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SERVICE WITH THE THIRD WISCONSIN INFANTRY
[Illustration: JULIAN WISNER HINKLEY From a photograph taken in July, 1864]
Wisconsin History Commission: Original Papers, No. 7
A NARRATIVE OF SERVICE WITH THE THIRD WISCONSIN INFANTRY
by
JULIAN WISNER HINKLEY
Captain of Company E, and Sometime Acting Major of Said Regiment
Wisconsin History Commission September, 1912
Twenty-Five Hundred Copies Printed
Copyright, 1912 The Wisconsin History Commission (in behalf of the State of Wisconsin)
Opinions or errors of fact on the part of the respective authors of the Commission's publications (whether Reprints or Original Narratives) have not been modified or corrected by the Commission. For all statements, of whatever character, the Author alone is responsible
Democrat Printing Co., State Printer
Contents
PAGE
WISCONSIN HISTORY COMMISSION viii
EDITOR'S PREFACE ix
SERVICE WITH THE THIRD WISCONSIN INFANTRY:
Enlistment and training 1
Departure for the front 7
Service in Maryland 9
On the trail of Stonewall Jackson 15
The tables turned 22
At Cedar Mountain 32
The Army retreats northward 38
Moving toward the enemy 47
Battle of South Mountain 49
Battle of Antietam 51
In winter quarters 63
Chancellorsville 66
A cavalry expedition 78
Gettysburg 80
Table of contents (by pages)
- 1: A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin In
- 2: COMMISSIONER ESTABROOK Secretary and Editor
- 3: Hinkley during the years of his service
- 4: And the quota of Wisconsin was full
- 5: While we were still at Fond du Lac
- 6: And about a mile distant from Harpers Ferry
- 7: Geary of the Twenty Eighth Pennsylvania
- 8: The advance guard skirmishing with the enemy occasionally
- 9: Moving that night to Strasburgh
- 10: And then came back to Strasburgh
- 11: The Twenty Seventh Indiana came in for the next attack
- 12: We expected to stop at Martinsburg
- 13: Captain Wilkins then turned and rode off
- 14: General Sigel pursued them to the Rapidan
- 15: That McDowell had no heart in the cause
- 16: Which had been marching toward Warrenton
- 17: The next morning we were ordered to return to Bristoe
- 18: Marching rapidly to the ford of the Monocacy
- 19: We passed through Boonsborough in the afternoon
- 20: Now came a temporary lull in the musketry
- 21: The brigade and field officers
- 22: Who carried it the remainder of the day
- 23: Leaves of absence and furloughs commenced at once
- 24: And started at once for Germanna Ford on the Rapidan
- 25: The next morning we moved to Chancellorsville
- 26: Who was commanding the Brigade
- 27: To double quick back to the entrenchments
- 28: And on the 16th rejoined our Corps near Centerville
- 29: Some eight miles south of Gettysburg
- 30: At one time during the progress of the cannonade
- 31: But the majority would ask from $
- 32: And boarded the cars for Alexandria
- 33: While visiting my sentinels after dark
- 34: Our Regiment was stationed at Wartrace
- 35: Providing for the reenlistment of veteran regiments
- 36: They were forwarded to Corps headquarters at Tullahoma
- 37: While passing through Fayetteville on my way to Atlanta
- 38: Brixey then pushed on ahead to Tullahoma
- 39: Our march to Atlanta was now well under way
- 40: The next morning they had abandoned Resaca
- 41: This time across the Etowah River
- 42: Ready to start for Chattanooga
- 43: We met their picket line on a hill
- 44: Lieutenant Barager served until the end of the war
- 45: Just before I had rejoined my Regiment on the Chattahoochee
- 46: General Slocum arrived and took command of the Corps
- 47: In the attempt to starve us out of Atlanta
- 48: And destroyed the Oconee bridge
- 49: And Sandersville was well supplied
- 50: Gathered along the banks of the Savannah River
- 51: Which overflowed at every high tide
- 52: Colonel Hawley came over soon after
- 53: And then marched toward Savannah
- 54: Slocum protested that this could not be done
- 55: Sherman's March from Savannah to Bentonville
- 56: Entering Raleigh on the 13th without resistance
- 57: A great many of Lee's paroled army are coming in here
- 58: How is the Third Wisconsin
- 59: First Lieutenants Stephen Lieurance
- 60: That were mustered out of service
- 61: A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin In
- 62: A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin In
- 63: A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin In
- 64: A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin In
- 65: A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin In
- 66: One Hundred Forty Fifth Regiment
- 67: A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin In
- 68: A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin In
- 69: A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin In
- 70: Wisconsin Soldiers in the Vicksburg Campaign