Wright, who died in Chicago, July 6, 1863, of wounds received at



Vicksburg, on May 22, and Lieutenant Henry C. Mowry, Co.
" E," and James A. Bingham, Co. " G," both of Chicago, killed on
tin- field. Captain John Reid, Co. " K," Lieutenants Daniel W.
Whittle and Clen C. Ledyard, Cos. " I!" and " C," Sergeant S. D.
Barnes and Corporal II. F. Iloyt, were seriously wounded. The
following are the names of the privates reported killed: Co. "A,"
P. J. Nelson, Scepter T. Harding and Thomas Russell Co. " B,"
William Naugle, James Gordon, C G. Garrett, Adam Roth and
James Finnerty. Co. " C," M. W. Humbert and Matthew Bacon.
Co. "D," Sergeant A. A Walker, Edwin A, Kane, Corporal W.
W. Works, Privates Odell, Hopkins and Tole. Co. " E," 11. \V.
P. Moore, George L. Browne and William Eisenhart. Co. " I."
Michael Figu. Co. " G," John Kurrash. Co. "II," Charles
Peftit and Thomas Watson. Co. " I, Abraham Hoyt and Christo-
pher Lovell. Co. "K," Daniel Temple and Corpora! Bloomlield.

After the assault of the 22d, the 72d Illinois, with
the other forces around Vicksburg, was employed in the
operations of the siege, constructing approaches, etc.,
until the 4th of July, when, Pemberton having capitu-
lated, the brigade of General Ransom entered the city,
following General Logan's division — those being the
first troops to enter the captured stronghold. On the
following day, the 7 2d, with its brigade, went into camp
within the old line of works, where it remained a day
or two, when it embarked for Natchez, Miss., of which
place General Ransom took possession, capturing a
large number of prisoners, a quantity of rebel stores,
and six thousand head of cattle intended for Johnson's
army. The regiment remained at Natchez until
October 17, employed in provost and guard duty, when
it moved, with the brigade, to Vicksburg, Miss., and re-
mained at that post until October 30, 1864, participating,
during that time, in an expedition to Benton, Miss., on
May 7, 1864, and in the Grand Gulf expedition on July
18, 1864. On October 30, 1864, the regiment was
ordered to report to Major-General O. O. Howard, who,
on the death of McPherson, had succeeded to the com-
mand of the Army of the Tennessee. Arriving at
Nashville on November 13, too late to join Howard,
who was with Sherman's army, it was ordered to join
Schofield's command at Columbia, Term., which it did
on November 21, the same day that Hood moved his
forces north of the Tennessee River, with intent to
capture Nashville. General Schofield's command evac-
uated Columbia on the evening of the 29th, and fell
back through Spring Hill to Franklin, where it arrived
on the morning of the 30th, and immediately com-
menced throwing, up a line of defenses around the south
and west of the town — the north and east being pro-
tected by the Harpeth River.

The 72d Illinois, with Schofield's Second division, was
posted west of the Columbia pike, which passed direct-
ly through the center of the Federal line, facing south.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, Hood, with his entire
army, moved to the attack, his center charging down â– 
the Columbia pike, hurling the advanced Federal line
back over the breastworks, through the center of the
reserves, and, pressing his own exultant troops into the
gap, turning back the regiments to the right and left of
the pike, and planting his flag on the breastworks.
The 72d was still working on the breastworks when the
enemy appeared in sight; and when the advanced guard
thus swarmed over the parapet, and the troops to the
left, next the pike, were hurled back, it retreated to the
second line, where it rallied, and, returning to the front,
held the line until dark. In attempting to repulse the
first onset of the enemy, Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph
Stockton and Major William James, both of Chicago,
were severely wounded, and the command of the regi-
ment devolved upon Captain James A. Sexton, of this
city. The entire loss of the regiment, in killed and
wounded, was nine officers and one hundred and fifty-
two men.



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After the repulse of Hood, the Federal forces left
the defense at Franklin, and the following; day joined
Thomas at Nashville, where the 7 2d was assigned to
the corps of General A. J. Smith, which arrived the
same day from Missouri, and was placed in position on
the right of the Union line surrounding; the city. With
that command, it participated in the engagements of
December 15-16, and in the pursuit of Hood's flying
forces that succeeded. Hood escaping across the Ten-
nessee, the pursuit was discontinued, at Lexington, on
the 24th. and Smith's corps was taken, in preparation
for a campaign in Mississippi, by boat from Clifton to
Eastport, Miss., the head of steamboat navigation on
the lower Tennessee, arriving at the latter place January
13. 1S65. On February 9, with Smith's (Sixteenth)
corps, the regiment moved toward New Orleans to join
General E. R. S. Canby's forces, arriving February 21,
and remaining encamped eight miles below the city
until March 12, when active operations against Mobile
were inaugurated by the transportation of Smith's corps
across the Gulf of Mexico, and up Mobile Bay, to Fish
River, Alabama. The 7 2d, with the First Brigade, ar-
rived on Dauphine Island, at the mouth of the Bay, on
March 17. and the following day, crossed to Cedar
Point, on the western shore of the mainland, where its
landing was protected by a heavy fire from the gun-
boats. It remained a few days, making a feint of an
attack on the city, and then re-joined the corps on the
eastern side of the Bay, near Smith's Mills, which point
was ten miles up Fish River.

The advance on Mobile was resumed on the 26th,
and on the 27 th the troops arrived in front of Spanish
Fort, the strongest fortification on the east of Mobile.
Lines were established at distances of from three
hundred to four hundred yards, and the siege pressed
vigorously until April 3, when the troops had built an
earth-work and mounted siege-guns within two hundred
yards of the fort. On the evening of the 8th, the men
were ordered into the pits, and the attack commenced.
By midnight, the enemy's guns were silenced, when the
First and Third brigades of Smith's corps charged and
carried the works. The following morning, the 72d,
with the First Brigade, moved to Fort Blakely, where
the division was held as support for the divisions of the
Thirteenth Corps, which were engaged in the charge on
the fort. On April 9, the works were captured, and
Mobile won. The 72d remained in camp there until the
14th. when it marched to Montgomery, Ala. — two
hundred miles — arriving on the 25th. After encamping
there until May 23, it moved to Union Springs, Ala.,
forty-five miles distant, and there remained, engaged in
post duty until July 19, when it repaired to Vicksburg,
where it was mustered out of the service August 6,
1865, and thence came directly to Chicago, arriving
with twenty-two officers and three hundred and ten
men. On its return route, the regiment was attacked,
at Verger's Landing, by a gang of drunken rebels, and
Levi Derby, of Co. "E," was killed, and Ser-
geant- Major Charles V. Make seriously wounded.

The " First Board-of-Trade Regiment" met with a
warm welcome at Chicago, on its return on August 12,
1865. It was greeted by a salute of thirty-six guns, and
received at the depot by a committee of the Board of
Trade and a large delegation of citizens, who escorted
it, through the streets, to Bryan Hall. There the regi-
ment stacked arms in the upper-hall, and descended to
enjoy the magnificent banquet prepared in its honor.
The formal ceremonies of welcome were then inaugu-
rated by C. Randolph, presidentof the Hoard of Trade,
who was followed by the many enthusiastic friends of
the returned soldiers.



The 7 2d was mustered into service with thirty-seven
officers and nine hundred and thirty men ; total, nine
hundred and sixty-seven. Its strength when mustered
out was twenty-two officers and three hundred and ten
men; total, three hundred and thirty-two. Seven of its
officers and seventy-eight privates were killed in action;
three officers and one hundred and thirty men died of
disease; three officers and seventy-six men were taken
prisoners. During its term of service it received four
hundred and fifty recruits, of whom two hundred and
seventy were transferred to the 33d Illinois Veteran
Regiment, at Meridian, Miss., on the return of the 7 2d.

Following is the return roster of the field and staff
officers :

Colonel, F. A. Starring; Lieutenant-Colonel (Brevet Brigadier-
General), Joseph Stockton; Major, William James, Jr.; Adjutant,
George H. Heafford; Surgeon, Edwin Powell; Assistant-Surgeon,
Charles A. Bucher; Sergeant-Major, Charles V. Blake; Quarter-
master-Sergeant, D. Ford; Commissary -Sergeant, George M.
Curtis; Hospital Steward, E. O. Gratton.

Colonel Joseph Stockton, senior member of the transport-
ation firm of Joseph Stockton & Co., and agent for the Empire
Transportation Line, Chicago, 111., was born in Pittsburgh, Penn.,
August 10, 1834. He came to Chicago in March. 1852, and went
to work for George A. Gibbs & Co., commission and forwarding
merchants, on South Water, near Wells Street. He stayed with
them for several years and mastered the general features of the
business. He then went into the American Transportation Com-
pany's office as clerk, and from there to the freight office of the
Fort Wayne Railway, where he remained until he enlisted in July
23, 1S62, in the First Board-of-Trade Regiment. He was mustered
in on August 21, as first lieutenant of Co. "A," was afterward
promoted to captain of the company, and on the resignation of
Major Chester was promoted major of the regiment. The regi-
ment was assigned to the Seventeenth Army Corps. The history
of that army corps is the history of the western army until the close
of the Rebellion. In April, 1S63, two companies of his regiment
were detailed as General Grant's body guard, and he was offered
command of them, with the position of provost marshal on General
Grant's staff; but he declined, preferring to remain with his regi-
ment. He served with Grant's army through the campaign in the
West, ending with the capture of Vicksburg. On the death of
Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph C. Wright, who was mortally wounded
at the assault on the enemy's works on May 22, Major Stockton
was promoted to his place. After the fall of Vicksburg, Colonel
F. A. Starring was put on detached service, and Lieutenant-Colonel
Stockton took command of the regiment, and retained it until the
close of the war. At the battle of Franklin, Tenn., November 30,
1S64, he was wounded, and came home on a furlough; he was ab-
sent, however, from his command but a month. The other in-
cidents of Colonel Stockton's military career can be read in the
history of the regiment, except that he was brevetted colonel and
brigadier-general for meritorious services in the field. In his civil
life, it may be mentioned that, in 1858, he commenced the transfer
business, in company with John Burnett, with five drays and horses,
and, after twenty years, the firm now employ one hundred horses
with everything they require to do business. The firm is now
composed of General Stockton, his brother John and S. J. Glover.
In politics, Mr. Stockton is an ardent Republican, and has taken
an active part in all the presidential campaigns. He has been a
Lincoln Park Commissioner for over thirteen years, and the public
owe to his energy and perseverance many of the most important
improvements of that beautiful resort. On February 7, 1S65,
General Stockton was married to Miss Kate E. Denniston, of
Pittsburgh, a companion of his childhood. She bore him two
children, John T. and Josephine, and died in November, 1S6S.
On June 28, 1876, he married Miss Anne E. Brien, by whom he
had one daughter, Annie, born in November, 1S79. General
Stockton is a member of the Citizens' Association, a director of the
Illinois Humane Society, and secretary of the Half-Orphan
Asylum. He is a member of the Illinois Commandery of the Loyal
Legion, also of the Union Veteran Club and of the Union Veteran
League. He belongs to Waubansia Lodge, No. 160, A.F. &
A.M., and has been an active member of the St. James' Episcopal
Church ever since coming to Chicago.

Edwin POWELL, a physician and surgeon of thirty years'
standing in Chicago, was born in Jefferson County, N. V., October
12, 1S37. He is the son of John and Evelyn (Brainard) Powell.
After acquiring such an education as he could at home and in the
high school, at Theresa, N. Y., he decided to go West. Having
paid a visit to his maternal uncle, Dr. Daniel Brainard, of Chicago,
he decided to adopt the medical profession. In the fall of 1S51,
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department. He matriculated at Williams College in 1S52, and,
graduating in 1856, obtained his degree of A.B., standing we'll in
a class of seventy-six members. Immediately after leaving college
he entered the office of his uncle, where he continued his medical
studies and became interne physician at the United States Marine
Hospital. This position Dr. Powell held for about seven years.
From the fall of 1S56 to the summer of 1861. he also acted as
demonstrator of anatomy in Rush Medical College. In July of
that year he entered the United States service as surgeon, and in
the following year was assigned to the 72d Illinois Volunteer
Infantry, participating in all the engagements in and around Vicks-
burg. During the siege he had charge of the hospital of the
Seventeenth Army Corps; and after Vicksburg surrendered, the
Third Army Corps having consolidated with the Seventeenth, he
had the superintendency of all medical matters, and conducted the
McPherson General Hospital with marked ability and professional
skill. The hospital was one of the largest established by the ser-
vice, and Surgeon Powell's services were so thoroughly appreciated
that, during the siege of Vicksburg, he was made brevet lieuten-
ant-colonel and afterward colonel, besides receiving a gold medal
from his corps. He was also present during the siege of Mobile,
and was promoted to be surgeon-in-chief of General Carr's divis-
ion, following the army through Alabama and other Southern
States. Dr. Powell retired from the service in 1865, and returned
to Chicago to practice his profession. He has resided here since,
recognized by the profession and the public as a leading physician
and surgeon, having been adjunct professor of surgery at Rush
Medical College, and, at a later date, professor of military surgery
and surgical anatomy. He was also, for a time, one of the sur-
geons of the Cook County Hospital, and is especially noted for
operations for lithotomy and ovariotomy, and also possesses an
enviable reputation as a teacher of clinical surgery. In 1877, Dr.
Powell traveled through Europe for the purpose of making observ-
ations relative to the medical profession and practice, and gave,
while there, especial attention to anti-septic surgery, as exemplified
by the celebrated Professor Lister, of King's College Hospital,
London, Eng.

J. A. Sexton was born in Chicago in 1843. His parents were
Stephen Sexton and Ann (Gaughan) Sexton, of Rochester, N. Y.,
who settled in Chicago in 1834. At the age of nine, he commenced
his business life, being thus early thrown upon his own resources.
In 1S61, at the breaking out of the war, he enlisted in Co. "I,"
19th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, in the three months' service ;
re-enlisted in the 67th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was made
first lieutenant of Co. "E" of same regiment; was then trans-
ferred to the 72d Illinois Infantry, and promoted to captain of Co.
" D." He commanded the regiment through the battles of Co-
lumbia, Duck River, Spring Hill, Franklin and Nashville, Tenn.,
and through the Nashville campaign. In 1S65, he was assigned to
duty on the staff of General A. J. Smith, Sixteenth Army Corps,
and served until the close of the war. While in the service, he
purchased a plantation in Lowndes County, Ala. In 1867, he came
to Chicago, and established the firm now known as Cribben, Sex-
ton & Co., at the same time carrying on his plantation in Alabama
until i86g. Mr. Sexton married Laura L. Woods, daughter of
William Woods, an early settler of Chicago. She died in 1S76,
leaving four sons — William S., George W., Ira J. and Franklin C.
His second wife was Augusta Lowe, of Chicago ; they have two
children — Laura A. and Mabel N.

Charles Rudolph Edward Koch is the son of Augustus
and Josephine (Von Lutz) Koch, and was born in Birnbaum, in
Polish Prussia, April 24, 1S42. While he was quite young, his
parents came to America and settled in Manitowoc, Wis., where he
received a partial education at the common schools. When he was
fourteen it became necessary for him to assist his father in his busi-
ness, and, in 1859, young Koch came to Chicago in search of his
fortune. He then obtained work on a farm in the vicinity of this
city, and subsequently became a pupil of Dr. Kennicott, in the
study of dentistry, with whom he remained until August, 1S62.
when he enlisted in the 72d Illinois Infantry. He served with this
regiment until May, 1S63; was present throughout the Northern
Mississippi campaign and the Yazoo Pass expedition, also partici-
pating with his regiment in the sanguinary battles of the Vicksburg
campaign, including the siege at that place. While at Natchez,
Miss., he was detailed as chief clerk at General Ransom's head-
quarters, and in November, 1863, he was appointed captain in the
49th United States Colored Infantry, and was then detailed for
several months on the staff of the Adjutant-General of the United
States Army, Lorenzo Thomas, who was at that time organizing
colored troops in the Southwest. He remained on this duty until
February, 1S64, when he was relieved, pursuant to his own re-
quest, and joined his command, at that time stationed in Louisiana,
with which he served until May, 1S65. At that date he was made
provost marshal at Yazoo City, Miss., and remained in that office
until August, when he was promoted to be provost marshal of the
western district of Mississippi, with headquarters at Vicksburg, and



retained this position until he was mustered out in March, 1866.
In October, 1865, the war being over, he tendered his resignation,
upon which, Genera] Force, the district commander, in approving
the application, said: "Captain Koch is a faithful and valuable
officer, but by the time his resignation can be accepted, his services
as military provost marshal may be spared." Ceneral Slocum, the
commander of the Department of the Mississippi forwarded " Ap-
prove' 1 " to General P. II. Sheridan, commanding the Military Di-
vision of the Gulf, at New Orleans, and he returned it "Disapproved
The services of faithful and valuable officers can not be dispensed
with at this time," much to the chagrin of the applicant. His
career in the military service is indicative of the man ; entering the
service as a private, by his own merit he was advanced to that of
corporal, first-sergeant and captain. Coming to Chicago a poor boy
with but a partial education, he has worked himself to a position
among the foremost in his profession. In 1866, after the termina-
tion of his military service, he returned to Chicago, and again
entered the office of Dr. Kennicott ; subsequently being associated
with him in business, which association continued until 1871. In
that year he commenced business for himself, and has since pursued
the practice of his profession alone. In 1869, he was elected secre-
tary of the Chicago Dental Society, and in 1875, became its presi-
dent; from 1S71 until 1875 he was the secretary of the Illinois
State Dental Society, and while occupying that office edited its
annual publications. Dr. Koch was president of the Illinois State
Dental Society in 1S77, and is at present chairman of its standing
committee on Science and Literature. He has also been a fre-
quent and valued contributor to professional and current literature,
and devotes a large quantity of the time not occupied by his profes-
sional duties to literary studies. During the labor riots in 1877,
he united with a number of veterans in forming a company to be
utilized in the maintenance of law and order ; of this company he
was chosen captain. This company performed efficient service
during the entire week, until the ordinary police authorities were
enabled to preserve the peace. After the labor riots, he organized
a company for the First Infantry, I.N.G., and served as its captain
during one term of three years, but declined to receive a new com-
mission for a second term. Dr. Koch always retained a strong
attachment for military matters, and preserved great interest in any-
thing pertaining to veteran organizations. He was one of the
originators of the Union Veteran Club in 1S7S, and, as vice-presi-
dent, presided over its first meetings. He was adjutant-general
of the Grand Army of the Republic of Illinois, and was largely in-
strumental in re-planting this organization in the State of Indiana,
where it had died out, and where to-day it is in a most flourishing
condition. He has also been commander of his Post in this Order,
and inspector-general on the Department Staff. He is a member
of the Illinois Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal
Legion of the United States. He was married in 1S68 to Mrs.
Sylvia Bigelow, daughter of the late Hon. Otis Adams, of Grafton,
Mass., by whom he has three daughters living ; Josephine Maud,
Alice Blanche and Mabelle Grace.



EIGHTY-SECOND ILLINOIS INFANTRY.

The Eighty-second Infantry, named " Second
Hecker Regiment " in honor of Colonel Frederick
Hecker, its first colonel, and formerly colonel of the
24th Illinois Infantry Volunteers, was, like the latter,
almost exclusively composed of German members, and
a Chicago organization.. One company — " C," the
"Concordia Guards"- — was an Israelitish company
(the Israelites of Chicago collecting, within three days,
$10,000 among themselves for its benefit), and Co. "I "
was composed of Scandinavians.

The-regiment was organized at Camp Butler, Spring-
field, 111., September 26, 1862; and was mustered into
the United States service at the same place October 23,
1862, the following being the original roster :

Field and Staff. — Colonel, Frederick Hecker; Lieutenant-
Colonel, Edward S. Salomon; Major, Ferdinand Rolshauson;
Adjutant, Eugene F. Weigel; Quartermaster, Hermann Panse;
Surgeon, George Schloetzer; Chaplain, Emanuel Julius Richhelm.

Line Officers. — Co. "A": Captain, Anton Bruhn; First Lieu-
tenant, Edward Kafka; Second Lieutenant, Charles E. Stueven.
Co. "B": Captain. Augustus Pruning; First Lieutenant, George
Heinzman; Second Lieutenant, Charles I.anzendorfer. Co. "C":
Captain, Jacob LaSalle; First Lieutenant, Mayer A. Frank; Sec-
ond Lieutenant, Frederick Bechstein. Co. " D ": Captain,
Mathew Marx; First Lieutenant, William Warner; Second Lieu-
tenant, Frank Kirchner. Co. " E ": Captain, Robert Lender;



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nt. Rudolph Mueller: Second Lieutenant, John
Co. "F": Captain. Frederick I. Weber; First



Firs! Lieutenant.

Brech Culler. Co. "F ": Capta

Lieutenant. Erich Hoppe; Second Lieutenant. Lorenz Spoeneman.

. ': Captain. William Neussel; First Lieutenant, Joseph
Gottlob: Second Lieutenant. Conrad Schonder. Co. " H ": Cap-
tain, Emil Frev: First Lieutenant. Johann Spfirre; Second Lieu-
tenant. Joseph Kicijert. "Co. "I": Captain. Iver Alexander
WeiJ: First Lieutenant. John llillborg: Second Lieutenant, Peter
Co. " K. ": Captain. Joseph B. C.reenhut; First Lieu-
tenant. Ceorge W Fuchs; Second Lieutenant, Dominicus Kletsch

On November 3, 1S62, the Sad left Camp Butler,
nine hundred strong, under orders to join the Army of
the Potomac. It arrived at Arlington Heights, Novem-
ber 9: was attached to General Franz Sigel's division,
and marched to Fairfax Court House, November 19.
On December 11. it moved to Stafford Court House,
where it was assigned to the First Brigade Colonel
Schimmelfennig . Third Division (General Carl Schurz\
Eleventh Army Corps (General StahP; and, with that
command went into camp near Acquia Creek, Va.,
December 19, where the regiment remained until Janu-
ary 20, 1S63, a part of the corps only participating in
Burnside's attack on the heights of Fredericksburg.
On January 20, a forward movement of the army was
ordered, which was commenced, but abandoned on the