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Post by Larry Koschkee on May 28, 2004 14:34:34 GMT -5
This old Black Hawk War Veteran is resting peacefully in the Ramsey Cemetary located on Blake's Prairie in Grant County, Wisconsin. His head stone is soon to be refurbished courtesy of the Cassville, Wisconsin Historical Society.
If I owned a hunting shirt and a old 1795 musket, I would be present when the committee lays down the head stone and fire a one gun salute, clutch my slouch hat to my chest and say a prayer over the gentleman thanking him for his service to the Michigan Territory.
Larry K.
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Post by Robert Braun on May 30, 2004 12:59:42 GMT -5
This old Black Hawk War Veteran is resting peacefully in the Ramsey Cemetary located on Blake's Prairie in Grant County, Wisconsin. His head stone is soon to be refurbished courtesy of the Cassville, Wisconsin Historical Society. If I owned a hunting shirt and a old 1795 musket, I would be present when the committee lays down the head stone and fire a one gun salute, clutch my slouch hat to my chest and say a prayer over the gentleman thanking him for his service to the Michigan Territory. Larry K. Larry-- do you have any details on the re-dedication? Date, time, location of Ramsey Cemetery? I am familiar with the location of many Grant Co. cemeteries... however this one eludes me. Thank you for this posting.  Bob |
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Post by Larry Koschkee on Jun 1, 2004 21:54:07 GMT -5
Waiting on responses from a couple of members of the Cassville Historical Society for more details. Will pass on further information when received.
Ramsey Cemetary is located in south central Glen Haven Township sited south of North Andover, west of Hwy. 133 on Texas Road near it's intersection with Ramsey Road. Coincidently, it is in the vicinity of the last battle of the Black Hawk War.
Larry K.
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Post by Robert Braun on Jun 4, 2004 14:53:23 GMT -5
Ah yes... Texas Road. Strange as it may seem, I have been on that road-- searching for drill fields of Civil War companies and the post-war farms of some Civil War vets from Blakes Prairie.
I would dearly appreaciate any forthcoming details on this observance and would love to attend, if appropriate.
Thanks in advance for any info.
Bob.
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Post by Larry Koschkee on Jun 4, 2004 21:30:07 GMT -5
The Cassville Historical Society will discuss the possibility of a re-dedication of Capt. Price's head stone at their September meeting. At this point the organization is on vacation until then. I asked them to keep me posted with any developments.
Blake's Prairie ! I don't come across many people who know where Blake''s Prairie is... astounding. I have some deep Wisconsin Territory roots there. A maternal grandfather settled there in 1842, I would guess about 3 - 4 miles north of the Ramsey Cemetary.
Would you happen to be familiar with a Civil War Veteran, Capt. H. F. Young, Company F, 7th Infantry? If memory serves he was from Blake's Prairie, enlisted at Lancaster, WI in 1861 and operated a farm/grist-mill on Rattlesnake Creek (Blake's Prairie) after the war.
Larry
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Post by Robert Braun on Jun 7, 2004 15:29:37 GMT -5
The Cassville Historical Society will discuss the possibility of a re-dedication of Capt. Price's head stone at their September meeting. At this point the organization is on vacation until then. I asked them to keep me posted with any developments. Blake's Prairie ! I don't come across many people who know where Blake''s Prairie is... astounding. I have some deep Wisconsin Territory roots there. A maternal grandfather settled there in 1842, I would guess about 3 - 4 miles north of the Ramsey Cemetary. Would you happen to be familiar with a Civil War Veteran, Capt. H. F. Young, Company F, 7th Infantry? If memory serves he was from Blake's Prairie, enlisted at Lancaster, WI in 1861 and operated a farm/grist-mill on Rattlesnake Creek (Blake's Prairie) after the war. Larry Well, I guess I'll have to be patient until then. My investigations into Blake's Prairie area ia somewhat limited... mostly to Civil War. I may have run across Captain Young... I''ll have to check my notes. I do know that the company that became Company "F" was originally known as the "Lancaster Union Guard" --originally captained by Jonathan Moore. When Moore was elected Sherrif of Grant County, the company reorganized and John Benton Callis assumed the captaincy. As I know Callis rose through the ranks to end the war as a Brig. Gen. by brevet, I presume that Young rose similarly through the ranks to take Callis' place. Both Callis and Moore are buried in the Lancaster cemetery north of town. I have run out on many of the dirt roads west of Bloomington, in search of the District #4 School (known locally as "Red Schoolhouse") which served as a headquarters for an unassigned company later to be designated at Company "D" (Blake's Praire Rangers) of the Thirty-third Wisconsin Infantry. THe company drilled in the pastures of Horace Lord, and happily many of these fields still exist. So too does Red Schoolhouse, but in an altered state, as a storage shed shiethed in corrugated metal. There is a cemetery not far from Red Schoolhouse, and north of this cemetery is the old Orr farmstead. Orr's son died of disease in Memphis while serving with the Thirty-third. The story goes that Orr the elder went South to retreave the body of his son, and returned by way of the former family home in Ohio. There he dug up a sycamore sapling, whch he bright back to Wisconsin and planted in his dooryard in memory of his son. The Orr sycamore now towers almost 100 feet into the air, and is among Wisconsin's largest specimens. Unfortunately, the original Orr homestead was torn down many years ago, and a modern residence/farm built in its place. All for now.. Best regards, Bob. |
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Post by gorentz on Jun 7, 2004 18:36:35 GMT -5
Larry K wrote: "Ramsey Cemetary is located in south central Glen Haven Township sited south of North Andover, west of Hwy. 133 on Texas Road near it's intersection with Ramsey Road. Coincidently, it is in the vicinity of the last battle of the Black Hawk War."
I've marked it on my maps for a possible visit on my bike ride through the area this August. In what sense is this the vicinity of the last battle of the BHW? I vaguely recall something involving Menominee Indians toward the end of the war, in the Cassville area. Is this it? Are any of the exact locations known?
John Gorentz
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Post by pshrake on Jun 7, 2004 22:35:06 GMT -5
John,
For a overview of the Cassville fight you will want to look at a thread titled "last battle of the Black Hawk War" it is in the "Other Battles and Skirmishes" section of the discussion board. A discussion of the last battle and Larry's location of the site is noted there.
Pete
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