Comments for The Civil War and Northwest Wisconsin

Comment on 1933 May 10: Last River Falls G.A.R. Member Dies by scvgs

scvgs — Fri, 10 May 2013 15:01:44 +0000

FYI McCrory’s book, Grand Army of the Republic: Department of Wisconsin, is also available as an e-book on Google books.

darcy

Comment on 1863 May 9: First News of the Battle of Chancellorsville by Mary Strong-Spaid

Mary Strong-Spaid — Thu, 09 May 2013 22:08:10 +0000

Thanks for all the great information.
I live inside the Chancellor battlefield, near Plank Road. When we first moved here 10 years ago, I thought our house was completely surrounded by battlefield (but not in it).
Surprise!
The main Chancellor Battlefield Visitor center is 2 miles from here, so I went there one day. When I told the tour guide where I lived, he stopped and said, “Lady…you are one of ‘those people’ who live ON the battlefield. Didn’t you know that?”
Well. No. I didn’t. Apparently, some houses were built before the rest of the land was purchased and set aside by the National Park. I wrote about it briefly in my post ‘Civil War Graveyard Meditation.’

Comment on Robert Creighton Murphy (1827-1888) by Russell B Hanson

Russell B Hanson — Mon, 06 May 2013 16:00:37 +0000

The newspaper column “The Booming Cannon” was syndicated to many newspapers. In the newspaper archives (for WI residents free through Badgerlink), http://access.newspaperarchive.com/cedar-falls-semi-weekly-cedar-falls-gazette/1902-07-25/page-6?tag=the-booming-cannon+holly&rtserp=tags/?pc=4762&psi=39&pci=7&pt=15769&pep=the-booming-cannon&plo=holly&psb=dateasc
or
http://access.newspaperarchive.com/wisconsin-valley-leader/1902-07-31/page-7?tag=the-booming-cannon+holly&rtserp=tags/?psi=103&pci=7&pep=the-booming-cannon&plo=holly&psb=dateasc

I used the newspaper archives to search on Col Robert Murphy to find the references. The Janesville newspaper had many accounts, as one of Murphy’s underlings wrote back regularly about happenings with Col Murphy’s WI troops.

Comment on Robert Creighton Murphy (1827-1888) by Russell B Hanson

Russell B Hanson — Mon, 06 May 2013 14:39:59 +0000

I put the newspaper article from the Valley Leader July 31 1902 page on Murphy online at
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wiselhs/Newsletters/colmurphyeyewitnessaccount.pdf
This was obtained through the Badgerlink WI newspaper archives service. Read the “Booming Cannon” column. You may have to zoom your browser to read it. (ctrl +) on Chrome.

Comment on Robert Creighton Murphy (1827-1888) by UWRF Archives

UWRF Archives — Sun, 05 May 2013 22:40:30 +0000

Russ – Thanks for the tip on the 1902 article.

Eric Politzer has his article posted online and we link to it from “The Civil War and Northwest Wisconsin”‘s page on Murphy (http://thecivilwarandnorthwestwisconsin.wordpress.com/the-soldiers/alphabetical-list-of-all-soldiers-from-northwest-wisconsin/robert-c-murphy/). We also have transcribed the “Fifty Years in the Northwest” entry about Murphy on that page.

It’s nice to know that the New York State Library has a photo of Murphy. Haven’t seen that before.

Thanks!

Comment on Robert Creighton Murphy (1827-1888) by Russell B Hanson

Russell B Hanson — Sun, 05 May 2013 00:51:07 +0000

I spent some time searching old newspapers for information on Col Murphy. This was the latest one I found. It was written 40 years after the war, an eye witness account of a soldier
reminiscing about the capture of Holly Springs. The soldier was hiding in the telegraph office,
having just helped Murphy send a telegram warning to Grant of a large force ready to overrun
Murphy’s post. From the Valley Leader of Grand Rapids Wisconsin,. July 31, 1902:
“Looking out, we saw Col. Murphy at the head of about one hundred men charging the rebel lines. He would break their line, then charge back, and strike at another point. He kept this up longer than I thought any man could, but at last was surrounded and forced to surrender.”

Comment on 1862 August 20: Battle of Baton Rouge by UWRF Archives

UWRF Archives — Wed, 01 May 2013 17:02:05 +0000

Glad you found it useful!

Comment on 1862 August 20: Battle of Baton Rouge by taylor callender

taylor callender — Wed, 01 May 2013 15:37:33 +0000

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Comment on 1862 October 22: Members of the Saint Croix Rifles Killed and Wounded in the Battle of Perryville by Jeff Butler

Jeff Butler — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:56:32 +0000

Joseph B Peabody (killed) and Frederick Peabody(wounded) are my relatives from St.Croix Valley Wisconsin. They were my Great(x3) Grandfather John Brown Peabody nephews from Baldwin / Hammond WI. Their father was Albert G. Peabody. I hope to visit Perryville in October 2013 for the Battlefield Reenactment and visit the location where this part of the battle for Perryville happened on October 8,1862.
Jeff Butler (Peabody)
Frederic,WI
National Park Service – St.Croix National Riverway Intrepretation Ranger

Comment on 1863 March 19: Battle of Kelly’s Ford by Mary Strong-Spaid

Mary Strong-Spaid — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 03:10:27 +0000

Not far from where I live….Kelly’s Ford !