A History of Van Buren County, Michigan: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its., Part 30

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


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Sherwood, Henry, Columbia ; enlisted July 23, 1862. at Colum- bia ; wounded in action at Latimer's Mills, Georgia, June 20, 1864; honorably discharged.


Smead, Thomas D .. Antwerp; enlisted July 16, 1862, at Ant- werp ; corporal : promoted to sergeant : discharged July 1, 1865.


Smith, Charles H., Decatur; enlisted August 9, 1862, at Deca- tur; discharged July 1, 1865.


Smith, William J., Antwerp; enlisted August 8, 1862, at Porter ; farrier ; discharged June 3. 1865.


Stevens, Fitz E .. Paw Paw; enlisted August 6. 1862, at Paw Paw; sergeant major ; discharged July 1, 1865; present residence Paw Paw.


Warner, Oliver W .. Paw Paw: drafted; mustered November 4, 1863; killed in action at Lovejoy Station. Georgia, August 20. 1864.


Wilcox, Reuben O., Antwerp; enlisted August 6, 1862, at Ant- werp; discharged July 1, 1865.


Woolsey, William F., Hartford; enlisted July 21, 1862, at Hart- ford; died at Nashvile, Tennessee, January 13, 1863; buried in National cemetery at Nashville.


Worthey, George, Arlington ; enlisted August 6, 1862, at Arling ton ; wounded in action at Latimer's Mills, Georgia, June 20, 1864 ; discharged July 1, 1865; died at Paw Paw, June 5, 1906.


Other Companies: Baty, John; drafted from Hartford; mus- tered October 14, 1863; assigned to Company A; discharged Au- gust 15, 1865.


Moon, Josiah B .; drafted from Decatur; mustered November 4, 1863; assigned to Company A; discharged August 15, 1865.


Moon, Rodolphus; drafted from Columbia; mustered Novem- ber 4, 1863; assigned to Company A; died at Cartersville, Geor- gia, June 7, 1864.


Cobb, Dennis H., Columbia ; enlisted in Company F, August 11, 1862, at Adrian; taken prisoner at Kingston Georgia, May 18,


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1864; died in prison at Florence, South Carolina, November 1, 1864.


Cross, Ira F .; drafted from Paw Paw; mustered November 4, 1863; assigned to Company G; discharged December 27, 1864.


Ward, John W .; drafted from Antwerp; mustered November 4. 1863; assigned to Company G; in hospital at Edgefield, Tennes- see, July, 1865.


Driskil, Noah, Porter; enlisted in Company I, August 11. 1862. at Dowagiac ; discharged April 2, 1863.


Lewis, Francis F., Porter; enlisted in Company I, August 11. 1862, at Dowagiac; wounded in action at Lavergne, Tennessee. December 26, 1862; died at Nashville, Tennessee, January 11, 1865.


Morton, Charles L., Porter; enlisted in Company I, August 11, 1862, at Dowagiac; discharged for disability February 27, 1863.


Orr, Hugh; enlisted in Company I. March 14, 1864, at Decatur : discharged July 26, 1865.


Armstrong. Worden; drafted from Antwerp; mustered Novem- ber 4, 1863; assigned to Company E : died at Nashville, Tennessee. March 3, 1865: buried in National cemetery at Nashville.


Derby, John L., Bloomingdale; enlisted August 1, 1862, in Com- pany L, at Allegan; died at Nashville, Tennessee, February 16, 1863; buried in National cemetery at Nashville.


Burdette, Abraham; drafted from Hamilton ; assigned to Fourth Cavalry, mustered November 4, 1863; no further record.


Dyer, Andrew J .; drafted from Lawrence; assigned to Fourth Cavalry ; mustered November 4, 1863; no further record.


Finley, Andrew M .; drafted from Geneva; assigned to Fourth Cavalry ; mustered November 4, 1863: no further record.


Labadie, Joseph; drafted from Almena; assigned to Fourth Cavalry ; mustered November 4, 1863; no further record.


Lawhorn, Henry; drafted from Porter; mustered November 4. 1863; assigned to Fourth Cavalry ; no further record.


Nash, Albert H., Paw Paw; joined regiment October 10, 1862. as sergeant major; commissioned as second lieutenant ; resigned on account of disability. February 17, 1863.


NINTH MICHIGAN CAVALRY Rally, valiant soldiers, rally, 'Tis the time for you and me, We will stand by one another, Round the standard of the free.


The Ninth Cavalry was organized at Coldwater in 1862 under the supervision of Colonel James I. David and was mustered into the United States service in May, 1863. The total enrolment at organization was 1,073 officers and enlisted men.


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Many of the officers of this regiment had seen service in the field with other regiments and their experience in military duties and discipline was of great advantage and served to place the Ninth on a war basis much sooner than would have been possible under other circumstances. The regiment was splendidly equipped when it took the field, being armed with the Spencer carbine, a magazine gun that could be fired seven times without stopping to reload-the best cavalry weapon of that date.


CAPTURE OF MORGAN


The Ninth was also furnished with fine mounts when it left the state and the personnel of the different companies was excellent. Ten companies of the regiment left Coldwater in May for Cincin- nati, Ohio, and its first camp in the field was at Covington, Ken- tucky. In June it was ordered to Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, in pur- suit of a band of guerrillas and its first engagement with the enemy was at Triplett Bridge, where it routed Everett's guerrillas and wounded and captured a number of them. The Confederate General John Morgan was in Kentucky at the time the Ninth was sent in pursuit, but Morgan eluded his foes although the Ninth captured his chief of staff and a number of his men. The regiment returned to Danville, Kentucky, July 6, where all the cavalry pres- ent was placed under the command of Colonel W. T. Saunders of the Fifth Kentucky.


In the meantime the Confederate General Morgan had crossed the Ohio river into Indiana and made his celebrated raid through that state and Ohio, destroying property, burning bridges, looting villages, taking provisions for his men and capturing horses, spreading consternation along his march.


The regiment soon assembled at Cincinnati, Ohio, and reported to General Burnside whose headquarters were in the city. Reports were so conflicting as to the location of Morgan that the regiment was divided, companies A, B, F, L, C, and K eventually overtaking the enemy at Buffington Island, where a sharp engagement fol- lowed, resulting in a complete rout of Morgan's forces, capturing 500 prisoners, a large quantity of small arms and three pieces of artillery.


Companies C, D, E, H, I, and K left Cincinnati on the Little Miami Railroad, and arrived at Mingo Junction, Ohio, on the 25th and marched immediately to Steubenville. On the 26th Morgan was pressed into an engagement near Salineville, Ohio, by a charge of the detachment of the Ninth in which the Confederates were routed with a loss of 23 killed, about 50 wounded and 250 prison- ers. General Morgan was driven from the field and in his flight


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ran into the forces of General Shackleford, who was marching on the same road Morgan was retreating, and the Confederate Gen- eral surrendered to General Shackleford. General Morgan and staff were taken to Salineville where they were placed in a coach and sent to Columbus, Ohio.


The Ninth took part in the expedition against Cumberland Gap and that stronghold surrendered to the Union forces, with 2,500 men and 13 pieces of artillery. Then followed the East Tennessee campaign which probably was unequaled for hardships during the war on account of the severity of the climate, the want of cloth- ing and tents, and the scarcity of rations. The Ninth was con- stantly on duty and was in frequent contact with the enemy's cav- alry, as the Confederate General Longstreet encamped his corps in the valleys of Tennessee during the winter. The hardships im- posed upon the horses by constant marches and the want of for- age finally dismounted most of the companies, the men being obliged to see their faithful horses die of hunger, while they them- selves were often on the verge of starvation.


In the spring of 1864, the regiment, having lost most of its horses, returned to Nicholasville, Kentucky, to remount and secure new equipments. The first of June found the regiment supplied with fine mounts and well equipped. On the 12th the regiment confronted the Confederate General John Morgan (who had es- caped from prison) once more, this time at Cynthiana, Kentucky. The Ninth attacked in a splendid charge, driving the enemy into the Licking river and capturing about 300 prisoners and a large supply of stores and small arms.


FIRST AND LAST


The Ninth joined General Sherman's army on the Atlanta cam- paign, and before the fall of Atlanta was a part of the force under General Kilpatrick in a raid south of Atlanta on the Montgomery railroad. The Ninth formed a part of the Cavalry Corps com- manded by General Kilpatrick, and marched with Sherman from "Atlanta to the Sea," being engaged in frequent combats with General Wheeler and General Wade Hampton's Cavalry. At Waynesboro, Georgia, the Ninth made a brilliant charge upon the forces of General Wheeler, driving the enemy in confusion and capturing 100 prisoners. This charge was especially mentioned by General Kilpatrick in his dispatch to the war department. When the regiment arrived at Savannah, Georgia, it was selected by Gen- eral Kilpatrick as his escort to march to St. Catherine's Sound on the Atlantic coast and open communication with the federal fleet. This gave the regiment the prestige of being the first regiment of Sherman's army to reach the coast.


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The cavalry division started from Savannah, Georgia, on the Carolina campaign the 27th of January, 1865. It marched on the flanks in advance and in the rear of Sherman's army, whenever the enemy's cavalry might appear. The regiment met the enemy at many points as it moved through the states of South Carolina and North Carolina, and was at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, when the news of General Lee's surrender was received. In a skirmish with the Confederate General Johnston's forces just before the news of General Lee's surrender and the order came to "cease firing," it is asserted that the Ninth fired the last hostile shot of the war east of the Mississippi. The regiment was at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, when General Johnston surrendered to General Sherman.


The official records show that the Ninth Cavalry was engaged in sixty battles and skirmishes, the following being some of the principal ones: Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, September 9, 1863: Zollicoffer, Tennessee, September 23, 1863; Knoxville, Tennessee, December 5, 1863; Fair Garden, Tennessee, January 24, 1864: siege of Atlanta, August 1 to September 3, 1864; Stone Mountain. . Georgia, September 13, 1864; Lovejoy Station, Georgia, November 16, 1864; Macon, Georgia, November 21, 1864; Cypress Swamp, Georgia, December 7, 1864; Averysboro, North Carolina, March 14 and 15, 1865; Raleigh, North Carolina, April 12, 1865.


The regiment was mustered out of service at Concord, North Carolina, and immediately started for Michigan, arriving at Jack- son, July 30, 1865, where it was paid off and disbanded.


Total enrolment, 1,213; killed in action, 32; died of wounds, 8: died in Confederate prisons, 32; died of disease, 110; discharged for disability (wounds and disease), 59.


Van Buren County soldiers in the Ninth Cavalry were as fol- lows.


Company E: Banks, Will H. S., Lawton; captain Company II. Twelfth Infantry, September 17, 1861; resigned February 20, 1862; re-entered service as second lieutenant Company E, Ninth Cavalry, at organization; promoted to first lieutenant and to cap- tain ; discharged July 21, 1865.


Bilby, George, Antwerp; enlisted January 12, 1863, at Ant- werp; taken prisoner February 4, 1864; died at Andersonville, Georgia ; buried in National cemetery at Andersonville.


Bliss, Merritt, Antwerp; enlisted January 2, 1863, at Antwerp : taken prisoner at Dandridge, Tennessee, January 16, 1864; died April 16, 1864; buried at Annapolis, Maryland.


Bradford, Calvin P., Porter; enlisted December 13, 1862, at Porter; discharged July 21, 1865.


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Brott, Aaron, Antwerp; enlisted December 14, 1862, at Antwerp; discharged July 21, 1865.


Brown, Charles W., Almena; enlisted December 5, 1862, at Almena ; commissary sergeant; discharged June 7, 1865.


Brown, William, Almena; enlisted November 28, 1862, at Al- mena; corporal; taken prisoner in March, 1865; paroled in June, 1865; discharged July 12, 1865.


Buchanan, William, Columbia; enlisted January 2, 1863, at Jackson ; discharged March 14, 1863.


Clark, John, Almena ; enlisted December 8, 1862, at Almena; died at Camp Nelson, Kentucky, June 2, 1864; buried in National cemetery at Camp Nelson, grave No. 1432.


Clark, Joseph, Antwerp; enlisted December 15, 1862, at Ant- werp; discharged July 21, 1865.


Cook, Willis C., Lawton; enlisted in Company D, Thirteenth Infantry, November 18, 1861; discharged for disability November 3, 1862; enlisted in Company E, Ninth Cavalry, April 15, 1863% .. at Antwerp; farrier; discharged July 21, 1865.


Covey, Alphonso, Waverly ; enlisted December 9, 1862, at Wa- verly ; discharged February 27, 1863.


Earl, David, Pine Grove; enlisted December 19, 1862, at Pin- Grove; taken prisoner at Wadesboro, South Carolina, March 4, 1865; paroled in June, 1865; discharged June 23, 1865.


Ellison, Joseph, Antwerp; enlisted December 18, 1862, at Paw Paw; taken prisoner in March, 1865; paroled; discharged August 5, 1865; deceased.


Finch, Alfred, Pine Grove; enlisted December 18, 1862, at Pine Grove; corporal; discharged July 21, 1865; died December 5, 1889.


Finch, Edward E., Pine Grove; enlisted December 18, 1862, at Pine Grove; taken prisoner at Atlanta, Georgia, August 28, 1864; paroled June 15, 1865; discharged July 1, 1865.


Goff, Dewitt C., Porter; enlisted January 10, 1863, at Porter : discharged July 21, 1865.


Hill, George B. A., Antwerp; enlisted December 27, 1862, at Antwerp; sergeant; promoted to second lieutenant and to first lieutenant ; discharged July 21, 1865; died at Worcester, Mas- sachusetts, August 8. 1896.


Hinchey, John J., Antwerp; entered service at organization of regiment as captain ; discharged July 21, 1865.


Holden, Elmore, Antwerp; enlisted December 8, 1862, at Ant- werp; died at Knoxville, Tennessee, March 1, 1864; buried at Knoxville.


Holden, Orrin, Antwerp: enlisted December 17, 1862, at Ant. werp; discharged July 21, 1865; died July 2, 1903.


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Holden, Samuel E., Antwerp; enlisted December 17, 1862, at


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Antwerp; discharged July 21, 1865; deceased; buried at Lawton, Michigan.


Lewis, Frederick L., Paw Paw; enlisted December 11, 1862, at Paw Paw; veterinary surgeon; taken prisoner December 14, 1863; died at Andersonville, Georgia, June 12, 1864; buried in National cemetery at Andersonville, grave No. 1882.


Magoon, Edward; Lawton; enlisted April 7, 1863, at Battery L, First Light Artillery ; transferred to Ninth Cavalry ; discharged July 21, 1865.


Mckay, Henry M., Porter; enlisted July 22, 1862, at Detroit; substitute for James V. Campbell; no further record.


McLain, Hamilton H., Porter; enlisted January 12, 1863, at Porter; discharged July 21, 1865.


Markillie, Jacob, Antwerp; enlisted December 5, 1862, at Ant- werp; discharged February 4, 1864; died at Almena, Michigan.


Markillie, John G., Almena; enlisted December 5, 1862, at Al- mena ; corporal; discharged July 21, 1865.


Marsh, James G., Antwerp; enlisted December 27, 1862, at Ant- werp; corporal; discharged July 21, 1865; deceased; buried at Newburg, Michigan.


Morse, Manley M., Pine Grove; enlisted December 18, 1862, at Pine Grove; corporal; discharged June 12, 1865.


Niles, Thomas L., Waverly ; enlisted December 5, 1862, at Wa- verly ; corporal; discharged May 18, 1865.


Phelps, Edwin T., Pine Grove; enlisted December 20, 1862, at Pine Grove; corporal; promoted to sergeant; discharged August 5, 1865, from Veteran Reserve Corps.


Rider, Truman, Antwerp; enlisted December 9, 1862, at Ant- werp; sergeant ; taken prisoner at Dandridge, Tennessee, January 16, 1864; died while prisoner of war, at Richmond, Virginia, April 4, 1864; buried at Richmond.


Sheldon, Joseph F., Pine Grove; enlisted December 10, 1862, at Pine Grove; discharged July 21, 1865.


Simmons, Ellis D., Antwerp; enlisted December 8, 1862, at Law- ton ; first sergeant ; discharged for disability June 9, 1865.


Smith, Daniel W., Keeler; enlisted February 10, 1863, at Keeler ; discharged July 13, 1865.


Smith, Eugene E .; enlisted in Company D, Sixth Infantry, June 19, 1861; discharged for disability June 25, 1863; re-entered service in Company 3, Ninth Cavalry, at organization as first lieutenant; discharged for disability December 28, 1863.


Smith, Silas A., Paw Paw; enlisted March 6, 1863, at Paw Paw; first sergeant ; discharged July 21, 1865; deceased ; buried at Paw Paw.


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Stevens, Thomas, Antwerp; enlisted December 9, 1862, at Ant- werp; discharged July 21, 1865.


Tillou, John B., Antwerp; enlisted December 26, 1862, at Ant- werp; died at Camp Nelson, Kentucky, August 10, 1863; buried in National cemetery at Camp Nelson, grave No. 1533.


Tuttle, George L., Paw Paw; enlisted January 10, 1863, at Paw Paw; sergeant; discharged May 18, 1865; present residence, Paw Paw.


Tuttle, Grant W., Paw Paw; enlisted December 19, 1862, at Paw Paw; quartermaster sergeant ; promoted to second lieutenant ; acting regimental quartermaster; resigned November 24, 1864; present residence, Kalamazoo.


Tyler, John B., Antwerp; enlisted January 2, 1863, at Antwerp ; died at Camp Nelson, Kentucky, August 20, 1863.


Tyler, Kimball, Antwerp; enlisted January 2, 1863, at Antwerp; discharged November, 1863.


Veley, William, Pine Grove; enlisted December 17, 1862, at Pine Grove; discharged July 21, 1865.


Waldo, Uriah, Antwerp; enlisted December 26, 1862, at Ant- werp; discharged July 21, 1865.


Williams, Daniel, Antwerp; enlisted January 12, 1863, at Ant- werp; taken prisoner May 10, 1865; discharged June 20, 1865.


Other Companies : Blakely, Truman G .; enlisted May 6, 1864, in Company K, at Bangor; discharged July 21, 1865.


Linfear, George; enlisted May 6, 1864, in Company K, at Ban- gor; discharged July 21, 1865.


Quinn, Martin; enlisted May 6, 1864, in Company K, at Ban- gor ; corporal; discharged July 21, 1865.


Sowders, Peter; enlisted May 12, 1864, in Company K, at Ban- gor ; taken prisoner in March, 1865; discharged June 12, 1865.


White, Owen C .; enlisted May 8 ,1864, in Company K, at Ban- gor ; corporal; discharged June 8, 1865.


Baxter, Edward, Pine Grove; enlisted August 15, 1864, in Com- pany C, at Kalamazoo; discharged May 3, 1865.


Root, Maurice T., Keeler; enlisted in Company L, January 1, 1863, at Keeler; sergeant; transferred to Invalid Corps; dis- charged August 30, 1865.


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CHAPTER XI


OTHER COMMANDS


FIRST MICHIGAN ENGINEERS AND MECHANICS-FIRST REGIMENT MICHIGAN LIGHT ARTILLERY-VAN BUREN COUNTY SOLDIERS IN OTHER MICHIGAN REGIMENTS-BIRGE'S WESTERN SHARPSHOOTERS -COMPANY C, SEVENTIETH NEW YORK INFANTRY-OTHER COM- PANIES OR REGIMENTS.


Stand by the flag, all doubt and treason scorning; Believe with courage strong and faith sublime, That it will float until the eternal morning Pales in its glories, all the lights of time.


The organization of the Michigan Engineers and Mechanics was especially authorized by the war department. The authority to raise it, with the sanction of Governor Blair, was delegated to Col- onel William P. Innes, a practical engineer of Grand Rapids.


The regiment rendezvoused at Marshall, was mustered into the service on the 29th of October, 1861, and left for the front on De- cember 17th following: It was divided into four detachments and assigned to duty with the four divisions of General Buell's army.


The service rendered by this regiment was very important and valuable. Ten of the companies were with Sherman on his mem- orable march from Atlanta to the sea and were required to keep pace with the army, moving at the rate of some twenty miles per day, and at the same time tearing up miles of railroad track, twist- ing the rails, burning bridges in the rear of the army, repairing and making roads in advance, laying pontoons and building bridges across the streams.


After the surrender of Generals Lee and Johnston, the regi- ment proceeded to Washington where it participated in the Grand Review after which it was sent to Nashville where, on the 22nd day of September, 1865, it was mustered out of service and pro- ceeded to Jackson, Michigan, where it was paid off and disbanded, October 1, 1865.


During its four years of service the regiment was engaged at Mill Springs, Kentucky ; the siege of Corinth, Mississippi; Perry- ville, Kentucky; La Vergne, and Chattanooga, Tennessee; sieges


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of Atlanta and Savannah, Georgia, and Averysboro, and Benton- ville, North Carolina.


Total enrolment, 2,920; killed in action, 2; died of wounds, 4; died in Confederate prisons, 2; died of disease, 280; discharged for disability (wounds and disease), 270.


Following is a list of the names of the Van Buren County men who served in the Engineers and Mechanics corps.


Company A: Coons, George II., Columbia; enlisted December 29, 1863, at Columbia ; died at Bridgeport, Alabama, June 22, 1864; buried in National cemetery at Chattanooga, Tennessee, grave No. 10974.


Coons, John T., Columbia; enlisted December 23, 1863, at Co- lumbia ; died at Adairsville, Georgia, August 24, 1864; buried in National cemetery at Atlanta, Georgia.


Grow, Benjamin J .. Columbia; enlisted December 23, 1863, at Columbia; died at Bridgeport, Alabama, June 23, 1864; buried in National cemetery at Chattanooga, Tennessee.


Keeling, Thomas; enlisted December 23, 1863, at Columbia ; dis- charged September 22, 1865.


Peterson, Harvey G .; enlisted December 23, 1863, at Columbia ; discharged September 22, 1865.


Silkworth, Cyrus, Columbia; enlisted December 29, 1862, at Columbia ; corporal; promoted to sergeant; discharged September 22, 1865.


Smith, William H., Columbia; enlisted December 23, 1863, at Columbia; died at Cartersville, Georgia, July 18, 1864; buried in National cemetery at Marietta, Georgia, grave No. 1726.


Sparks, Tolbert W., Columbia; enlisted December 28, 1863. at Columbia ; discharged June 30, 1865.


Whiting, Price; enlisted in December, 1863, at Columbia ; dis- charged January 1, 1865.


Whitney, Asaph ; enlisted December 23, 1863, at Columbia : dis- charged for disability, April 9, 1864.


Company G : Allen, Forbes, Waverly ; enlisted August 25, 1864, at Kalamazoo; discharged June 6, 1865.


Allen, Reuben H .; enlisted November 26, 1861, at Waverly ; corporal ; discharged October 31, 1864.


Austin, Alexander ; enlisted October 30, 1862, at Waverly : dis- charged September 22, 1865.


Austin, Darius F., Waverly ; enlisted October 10, 1861, at Wa- verly; wounded in action at La Vergne. Tennessee, January 1, 1863; corporal; discharged for disability, July 23, 1863.


Brewer, Clark K .; enlisted September 28, 1861, at Kalamazoo; artificer; discharged October 31, 1864.


Brown, Barnabas, Waverly; enlisted December 16, 1861, at


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Marshall ; died at Nashville, Tennessee, October 30, 1862; buried in National cemetery at Nashville.


Brown, Daniel D., Waverly; enlisted October 17, 1861, at Wa- verly ; discharged October 31, 1864.


Brown, James C .; enlisted October 10, 1861, at Waverly ; arti- ficer; discharged for disability, August 18, 1862.


Bush, Eli; enlisted September 6, 1861, at Waverly; artificer ; discharged for disability, April 3, 1862.


Brown, Cyrenus, Waverly; enlisted October 9, 1861, at Wa- verly ; died at Louisville, Kentucky, March 13, 1862.


Carr, William H., Waverly; enlisted November 1, 1862, at Wa- verly ; artificer ; discharged September 22, 1865.


Colburn, Eliphalet V., Waverly ; enlisted August 15, 1864, at Kalamazoo; discharged June 6, 1865.


Dyer, Sylvester, Almena; enlisted October 18, 1861, at Kalama- zoo; corporal; promoted to sergeant ; discharged October 31, 1864.


Fosmire, Ezra H .; enlisted September 20, 1861, at Kalamazoo; discharged October 31, 1864.


Gaines, Franklin J., Paw Paw; enlisted December 10, 1863, at Kalamazoo; discharged September 22, 1865.


Gault, David H .; Waverly ; enlisted September 6, 1861, at Kala- mazoo ; sergeant ; discharged for disability July 12, 1863.


Gault, Truman H., Bloomingdale; enlisted December 15, 1863, at Kalamazoo; died at Ringgold, Georgia, August 5, 1864; buried in National cemetery at Chattanooga, Tennessee, grave No. 10369.


Gobel, Eliel P .; enlisted September 20, 1861, at Kalamazoo; dis- charged September 16, 1862.


Haydon, Edmond N., Almena; enlisted September 12, 1861, at Kalamazoo; corporal; died at Louisville, Kentucky, March 22, 1864.


Hayes, Alva ; enlisted September 14, 1861, at Lawton; reported sick in hospital at Nashville, Tennessee, June 11, 1863; no further record.


Jennings, Henry H., Antwerp; enlisted August 25, 1864, at Kalamazoo; discharged June 6, 1865; died at Paw Paw.


Libbe, Alonzo; enlisted October 19, 1861, at Marshall; dis- charged July 24, 1862; died March 9, 1895; buried at Paw Paw.




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