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Posted: Sat Jan 9th, 2010 12:47 pm |
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Jim: An interesting article:
http://bobcivilwarhistory.blogspot.com/2009/12/on-wisconsin.html
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Posted: Sat Jan 9th, 2010 03:06 pm |
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Thanks Sharon. I was aware of Mac's Civil War service, family ties, and most of the rest, but had never heard of the tie in to "On Wisconsin."
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Posted: Sat Jan 9th, 2010 10:49 pm |
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| The interesting thing about this is that i thought Arthur McArthur fought at Shiloh & he did not. The monument at Shiloh is to another McArthur, Brigadier General John McArthur of whom I know nothing. Last edited on Sat Jan 9th, 2010 11:03 pm by idaho native
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Posted: Sun Jan 10th, 2010 03:32 am |
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I've come across Gen. McArthur a few times in relation to the 16th WI. Common names in the Civil War sure can make things interesting.
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Posted: Fri Jan 15th, 2010 08:55 pm |
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John McArthur was from Illinois I think. Somewhere I remember reading that his regiment wore Scottish headgear. I will try to get through more of the letters to Col Allen, but there are several General Orders from McArthur while they were at Corinth. One order instructed officers not to strike or abuse enlisted men as it was bad for morale. Another was to prohibit the irregular firing of guns. There are quite a few General Orders that were handwritten but also a large number that were printed.
There is a letter from McArthur to Col Allen at Corinth where he transfers 2 men (one from an IL and one from an OH Vol regt) to the 16th WS because they refused to do duty at the hospital. They were to be kept in the guardhouse and made to work around the camp. If they refused they were to be given bread and water.
There is also an order for the inspection of the 16th WS set for March 28 at Pittsburg Landing.
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Posted: Sat Jan 16th, 2010 02:08 pm |
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According to Steven Woodworth in "Nothing But Victory," John McArthur was a blacksmith in Chicago. He was a Captain of the Highland Gaurds, a company of ethnic Scots who made a distinctive appearance in their Scottish caps. He was elected as Colonel of the 12th IL.
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Posted: Mon Feb 8th, 2010 07:04 pm |
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At the risk of arousing the Wrath of Wrap for going off Shiloh for a second, I came across this little after the war tidbit on the MacArthur who didn't fight at Shiloh in Wells' Wisconsin in the Civil War:
"Those who stayed in the army found their wartime ranks sharply diminished. Arthur MacArthur, jr., for example, was a brevet colonel when the 24th Wisconsin was mustered out after an elaborate dinner at the Milwaukee Soldier's Home fair in the summer of 1865.
But when he joined the regular army shortly thereafter, the best the boy colonel could get was a second lieutant's commission. After service in Indian country and in the Philippines, he worked his way back up through colonel to brigadier general."
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