. Reminiscenes of the civil war; . COLONEL WILLIAM P. LYON Racine, IVisconsin, 1863 REMINISCENCES OF THE CIVIL WAR. The Experiences ofWilliam P. Lyon and Wife S SOON as the news of the battle anddisaster at Bull Run was received a pub-lic war meeting of the citizens of Racine,Wisconsin, was held, which was largelyattended. The company previouslyraised at Racine was in the battle andhad been seriously crippled by the lossof many of its men. At this meeting a fund was sub-scribed to aid in the fitting out of additional were adopted, one of which was that it wasthe duty of the
. Reminiscenes of the civil war; . COLONEL WILLIAM P. LYON Racine, IVisconsin, 1863 REMINISCENCES OF THE CIVIL WAR. The Experiences ofWilliam P. Lyon and Wife S SOON as the news of the battle anddisaster at Bull Run was received a pub-lic war meeting of the citizens of Racine,Wisconsin, was held, which was largelyattended. The company previouslyraised at Racine was in the battle andhad been seriously crippled by the lossof many of its men. At this meeting a fund was sub-scribed to aid in the fitting out of additional were adopted, one of which was that it wasthe duty of the city of Racine to furnish another com-pany of volunteers. Mr. McMynn, Mr. Bartlett and were appointed a committee to receive enlistmentsand form a company. The three headed the roll Aviththeir own names, which were soon followed by manyothers. An effort was also being made to form a companyin Walworth county. Those who had enlisted there,hearing of the effort to raise a new company in Racinecounty, came to Racine and joined the local company,and the quota was thus speedily filled. Mr. Lyon waselected C
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