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The story behind the Holmes Brigade motto:
"Just a quarter mile
more..."
The following letters are provided by Ft. Scott National Historical Site. They were
written by Charley W. Felkner, 48th Wisconsin Vol Inf, Co A. While not a regiment in the
real Holmes Brigade, Felkner's letters provide a first person insight to experiences of a
late war regiment. He spent most of his time at Ft. Scott, a perenial event for today's
Holmes Brigade. The regiment travels from their Wisconsin muster-in camp to Benton
Barracks to Ft Scott to Ft Larned. His descriptions of the town and people are
particularly fancinating, as well as day to day garrison life.
March 13, 1865 Camp
Washburn, Milwaukee, Wis
March 19, 1865 Camp
Washburn
March 25, 1865 Benton
Barracks, St. Louis, Mo
April 13, 1865
Paola, Ks
April 18, 1865
Ft. Scott, Ks
April 30, 1865
Ft. Scott, Ks
May 2, 1865
Ft. Scott, Ks
May 7, 1865
Ft. Scott, Ks
May 14, 1865
Ft. Scott, Ks
July 14, 1865
Ft. Scott, Ks
August 27, 1865 Lawrence, Ks
November 21, 1865 Ft.
Larned, Ks
While not a true story of Holmes history, this fictional story
centers around real Holmes members. It is based on the 1989 Atlanta reenactment trip and
has a surprising number of (semi-)true and/or exaggerated accounts and references in it.
See if you can pick them out.
Here is the story of Four Bummers and a Baby
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