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860 MILITARY HISTORY OF WISCONSIN.
encamped on the 15th of October. This place was an important depot of supplies, and was the terminus of the military railroad from Nashville. It was situated 110 miles from Paducah, on the Tennessee River.
The importance of effectually guarding this point manifests itself at once. Here Colonel Cobb was appointed post com¬ mandant, and Lieutenant Colonel Payne assumed command of the regiment. At this time this important depot was menaced by the approach of the forces of General Hood. The rebels, on the 4th of November, posted themselves on the opposite bank of the Tennessee, and opened fire upon the position of Colonel Cobb, the regiment losing one man killed, and one wounded. The Forty-third remained at Johnsonville until the 30th of No¬ vember, and then marched by way of Waverly, through an almost unbroken wilderness to Clarksville, on the. Cumberland River, where it arrived on the 4th of December. Remaining till the 28th, they moved up the Cumberland River and arrived at Nash¬ ville in the evening. On the 1st of January, they left Nashville and moved to Decherd, Tenn., by rail, where six companies of the regiment went into camp, and four companies, under com¬ mand of Major Brightman, were detached to guard Elk River Bridge. Here they remained engaged in provost and guard duty on the line of the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad. In the beginning of June, they returned to Nashville and were mustered out of service on the 24th of June, and soon after returned to Milwaukee and were disbanded.
Colonel Cobb was brevetted Brigadier General for meritorious and efiS.cient services.
Regimental Statistics.— Original strength, 867. Gain — by re¬ cruits in 1865, 38; by substitutes, 8; total, 913. Loss — by death, 70; deserted, 40; transferred,!; discharged, 39; mustered out, 763.
FORTY-FOURTH INFANTRY.
This regiment was authorized under the call of July, 1864, and Captain George C. Symes was appointed Colonel, under
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| Title | 42nd to 53rd Infantry, chapter 48 from E.B. Quiner's Military History of Wisconsin (Chicago, 1866) |
| Source Title | 42nd to 53rd Infantry, chapter 48 from E.B. Quiner's Military History of Wisconsin (Chicago, 1866) |
| Regiment | 42nd Infantry; 43rd Infantry; 44th Infantry; 45th Infantry; 46th Infantry; 47th Infantry; 48th Infantry; 49th Infantry; 50th Infantry; 51st Infantry; 52nd Infantry; 53rd Infantry; |
| 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 and the Internet Archive (www.archive.org) in the most popular ereader formats. |
| 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 | CWOT0000zp |
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| Title | 860 |
| Source Title | 42nd to 53rd Infantry, chapter 48 from E.B. Quiner's Military History of Wisconsin (Chicago, 1866) |
| 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 | 860 MILITARY HISTORY OF WISCONSIN. encamped on the 15th of October. This place was an important depot of supplies, and was the terminus of the military railroad from Nashville. It was situated 110 miles from Paducah, on the Tennessee River. The importance of effectually guarding this point manifests itself at once. Here Colonel Cobb was appointed post com¬ mandant, and Lieutenant Colonel Payne assumed command of the regiment. At this time this important depot was menaced by the approach of the forces of General Hood. The rebels, on the 4th of November, posted themselves on the opposite bank of the Tennessee, and opened fire upon the position of Colonel Cobb, the regiment losing one man killed, and one wounded. The Forty-third remained at Johnsonville until the 30th of No¬ vember, and then marched by way of Waverly, through an almost unbroken wilderness to Clarksville, on the. Cumberland River, where it arrived on the 4th of December. Remaining till the 28th, they moved up the Cumberland River and arrived at Nash¬ ville in the evening. On the 1st of January, they left Nashville and moved to Decherd, Tenn., by rail, where six companies of the regiment went into camp, and four companies, under com¬ mand of Major Brightman, were detached to guard Elk River Bridge. Here they remained engaged in provost and guard duty on the line of the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad. In the beginning of June, they returned to Nashville and were mustered out of service on the 24th of June, and soon after returned to Milwaukee and were disbanded. Colonel Cobb was brevetted Brigadier General for meritorious and efiS.cient services. Regimental Statistics.— Original strength, 867. Gain — by re¬ cruits in 1865, 38; by substitutes, 8; total, 913. Loss — by death, 70; deserted, 40; transferred,!; discharged, 39; mustered out, 763. FORTY-FOURTH INFANTRY. This regiment was authorized under the call of July, 1864, and Captain George C. Symes was appointed Colonel, under |
| Digital Identifier | CWOT0881 |