Research Conducted By Paul Arnold at Wisconsin Historical Society and Wisconsin Veterans Museum
Henry D. Barden
Letter from Henry Dana Barden, dictated by a friend, to Henry’s father William Barden of Oshkosh.
Whitewater, April 30, 1863
-Last Friday afternoon attacked by 200 of Marmaduke’s men. Two of the 1st WI were killed, several wounded, he is one of the wounded.
-Ball hit him in the back, went through him and broke two ribs.
-Going to move him to Cape.
-Asked his father to come down, he wanted to see him.
Born January 10, 1843 at Burlington Township, Chittenden County, Vermont.
-enlisted at Ripon, Fond du Lac County. September 6, 1861 for three years.
-Taken prisoner along with others on September 11, 1862. Exchanged
-Wounded April 24, at Whitewater Bridge.
-Henry died of his wounds on May 13, 1863.
-Died in a field hospital in Cape.
Rufus Clason
Info is Post Missouri-several letters
Captain Steven V. Shipman
Before the War
-Born January 26, 1825 at Bridgewater, Now Montrose, PA.
-Died November 13, 1905 at Chicago, Ill. Buried at Forest Hils Cemetery, Madison, WI.
-Was in printing business before getting into architecture.
-Came to Chicago in 1854.
-Then moved to Madison.
-1857 appointed Architect of the Central State Hospital for the Insane, at Madison. He was doing that when war started.
-Designed the dome on the 1863 Wisconsin State Capitol building. Dome moved to the University of Wisconsin.
-1864 Company strength totals
-newspaper account of Marmaduke’s Raid
-newspaper account of D. E. Miller.
-July 14, commissioned 1st Lt. Adj. March to May 1862. Captain Nov. 20-1863. Maj. January 27, 1865. Bvt. Lt. Col., U.S. Volunteers March 13-1865, for gallant service at Whitewater.
-wounded when kick of horse, broke his right leg below the knee as regiment was unloading at Cape.
-Attached to Vandever’s Brigade, District of Southeastern Missouri. Department of Missouri. May to October 1862.
-Assigned to command Post at Cape Girardeau, July 2, 1862.
-Charged with enrollment of Missouri Militia at Cape Girardeau, Scott, and Stoddard Counties.
-Action at Bloomfield, Missouri July 29, 1862.
-Wounded in head and horse killed by collision August 5, 1862.
-Actions at Bloomfield September 11-13.
-Moved to Greenville October 3.
-Temporarily detached as acting A.A.G. Staff of General Jackson at Patterson Oct. 8.
-Relieved at own request, returned to detachment of 1st Wisc. Cav.
-Detached as Acting Q.M. and Commissary Staff of Gen. George E. Waring till Oct. 16.
-Assd. To duty as Chief of Cavalry Gen. Davidson’s Army of S.E. Mo. Oct.16, 1862.
-Engaged in actions in S.E. Missouri and Arkansas until April ’63.
-Action at Whitewater River April 24, 1863. Severely wounded and horse killed under him, gun shot right leg, shattering thigh bone.
-Operation shortened leg three inches.
-Detailed to collect the plans and report on the condition of the extensive Confederate Public Buildings at Macan, Augusta, and gather records of the military posts, hospitals, etc., in Georgia and western South Carolina.
-Ordered to report with these records and other rebel archives, including the complete records of the provisional Confederate Congress held at Montgomery, AL to the Secretary of War at Washington.
-Remained there until mustered out by special order of the War Department on December 6, 1865.
Post War
-elected City Treasurer of Madison.
-completed Hospital for the Insane.
-Design for rotunda and dome of State Capitol was adotpted.
-Superintending architect for U.S. Court House and Post Office in Madison.
-Designed and constructed Northern State Hosp. for the Insane at Oshkosh.
-Architect for Iowa State Hosp. for the Insane at Independence, Iowa.
-Designed and superintended Northern Illinois State Hosp. or the Insane at Elgin.
-Rebuilt with important additions and improvements the Missouri State Lunatic Asylum at St. Joseph.
-Re-established an office in Chicago in 1870.
-Suffered from the great fire the next year.
-in Chicago he erected the Williams Building, Presbyterian Hosp., first academy ofMusic, Gaff Building, and many more.
-Charter member of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Art, and Letters.
-Member, Curator, and Recording Secretary for Wisconsin Historical Society.
-Mason
-Knights Templer
-Several accounts of fight at Whitewater.
Certificate Statement of loss of Gov’t Property on road between Pik Creek and Alton. John Ogden, Lt. Co. E: January 1863-Thomasville, Missouri
-Stated that on the march from camp at Pike Creek, Missouri, 1st of January, under the command of Maj. Thomas H. Mars, between Falling Springs and Pike Creek, the company of wagons and three men (not counting the drivers) fell some distance behind due to conditions of the road.
-Maj. Halted sent back a sgt. And two troopers from each company back to assist the teams.
-Brought pack horses with rations from each wagon to report to command at Alton.
-Leave the teams to come as fast as they could.
-Left in charge of Co. E’s wagons Q.M. Sgt. Cyrus Aldrid, Commisary Sgt. E. H. Hutchens, Privates ? Hodge, Robt. Fryett and men or more.
-Threw tents and flies on side of the road.
-Ogden did not know about it until the wagons reached Thomasville five or six days later.
Bloomfield Missouri January 1863
-18th day of Jan. camped at Falling Springs.
-Morning of 20th 2nd Battalion started advance march for Alton.
-Came to bad roads three or four miles from Falling Springs.
-Roads worse because of rain.
-Assistance of Co. B, whose team was behind them, drew the load out and went to within 5 miles of Eleven Point Ford.
-Then became stuck again.
-unloaded, freed the wagon, then loaded back up, went 10 rods in half a day.
-1st and 3rd battalions passed them here, sent word to Lt. Ogden.
-Sent word via a Company L man.
-two men came back loaded and went on.
-Got stuck again on the other side of the Eleven Point on a hill. Able to get un stuck with aid of oxen.
-Decided to lighten load.
-Made it to Alton, regiment gone to Thomasville, went there and reported to Lt. Ogden.
-Found out tents still were where they left them.
-asked Maj. Mars to return and get them.
-Mars said he would ask the Col.
-Camped at Thomasville for four days.
-Did not go back.
-Document written by an unknown source that has a lot of praise for Shipman.
-Four page Letter written all about Marmaduke’s Raid and the role Shipman played.
-two page document to have supplies shipped from Cape to Helena.
-June 5, 1862 letter that talked abt steamboat, and motives for fighting.