From the diary of Miss Priscilla Larkin...:
"The 10th Wisconsin Regiment are at last stationed, in our little village, We received intelligence to day of a glorious victory at Richmond...".
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Source - Map of middle and east Tennessee and parts of Alabama and Georgia |
The 10th Wisconsin Infantry History:
"...the Tenth Regiment as rear guard, brought through the last trains from Huntsville to Stevenson.
We find the following in the table of casualties prepared by Adjutant General Gaylord:
Killed.—At Mud Creek, Ala., August 22.— Company J—Privates Thos. Denlan, G. W. Hancock and Henry Reed. At Larkinsville, Ala.—Company F— Private Theo. Helgus.
At Stevenson, the rebels attempted to prevent the leaving of the trains; the Tenth Regiment bringing up the rear, secured the final departure of the troops, and arrived at Nashville on the 5th September.
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