In 1861 Wisconsin Governor Randall commissioned Capt. Pinney of Monroe to raise an independent artillery battery.
After giving patriotic speeches throughout the county, he was successful in recruiting enough men for service in the unit. The unit was the 5th Independent Battery Wis. Light Artillery. The unit went on to serve until mustered out of service in June 1865.
In 1986 the spouse of the great-grandson of Capt. Oscar Pinney, Mollee Williams of Ottumwa, Iowa, donated to the Green County Historical Museum the silk maroon waist sash and rope from Capt. Pinney's uniform. The sash's dimensions are 128 inches long, and 3 inches wide, with 8-inch tassels.
The donor also gave the museum the flattened bullet that mortally wounded him in the Battle of Stone River, Tenn. in December 1862.
He died Feb. 17, 1863, in a Nashville hospital and his body was brought here for burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Capt. Pinney's funeral on Feb. 20 was the first service held in the still uncompleted First Universalist Church, current home of the society.
Pinney was the first Civil War casualty from Green County. Monroe named its Civil War veteran's organization the Oscar F. Pinney Grand Army of the Republic Post 102 when it was chartered in August 1883.
After giving patriotic speeches throughout the county, he was successful in recruiting enough men for service in the unit. The unit was the 5th Independent Battery Wis. Light Artillery. The unit went on to serve until mustered out of service in June 1865.
In 1986 the spouse of the great-grandson of Capt. Oscar Pinney, Mollee Williams of Ottumwa, Iowa, donated to the Green County Historical Museum the silk maroon waist sash and rope from Capt. Pinney's uniform. The sash's dimensions are 128 inches long, and 3 inches wide, with 8-inch tassels.
The donor also gave the museum the flattened bullet that mortally wounded him in the Battle of Stone River, Tenn. in December 1862.
He died Feb. 17, 1863, in a Nashville hospital and his body was brought here for burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Capt. Pinney's funeral on Feb. 20 was the first service held in the still uncompleted First Universalist Church, current home of the society.
Pinney was the first Civil War casualty from Green County. Monroe named its Civil War veteran's organization the Oscar F. Pinney Grand Army of the Republic Post 102 when it was chartered in August 1883.