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964 MILITARY HISTORY OF WISCONSIN.
TAVTELFTH BATTERY.
Early in 1862, William A. Pile, a chaplain in the Missouri service, received permission from Governor Harvey to recruit a company for the First Missouri Artillery, to be known as the Twelfth Wisconsin Battery. He succeeded in enlisting ninety- nine men, who Avere mustered into the United States service, and sent forward to St. Louis in squads, where the company was to be organized and equipped.
In completing the organization of the battery. Captain Pile ignored the authority of the Governor of Wisconsin, and proceed¬ ed to distribute the men to suit his own purposes. This course finally caused the revocation of Mr. Bile's commission as Captain of the company on the 18th of July. The company was officered as follows :
Captain-WILLIAM A, PILE.
First Lieutcnant—Wxx.x,xAM Zickrick; Junior First lAeuienarU—W'M.. Miles; Second IAeutencunt — Wxx.x.1 AM H. Hamilton.
On the revocation of Captain Pile's commission. Lieutenant Zickrick Avas commissioned as Captain, EdAvard G. Harlow was commissioned as Senior First Lieuteuant.
Tavu sections of the battery, on the 6th of May, went forward up the Tennessee Eiver to Hamburg, Tenn., thence they moved to Farmington, where they found the first section of the battery, under Lieutenant Immel, of Missouri, and joined General Eope's command. They took part in the investment of Corinth, and on the 29th, one section, under Lieutenant Zickrick, took position and destroyed a fort of the enemy which commanded the Mem¬ phis and Charleston Eailroad. Joining in the pursuit of the enemy, the battery finally went into camp near Clear Creek, aud engaged in post and garrison duty, where they remained, with the exception of a few days, until the 14th of August, when thej moved to Jacinto.
While at Clear Creek, Captain Zickrick took command of the battery, Avhich, on the 11th of August, was furnished with four 10-pounder Earrot guns.
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| Title | Light Artillery Batteries, chapter 54 from E.B. Quiner's Military History of Wisconsin (Chicago, 1866) |
| Source Title | Light Artillery Batteries, chapter 54 from E.B. Quiner's Military History of Wisconsin (Chicago, 1866) |
| Regiment | 1st Light Artillery; 2nd Light Artillery; 3rd Light Artillery; 4th Light Artillery; 5th Light Artillery; 6th Light Artillery; 7th Light Artillery; 8th Light Artillery; 9th Light Artillery; 10th Light Artillery; 11th Light Artillery; 12th Light Artillery; 13th Light 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 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 | CWOT0000zv |
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| Title | 964 |
| Source Title | Light Artillery Batteries, chapter 54 from E.B. Quiner's Military History of Wisconsin (Chicago, 1866) |
| Regiment | 12th Light 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 | 964 MILITARY HISTORY OF WISCONSIN. TAVTELFTH BATTERY. Early in 1862, William A. Pile, a chaplain in the Missouri service, received permission from Governor Harvey to recruit a company for the First Missouri Artillery, to be known as the Twelfth Wisconsin Battery. He succeeded in enlisting ninety- nine men, who Avere mustered into the United States service, and sent forward to St. Louis in squads, where the company was to be organized and equipped. In completing the organization of the battery. Captain Pile ignored the authority of the Governor of Wisconsin, and proceed¬ ed to distribute the men to suit his own purposes. This course finally caused the revocation of Mr. Bile's commission as Captain of the company on the 18th of July. The company was officered as follows : Captain-WILLIAM A, PILE. First Lieutcnant—Wxx.x,xAM Zickrick; Junior First lAeuienarU—W'M.. Miles; Second IAeutencunt — Wxx.x.1 AM H. Hamilton. On the revocation of Captain Pile's commission. Lieutenant Zickrick Avas commissioned as Captain, EdAvard G. Harlow was commissioned as Senior First Lieuteuant. Tavu sections of the battery, on the 6th of May, went forward up the Tennessee Eiver to Hamburg, Tenn., thence they moved to Farmington, where they found the first section of the battery, under Lieutenant Immel, of Missouri, and joined General Eope's command. They took part in the investment of Corinth, and on the 29th, one section, under Lieutenant Zickrick, took position and destroyed a fort of the enemy which commanded the Mem¬ phis and Charleston Eailroad. Joining in the pursuit of the enemy, the battery finally went into camp near Clear Creek, aud engaged in post and garrison duty, where they remained, with the exception of a few days, until the 14th of August, when thej moved to Jacinto. While at Clear Creek, Captain Zickrick took command of the battery, Avhich, on the 11th of August, was furnished with four 10-pounder Earrot guns. |
| Digital Identifier | CWOT0989 |