On Monday, September 2, 1861 the 7th Wisconsin Brigade was mustered in at Camp Randall, Madison, Wisconsin for three years of service. Initially 973 men were mustered in with 369 recruits added later. Charles Pooch was one of the original 973.
On Saturday, September 21 the Brigade of 1,106 officers and men were put on trains for Washington, DC. They would be the only distinctive Western brigade in the Army of the Potomac. On Thursday, September 26 they arrived in Washington and at Camp Lyon on Wednesday, October 2 joined the unit led by Brigadier General Rufus King, of McDowell's divisions of the Army of Potomac and would continue in that status until April of 1862. On Saturday, October 5 they marched from Camp Lyon by way of Georgetown Aqueduct to Fort Tillinghast at Arlington Heights, Virginia where they wintered over until Monday, March 10, 1862.
Charles Pooch Ford was in Company I, The Northwestern Tigers, of the 7th Wisconsin Regiment.
Source for this information is primarily the Wisconsin Historical Society records.
Arlin and I will be using a Civil War Journal of the Seventh Wisconsin Volunteers by William Ray as a primary source as the story continues. His journal is entitled Four Years With the Iron Brigade edited by Lance Herdegen and Sherry Murphy published by Da Capo Press 2002.
Written by Delton Krueger Correction and additions welcomed
On Saturday, September 21 the Brigade of 1,106 officers and men were put on trains for Washington, DC. They would be the only distinctive Western brigade in the Army of the Potomac. On Thursday, September 26 they arrived in Washington and at Camp Lyon on Wednesday, October 2 joined the unit led by Brigadier General Rufus King, of McDowell's divisions of the Army of Potomac and would continue in that status until April of 1862. On Saturday, October 5 they marched from Camp Lyon by way of Georgetown Aqueduct to Fort Tillinghast at Arlington Heights, Virginia where they wintered over until Monday, March 10, 1862.
Charles Pooch Ford was in Company I, The Northwestern Tigers, of the 7th Wisconsin Regiment.
Source for this information is primarily the Wisconsin Historical Society records.
Arlin and I will be using a Civil War Journal of the Seventh Wisconsin Volunteers by William Ray as a primary source as the story continues. His journal is entitled Four Years With the Iron Brigade edited by Lance Herdegen and Sherry Murphy published by Da Capo Press 2002.
Written by Delton Krueger Correction and additions welcomed
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