to nil the members of our delogation here, and in¬ vited them to nlleiid, to which they prompt¬ ly expi-e.S3cd their iolciitiou to do. I ob¬ tained permission of th'; gentleman ofthe house whoro I was hoarding', to use his pirlors for thc funeral ceremonies. The tu.ieral took place this inorning at eleven o'clock. The service.* al the house and grave wen: porl'orined by au Episcopal cl'i-gyinnn. Ainong iho.^-e presont, were Senaiora. Howe aud Doolillle, nopi-e.?eii- talives Poller find Sloan, Col. llavelock. (brother ofthe late General llavelock of the British army,) Col llarle, also several ofthe ollicers belonging to various regi¬ ments. Senator Howe's famllv, .Messrs. Gordon and Goddiiril, and sovoral others from Wisconsin, Gov. Randall lunoinr thom ; tojjcthor will, a number of ciii'/eus of this city. The colliu was placed in the hoarse and covered with the .Stars und Stripes under w-hich ho had so gallantly fought.
The escort wa-t by the 2Gth Regiment of Maine Voliirteers wilh their rcgimimt- al band ; ihere were si.x carriages filled with our Sem.twis, llopre-soniatives and others who went to the grave. The pro¬ cession wont through Penn.sylvaiiia Ave¬ nue np by the Capitol lo the Congression¬ al Burying Ground, where tl.o remains now repose, cnciised in a blnek wnlntit colliu, v.liieh is placed iu ti sloul out-side case made of thick pino.
Kverything went off well and satisfacto¬ rily. It was uiy endeavor to have your son buried in a manner suited to his rank, and which would bo sati.sfiietory and gralilying to you, his wile, inothor and friends ; also to the regiinent which he con.manded.
llopiii;^ that n.y course in procuring nnd dispo.siiig ofthe remains of your sou will meet with your approbation, I remain. Very Respocti'ully,
Your Oht, Servt., Box, 781. W. Y. Selleck.^
— ^-..»-.-A.i '.-'»-?-
J/
Object Description
| Title | Quiner Scrapbooks: Correspondence of the Wisconsin Volunteers, 1861-1865, Volume 2 |
| Source Title | Quiner Scrapbooks: Correspondence of the Wisconsin Volunteers, 1861-1865, Volume 2 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Author/Creator | Quiner, E. B. (Edwin Bentley), d. 1868. |
| Description | When the Civil War broke out in 1861, journalist Edwin B. Quiner began clipping from newspapers any letters written home by soldiers who were serving at the front. He also included some letters from journalists embedded with the troops and from civilian agents appointed to accompany each regiment. Quiner bound these clippings into ten scrapbooks totaling 3,793 pages, and compiled handwritten indexes to eight of them. They formed the basis for his thousand-page book, ""Military History of Wisconsin: a record of the civil and military patriotism of the state, in the war for the Union..."" (Chicago: Clarke & Co., 1866). The scrapbooks are arranged chronologically, with each volume broken into rough sections devoted to individual regiments. Their text is not keyword searchable, but each volume has been carefully tagged by WHS staff and can be searched at the Quiner collection home page. The scrapbooks can also be browsed effectively, since within each regiment, letters were generally pasted in chronological order. At an average of 3 letters per page, the scrapbooks offer legible texts of more than 10,000 letters written by Wisconsin Civil War soldiers. |
| Subcollection | Letters |
| Source | Wis Mss 600; WIHVQ500-A |
| Source Type | letter |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2010 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2010 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Digital Format | XML |
| Digital Identifier | CWQU0020000 |
Description
| Title | 324 |
| Source Title | Quiner Scrapbooks: Correspondence of the Wisconsin Volunteers, 1861-1865, Volume 2 |
| Regiment | 2nd Infantry |
| Volume | 2 |
| People | Selleck, W.Y. |
| Source Type | letter |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2010 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2010 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Digital Format | JPEG |
| Full text | 'nmrnamsi^ •^¦VPPPHHMM^a^iNfi'J UJJ I. J.U. T f .:;'>y body of your so... Alter we took it out of the grave, .Mr. Taylor pulled tho blanket laside and lifted the rubber blanket off tip; face, which we I'ouud to be nal'.cajed and as whileMs the ehxy il 'was buried. 1 iiuin..'- diatuly recognized it as that of yoar l.e- laved son, as would any one who was ut all acquainted with him, and familiar wilh his apjiearaiice when iu life. It was twelve and a half o'clock when WD''secur¬ ed iho romaiiis in tho eoiliu (which wii^ W'll iiiaile of black walnut.; ami .>ti.rioii lor VJ'itahiuiilop whci-e we aiTivcd ut elev¬ en o'clock that evening, after having driv¬ en l(> miles during the day, twenty iniles of which was a very bad road. j Yesterday I cot;sulted with Gen. King,, who is here attending on the Court Mar¬ tial, about a funeral, we eonclud.fd to have a military escort. The (ioncr.il jrave nu- a k'tierto Gen. lleiiitzeliuan, whohas c;>m- mand of all the troops here, a.s'kiiig a prop¬ er escort. 'i'o this Geu. liei.it/.oliuau. responded by promptly otdcring a rc;.'l» nient of iiifiiiitry to re[)ort to me to-day nt eleven o'clock, at which time the" fiineral took place. I went personally to nil the members of our delogation here, and in¬ vited them to nlleiid, to which they prompt¬ ly expi-e.S3cd their iolciitiou to do. I ob¬ tained permission of th'; gentleman ofthe house whoro I was hoarding', to use his pirlors for thc funeral ceremonies. The tu.ieral took place this inorning at eleven o'clock. The service.* al the house and grave wen: porl'orined by au Episcopal cl'i-gyinnn. Ainong iho.^-e presont, were Senaiora. Howe aud Doolillle, nopi-e.?eii- talives Poller find Sloan, Col. llavelock. (brother ofthe late General llavelock of the British army,) Col llarle, also several ofthe ollicers belonging to various regi¬ ments. Senator Howe's famllv, .Messrs. Gordon and Goddiiril, and sovoral others from Wisconsin, Gov. Randall lunoinr thom ; tojjcthor will, a number of ciii'/eus of this city. The colliu was placed in the hoarse and covered with the .Stars und Stripes under w-hich ho had so gallantly fought. The escort wa-t by the 2Gth Regiment of Maine Voliirteers wilh their rcgimimt- al band ; ihere were si.x carriages filled with our Sem.twis, llopre-soniatives and others who went to the grave. The pro¬ cession wont through Penn.sylvaiiia Ave¬ nue np by the Capitol lo the Congression¬ al Burying Ground, where tl.o remains now repose, cnciised in a blnek wnlntit colliu, v.liieh is placed iu ti sloul out-side case made of thick pino. Kverything went off well and satisfacto¬ rily. It was uiy endeavor to have your son buried in a manner suited to his rank, and which would bo sati.sfiietory and gralilying to you, his wile, inothor and friends ; also to the regiinent which he con.manded. llopiii;^ that n.y course in procuring nnd dispo.siiig ofthe remains of your sou will meet with your approbation, I remain. Very Respocti'ully, Your Oht, Servt., Box, 781. W. Y. Selleck.^ — ^-..»-.-A.i '.-'»-?- J/ |
| Digital Identifier | CWQU0020276 |