Wisconsin Cavalry Archives

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Pvt. Charles Vallier 1st Wisconsin Regimental Cavalry, Company M

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Friedrich Holdmann of the 2nd Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment during the Civil War.

(Left to right as viewed in the car): Clark Kenyon, John J. Giffey, Volney Brown at the wheel, Levi P. Blanchard, Herman Giffey. The residence in the background is immediately east of the UCC Church on Highway 23 in Rosendale, Wisconsin.

Volney Brown was a Private in Company B, 1st Wisconsin Cavalry. He enlisted August and mustered out July 19, 1865. Levi P. (Lee) Blanchard was a Private in Company I, 2nd Wisconsin Cavalry. He enlisted October 17, 1864 from Herman. He mustered out October 17, 1865. He was born December 21, 1839 (location unknown) and died March 13, 1917. He is buried in the Rosendale Cemetery. His wife was Emma Thayer (June 22, 1846 - February 4, 1929).

LINES
"Mourn for the mourners: not the dead"
Affectionatly inscribed to the family of Mark Pease

Private Marcus A. Pease, Company F, 1st Wisconsin Cavalry
Died in Helena, Ark. Aug. 23, 1862

I know of words of soothing, I may speak, For grief like yours, will only be too weak;
Still, from a heart that much of grief has learned, I trust this sympathy will not be
spurned. Full well I know, how by these broken ties, The heart is wounded till it almost
dies; And how it vainly cries, with yearning pain, For love that is not ours on earth again.
O, He alone, who filled, and gave the cup, Can heal the bruised heart, and raise it up;
And through his love, and tenderness, and care, May you find strength, this heavy cross to bear.

O, mourning mother, weeping for your son, Of all the group, most sorely stricken one!
Your boy is knowing now the sweetest rest, That has been his since lying on your breast.
His baby eyes were closed, and hushed his cry, By the sweet soothing of your lullaby.
But far too sacred are your love and woe, For any but a mother's heart to know.
And mourning father! He who's hand hath dealt This blow, your dark and bitter grief has fell,

His own beloved son in anguish died! He will be near to love, and bless, and guide.
'Brother!' O, at the sound of that sweet word, Emotions, new and strange, my heart has stirred.

A sister's holy love and trust I know, Bright guiding stars of heaven, here below,
O, often does my saddened heart rejoice, At the sweet music of a brother's voice.

And by this strong, deep love, I know how crushed My heart would be, my heart would
be were those dear voices hushed. And O, for you, my stricken friends, for you
Who love your brother, with a love as true, My heart is aching with a restless pain;
My tears are falling like the falling rain. O, that I could some word of comfort say,
To cast one gleam of light upon your way!

Near the grave where one, a brother, slept, The loving, pitying Jesus stood, and wept.
Is He not now as strong, to love, and save, As when he wept beside that brother's grave?
As when those sisters, writhing in their pain, Heard this, "Thy brother yet shall rise again"

Yes, Jesus will be with you, ever near, To mark each struggling sigh, and falling tear.
Oh, trust Him! He will lead you through this night, To his own home and His own blessed light.

And may you all by suffering sanctified, Meet where all perfect peace and love abide!

Kenosha, Sept. 25, 1862 F. A. B.
From the Kenosha Telegraph, Oct. 3, 1862

The Wisconsin Volunteer
By John W. Byron

Hurrah for the brave volunteer! For no soldier of fortune is he:
Amid danger still scorning all fear, He has arm's for the Land of the Free!

It is not for the pride of fame That he braves the red battle's wild breath:
No! his COUNTRY'S own weal is his aim, And for this he hurrahs amid death!

The sweet dear one he loves, for a while May his absence deplore with a tear;
But, oh, when he returns, with a smile She will welcome her brave Volunteer!

The Appleton Crescent, 5 May 1861
Thanks to Mark Karweick

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