John RAUM

                   Copied from Field Genealogy Vol II by Pierce, in 1901
Residence:  The Vermont, 51st Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois
General Green B. Raum was born in Golconda, Pope County, Illinois.  He developed an early fondness for study, and at the age of eighteen years, after receiving a good English education, began to study law with the Hon. Wesley Sloan.  Three years later he was admitted to the bar, and in 1853 entered upon the practice of his profession.  In 1855, he visited Kansas, and was so pleased  with the country that he removed his family thither in the following spring; being in full sympathy with the free-state party, he soon became obnoxious to the pro-slavery faction, and when the territory was invaded, was obliged to remove his family for safety.  Returning to Illinois in the spring of 1857, he settled at Harrisburg, saline County and remained there until 1875, when he returned to the old homestead, in Gloconda.  At the opening of the war, in 1861, he at once espoused the Union cause, and at Metropolis City made the first war speech, delivered in southern Illinois.
He aided in raising several companies, and finally enlisted in the 56th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, of which he was commissioned major.  In the spring of 1862, he became a lieutenant colonel, and on August 31 was promoted to the rank of Colonel.  Forming a part of General Pope's army, he participated in the siege of Corinth, in the spring of 1862, and during the battle of Corinth, on the 3rd or 4th of October, led his regiment in the most gallant charge, recaptured a battery of four guns, and with the 10th Missouri Regiment, under Colonel Holmes, drove back the left wing of Price's army.  Later he participated in the siege of Vicksburg under General Grant, and with his regiment occupied Grand Bluff after its evacuation by the rebels.  There he arranged fro transportation supplies from Milliken's Bend to the front, via grand Gulf.  During the fourteen days, while stationed at his point, he admitted to his lines, 4000 Negroes, and enrolled 1000 men as laborers, and throughout the campaign was a most energetic zealous and efficient officer.  On July 12, 1863, during the siege of Vicksburg, he was appointed to the command of the 2nd Brigade, 7th Division, 17th Army Corps.  His brigade was in General Sherman's column that marched to the relief of Chattanooga, where, on the last day of the battle, November 25th, he was wounded in the thigh by a musket ball.  In February 1864, having recovered sufficiently, he joined his brigade at Huntsville, Alabama.
                  

                   Taken from Field Genealogy, Vol I  by Frederick Clifton Pierce Historian and Genealogist   Published 1901
Resided in Golconda, Illinois.