After Battle

After the Battle Sunday June 16 at Heritage Hills Green Bay.

Green Bay Heritage Hills Historic Village

6WLA talking to Captain Charles 2nd Wis Volunteer Infantry Co. E

Friends meet up between Battles

Great Discussions take place when we meet again.

The Battle is over and Reenactors speak with the Public.

After Battle all weapons must be cleaned.

Big Family Homestead experiences the Civil War

Our Unit was so honored to have a You Tube Family come to Pine Crest Village in Manitowoc WI on Sunday June 2.  They featured some of the Historic Buildings of the Park and the Battle that took place between the North and the South.  The Unit on Artillery starts around the 16 minute mark.  If you can see it all, enjoy Brad and his family.
To see this video go to Big Family Homestead in the links. God Bless DeRosia Family.

Pine Crest Village Manitowoc, WI

                                                                   Artillery Camp

                                                      Roll call and Presenting Colors

                                                                   Preparing for Battle

                                                                Great Field for Battle

                                                                    Limbers in Place

                                                  Union is being overcome by Confederates

                                                  Crowd applauses after Battle

Training Camp

6th Wisconsin Battery formed out of Lone Rock Wisconsin in September 1861. They left for Camp Utley in Racine Oct.1. Approximately 153 men left.  During the time there was a lot of drilling/practicing what soldiers do and seeing the sites of Milwaukee. Some men decided to dessert while they were there.  Including a Sergeant. When their numbers went down in the Battery, more men were needed to keep their strength to at least 150. Those new recruits came from Lone Rock, Spring Green, Prairie du Sac, Avoca, Sextonville, Richland Center, Wyoming Valley, Orion, Bear Creek and other small towns in that area.

 Orders finally came to leave mid March 1862. They were to help fortify positions on the Mississipi River, Island number 10 at New Madrid, Missouri. The Union needed to keep an advantage of entering the South and the South could not invade the North.  They were not issued cannons yet so they helped other units.

2019 Schedule

May
TBD		School Days			Ladysmith
17-May	Fri	School Day	section 1		Milton WI
17-May	Fri	School Day	section 2		West Salem School
June
1-Jun	Sat.	Pine Crest Village			Manitowoc
2-Jun	Sun.	Pine Crest Village			"
8-Jun		Log Cabin Days			Ladysmith
15-Jun	Sat.	Heritage			Green Bay WI
16-Jun	Sun.	Hills			"
July
3-Jul		Berlin, Wis			Riverside Park
20-Jul	Sat	Rochester, MN	Section 2		New Olmstead
21-Jul	Sun.	"			"
August
17-Aug		Moon Lake Thresher Days			Turtle Lake
September
27-Sep	Fri.	Wade House School			Greenbush WI
28-Sep	Sat.	Battle/Reenactment			"
29-Sep	Sun.	"			"
October
11-Oct	Fri	School day			Coon Valley
12-Oct	Sat	Norksedahlen			Coon Valley
13-Oct	Sun	"			"

Jenkin Lloyd Jones

Jenkin Lloyd Jones 1843-1918

Jenkin Lloyd Jones joined the 6th Wisconsin Light Artillery in August 1862 after turning 18. He was sent with 14 other soldiers, most were from the Spring Green area, to replenish the loss of soldiers in the unit . Also note that his sister Anna was the mother of Frank Lloyd Wright.
He was fondly referred to as Jenk Jones.  Jenk kept a diary of the unit from his arrival in 1862 to going home July 1865. The reader can learn many details of the unit from weather, marches, battles, and much more. There is a link to his diary on the top of this blog. It is An Artilleryman's Diary. It can also be purchased at on-line stores. Jenk writes with a deep understanding of how the human mind works.  Jenk also became an author of many books after becoming a Minister of the Unitarian Church and one of the largest congregations in Chicago. Enjoy reading his diary !