Certificate of Service: Andrew ROWE

Certificate of Service. Wisconsin Civil War Service (3 Sep 1864 - 20 Jun 1865). Andrew ROWE. Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

Muster and Descriptive Rolls: Andrew ROWE

Muster and Descriptive Roll. Andrew ROWE. Images courtesy of Verla Williams.





Muster roll records. Andrew ROWE. Images courtesy of Verla Williams.

Military Discharge: Pvt. Andrew ROWE (20 Jun 1865)

Military Discharge. Pvt. Andrew ROWE (Walls Hill, VA: 20 Jun 1865). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

To all whom it may Concern:

   Know ye, That Andrew Rowe, a Private of Captain Wm. Bremmer, Company H, Fifth Regiment, of Wisconsin Inf. VOLUNTEERS, who was enrolled on the (3) third day of September, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, to serve one years or during the war, is hereby Discharged from the service of the United States this Twentieth day of June, 1865, at Walls Hill Virginia by reason of War Department Order dated May 17, 1865. ( No objection to his being re-enlisted is known to exist.)*

   Said Andrew Rowe was born in ______ in the State of Norway, is (20) twenty years of age, (5) five feet (7) seven inches high, Light complexion, Blue eyes, Light hair, and by occupation, when enrolled, a Farmer.

   Given at Walls Hill Va this Twentieth day of June, 1865.

William Bremmer Capt.

F Co. Fifth Wis. Inf. Vol.

Wisconsin in the War of the Rebellion

FIFTH INFANTRY

The record of the Fifth Infantry from its origin through the Peninsular Campaign, has been made, pages 260 to 287. Its movement from Malvern Hill to the field of the second Bull Run battle, 315, 316; thence to Crampton's Pass battle, 321, 325; at Antietam, 324 ; from Antietam to Fredericksburg, 342 to 344; battle of Fredericksburg, 344 to 350; battle of Chancellorsville, 350 to 357; at Gettysburg, 415, 417. The regiment was sent, with other troops, to New York, Albany and Troy, to aid in executing the draft of 1863.

November 7th, they, with the Sixth Maine, charged at Rappahannock Station, across an open field half a mile wide, under a destructive fire of grape, cannister and musketry, and stormed and carried the main fort and redoubts at the point of the bayonet, capturing seven pieces of artillery, and preventing the escape of the rebels. Eight regiments, with their colors, were captured, and the Fifth lost ten killed and fourteen wounded. November 26th and 27th they took part in the battle of Locust Grove and Mine Run, where the Federals lost 1,000 and the Confederates 2,500. December 2d, they went into winter quarters at Brandy Station.

Their action in the battle of the Wilderness is recorded on page 935; at Spottsylvania, 937; at Cold Harbor, 940; at Petersburg, 945. July 11th, they moved to Washington to assist in the defence of that city. Their original term of service expired on the following day, but they volunteered to remain to defend the capital. On the 16th, they left for Madison, Wisconsin, where they were warmly welcomed by the state authorities, and mustered out August 3rd.

The reenlisted veterans and recruits were organized into an Independent Battalion of three companies, under command of Captain Kempf, of Campany A, and moving into the Shenandoah Valley, engaged in the, action at Snicker's Gap, on the 18th, after which they returned to Washington, having marched one hundred and fifty miles. On September 19th, they participated in the battle between the forces of Sheridan and the rebel Early, at Cedar Creek, in which they lost four men killed and eleven wounded.

After the muster-out of the main part of the regiment, in August, 1864, seven new companies were recruited in Wisconsin, and Colonel Allen recommissioned as colonel. These companies were mustered in and left the State October 2d. October 20th, they joined the Independent Battalion, and December 4th, took position before Petersburg. Their action at Hatcher's Run is given on page 955; that in the charge on Petersburg, April 2d, 1865, page 968. In the pursuit of the enemy; they marched through a deep swamp at Sailor's Creek, and came under a heavy fire, but pressed bravely after the rebels, and General Ewell and staff surrendered to Sergeant Cameron and six men of Company A. The sergeant was thenceforth lieutenant for his gallantry. The regiment was highly praised by division and corps commanders. They lost sixteen killed and seventy-nine wounded. They shared in the review at Washington and reached Madison June 20th.

Captain Louis G. Strong, killed in the assault on Marye's Heights, May 3rd, 1863, was one of the first volunteers from Berlin, his home in Wisconsin. He was for three years a student in Lawrence University, and a graduate of Union College and Albany Law School. He was a generous hearted, noble young man, and a heroic soldier.

How often mankind are eager for some step in life which proves the cause of their death! George W. Adams, of Milwaukee, was rejected from the First Wisconsin, because he lost one finger when a child, but through the personal efforts of friends, was admitted to the Company of Milwaukee Zouaves, which joined the Eifth. He was wounded at Williamsburg, and fell, shot through the head, in the celebrated charge on Marye's Heights, at Fredericksburg. He was brave, respected and beloved.

The bravery and hazards of skirmishers and outlying pickets generally fail to be duly esteemed. But many soldiers before Petersburg learned it all, as they so often saw their wounded or dead comrades brought in from the picket line, and heard the whistling of bullets through their tents. Charles S. Fourt, of Company K, when on picket, near Yorktown, early on April 24th, 1862, gave a most seasonable alarm, and shot the advance officer of an approaching rebel force, though receiving a severe wound himself that caused him months of suffering. Samuel E. Orvis, of Company E, came out of a storm of bullets at the battle of the Wilderness, with a shattered arm, whose broken bones grated as it swung by his side, and walked more than a mile rather than take the place in an ambulance that some more needy one might want. Chaplain Reid superintended building rough chapels for the regiment, in which were held preaching services, prayer-meetings, Bible classes, class meetings, spelling schools, temperance meetings, debating societies. Union League meetings, and choir practice. Colonel Allen was leader of the regimental choir.

Thomas Scott Allen was born in Andover, Alleghany County, New York, in 1824. He was, in succession, a printer-boy, teacher, student at Oberliu, Ohio, printer in Chicago, Galena and Mineral Point, county clerk, and member of the "Wisconsin Assembly. He enlisted as a private, became lieutenant, captain, major, and lieutenant colonel of the Second Wisconsin, then colonel of the Fifth, and was brevetted brigadier general for gallant services. He was a hero in many battles, was four times wounded, had several horses shot under him, and his clothes often cut with bullets. His father, Rev. A. S. Allen, of Black Earth, built forts to protect our seaboard against the English, in the war of 1813, his father's father fought in the Revolution, and the family are of English and Scotch Pui'itan lineage. A younger brother of the general, William Wirt, was taken prisoner at the second Bull Run battle, and nearly starved to death. He was afterward assistant surgeon of the Fifth. The father so long and so earnestly hated slavery, that the sons had a special right to fight for its destruction. The general was elected secretary of state in November, 1865. The muster-out roster was as follows:

Colonel-THOMAS S. ALLEN
Lieut. Colonel-James M. Bull		Surgeon-George D. Wilbur
Major-Charles W. Kempf		1st Ass't Surgeon-Ambrose Jones
Adjutant-William B. Sturges		2d Ass't Surgeon-Wm. W. Allen
Quartermaster-Alexander Samuels		Chaplain-Brant C. Hammond
Company	Captains	1st Lieutenants	2nd Lieutenants
A	Evan B. Jones	Thomas Blair	Francis Kelly
B	Charles D. Moore	Theodore Marcoe
C	Miles L. Butterfield	Henry H. Linnell	Angus Cameron
D	Jonas W. Van Myers	James La Count	James Young
E	Charles R. Nevitt	John McCabe
F	William Bremner	Calvin D. Richmond	William J. Baker
G	Henry Curran	Ransom D. Squires	Charles Bracken
H	Charles T. Wyman	Harmon S. Kribb	H. Levander Farr
I	Thomas Flint	Lars E. Johnson	Henry B. Mason
J	Shadrach A. Hall	Alfred T. Fleetwood	Philetus Tiffany

Regimental Statistics. — Original strength, 1,058. Gain: by recruits in 1863, 210; in 1864, 684; in 1865, 25; substitutes, 50; draft in 1865, 25; veteran reenlistments, 204; total, 2,256. Loss:— by death, 285; missing, 4; desertion, 105; transfer, 33; discharge, 405; muster-out, 1,424.

SOURCE: Wm. DeLoss Love, Wisconsin in the War of the Rebellion: A History of all Regiments and Batteries... (Chicago: Church and Goodman, 1866), pp. 978-981.

Military History of Wisconsin

FIFTH INFANTRY — (REORGANIZED.)

On the muster out of service of the " Old Fifth," Governor Lewis authorized its reorganization, and recommissioned Colonel Allen as the colonel. Under his supervision, seven companies were rapidly recruited, organized and mustered into the United States service, and left the State on the 2d of October, to join the battalion at Winchester. The following is the roster of the reorganized regiment:

Colonel — THOMAS S. ALLEN.

Lieutenant Colonel—JAMES M. BULL; Major—CHARLES W. KEMPF; Adjutant—WM. B STURGES; Quartermaster—ALEXANDER SAMUELS; Surgeon—GEORGE D. WILBUR; First Assistant Surgeon—AMBROSE JONES; Second Assistant Surgeon—WILLIAM W. ALLEN; Chaplain—Rev. B. C. HAMMOND.

Co.	Captains	First Lieutenants	Second Lieutenants
A	John B. Doughty	Charles Mayer	Henry Curran
B	Charles D. Moore	Theodore Marcol	Benjamin Smith
C	Miles L. Butterfield	Henry H. Linnell	Evan R. Jones
D	John W. Van Myers	James La Count	John S. Cooper
E	Charles R. Nevitt	John McCabe	Percy B. Smith
F	William Bremmer	John Jolley	Calvin D. Richmond
G	Henry L. Walker	Ransom D. Squires	Charles J. Bracken
H	Charles T. Wyman	Harmon S. Kribb	H. L. Farr
I	Thomas Flint	Lars E. Johnson	Nelson E. Allen
J	S. A. Hall	Lewis A. Day	Alfred T. Fleetwood

The seven companies arrived at Washington, received arms, and were sent to Alexandria, where they remained, doing provost guard duty, until the 20th of October, when they proceeded by way of Martinsburg and Winchester to Cedar Creek, where they joined the battalion and the forces under General Sheridan, and remain at that place until the 1st of December, Colonel Allen being put in command of the brigade. With the Sixth Corps, they rejoined the forces of General Grant in the trenches before Petersburg on the 4th of December, where they remained until the 5th of February, 1865, when they took part in the extension of the lines at Dabney's Mills, on Hatcher's Run, suffering little loss in that engagement, being held in the reserve. Riley C. Tryon, Company G, and Charles Berringer, Company C, were wounded.

On the 25th of March, 1865, the regiment participated in the general skirmish along the whole line, and succeeded in driving in the rebel outpost then in front. Here Sergeant William Hall, Company C, was killed, and Corporal James D. Splain, Company G, Edward Martin, John Morrison and H. S. Otis, Company D, and Charles 0. Foot, Company, K, wounded. Edward Martin is reported as having died of his wounds.

In the charge on the enemy's works at Petersburg, April 2d, the Fifth Wisconsin and Thirty-seventh ^fessachussetts, led by Colonel Allen, were in the extreme front, supported by two lines in the rear. At 4 A.M., the signal for the charge was given, and the colors of the Fifth were the first planted on the enemy's works, that regiment being the first to enter the captured works of Petersburg. Colonel Allen led a portion of the regiment two miles through the abandoned lines of the enemy to the South Side Railroad. By 8 A.M., the troops were reassembled, marched six miles to the left inside of the late rebel works, capturing many prisoners, then back to the right, where the regiment was engaged in skirmishing till night. The losses as officially reported were:

KILLED. — Company A — Captain John B. Doughty. Company E — Privates William H. Arnet and Ira Gilman. Company F — Privates H. Lysner and Albert A. Beggs. Company G — Private Hiram Billington. Company H — Private Allen Graham. Company I — Private Frank Gilbert — 8.
WOUNDED.— Company A — Lieut. Charles H. Mayer, died, Privates Ferdinand Werhle, August Ahrendt and Benjamin Mitchell. Company B — Lieutenant Benjamin Smith, Sergeant P. W. Lord, died; Private L. Bishop. Company C — Lieutenant E. R. Jones, Sergeant Thos. Larkin, Privates Hirman Brown, died, and Fred Mercier. Company D — Sergeant J. G. Troy, Corporal Wm. L. Moffatt, died. Privates P. H. Blodgett, Herbert Ward and Calvin Blood. Company E — Sergeant Thomas E. Chubbuck, Corporal Gilbert S. Main, Privates A. C. Phelps, Stephen Meridam, George H. Hutzell, John H. Park, George Knowles, M. Meutsh, Daniel S. Edson, William H. Hoskins, J. M. Ruibank, Gustavus Hirsch and George W. Barton. Company F — Captain William Bremer, Sergeant Ed. A. Allen, Privates Jos. Echman, died; Elias Marlatt, died, Jas. Bower, Peter Reuther, E. L. Aber, died; A. Dorman, S. M. Manly, A. D. Cory and Wm. M. Phelps, died. Company G — Lieutenant R. D. Squires, Sergeant Samuel T. Daggett, Privates Thomas Roach, N. J. Barker, R. C. Barker, Wm. Flynn, died, F. A. Bovee and E. Running. Company H — Corporal H. P. Cady, Privates A. W. Baswell, Luther Shooner, August Leoney, F. W. Beshel and John Rehome. Company I — Corporals George West and William Smith, Privates John Bragg, died ; James Dunn, Thomas Underwood, Theophilus George, B. Tally, John Lemuel, Henry Tipp, E. M. Fessenden, George Vanderbloom, James Witlie and Spencer Hurlbut. Company K— Sergeant John S. Barger, Seymour Beaman, Joseph Leistz, D. R. Babcock and Fred Ringling — 71. Died of wounds, 9.

The loss of the regiment was about one-tenth of that suffered by the whole corps, consisting of fifty regiments.

On the afternoon of April 3d, they joined in the pursuit of Lee, marching with great rapidity by day and night. The Sixth Corps encountered General Ewell's forces at "Little Sailors' Creek," on the 7th. The lines were hurriedly formed, and they pushed forward at a double quick, the regiment marching with unbroken line through a swamp waist deep, under the fire of the enemy's musketry. They moved to the brow of a hill, where the enemy was discovered but a few paces distant, admirably posted, and fighting with the energy of despair. The regiment was in an extremely hazardous position, being subjected to a severe flank and cross fire. Colonel Allen rode in advance of the line as calmly as though danger was unknown. Company G, Captain Henry Curran, and Company C, Lieutenant Evan R. Jones, were deployed as skirmishers. Lieutenant General Ewell and staff, surrendered to six men of the skirmishers, under command of Sergeant Cameron, Company A, who was promoted Lieutenant on the field, for his gallantry. The action of the regiment elicited high encomiums from the corps, division, and brigade commanders.

The following were the casualties in the action of April 7th, as officially reported:

KILLED.— Company A — Private Gustave Loefller. Company B — Private John Rierdon. Company C — Color Corporal Alexander Johnson and Corporal John L. Heberlies. Company D — Sergeant John Purdy, Privates John Gallagher and Lysander M. Muzzy. Company E — Privates Allen K. Augur, George Mills and J. D. Gurney. Company F — Corporal George L. Welty, Privates C. Truax and George Truax. Company G — Privates James Conlin and Stephen Smith. Company H — Private Edmund Bigford — 16.
WOUNDED.— Company A — Color Corporal August Franz, Sergeant William H. Landott, Privates Christian Erickson, Duncan McLenan, Charles Sheffnet, Robert Miller and C. Spinner. Company B — Corporals William Meade and Johnson, Privates George H. Rees, J. H. Keyes and P. Wells. Company C — Privates Cornelius M. Bonnell and Ephraim Purdy. Company D — Privates George Ross, George Buffan, died, James Tooney, Francis Goodness, Freedom Cromwell, John Banker, John Nelson, William Conniff, Lyman Smith and Milo Wells. Company E — Corporal E. W. Mellon, Privates Theodore Bandow, John Polar, Abram Casslar, Thomas Leet and W. Lansing. Company F — Captain William Bremer, Privates C. H. Gee, Orson Foucher, Fred Gross, Andrew McFadden, August Gessel, Reuben Stock, John Hanson, Theodore Czeskleba, Andrew Rowe, O. Gesse and F. Ott. Company G — Corporal John W. Curran, Privates Samuel Vasnow, Lewis A. Nelson, Edward Tierney, Smith Owen, John W. Stafford, Adelbert E. Lane, Thomas Marshall, Torger Peterson, L. W. Stoner, Alexander Hamilton, Charles C. Vanalstine, died; John Stetzner, John Stichner and Simon Anderson. Company H — Sergeant Charles E. Woodridge, Privates Peter Peterson and John L. Nelson. Company I —Privates Henry Goodman, Daniel Smith, Jacob Peterson and T. Czeskleba. Company K — Color Corporal John O. Hoisington, Corporal George C. Lefever, Privates J. R. Whitney, H. D. Warden, Nelson Gillett, Nicholas Hammond, Albertus Hoffman, J. W. Wiggins, D. P. Howell, J. D. Crapser, M. Ware, Cordon Wyman, M. H. Parcel, died, L. Parsons and C. O. Foote — 79. Died of wounds, 3.

The pursuit was continued until the 9th, when Lee surrendered. On the 10th, the regiment commenced its return, and reached Burke's Station on the evening of the 13th, encamped till the 23d, and marched to Danville, arriving there on the 27th, left Danville, May 3d, by rail, arrived at Wilson's Station, May 4th, and May 18th, marched for Eichmond, which they reached on the 20th. On the 24th, left Richmond, for Washington, where they arrived on the 2d of June, after a long and tedious march. Left Washington, June 16th, and arrived at Madison, June 20th, and were soon after mustered out, thus closing the record of the "Fighting Fifth."

Colonel Allen was brevetted Brigadier General for gallant and meritorious services during the war.

Regimental Statistics. — Original strength, 1,058. Gain — by recruits in 1863, 210, in 1864, 684, in 1865, 25 ; by substitutes, 50; by draft in 1865, 25; by veteran reenlistments, 204; total, 2,256. Losses — deaths, 285; missing, 4; desertion, 105; transferred, 33; discharged, 405; mustered out, 1,424.

SOURCE: E. B. Quiner, Esq., The Military History of Wisconsin: A Record of the Civil and Military Patriotism of the State... (Chicago: Clarke & Co., 1866), 522-525.

Pension Certificate: Andrew ROE (18 Mar 1913)

Pension Certificate. Andrew ROE (18 Mar 1913). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.