CAPTAIN KETCHESON ' S COMPANY.

Daniel 0. Ketcheson was also among the first to respond to the call of his country.

He organized a compan y called the Rockford Rifles. By reason of some confusion and embarrassment, however, at Springfield, he failed to get into the service of his own state. and the company at once disbanded. A new muster roll was immediately opened and another company formed. It went into camp at the fair grounds, where it took a full course of drill.

Friday, May 31, Captain Ketcheson's company left Rockford for St Louis, where it was accepted as Company I, of the Sixth Missouri Regiment, under command of Frank Blair. Captain Ketcheson died in Rockford April 28. 1864. He fought bravely at Corinth, Vicksburg, Champion Hills, Arkansas Post, Mission Ridge and Chattanooga. At Vicksburg and Arkansas Post Captain Ketcheson led charges and cheered his men to the very muzzles of the guns of the enemy

 

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