A History of Van Buren County, Michigan: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its., Part 27

Author: Rowland, O. W. (Oran W.), 1839-
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: Chicago : Lewis Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 671


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Hammond, Henry M. C., Hartford; enlisted November 26, 1863, at Hartford; discharged June 16, 1865.


IIanna, Hezekiah D .; enlisted November 26, 1863, at Decatur; died at Washington, D. C., July 2, 1864; buried at Arlington, Virginia.


Hayes, Orange, Decatur; enlisted December 10, 1863 : discharged for disability, September 27, 1864.


Hoard, Orlando; enlisted November 23, 1863, at Paw Paw, corporal; promoted to sergeant ; discharged June 30, 1866. .


Hudson, Gilbert H .; enlisted November 23. 1863. at Columbia : discharged July 7, 1865.


Huntley, Cadmus C .; enlisted October 21, 1863, at Hartford; corporal; discharged for disability May 3, 1865: died June 8, 1893; buried at Hartford.


Trish, Charles II .; enlisted November 28, 1863, at Hartford; died at Point Lookout, Maryland, July 3, 1864.


Johnson, Irving; enlisted November 21, 1863; mustered Decem- ber 8, 1863; no further record.


Jones, Joseph W .; enlisted November 26, 1863, at Geneva ; dis- charged June 16, 1865.


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June, Benjamin C .; enlisted November 30, 1863, at Decatur; discharged March 10, 1866.


Kenney, James; enlisted November 30, 1863, at Decatur; dis- charged July 10, 1866.


Knowles, John; enlisted November 21, 1863, at Columbia; dis- charged July 7, 1865.


Manuel, Peter; enlisted November 30, 1863, at Lawrence; died at Washington, D. C., July 29, 1864, of wounds received in ac- tion; buried in Arlington National cemetery at Washington.


Manuel, William H .; enlisted December 7, 1863, at Decatur; discharged March 10, 1866.


Mather, Charles H .; enlisted November 28, 1863, at Hartford; discharged June 21, 1866.


Meachum, Simeon; enlisted November 23, 1863, at Lawrence; discharged May 18, 1865; died February 3, 1884; buried at Hart- ford.


Munson, John, Decatur; enlisted November 30, 1863, at Volinia ; saddler; promoted to first sergeant, second lieutenant and first lieutenant; discharged March 10, 1866.


Northrup, Theodore G .; enlisted October 29, 1863, at Decatur; quartermaster sergeant ; discharged May 19, 1865.


Painter, Samuel H .; enlisted December 14, 1863, at Arlington ; died December 1, 1864; buried at Salisbury, North Carolina.


Parmalee, Edward M .; enlisted November 30, 1863, at Decatur; corporal; discharged July 10, 1865.


Pierce, Charles H .; enlisted October 29, 1863, at Paw Paw: taken prisoner at Jericho Ford, Virginia, March 18, 1865; dis- charged June 1, 1865.


Ransom, William W .; enlisted November 17, 1863, at Hartford; corporal; promoted to sergeant; died at Washington, D. C., Au- gust 3, 1864, of wounds received in action; buried in Arlington National cemetery at Washington.


Reed, Charles D .; enlisted November 21, 1863, at Columbia ; corporal; killed in action August 20, 1864.


Revere, Hiram; enlisted February 27, 1865, at Hartford; dis- charged August 18, 1865.


Robinson, Walter; enlisted February 24, 1865, at Paw Paw; discharged July 29, 1865; died at Paw Paw.


Shaul, Norman; enlisted November 17, 1863, at Decatur; ser- geant; discharged June 27, 1865.


Smith, Luther J .; enlisted November 27, 1863, at Hartford ; died at Washington, D. C., July 29, 1864.


Smith, Topham; enlisted December 12, 1863, at Hartford; dis- charged June 16, 1865.


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Southworth, Gillespie B .; enlisted November 26, 1863, at Deca- tur; discharged July 17, 1865. Present residence Paw Paw.


Shattuck, Dewitt C .; enlisted February 17, 1865, at Kalamazoo; discharged December 5, 1865.


Stephenson, Thomas H., Paw Paw; entered service as first lieutenant; commissioned October 3, 1862; discharged for dis- ability May 28, 1864; died at Paw Paw.


Stoddard, Henry; enlisted March 11, 1865, at Paw Paw; dis- charged March 10, 1866.


Sutter, John; enlisted October 29, 1863, at Decatur; trans- ferred to Veteran Reserve Corps; discharged November 14, 1865.


Taylor, Isaac; enlisted December 10, 1863, at Decatur; sergeant ; died August 30, 1864; buried in National cemetery at Philadel- phia, grave No. 293.


Truesdale, Lewis B .; enlisted November 21, 1863, at Geneva; corporal; promoted to sergeant; died at Winchester, Virginia, September 27, 1864, of wounds received in action.


Tucker, William H .; enlisted October 28, 1863, at Decatur ; first sergeant ; promoted to second lieutenant and first lieutenant; dis- charged March 10, 1866.


Wescott, James M .; enlisted October 28, 1863, at Paw Paw; killed in action at Hawes' Shop, Virginia, May 28, 1864.


West, John; enlisted December 9, 1863; discharged for disabil- ity January 10, 1865.


Williams, Isaac; enlisted November 23, 1863, at Lawrence; killed in action at Yellow Tavern, Virginia, May 11, 1864.


Worix, William; enlisted November 30, 1863, at Decatur ; killed in action at Yellow Tavern, Virginia, May 11, 1864.


Wilson Charles; enlisted November 30, 1863, at Decatur; taken prisoner at Trevillian Station, Virginia, June 12, 1864; discharged July 7, 1865.


Company M: Babcock, Henry B., Keeler; enlisted August 20, 1861, at Dowagiac; corporal; discharged March 25, 1866.


Bartholomew, Benjamin F., Mattawan; enlisted August 10, 1861, at Dowagiac; discharged on account of wounds received in action October, 1862.


Burgher, Matthew B., Decatur ; enlisted August 4, 1861, at Dowa- giac ; corporal; wounded in action; discharged for disability, March 13, 1863.


Cleland, Thomas; enlisted February 13, 1865, at Decatur; dis- charged December 5, 1865.


Field, Onslow L., Lawrence; enlisted August 20, 1861, at Dowa- giac; discharged for disability October 6, 1862.


Gregory, Stephen A., Keeler; enlisted December 5, 1862, at Keeler ; absent sick July, 1865; no further record.


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Hungerford, Lester; enlisted February 9, 1865, at Hartford ; discharged December 5, 1865.


King, John R., Porter; enlisted October 10, 1862; taken prison- er at Robinson River, September 23, 1863; died February 3, 1864; buried at Richmond, Virginia.


Knight, Daniel, Keeler; enlisted August 15, 1861, at Dowagiac; wounded in action at Winchester, Virginia; discharged June 19, 1862.


McElheny, James S., Mattawan; enlisted August 15, 1861, at Dowagiac; corporal; promoted to sergeant and to sergeant major ; commissioned second lieutenant and promoted to first lieutenant ; killed in action at Fairfield Gap, Maryland, July 4, 1863.


Poor, Lorenzo D. F., Decatur; enlisted August 17, 1861, at Dowagiac; quartermaster sergeant; taken prisoner at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; discharged August 22, 1864.


Sirrine, Ezra, Decatur; enlisted August 16, 1861, at Dowagiae; discharged for disability May, 1862.


Shaw, John N., Decatur ; enlisted August 16, 1861, at Dowagiac; corporal; taken prisoner at Trevillian Station, Virginia, June 11, 1864; discharged March 25, 1866.


Shilling, Watson N., Decatur; enlisted August 22, 1861, at Dowagiac; taken prisoner at Emmetsburg, Maryland, July 4, 1863; returned to regiment November 3, 1863; promoted to hospital steward; discharged November 7, 1865.


Vincent, Albert, Decatur; enlisted August 20, 1861, at Dowagiac, corporal; taken prisoner at Trevillian Station, Virginia, June 11, 1864; promoted to sergeant ; died August, 1865.


Vincent, Gilbert; enlisted August 20, 1861, at Dowagiac; dis- charged for disability November 1, 1862.


Other Companies: Dailey, David M., Porter; enlisted in Com- pany A, February 22, 1863, at Detroit, substitute for Samuel Whitlock drafted from Hamilton; discharged July 10, 1865; died September 2, 1892.


Mills, William R .; enlisted in Company A, February 27, 1865, at Hartford; discharged February 18, 1866. .


Ellenwood, Alonzo; enlisted in Company B, February 24, 1865, at Paw Paw; discharged July 10, 1865.


Galligan, Charles E., Paw Paw; enlisted in Company B, Feb- ruary 20, 1865, at Paw Paw; discharged August 11, 1865.


Lamb, Charles C., Porter; enlisted in Company B, February 10, 1863, at Detroit; substitute for Ransom J. Olds drafted from Hartford; discharged November 7, 1865.


Hoover, George W., Porter; enlisted in Company C, February 24, 1863; substitute for Pulaski Eaton drafted from Hartford, on detached service, July, 1865; no further record.


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Taplin, Nathan; enlisted in Company C, February 27, 1865, at Hartford; discharged December 5, 1865.


Terrill, Walter M., Porter; enlisted in Company C, February 24, 1863, at Hartford; substitute for Webster Goodenough drafted from Lawrence; taken prisoner near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 4, 1863; returned to regiment October 4, 1863; discharged May 6, 1865.


Amick, Charles; enlisted in Company F, March 2, 1865, at. Columbia ; discharged July 10, 1865.


Ryan, Michael; enlisted in Company G, February 2, 1862, at Kalamazoo; discharged January 20, 1866.


Sheldon, Benjamin; enlisted in Company G, February 9, 1865, at Hartford; discharged May 14, 1866.


Clay, John P .; enlisted in Company L, February 23, 1865; dis- charged December 1865.


Baker, William; enlisted February 27, 1865, at Lawrence; un- assigned ; discharged July 10, 1865.


Maxam, Horace W .; enlisted February 13, 1865, at Lawton ; un- assigned ; discharged June 12, 1865.


Webster, Anthony; enlisted February 7, 1865, at Decatur ; mus- tered February 7, 1865; unassigned; no further record.


THIRD MICHIGAN CAVALRY


The squadron is forming, the war bugles play,


To saddle, brave comrades, stout hearts for the fray,


Our commander is mounted, strike spurs and away.


The Third Michigan Cavalry was organized at the city of Grand Rapids in September, 1861, and was mustered into the service of the United States, October 4th following, with an enrolment of 1,163 officers and men.


The following named members of the field and staff were from Van Buren County : Dr. Josiah Andrews, of Paw Paw, was the regimental surgeon; Dr. Lucius C. Woodman, of the same place, assistant surgeon; William S. Burton, of South Haven, major of Third battalion.


Dr. Andrews was mustered out of the service and honorably discharged October 24, 1864, and died at Paw Paw, August 29, 1886.


Dr. Woodman was commissioned surgeon of the Eleventh Michi- gan Cavalry, October 7, 1863; taken prisoner October 2, 1864; con- fined in Libby prison; exchanged October 29, 1864; mustered out of service and honorably discharged, August 10, 1865. Died April 11, 1883, buried at Paw Paw.


Major Burton resigned and was honorably discharged, Decem- her 2, 1864.


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The regiment left Grand Rapids November 28, 1861, for St. Louis, Missouri, under command of Lieutenant Colonel Robert H. G. Minty. In March, 1862, the Third was in the army commanded by General Pope, who at that date was operating against Island No. 10, in the Mississippi river, the regiment being located at New Madrid, Missouri, and was constantly under fire for several days. The water at this place was extremely bad, and more sickness was contracted here than at any one period of the four and a half years' service of the regiment, the death rate being very heavy.


Governor Blair commissioned Captain John K. Mizner, U. S. A., colonel of the regiment March 7, 1862, and he immediately as- sumed command.


Its first engagement was at New Madrid, Missouri, where it be- gan a most creditable career, giving the foe a lively idea of the mettle of the Michigan cavalry boys, of which the southern troops were destined to have a large experience before the close of the war.


After the evacuation of New Madrid and the surrender of Is- land No. 10 the regiment was sent up the Tennessee river to the battlefield of Shiloh and took part in the siege of Corinth, Mis- sissippi, which lasted until the end of May, and during that time the regiment performed most efficient service and was highly com- mended by officers in high command.


After the fall of Corinth the Third served under General Rose- crans in the campaign in Mississippi and Alabama, which was directed by General Grant. It bore a conspicuous part in the battle of Iuka, September 19, 1862, and acted so gallantly that General Rosecrans acknowledged its meritorious services in gen- eral orders.


One of its hardest fought battles was that of Corinth, Mississippi, October 3 and 4, 1862. For several days some portions of the regi- ment were in the saddle without intermission day and night. On the retreat of the rebels south the Third Cavalry were constantly on their flanks and rear, capturing many prisoners. This pursuit extended over seventy-five miles into the heart of Mississippi.


During the following months of that year the regiment was constantly on scouting duty, and its marches and engagements with the enemy were continuous and incessant. During this period it was under command of Major Lyman G. Wilcox, Colonel Miz- ner having been made chief of cavalry for the Sixteenth Army Corps, while Lieutenant Colonel Minty was commissioned colonel of the Fourth Cavalry and returned to Michigan and organized that regiment.


In November the Confederates destroyed telegraphic communi- cations between General Grant and General Sherman, the former at La Grange and the latter at Memphis, Tennessee. It was im-


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portant that General Grant should communicate with General Sherman. Captain Cicero Newell, who had been commissioned captain of Company K, April 11, 1862, vice Davis, resigned, was selected, with his company, to carry the dispatches, although the country was held by the enemy in strong force and every road guarded. By persistent effort and marked tact and bravery Cap- tain Newell succeeded in delivering the dispatches and received a complimentary letter from General Sherman for the daring deed. This was only one of the many daring expeditions by the officers and men of this regiment during that momentous period.


The regiment did efficient service in northern Mississippi and Tennessee during the winter of 1863, and took part in a severe engagement at Jackson, Tennessee, in July of that year. In Au- gust it was engaged with the enemy at Grenada, Mississippi, and destroyed an immense amount of railroad stock, including sixty locomotives and nearly five hundred cars. During the following months of the year, by, continuous marches and fighting, it suc- ceeded in driving from the country the notorious bands of guer- rillas that had long infested that section. It met on several oc- casions the forces under Generals Forrest and Chalmers, and severe engagements took place at Ripley, Orizaba and Ellistown, Miss- issippi. and at Purdy and Jack's Creek, Tennessee.


JUSTICE TO CAVALRY REGIMENTS


A comprehensive history of a cavalry regiment can only be written by recording its daily movements. When not moving with its brigade it is often sent on dangerous and important missions far from its support, and has to depend upon the officer in command for a successful termination, and frequently he finds most exact- ing and trying conditions confronting him.


The different companies of this regiment were daily sent on dangerous scouting duty, either separately or by detachments, and often secured information that was of vital importance to the commanding general. These separate companies or detachments had to rely upon themselves in critical situations, and they often displayed during the war the genius of generalship that would have distinguished them in history were such circumstances not so frequent or were they written up at the time and made public.


In the movements of a great army the minor movements of regiments and companies are overshadowed and unknown except to those who take part. A regiment of cavalry performs most in- cessant and arduous service during a campaign, but its recon- naissances and scouts, its skirmishes and charges, are only a part of the main army and are seldom mentioned with the importance Vol. I -16


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they deserve. The frequent charges, marches, battles and skir- mishes of a cavalry regiment cannot be recorded with justice in a brief outline of its history.


In January, 1864, the Third, was at La Grange, Tennessee, where the regiment reenlisted and was sent to Michigan on veteran fur- lough. The reputation it had attained drew a large number of recruits to its ranks at this time, and at the termination of the thirty-day furlough the regiment reassembled at Kalamazoo and again, under command of Colonel Mizner, returned to St. Louis, Missouri, where, in May, 1864, it was sent to Little Rock, Arkan- sas, and was soon engaged in scouting and driving General Shel- by and the Confederates he commanded beyond the Arkansas river.


From November, 1864, to February, 1865, the headquarters of the Third were at Brownsville Station, Arkansas, and many marches and scouts were made in the surrounding country, secur- ing large supplies for the Union army, thus immeasurably crip- pling the Confederates, whose resources were constantly being curtailed.


In March, 1865, the Third was transferred to the Military De- partment of the Mississippi commanded by General Canby, to operate against Mobile. After the fall of that city it marched across Alabama and Mississippi to Baton Rouge, Lousiana. When General Sheridan was sent west to command the Military Depart- ment of the Southwest the regiment was ordered to report to him for duty, and immediately joined the expedition to San Antonio, Texas, where it arrived August 2nd, after a long and fatiguing march. Here it was employed in guarding the Mexican border, where it performed garrison duty and engaged in constant scout- ing. Its headquarters were at San Antonio, Texas, until Febru- ary 15, 1866, when it was dismounted and marched to Indianola, where it took a steamer for Cairo, Illinois, via New Orleans.


On its return to Michigan, March 10, 1866, the regiment was ren- dezvoused at Jackson, where it was paid off and disbanded. The veterans of 1861 in this organization saw four years and six months' service and a great majority of its recruits served well and faithfully for over three years. Its members, both officers and enlisted men, came from all sections of the state, and in a short time after their muster out could be found at their former avoca- tions, the better citizens for having been good soldiers. Their long and arduous service added luster to the lasting reputation won by the cavalry regiments from Michigan.


From March, 1862, until December, 1863, the regiment took part in the following engagements and skirmishes: New Madrid. Missouri, March 13, 1862; siege of Island No. 10, Missouri, March


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14 to April 7, 1862; Farmington, Mississippi, May 5, 1862; siege of Corinth, Mississippi, May 10 to 31, 1862; Spangler's Mills, Mississippi, July 26, 1862; Bay Springs, Mississippi, September 10, 1862; luka, Mississippi, September 19, 1862; Corinth, Miss- issippi, October 3 and 4, 1862; Hatchie, Mississippi, October 6, 1862; Holly Springs, Mississippi, November 7, 1862; Hudson- ville, Mississippi, November 14, 1862; Lumkin's Mill, Mississippi, November 29, 1862; Coffeeville, Mississippi, November 29, 1862; Oxford, Mississippi, December 2, 1862; Coffeeville, Mississippi, December 5, 1862; Brownsville, Mississippi, January 14, 1863; Clifton, Mississippi, February 10, 1863; Panola, Mississippi, July 20, 1863; Grenada, Mississippi, August 14, 1863; Byhalia, Miss- issippi, October 12, 1863; Wyatt's Ford, Mississippi, October 13, 1863; Ripley, Mississippi, November 29, 1863; Orizaba, Missis- sippi, November 30, 1863; Ellistown, Mississippi, December 3, 1863; Purdy, Mississippi, December 22, 1863; Jack's Creek, Ten- nessee, December 24, 1863.


Shortly after the engagement at Jack's Creek the regiment re- turned to Michigan on veteran furlough, and on its return to the front was closely identified with the skirmishes and battles in the southwest, including the battle at Mobile, and at the surrender of the last rebel troops under General Richard Taylor. It is the record of the regiment that it did active service in ten states, oc- cupying more territory and marching more miles than any regi- ment that left the state. The official records show that the regi- ment actually marched a distance of 10,800 miles exclusive of marches by separate companies and detachments.


Volumes could be written from the few statistical lines recorded beneath, every figure of which represents an individual part taken by some soldier in the great War of the Rebellion.


Total enrolment, 2,264; killed in action, 24; died of wounds re- ceived in action, 9; died in Confederate prisons, 8; died of disease contracted in the service, 333; discharged for disability (wounds and disease), 319.


Company A: Baughman, Homer; enlisted September 9, 1861; saddler; discharged February 12, 1866.


Bridges, Benjamin F., Bloomingdale; enlisted September, 1861, at Bloomingdale; discharged February 12, 1866.


Brown, Charles M .; enlisted August 31, 1861; discharged for disability December 9, 1862.


Brown, Cyrus, Waverly ; enlisted August 14, 1862, at Waverly ; discharged, February 3, 1863.


Brown, Lorenzo, Bloomingdale; enlisted October 3, 1861, at Bloomingdale; discharged for disability July 25, 1862.


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Clark, Marcus F., Bloomingdale; enlisted September 9, 1861, at Allegan; discharged for disability, July 13, 1862.


Colwell, Edwin A., Bloomingdale; enlisted September, 5, 1861, at Bloomingdale; on duty with Ninth Illinois Cavalry from Jan- uary 31 to May 30, 1864; discharged October 24, 1864.


Coon, Charles M., Bloomingdale enlisted September 6, 1861, at Bloomingdale; discharged December 1, 1864.


Coy, Daniel, Bloomingdale; enlisted September 3, 1861, at Bloomingdale; discharged July 24, 1861.


Fowler, George, Bloomingdale; enlisted September 9, 1861, at Bloomingdale; died at St. Louis, Missouri, May 17, 1862; buried in St. Louis National cemetery, grave No. 979.


Holbrook, William A .; enlisted September 3, 1861; corporal; discharged for disability, July 25, 1862.


McMeeken, William, Bloomingdale; enlisted September 5, 1861, at Bloomingdale; discharged for disability March 28, 1864; died at Petoskey.


Miller, James H., Bloomingdale; enlisted September 4, 1861, at Bloomingdale; promoted to sergeant; discharged February 12, 1866.


Moore, John, Bloomingdale; enlisted August 25, 1863, at Bloom- ingdale; died July 30, 1864.


Parsons, Francis M., Bloomingdale; enlisted September 4, 1861, at Bloomingdale : discharged for disability.


Quint, Obed W., Bloomingdale; enlisted September 25, 1861, at Bloomingdale; on duty with Ninth Illinois Cavalry from Jan- uary 31 to May 30; discharged October 24, 1864.


Richard, John, Pine Grove; enlisted February 29, 1864, at Pine Grove, died at St. Louis, Missouri, November 6, 1864; buried in National cemetery at St. Louis, grave No. 3140.


Robinson, William A .; enlisted September 3, 1861, at Allegan ; discharged for disability January 20, 1863.


Scott, Aaron; enlisted August 31, 1861, at Allegan; discharged February 12, 1866.


Smith, Marion M .; enlisted August 15, 1862, at Paw Paw; dis- charged June 2, 1865.


Whaley, Ezra, Bloomingdale; enlisted October 7, 1862, at Bloomingdale; promoted to corporal and to sergeant; discharged February 12, 1866; dead; buried at Charlotte, Michigan.


Company C: This company was, in the first place, wholly made up of Van Buren county men, although there were numbers of re- cruits from other parts of the State. There were over two hun- dred men in its ranks during its period of service.


The following list contains the names of those from Van Buren County : Hudson, Gilbert J., Paw Paw; first captain of the com-


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pany, commissioned major November 1, 1862; honorably dis- charged, June 6, 1865; died at Paw Paw, December 19, 1881.


Rowland, Oran W., Lawrence; enlisted September 17, 1861, at Lawrence; appointed sergeant at organization of company; sub- sequently promoted to first sergeant; commissioned second lieuten- ant Company E, April 29, 1863; first lieutenant Company I, Octo- ber 24, 1864; acting assistant adjutant general at brigade head- quarters, January, February and March, 1865; captain Company C, November 17, 1864; honorably discharged, June 6, 1865; present residence, Paw Paw.


Dyckman, Barney H., South Haven; entered service as second lieutenant Company C, at South Haven, September 17, 1861; pro- moted to first lieutenant January 13, 1862; captain Company A, May 25, 1862; resigned and honorably discharged October 31, 1864; died November 25, 1890.


Huston, Joseph W., Paw Paw; entered service as first lieuten- ant September 17, 1861 ; resigned January 12, 1862; major Fourth Michigan Cavalry September 1, 1862; resigned and honorably discharged, August 25, 1863; died at Boise City, Idaho.


Thompson, Albert H., Lawton; enlisted September 17, 1861, at Lawton; first sergeant and sergeant major; second lieutenant. Company C, January 13, 1862; resigned and honorably discharged, October 12, 1862; died at Lawton.


Chatfield, Henry, South Haven; enlisted September 17, 1861, at South Haven; promoted to quartermaster sergeant; second lieutenant September 22, 1864; first lieutenant November 7, 1864; honorably discharged on account of disability, June 12, 1865; died at South Haven, August 20, 1906.




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