In the foregoing roster no attempt is made to separate the citizens of the village from the townships. Thus Loganville's soldiers are included under the name of Westfield, Ableman's under Excelsior, etc. In the following Roll of Honor is given the dates of all deaths which occurred in active service, either through wounds or illness, and those that resulted from seemingly minor wounds after discharge. The "k" denotes killed in action; the "w", those who died of wounds; the "d", those whose deaths were due to illness. The list contains all the death dates available at the adjutant general's office, and is believed to be quite complete.

1. Buelow, Henry Buelow; k. Baxter Springs, Ark., Oct 6, 1863.

2. Cary, John; d, Portsmouth, Va., Feb. 19, 1863.

3. Cole, D. C.; d, Madison, Wis., March 1864.

4. Collins, John; d, Cinncinatti, Ohio, Aug., 1862.

5. Collins, Hugh; d, Reedsburg, Aug., 1867.

6. Day, Charles; w, Hampton, Va., June 16, 1864.

7. Dickens, Westley; d, LaValle (date unrecorded)

8. Green, Dexter; k, Fair Oaks, Va., Oct 27, 1864.

9. Haines, Ephraim; w, Portsmouth, Va., July 5, 1864.

10. Henry, Sergeant F. W.; k, Atlanta, July 22, 1864.

11. Hobby, William D.; d, Yorktown, July 31, 1863.

12. Horsch, William; d, Hampton, Va., July 2, 1864.

13. Knowles, Erastus H.; d, St. Louis, April 8, 1862.

14. Markee, James; Portsmouth, Va., Oct. 12, 1862.

15. McIlvaine, John; Reedsburg, March 3, 1865.

16. Miles, George; k, South Mountain, Sept. 14, 1862.

17. Miles, Sergeant Spencer; w, Marietta, Ga., July 26, 1864.

18. Milller, Erastus; k, Blakely, Ala., April 18, 1865.

19. Miller, Holden; k, Madison, 1864.

20. Miller, William; k, Richard, Va., Nov. 1, 1864.

21. Pitts, Benjamin; k, Drury's Bluff, May 16, 1864.

22. Pitts, N. W.; d, Salisbury Prison, Jan. 16, 1865.

23. Pollock, Charles F.: d, Bolivar, Tenn., Nov. 30, 1862.

24. Priest, George W.; d, Camp Bowen, Ark. Nov. 6, 1862.

25. Rathbun, Alva; w, Fortress Monroe, Nov. 5, 1864.

26. Reifenrath, Charles; k, Kenesaw Mountain, June 27, 1864.

27. Robotham, Ammariah; d, Pocahontas, Ark., May 8, 1862.

28. Root, George W.; d, Arlington, Va., Feb. 28, 1862.

29. Boardman, Roscoe,; Davis Island, N.Y., April, 1863. [ed.]

30. Steese, Sergeant A. P.; d, Hampton, Va., July 20, 1864.

31. Waltz, John; d, Memphis, March 9, 1863.

32. Hubbard, Julius; k, 1862, the first to die from Sauk County.

33. Ferris, B. Palmer; k, Fair Oaks, Oct. 27, 1864.

34. Cheek, Robert; k, Petersburg, Va., Aug 7, 1864.[ed.]

35. Corporal John Fuller; Fair Oaks, Oct 27, 1864.

36. Shaw, Jason; k, Vicksburg, May 28, 1863.

37. Cornwell, L. B.; k, near Atlanta, Ga., July 21, 1864.

38. Wickersham, J. E.; k, Atlanta, July 21, 1864.

39. Ford, Amos; k, Atlanta, July 21, 1864.

40. Hagaman, Ebert H,; k, Atlanta, July 22, 1864.

41. Clark, Caleb; k, Atlanta, July 22, 1864.

42. Ford, George; k, Atlanta, July 22, 1864.

43. Richards, William; k, Atlanta, July 22, 1864.

On the 2d day of September, 1861, Giles Stevens, a lawyer of Reedsburg, having received a commission from Governor Randall for that purpose, commenced enlisting a military company, called the "Pioneer Rifles". At the end of the first week forty men had been enrolled and, within a short time the company was filled, mainly from the towns of Winfield, Westfield, Ironton, LaValle, Reedsburg, Wonewoc and Hillsboro. Reedsburg was its place of rendezvous and drill. Giles Stevens was chosen captain, B.F. Blackmon of Ironton first lieutenant, and were duly commissioned by the state.

On the evening of October 28, a meeting was held in the basement of the Presbyterian church, at which swords were presented to the officers by the citizens, and presentation speeches made.

On the morning of October 30 the people and friends of the soldiers assembled to bid them adieu, and in some instance, as result proved, a last farewell. They were taken in wagons to Spring Green, on their way to Camp Randall at Madison. As they passed out of the village the citizens, under the direction of Captain F. A. Wier, lined the street south of the flouring mill of Safford Mackey and Company, and gave them three cheers at parting. This was the first company to leave the northwestern portion of Sauk County for the war, and it awakened new and sad emotions.

The company was mustered into the United States service and assigned to the Twelfth Regiment of Infantry as Company B. George E. Bryant was their colonel. The regiment departed from Camp Randall for Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, January 11, 1862, one thousand firty-nine in number, the largest that had then left the state. They were armed with Belgian rifles and had Sibley tents and were well equipped throughout.

The regiment was unable to cross the Mississippi at Quincey on account of the ice, and marched down to Douglassville, opposite Hannibal, a distance of twenty-two miles. There they spent the night of the thirteenth with the temperature twenty degrees below zero, and had no place to rest after their tedious march but lie on the frozen ground, without tents, on the bank of the river.

Crossing the Mississippi, they rode from Hannibal to Weston, Missouri, for twenty-four hours, chiefly in open cars, without fire, lights, or warm food, and as a result over one hundred were, in a few days, on the sick list. Captain Stevens' Company, on the left of the regiment and the last to cross the river, were detailed to take care of the baggage and load it on the train. This they did in a driving snowstorm. The other companies having proceeded on their way, Company B was left to take the regular passenger train, and thus was not expected to the perils and suffering of their companions.

From Weston they marched early in the spring one hundred and sixty miles south to Fort Scott, then back to Lawrence, Kansas, which place they left April 29 for Fort Riley, one hundred and five miles west, by way of Topeka, where they shared with many other troops in a general way.

The great southern expedition to New Mexico to which they were destined, having been abandoned, the company with a whole command, was ordered back to Leavenworth, which they reached May 27 and joined in another grand review. On the 29th they moved to St. Louis on their way to Corinth, landed at Columbus, Kentucky, June 2d, and were engaged for a month in repairing the Mobile and Ohio railroad, and scouring the country for bridge burners and bushwhackers. They subsequently moved to Union City, and thence to Humboldt, Tennessee. While at that post Captain Stevens, in command of his own and two other companies, was ordered to Huntington, in that state, to drive out a force of the enemy. This they effected, pursuing them until they crossed the Tennessee river, where they returned to Kansas.

On the 12th of October, 1862, the regiment was ordered to Pocahontas to take part in the battle of Hatchie, then in progress, to prevent Van Dorn in his northward movement, which was effected. They formed the reserve and were not in action and thence marched to Bolivar, Tennessee. They continued at that place until November 3, when they commenced a march to the South with the Army of the Mississippi, under General Grant. On the fourth, they reached LaGrange, and on the 8th, the Twelfth lead the advance of a large force under command of General McPherson, on a reconnoitering expedition, towards Holly Springs, near which a heavy rebel force was known to be encamped. They marched within eleven miles of that place when Companies A and B were deployed as skirmishers, and advanced to the supposed position of the rebels; but they had retreated and the regiment had moved up and bivouacked on the site of the rebel camp. The expedition returned the next day to LaGrange, having captured about 150 prisoners. November 28 they moved southward to Holly Springs and Lumpkin's Mills, and December 12 to Yocona Creek, having a severe march down the line of the Mississippi Central Railroad, with a probable object of attacking Vicksburg from the rear. Holly Springs having been captured by Van Dorn, it was necessary for General Grant to retrace his steps, and the Twelfth went into camp again at Lumpkin's Mills on the 27th of December.

In January, 1863, they moved to Moscow, Tennessee, thence to Lafayette, thence to Collinsville, and March 14th, to Memphis. April 18th Colonel Bryant commanded an expedition to attack the rear of the rebel General Chalmer's forces, while General Smith should attack in front. In a skirmish in which seven rebel officers and sixty men fell into our hands, Captain Steven's Company was under fire, but sustained no loss. The next day they came upon the enemy eight miles south of Hernando, in a strong position, but being too weak in numbers and awaiting reinforcements, did not attack-all which movements were intended to hold the enemy in that vacinity while Col. Grierson made his famous raid through Mississippi. May 11th they embarked at Memphis, disembarked just out of range of the enemy's guns above Vicksburg, marched across the peninsula, opposite the town, embarked again and landed at Grand Gulf. After the valuable army stores had been removed from that place, the regiment proceeded up the river to Warrenton, where they joined the fourth division, under General Lauman, and took up position in fortifications before Vicksburg. They were engaged in reducing that important fortress until the surrender of that place by Pemberton to Grant July 4th, 1863.

Closely related to the fall of Vicksburg was the second battle of Jackson, the capital of Mississippi. On the12th of July, Captain Stevens being in command of the regiment, received an order to detail three hundred men to act as skirmishers, his whole command numbering but four hundred and fifty at that time. He afterwards received orders to join his regiment to the assaulting column. In reply to the order, he asked that three hundred detailed skirmishers might first be returned to his command, but it was found they were three miles away. Another regiment was then ordered into the charge in place of his. That regiment was repulsed with terrible loss. Thus the Twelfth was providentially saved from being fearfully decimated.