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169
^rrendered his sword and regiment to me. There are no com¬ munications now with the North, but sometime I hope you will
get this-"
(Letter-) ' In Line op Battle Before Gettysburg,
July 4th, 1863, 12 M.
"I am entirely safe through the first three of these terrible days of this bloody struggle. The fighting has been the most desperate I ever saw. On July ist, our corps was thrown in front, unsupported and almost annihilated. My regiment was detached from the brigade and we charged upon and captured the second Mississippi rebel regiment. Their battle flag is now at General Meade's headquarters, inscribed as follows: 'Captured bv the sixth Wisconsin, together with the entire regiment, kept by Sergeant Evans for two days, while a prisoner in the hands of the enemy.' "
This battle flag with its inscription is in the Ordnance Museum of the War Department at Washington, D. C. Its official num¬ ber is forty-eight.
"The Sixth has lost so far one hundred and sixty men. Since the first day we have lost only six. O, Mary, it is sad to look now at our shattered band of devoted men. Only four field officers* in the brigade have escaped and I am one of them. I have no opportunity to say more now or to write to any one else. Tell mother I am safe. There is no chance to telegraph. God has been kind to me and I think he will yet spare me."
In Line of Battle before Gettysburg, \ July 4th, 6 P. M. J
f'What a solemn birthday. My little band, now only two hun¬ dred men, have all been out burying the bloody corpses "of friend and foe. No fighting to-day. Both armies need rest from the ex-
„ .''® fiold officers of the brigade fared thus in the battle: Second Wis- yg"^"»'. Colonel L. Fairchild, lost an arm ; Lieutenant Colonel G. H. Ste- sin 't - '^d ! Major ,lohn Mansfield, severely wounded. Seventh Wiscon- JI ' .-""ISitenant Colonel John B. Callis, shot through the body ; Major badl i"'*^"'"' wounded. Nineteenth Indiana, Lieutenant Colonel W. W. Twerf/' f ^ ? while acting as color bearer; Major Lindley wounded. Colon im"'^ Michigan, Colonel H. A. Morrow, wounded; Lieutenant escanpi ^^"lagin. lost a leg; Major Wrigiit, wounded. The four who 8. \^i|- injury were Colonel W. W. Robinson, seventh Wisconsin Col. lams. Nineteenth Indiana, and Major Hauser and myself, was twenty-five years old on this day.
Object Description
| Title | Service With the Sixth Wisconsin Volunteers |
| Source Title | Rufus R. Dawes' Service With the Sixth Wisconsin Volunteers |
| Regiment | 6th Infantry |
| Volume | 1 |
| Author/Creator | Dawes, Rufus R. (Rufus Robinson), 1838-1899 |
| Description | Rufus Dawes (1838-1899) was a 20-year-old recent college graduate when the war broke out. He quickly formed a company of lumberjacks and farmers from the vicinity of Mauston, in Juneau Co., and they were mustered in as Co. K of the 6th Infantry in the summer of 1861. Over the next three years, Dawes rose to be colonel of that regiment and a leader of the Iron Brigade. He wrote this memoir in 1890 using his original letters and journals from 1861-1865. He describes in vivid detail life in camp and on the march, encounters with famous generals, and the fighting at Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Courthouse and Petersburg. His book pulls no punches, and reveals what it was like for a young man to be thrust into authority amid great challenges and horrors. After the war, Dawes became a prosperous merchant in Marietta, Ohio, and served a term in Congress before dying in 1899. |
| Subcollection | Personal Narratives |
| Source | Microfiche |
| Source Type | personal narrative |
| Place of Publication | Marietta, Ohio |
| Source Creation Date | 1890 |
| Source Publisher | E.R. Alderman & Sons |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2011 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2011 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Digital Format | XML |
| Digital Identifier | CWPN003010000 |
Description
| Title | 159 |
| Source Title | Rufus R. Dawes' Service With the Sixth Wisconsin Volunteers |
| Regiment | 6th Infantry |
| Volume | 1 |
| Event Date | 1863-07-02 |
| Year | 1863 |
| Month | July |
| Day | 2 |
| State | PA |
| Place | Gettysburg |
| People | Dawes, Rufus R., Lt. Col.; |
| Battle | Gettysburg, Battle of |
| Topic | Iron Brigade; flags; combat |
| Source Type | personal narrative |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2011 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2011 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Digital Format | JPG |
| Full text | 169 ^rrendered his sword and regiment to me. There are no com¬ munications now with the North, but sometime I hope you will get this-" (Letter-) ' In Line op Battle Before Gettysburg, July 4th, 1863, 12 M. "I am entirely safe through the first three of these terrible days of this bloody struggle. The fighting has been the most desperate I ever saw. On July ist, our corps was thrown in front, unsupported and almost annihilated. My regiment was detached from the brigade and we charged upon and captured the second Mississippi rebel regiment. Their battle flag is now at General Meade's headquarters, inscribed as follows: 'Captured bv the sixth Wisconsin, together with the entire regiment, kept by Sergeant Evans for two days, while a prisoner in the hands of the enemy.' " This battle flag with its inscription is in the Ordnance Museum of the War Department at Washington, D. C. Its official num¬ ber is forty-eight. "The Sixth has lost so far one hundred and sixty men. Since the first day we have lost only six. O, Mary, it is sad to look now at our shattered band of devoted men. Only four field officers* in the brigade have escaped and I am one of them. I have no opportunity to say more now or to write to any one else. Tell mother I am safe. There is no chance to telegraph. God has been kind to me and I think he will yet spare me." In Line of Battle before Gettysburg, \ July 4th, 6 P. M. J f'What a solemn birthday. My little band, now only two hun¬ dred men, have all been out burying the bloody corpses "of friend and foe. No fighting to-day. Both armies need rest from the ex- „ .''® fiold officers of the brigade fared thus in the battle: Second Wis- yg"^"»'. Colonel L. Fairchild, lost an arm ; Lieutenant Colonel G. H. Ste- sin 't - '^d ! Major ,lohn Mansfield, severely wounded. Seventh Wiscon- JI ' .-""ISitenant Colonel John B. Callis, shot through the body ; Major badl i"'*^"'"' wounded. Nineteenth Indiana, Lieutenant Colonel W. W. Twerf/' f ^ ? while acting as color bearer; Major Lindley wounded. Colon im"'^ Michigan, Colonel H. A. Morrow, wounded; Lieutenant escanpi ^^"lagin. lost a leg; Major Wrigiit, wounded. The four who 8. \^i|- injury were Colonel W. W. Robinson, seventh Wisconsin Col. lams. Nineteenth Indiana, and Major Hauser and myself, was twenty-five years old on this day. |
| Digital Identifier | CWPN003010192 |