Identifier: papersinillinois20illi (find matches)
Title: Papers in Illinois history and transactions
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Illinois State Historical Society. 1n Illinois State Historical Society. Transactions. 1n
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Publisher: Springfield
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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een thankful, as we thus had the honor of serving under the name ofour own beloved State. The regiment decided upon bearing the name of His Excellency,Richard Yates, the Governor of the State, and became known as the^Yates Phalanx.^ On the 10th day of October, 1861, a beautiful silk flag was pre-sented to the regiment by Miss Helen Arion, the daughter of C P.Arion, who had taken a lively interest in the regiment from the first.The presentation was made at the close of dress parade by FernandoJones on behalf of Miss Helen Arion, and the flag w^as received byLieutenant Colonel Thomas 0. Osborn, who in a few well-chosen wordsthanked the fair donor in behalf of the regiment and ended by namingher the Daughter of the Regiment. On October 11, 1861, at seven oclock in the morning the officersand men were formed for inspection and for Muster-in by CaptainWebb, U. S. A. Eight hundred and six officers and men w^ere in line,all being present except Company H, which w^as in process of recruiting.
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W. H. JENKINS,Young Soldier. 131 Some little time was occupied by the inspection and when the order wasgiven to raise the right hand and be sworn, the sight was solemn andinspiring, as this body of stalwart and eager men took the oath to defendand ever uphold the Government of the United States of America. The regiment left that night via the C. & A. E. E. for BentonBarracks, Mo., and from there, on October 31, for Williamsport, Mary-land, where they went into camp. On December 15, 1861, the regimentbroke camp and departed for Hancock, Maryland, some sixteen milesdistant and arrived there on the following day and at once crossed thePotomac Eiver to Alpine Station, Va., having orders to guard theBaltimore and Ohio Eailroad. The various companies were distributed as follows: Companies A,B, C, and F at Alpine Station and vicinity; Company E at Sir JohnsEun, six miles distant up the .road in the direction of Cumberland, andCompanies D, K, and I at Bath or Berkeley Springs, six miles i

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