William "Rebel Bill" Barrington Buried at Crystal Lake. He served with Co. C, 18th Mississippi Infantry . He was wounded and captured at Gettysburg. Not sure of the details of his release or discharge yet (records are on the way) but the family story goes that he walked much of the way back to Wisconsin, back to Oconto County, where his brother Richard met him at the door with a rifle. Richard had served with Co. F, 12th Wisconsin Infantry. William eventually moved to the Town of Springwater in Waushara County and was known to family and friends as "Rebel Bill". Most of the Barrington family also moved from Oconto to Waupaca or Waushara Counties. So how did William end up in Mississippi prior to the war starting? Apparently he had gone there to trade horses and when the war started, being a good Irishman (he came to the U.S. when he was 8) he wanted to get in the fight before it was over (he obviously had Southern sympathies, otherwise he could have returned home to enlist) . This is truly an amazing story that is yet to be fully revealed. Richard and William are both buried at Crystal Lake. We are ordering a Confederate marker for William's grave (Richard already has a military marker) and are in contact with several of his descendants. At some point we hope to hold a joint marker dedication, for William and Richard similar to the one held in Crandon last year.
Belle Boyd Buried in Wisconsin Dells. While not actually a soldier she deserves to have her name listed here. The information she provided to "Stonewall" Jackson at a critical moment may have made the difference between victory or defeat. It is said she died in Wisconsin while in town for a speaking engagement. These were once very popular before TV and radio.Monument Marker
Pvt. William M. Chaney Buried in Forest County in the town of Crandon. He served with Co. B, 5th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, CSA from 1862 to 1865.
Pvt. Emil Hager Buried in Marshfield, Wisconsin. Pvt. Hager served with Co. F, 1st Louisiana Infantry, CSA.
Pvt. Martin Van Buren Murray Sr. Buried in Nashville Cemetery. This is located in Forest county in the town of Nashville. Pvt. Murray served in Co. K, 55th North Carolina Infantry. Enlisted from Granville County, North Carolina in 1862.
Major William Cecil Price Buried at Forest Hill Cemetery in Madison, WI. His military marker is located about 100 yards past Confederate Rest in section 17. He served as Treasurer of the United States under Buchanan. When Lincoln was elected in 1860 he resigned and offered his services to President Davis. He declined an appointment in favour of active field participation. He served as a cavalry Major with the Missouri Volunteers in McBride's Brigade under command of his General Stering Price. These two are often listed as cousins but a member of Major Price's familiy convincing proof this is not true. Born on 01 April 1816 and died on 06
August 1901.Picture Marker
James Ryan Buried in St. Barnabas Cemetery in Mazomanie, Dane Co. 20 west of Madison on Hwy 14.
Aurthur A. "Green" Reese Buried in Prairie Home Cemetery in Waukesha, WI.Born on November 2, 1840 in Willimington, South Carolina. He enlisted in the South Carolina Cavalry when hostilities broke out with the north and served until his capture with General Lee in April 1865. He has the distinction of being both one of the oldest living Confederate Veterans as well as the only known black Confederate that is buried in Wisconsin. He died at 103 years of age on December 27, 1943.
Pvt. William Henry Sparks Buried in Nashville Cemetery. This is located in Forest county in the town of Nashville. Pvt. Sparks served in the Co. K, 5th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, CSA from December 29, 1861 to October 20, 1862. Later he served with Co. A, 10th Kentucky Cavalry, CSA.
John W. Spencer Buried in Laona, WI. John was born in Wolfe County, KY. He served in Co. E, 2nd Kentucky Mounted Rifles, CSA. Enlisted in Oct. 1862; captured in April 1863; sent to Fort Monroe, VA; paroled. He moved to Forest County, WI, in early 1900s. Confederate marker on order.
James Reeve Stuart Buried at Forest Hill Cemetery in Madison. Mr. Stuart was born Feb. 9, 1834, in Beaufort, S.C.; he is a lineal descendant of Francis Stuart, who emigrated from Scotland to South Carolina in 1745; he was educated in the South Carolina College, at Columbia, S. C., and in the Scientific School of Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. From early childhood he had a passion for drawing; he spent one season in the studio of Joseph Ames, in Boston; studied two years in Munich and Carlsrube, Baden, Germany; returned to his native State, in May, 1861, and served during the war in the Engineer Corps of the Confederate Army; opened a studio in St. Louis, in 1868, where remained four years; in 1872, he settled in Madison, Wis., and this city has since been his home, with the exception of two seasons, as art instructor in the Milwaukee College, at Milwaukee, Wis. He was married , in 1875, to Mrs. Mary H. Jacobs, nee Mulholland, of Louisville, Ky.; family are Episcopalian; he is art instructor in the University of Wisconsin; his studio in Browns' Block, Madison. His specialty is portraits and genre painting. He died 23 Nov 1915 at 81 years old.
James W. Tackett Buried in Forest County in the town of Alvin. He served with Co. C, 7th Arkansas Infantry