CIVIL WAR COLONEL 118th ILLINOIS INFANTRY STAFF GENERAL DODGE LETTER SIGNED 1865
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JOHN WILLES BARNES(1837 – 1898)CIVIL WAR 1stLIEUTENANT IN THE FIELD and STAFF OF THE 118th ILLINOIS INFANTRY1862-1863, CIVIL WAR MAJOR and BVTCOLONEL IN THE ADJUTANT GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT SERVING ON UNION MAJOR GENERAL G.M. DODGE’S STAFF, &BANKER – FOUNDER andCASHIER OF THE SCOTLAND COUNTY NATIONAL BANK IN MEMPHIS, MISSOURI.HERE’S A CIVILWAR DATE DOCUMENT SIGNED BY BARNES ON “HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI” LETTERHEAD, 1p., DATED AT ST. LOUIS, MO, JUNE 23rd, ...1865, TO THECOMMANDING OFFICER AT SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, INDICATING THAT HE SENT A LETTER TOTHE ADJUTANT GENERAL OF MISSOURI INQUIRING AS TO WHAT COMPANY and REGIMENT THATPRIVATE FRED G. HENESY, Co. G, 12th MISSOURI INFANTRY, HAS BEENTRANSFERRED…Thedocument measures 5” x 8” and is in Very Fine Condition.A RARE & Excellent Piece to add to your CivilWar “Colonelsin Blue” American Military History Autograph, Manuscript &Ephemera Collection!<<[:][:]>>Biography of Col. John W. BarnesJohn W. Barnes, Civil War Officer and Founder and Bankerof the Scotland County National Bank, was born in Steuben County, N. Y., May 9, 1837, the son of Washington and Deidamia (Knox) Barnes, natives of New York.Our subject came west in 1856, and followed bookkeeping in Warsaw, Ill., andalso engaged in steamboating and manufacturing. In 1861 he entered theservice as a private in Company C, 2d Illinois cavalry; but was subsequentlypromoted to 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant of 118th Illinois infantry, and shortly afterwards was made Assistant Adjutant General with the rank ofMajor and Brevet Colonel. In this capacity heserved on the staff of Major-General Dodge, rendering most effective service inall the various campaigns of that distinguished soldier to the close of the war, when he returned to Warsaw, Illinois, and anew entered upon his business career.He came to Memphis in1872, and was instrumental in organizing the Scotland County Bank, which wasmade a national bank in 1879. He is one of its largest stockholders, and servedas the bank’s cashier ‘till his death. Col. Barnes identifiedwith the Republican Party in his political views.He was not only a man of thestrictest integrity of character, possessing the confidence of all who knew him, but one who took a lively personal interest and leading part in all publicenterprises that inured to the benefit of his city and state.In 1866 he marriedJannette L. Miller of Warsaw. Their children are Robert M., Louise andJosephine. In the private walks of life hewas singularly pure and clean, and in the home was an ideal father and husband.Sources: · History of Scotland County, Missouri, 1887· Report of the Proceedings ofthe Society of the Army of the Tennessee at the Thirtieth Meeting Held atToledo, Ohio , October 26-27, 1898. (1899) – Obituary on page 135-136.· Civil War Database· Find A Grave Memorial<> Barnes, John Willes: Of Warsaw, Illinois. Mustered intoservice as First Lieutenant & Regimental Adjutant of the 118th IllinoisVolunteer Infantry Regiment on October 17th, 1862, for three years service;discharged for promotion on March 22nd, 1864. Appointed as a Captain &Assistant Adjutant General of United States Volunteers on November 25th, 1863;accepted the appointment on March 23rd, 1864; promoted to Major & AssistantAdjutant of Volunteers on July 15th, 1864; brevetted to the rank of LieutenantColonel and Colonel of Volunteers on March 13th, 1865, for gallant andmeritorious services during the War; honorably mustered out of volunteerservice on January 4th, 1866. [Born on May 9th, 1837, in New York; died on February11th, 1898; buried at the Memphis Cemetery in Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri.] John W. Barnes Promotions: 1st Lieut 10/17/1862 (1st Lieut & Adjutant) Capt 11/25/1863 (Captain & Asst Adjutant General) Major 7/15/1864 (Major & Asst Adjutant General) Lt Colonel 3/13/1865 by Brevet Colonel 3/13/1865 by Brevet <<>> ILLINOIS
118TH INFANRTY One Hundred and Eighteenth Infantry.-Col., John G. Fonda; Lieut.-Cols., John G. Fonda, Thomas Logan; Maj., Robert W. McClaughry. The troops composing this regiment enlisted under the call of the president of July 2 1862, and the companies were formed during August, from the following places and counties: Co. A, Fountain Green, B, Carthage, C. Hamilton; E, Warsaw, and H, Basco, all in Hancock county, D, Quincy, F, Richfield and K, Mendon, Adams county; G, Terre Haute, Henderson county: and Co. I, Gallatin county. The companies rendezvoused at Camp Butler during the month of September, were respectively sworn into the service and organized into a regiment, which remained on duty in charge of the post and guarding Confederate prisoners until December. It was mustered into the U.S. service on Nov. 7, for three years, with a total of 820 men and officers. On Nov. 21, it was armed with Enfield rifles and on Dec. 1, left by the Chicago & Alton railroad for Alton. From there it moved by boat to St. Louis and below until it arrived at Memphis, Tenn., and went into camp on Wolf river. While there it received its first tents, first watery beds, first "powder and ball" cartridges, its first scare, first "turn out for firing on the pickets, " and first introduction to Confederates in a night and day skirmish. It reached Milliken's bend Dec. 25, and the following day proceeded up the Yazoo river and participated in the attack upon Chickasaw bluffs. From there it proceeded with the force under Gen. McClernand to Arkansas Post and took part in the two days' fight. In April, 1863, it moved out in the expedition against Vicksburg, crossed the Mississippi river at Bruinsburg and took part in the battles of Port Gibson, Champion's hill, Black River bridge, and the assaults upon Vicksburg in May, suffering in the first two and the last severely in killed and wounded. In the battle of Black River bridge a whole Confederate regiment was captured by and surrendered to Co. D. On May 24, it moved with Gen. Osterhaus' division to Black River bridge and remained there until the surrender of Vicksburg holding the rear against Gen. Johnston's forces, having frequent skirmishes with them. On July 6, it started with the force under Gen. Sherman to Jackson, Miss., and took part in the fighting and siege. A mounted battalion of the regiment went on a raid to Brookhaven having frequent skirmishes, tore up the railroad and burned the rolling stock and depot buildings. The regiment was then transferred to the Department of the Gulf and in November, participated in the battle of Carrion Crow bayou, or as it is sometimes called Grand Coteau, and in a battle near Vermillionville, in which it lost severely. The entire regiment having been mounted, it remained in Louisiana and the Gulf region throughout the rest of its term of service, engaged in scouting, foraging, skirmishing, etc. On Oct. 1, 1865, it was mustered out. The regiment was mustered into the service with to men and officers received 283 recruits making a total of 1, 103, and mustered out 523. The losses were as follows: 267 resigned and discharged for disability; 176 died, 63 missing, 17 killed in battle; 1 dishonorably discharged, 2 accidentally killed, 1 lost at sea, 2 drowned, 1 committed suicide, 7 absent at muster; 3 discharged by the president; 1 dismissed the service, and 25 transferred to other branches of the service, leaving 14 unaccounted for. Source: The Union Army, vol. 3 I am a proud member of the Universal AutographCollectors Club (UACC), The Ephemera Society of America, the Manuscript Societyand the American Political Items Collectors (APIC) (member name: JohnLissandrello). I subscribe to each organizations' code of ethics andauthenticity is guaranteed. ~Providing quality service and historicalmemorabilia online for over twenty years.~
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118TH INFANRTY One Hundred and Eighteenth Infantry.-Col., John G. Fonda; Lieut.-Cols., John G. Fonda, Thomas Logan; Maj., Robert W. McClaughry. The troops composing this regiment enlisted under the call of the president of July 2 1862, and the companies were formed during August, from the following places and counties: Co. A, Fountain Green, B, Carthage, C. Hamilton; E, Warsaw, and H, Basco, all in Hancock county, D, Quincy, F, Richfield and K, Mendon, Adams county; G, Terre Haute, Henderson county: and Co. I, Gallatin county. The companies rendezvoused at Camp Butler during the month of September, were respectively sworn into the service and organized into a regiment, which remained on duty in charge of the post and guarding Confederate prisoners until December. It was mustered into the U.S. service on Nov. 7, for three years, with a total of 820 men and officers. On Nov. 21, it was armed with Enfield rifles and on Dec. 1, left by the Chicago & Alton railroad for Alton. From there it moved by boat to St. Louis and below until it arrived at Memphis, Tenn., and went into camp on Wolf river. While there it received its first tents, first watery beds, first "powder and ball" cartridges, its first scare, first "turn out for firing on the pickets, " and first introduction to Confederates in a night and day skirmish. It reached Milliken's bend Dec. 25, and the following day proceeded up the Yazoo river and participated in the attack upon Chickasaw bluffs. From there it proceeded with the force under Gen. McClernand to Arkansas Post and took part in the two days' fight. In April, 1863, it moved out in the expedition against Vicksburg, crossed the Mississippi river at Bruinsburg and took part in the battles of Port Gibson, Champion's hill, Black River bridge, and the assaults upon Vicksburg in May, suffering in the first two and the last severely in killed and wounded. In the battle of Black River bridge a whole Confederate regiment was captured by and surrendered to Co. D. On May 24, it moved with Gen. Osterhaus' division to Black River bridge and remained there until the surrender of Vicksburg holding the rear against Gen. Johnston's forces, having frequent skirmishes with them. On July 6, it started with the force under Gen. Sherman to Jackson, Miss., and took part in the fighting and siege. A mounted battalion of the regiment went on a raid to Brookhaven having frequent skirmishes, tore up the railroad and burned the rolling stock and depot buildings. The regiment was then transferred to the Department of the Gulf and in November, participated in the battle of Carrion Crow bayou, or as it is sometimes called Grand Coteau, and in a battle near Vermillionville, in which it lost severely. The entire regiment having been mounted, it remained in Louisiana and the Gulf region throughout the rest of its term of service, engaged in scouting, foraging, skirmishing, etc. On Oct. 1, 1865, it was mustered out. The regiment was mustered into the service with to men and officers received 283 recruits making a total of 1, 103, and mustered out 523. The losses were as follows: 267 resigned and discharged for disability; 176 died, 63 missing, 17 killed in battle; 1 dishonorably discharged, 2 accidentally killed, 1 lost at sea, 2 drowned, 1 committed suicide, 7 absent at muster; 3 discharged by the president; 1 dismissed the service, and 25 transferred to other branches of the service, leaving 14 unaccounted for. Source: The Union Army, vol. 3 I am a proud member of the Universal AutographCollectors Club (UACC), The Ephemera Society of America, the Manuscript Societyand the American Political Items Collectors (APIC) (member name: JohnLissandrello). I subscribe to each organizations' code of ethics andauthenticity is guaranteed. ~Providing quality service and historicalmemorabilia online for over twenty years.~
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