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OHAPTEE LY.
REGIMENTAL HISTORY—FIRST HEAVY ARTILLERY.
Regimental Roster—Battery A in Defenses of Washington— Battery B at Lexington, Ky.—Battery G at Chattanooga—In East Tennessee—Battery D at Brashier City, La.—Batteries E to M in Defenses at Washington—Muster out—Statistics.
IN the Summer of 1861, Company K, Captain Langworthy, of the Second Wisconsin Infantry, was detached and placed on duty as heavy artillery. In December, its place in the Second Eegiment was taken by Captain Stahel's company, and Captain Langworthy was authorized to fill up his company to the neces¬ sary number for a company of heavy artillery. This company, which was designated as "A, First Eegiment Heavy Artillery," was the only one organized until in the summer of 1863, Captain Meservey, who had succeeded to the command of Company A, was authorized to come home and recruit three companies to complete the battalion. Batteries B, C and D were organized, and Captain Meservey was commissioned as Major of the bat¬ talion. In the Summer of 1864, further authority was given for the completion of the regimental organization, and eight addi¬ tional companies were oigauized. On the 9th of September, the field and staft' officers were commissioned, and the regiment was fully organized, with the following roster :
Colonel —CHARLES C. MESERVEY.
Lieutenant Colmiel—Jacor T. Foster; First Major —Ti. H. Drttry; Second Miyor — Richard AV, Hubbell; Third Jl/o/or-David C. Fulton; Surgeon —Wxx^XjXam H. Borden; First AssistaiU /SMrf^eon—Marvin Waterhouse; Second AssistaiU Surgeon — Ira Manly, Jr.
Object Description
| Title | 1st Heavy Artillery, chapter 55 from E.B. Quiner's Military History of Wisconsin (Chicago, 1866) |
| Source Title | 1st Heavy Artillery, chapter 55 from E.B. Quiner's Military History of Wisconsin (Chicago, 1866) |
| Regiment | 1st Heavy Artillery |
| Author/Creator | Quiner, E. B. (Edwin Bentley), d. 1868. |
| Description | This is an excerpt from E.B. Quiner's thousand-page volume, The Military History of Wisconsin: a record of the civil and military patriotism of the state, in the war for the union, with a history of the campaigns in which Wisconsin soldiers have been conspicuous, regimental histories, sketches of distinguished officers, the roll of the illustrious dead, movements of the Legislature and state officers, etc. (Chicago: Clarke & co., 1866). Because the entire work is so unwieldy and most users want to consult only a single chapter, we have divided it into smaller portions covering discrete topics. The entire work is online at Google Books (http://books.google.com/) and the Internet Archive (www.archive.org) in the most popular ereader formats. |
| Subcollection | Regimental Histories |
| Source Type | history |
| Place of Publication | Chicago |
| Source Creation Date | 1866 |
| Source Publisher | Clarke & Co. |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2010 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2010 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Digital Format | XML |
| Digital Identifier | CWOT0000zw |
Description
| Title | 970 |
| Source Title | 1st Heavy Artillery, chapter 55 from E.B. Quiner's Military History of Wisconsin (Chicago, 1866) |
| Regiment | 1st Heavy Artillery |
| Source Type | history |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2010 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2010 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Digital Format | JPG |
| Full text | OHAPTEE LY. REGIMENTAL HISTORY—FIRST HEAVY ARTILLERY. Regimental Roster—Battery A in Defenses of Washington— Battery B at Lexington, Ky.—Battery G at Chattanooga—In East Tennessee—Battery D at Brashier City, La.—Batteries E to M in Defenses at Washington—Muster out—Statistics. IN the Summer of 1861, Company K, Captain Langworthy, of the Second Wisconsin Infantry, was detached and placed on duty as heavy artillery. In December, its place in the Second Eegiment was taken by Captain Stahel's company, and Captain Langworthy was authorized to fill up his company to the neces¬ sary number for a company of heavy artillery. This company, which was designated as "A, First Eegiment Heavy Artillery" was the only one organized until in the summer of 1863, Captain Meservey, who had succeeded to the command of Company A, was authorized to come home and recruit three companies to complete the battalion. Batteries B, C and D were organized, and Captain Meservey was commissioned as Major of the bat¬ talion. In the Summer of 1864, further authority was given for the completion of the regimental organization, and eight addi¬ tional companies were oigauized. On the 9th of September, the field and staft' officers were commissioned, and the regiment was fully organized, with the following roster : Colonel —CHARLES C. MESERVEY. Lieutenant Colmiel—Jacor T. Foster; First Major —Ti. H. Drttry; Second Miyor — Richard AV, Hubbell; Third Jl/o/or-David C. Fulton; Surgeon —Wxx^XjXam H. Borden; First AssistaiU /SMrf^eon—Marvin Waterhouse; Second AssistaiU Surgeon — Ira Manly, Jr. |
| Digital Identifier | CWOT0995 |