Civil War Roster for Company B

Clark County, Wisconsin Veterans

Civil War Roster for Company B, 8th Regiment Infantry

Officers of the 8th Wisconsin Infantry

Standing, left to right: unidentified, Lieutenant Doty, Captain James O. Bartlett, Lieutenant Sherman Ellesworth, unidentified, unidentified, Regimental Surgeon Joseph E. Murta, unidentified but known as "Don Quixote," unidentified, Captain Theodore A. Fellows of Genoa, Henry L. Bull, Adjutant Lieutenant Charles Palmetier; seated, left to right: Captain Duncan C. Kennedy, others unidentified.

"Old Abe" and "Color Guard" of the Eighth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, posed in uniform, outside with Old Abe on a shield perch. Likely Edward Homaston of Eau Claire holding the perch. Sgt. Ambrose Armitage is third from left.

Colonel William Jenkins Worth

8th Infantry, Brevet Major General, U.S. Army

Colonel William J. Worth formed the 8th U.S. Infantry Regiment, nicknamed the “Fighting Eagles,” on July 5, 1838, in West Troy, New York. After raising the various companies, the government immediately assigned Col. Worth and the 8th to prevent aggressions from U.S. sympathizers of a Canadian insurrectionist party known as “The Patriots.” Companies of the 8th patrolled the St. Lawrence River, were assigned to U.S. vessels navigating the waterway, and guarded the northern border of New York State with Canada until the spring of 1840. The 8th moved to the Wisconsin Territory for action against the Winnebago Indians in April, successfully negotiating that tribe’s removal west of the Mississippi River. After a short stay at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, the regiment transferred to Florida in September 1840 to aid in the prosecution of the Seminole Indian War. The regiment spent the next several years in pursuit of the Seminole tribes, leading to the surrender of some Seminoles at Ft. Brooke.

Excerpt from Jennifer D. Swain

Captains

David B. Conger, Greenbush, June 1, 1861. Resigned June 23, 1862.

Albert E. Smith, Walworth, June 25, 1862. From first lieutenant Company K; mustered out December 11, 1864, term expired.

Charles P. Stewart, Greenbush, May 17, 1865. Enlisted June 1, 1861; veteran; sergeant, first sergeant; first lieutenant, January 14, 1865; wounded Nashville; mustered out September 5, 1865.

First Lieutenant

John A. Smith, Greenbush, June 1, 1861. Mustered out September 17, 1864, term expired.

Second Lieutenants

Carlos E. Stevens, Greenbush, June 1, 1861. Died November 6, 1861, Pilot Knob, Missouri, disease.

Emerson H. Webster, Greenbush, November 6, 1861; first sergeant; resigned June 25, 1862.

David Conger, Greenbush, June 25, 1862. Enlisted June 1, 1861; sergeant; mustered out September 11, 1864, term expired.

Enlisted Men

Arndt, Daniel, Plymouth, June 1, 1861.
Arnold, James W., Plymouth, June 1, 1861.
Baldwin, Thomas R., Plymouth, June 1, 1861.
Barber, John A., Plymouth, June 1, 1861.
Barrett, Joseph, Greenbush, June 1, 1861.
Barrett, Peter R., Janesville, October 5, 1861.
Barrows, William C., Plymouth, June 1, 1861.
Benjamin, Daniel, Greenbush, October 5, 1861.
Benjamin, Herbert J., Greenbush, June 1, 1861.
Bon, William N., Greenbush, June 1, 1861.
Bunce, Fayette, Plymouth, August 21, 1861.
Butler, John, Greenbush, June 1, 1861.
Butler, Charles M., Greenbush, December 31, 1863.
Campbell, Nathaniel, Greenbush, October 5, 1861.
Carpenter, Edwin A., Lima, September 3, 1861.
Cary, William, Greenbush, June 1, 1861.
Clough, Caleb N., Hingham, September 5, 1861.
Cole, Jesse, Greenbush, August 21, 1861.
Conklin, Austin, Lyndon, August 21, 1861.
Connor, William H., Lima, June 1, 1861.
Corbet, Charles A., Greenbush, June 1, 1861.
Corbet, Henry, Greenbush, June 1, 1861.
Cornwell, Stephen A., Greenbush, June 1, 1861.
Couch, Reuben C., Greenbush, June 1, 1861.
Crandall, Henry E., Greenbush, June 1, 1861.
Crandall, Rustus W., Lyndon, August 21, 1861.
Crandall, Alford B., Greenbush, June 1, 1861.
Cronfeldt, John H., Plymouth, August 26, 1861.
Dailey, Henry A., Cascade, August 30, 1861.
Dobbins, William H., Plymouth, February 26, 1864.
Dobbins, Solomon, Plymouth, August 27, 1861.
Drinkwine, Larry, Plymouth, August 20, 1861.
Drummond, Hugh, Greenbush, December 2, 1863.
Durkee, Walter F., Greenbush, September 4, 1861.
Ellicson, Seymour, Greenbush, June 1, 1861.
Elmore, Sylvanus J., Greenbush, June 1, 1861.
Esterling, John, Greenbush, September 4, 1861.
Gorman, Darius C., Greenbush, June 1, 1861.
Goodenough, Isaac R., Rubicon, November 29, 1863.
Grant, Alvin L., Plymouth, September 2, 1861.
Gross, Daniel F., Greenbush, June 1, 1861.
Hazel, William, Mitchell, June 1, 1861.
Hinkley, Philander, Mitchell, August, 1861.
Hinman, Reuben C., Greenbush, June 1, 1861.
Hinman, Aaron B., Greenbush, June 1, 1861.
Hobbs, Abraham, Mitchell, June 1, 1861.
Hobbs, William, Mitchell, July 1, 1861.
Hodges, Thomas, Plymouth, September 2, 1861.
Hogue, James M., Lyndon, August 30, 1861.
Hogue, John T., Lyndon, August 30, 1861.
Holihan, William, Elyria, September 25, 1862.
Hull, Aaron P., Greenbush, June 1, 1861.
Hull, Daniel, Greenbush, June 1, 1861.

Jepson, William, Mitchell, June 1, 1861.
Johnson, George A., Lima, August 31, 1861.
Johnson, Enoch B., Lima, August 31, 1861.
Jones, Rufus Z., Plymouth, August 27, 1861

.Kittell, John, Greenbush, October 1, 1861.
Lamphear, Elisha, Greenbush, November 25, 1863.
Larrabee, John, Greenbush, June 1, 1861.
Ledgett, Richard, Greenbush, June 1, 1861.
Lee, William, Otsego, September, 1861.
Lester, Fielding, Greenbush, June 1, 1861.
Matthias, Julius, Greenbush, June 1, 1861.
Matthias, Adolph B., Plymouth, September 8, 1861.
McCutcheon, David, Greenbush, June 1, 1861.
Mead, Levi H., Greenbush, June 1, 1861.
Mellan, Albert A., Plymouth, August 26, 1861.
Miller, John W., Plymouth, August 31, 1861.
Miller, Ephraim, Greenbush, June 1, 1861.
Monk, Elias, Greenbush, June 1, 1861.
Nolan, Michael, Greenbush, June 1, 1861.
Nolan, John, Greenbush, November 25, 1863.
Odell, Thomas M., Russell, June 1, 1861.
Odell, Zachariah, Russell,June 1, 1861.
O'Neil, Daniel E., Greenbush, July 31, 1861.
Patterson, Archibald, Lima, August, 1861.
Payne, William, Mitchell, August 11, 1861.
Pettit, Joseph A., Greenbush, June 1, 1861.
Pierce, John T., Mitchell, August 26, 1861.
Platskie, Christoph, Greenbush, June 1, 1861.
Plugge, William H., Plymouth, August 26, 1861.
Rogers, Timothy K., Greenbush, December 5, 1863.
Root, Augustus, Plymouth, June 1, 1861.
Sawyer, Chester D., Plymouth, August 31, 1861.
Shaw, Joseph, Plymouth, August 31, 1861.
Smith, Phineas R., Greenbush, August 31, 1861.
Stagg, William, Plymouth, July 31, 1861.
Stannard, Henry, Greenbush, June 1, 1861.
Stearns, Orson E., Fond du Lac, September 3, 1861.
Steele, Joseph, Plymouth, August 11, 1861.
Stewart, Silas E., Russell, August 15, 1861.
Stoddard, Silas G., Greenbush, June 1, 1861.
Stoddard, James A., Greenbush, June 1, 1861.
Stoddard, Henry, Greenbush, June 1, 1861.
Taylor, Charles F., Russell, June 1, 1861.
Thorpe, Elisha S., Greenbush, June 1, 1861.
Tomelty, John, Plymouth, July 31, 1861.
Toothaker, James L., Greenbush, June 1, 1861.
Trowbridge, Lewis H., Mitchell, July 31, 1861.
Tucker, Edward T., Lyndon, July 31, 1861.
Ulrich, Henry, Plymouth, August 30, 1861.
Underhill, Arnold, Lyndon, September 1, 1861.
Underhill, Nathan, Lyndon, August 28, 1861.
Upson, Hezekiah, Russell, November 25, 1863.
Van Patten, Peter E., Plymouth, August 10, 1861.
Wade, Edward S., Greenbush, July 31, 1861.
Wade, Andrew J., Greenbush, June 1, 1861.
Warner, Benjamin F., Lima, August 31, 1861.
Wifler, John, Plymouth, August 28, 1861.
Zufelt, Franklin, Sheboygan Falls, September 8, 1861.
Zufelt, Horace, Sheboygan Falls, August 29, 1861.

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