HISTORY OF GREEN COUNTY. 
 
ivar, early in October, in connection with two 
companies of the Massachusetts 4th, against 
more than three times their number of the 
enemy in position. During the engagement, a 
charge was made by the Wisconsin companies; 
and a heavy field-piece was captured, which was 
afterward retaken by the enemy. The battle 
was terminated by another heroic charge by the 
three Wisconsin companies, led on by Capt. 
Bartram and Lieut. O'Brien. Under command 
of Major Gould of the 4th Massachusetts, the 
enemy was routed and forced from his position, 
and put to flight, and again the same field-piece 
was captured from the enemy, and brought off 
the ground by volunteers of the 3d. 
On the arrival of the 3d regiment in Mary- 
land, Col. Hamilton was promoted to the rank 
of brigadier-general; Lieut. Col. Ruger was pro- 
moted colonel; Major Pinkney, lieutenant-col- 
onel; and Adjutant L. H. D. Crane, major. 
The regiment passed the winter of 1861-62 
principally at Alexandria, of which place Col. 
Ruger was appointed provost-marshal. In the 
spring campaign, they were assigned to the 
command of Major-Gen. Banks, entering Win- 
chester, Va., on the 12th of March, and ac- 
companied him in the sudden retreat towards 
Washington, which commenced on the 25th of 
May. They acted as a portion of the rear- 
guard, and lost, in the various conflicts occur- 
ring by the movement, about 1-20 men in killed, 
wounded and missing. The retreat was con- 
ducted with the most admirable coolness, the 
men facing about in line, three several times 
giving the enemy a number of volleys. 
This division returned soon after to Winches- 
ter to co-operate with the commands of Generals 
Fremont and Sigel, and on the 9th of August 
took part in the battle of Cedar Mountain. The 
regiment went into battle with 423 men, of 
whom 107 were either killed, wounded or miss- 
ing. In the official report of Gen. Gordon, 
who commanded the brigade, special praise is 
awarded to the 3d Wisconsin and a Massaehu- 
 
setts regiment for displaying great coolness 
under the terrible fire they were ordered to face. 
During this action, Lieut.-Col. Crane was killed 
who fell gallantly leading his men upoirthe 
enemy.   Capt. O'Brien of company I was 
wounded early in theday, but refused to leave 
the field. Later in the day, he received a mortal 
wound, and died three days afterwards. Capt. 
Hawley and Lieutenants Snow and Derring were 
also wounded, and Lieut.Widney taken prisoner. 
Subsequently, they took part in the short and 
brilliant campaign under McClellan, in which 
Antietam  was the finishing stroke to the invad- 
ers in Maryland. They took into action about 
345 men, and lost, in killed and wounded, 197. 
In this battle, Lieut. Reed was killed, and Col. 
Ruger, Captains Stevenson and Whitman, Lieu- 
tenants Field, Shepard, Parks and Dick were 
wounded. On the 7th of December, the regiment 
was in Gen. Gordon's brigade, headquarters 
near Antietam Ford, Md. 
The 3d regiment, in January, 1863, encamped 
at Stafford Court House. Lieut.-Col. Hawley 
was promoted to the command in March, and 
other changes made. The regiment took part 
in the operations of Hen. Hooker near Chancel- 
lorsville; and, in the battles that occurred from 
April 27, to May 6, they had nineteen killed, or 
died of wouinds, and seventy-four wounded. On 
the 6th of June, the regiment was detached 
to accompany a cavalry expedition up   the 
Rappahannock, and, as skirmishers and sharp- 
shooters, contributed to the victory gained by 
our troops. In this engagement, the regiment 
had two killed and fourteen wounded. 
The regiment passed the summer and fall in 
railroad guard-duty, picket-duty, etc., at various 
points in Tennessee. Being transferred to the 
army of the Cumberland, they proceeded to 
Columbus, Ohio; thence to Stevenson, Ala, 
where they arrived Oct. 3, 1863. A sufficient 
numberi having re-enlisted, as veterans, the reg- 
iment, on the 25th of that month, left for Wis- 
consin on a furlough. They afterward took an 
active part in the assault on the enemy's works 
 
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