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October 5, 1864

Rock County soldiers of the First Wisconsin Heavy Artillery were killed and wounded at Allatoona, Georgia, including Marcus Amsden, C. Fogle, W. Bartow, David C. Davy, Alva P. Hamilton, W. Chase, Joseph W. Chase, Samuel H. Doolittle and others.

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The evidence

  • “Harlow, Jr., First Lieutenant ; Marcus Amsden, Second Lieutenant, died at Allatoona, Ga., October 5, 1864. Privates, Orrin Hubbard, Daniel Skclly, Thomas T, Croft, Wheeler S.”

    1879-history-of-rock-county/12-rock-county-ch06-politics-war-record.md, PDF p. 468 / book p. 472

    Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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    The passage on the printed page (PDF p. 468 / book p. 472)
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  • “Brown, Robert W. Burton (corporal, quartermaster sergeant, wounded Allatoona, Ga., October 5, 1864), August Chilling, Joseph W. Chase (died October 6, 1864, from wounds received Allatoona, Ga., October 5, 1864), Harvey Comstock, Peter Cox, James Croft (wounded Allatoona, second lieutenant Company E, Fifty-first Wisconsin Infantry), Thomas Croft (corporal, sergeant). Gran-”

    1908-brown-rock-county/16-military-history.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 401 / book p. 369

    Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

    Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources

    The passage on the printed page (Vol. 1, PDF p. 401 / book p. 369)
    On the printed page (Vol. 1, PDF p. 401 / book p. 369) · open the whole page

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