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USA > Michigan > Berrien County > History of Berrien and Van Buren counties, Michigan. With biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers > Part 26
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George W. Walcott, disch. at end of service, Sept. 6, 1864.
SECOND CAVALRY.
Of this regiment about fifty men, in all, were from Berrien and Van Buren Counties. It left Grand Rapids for St. Louis in November, 1861, remaining at the latter place until March, 1862. It then took part in the opera- tions near New Madrid and Island No. 10. In May, 1862, it proceeded to Corinth, Miss., and was occupied
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throughout the summer in cavalry duty in Northern Mis- sissippi and Western Tennessee. Its colonel was then Philip H. Sheridan, now lieutenant-general, who had re- cently been detailed from duty as a captain in the regular army to receive the colonelcy lately vacated by the promo- tion of Gen. Gordon Granger. Col. Sheridan commanded the brigade consisting of the 2d Michigan, 2d Iowa, and 7th Kansas Cavalry, and at its head made numerous excur- sions through the country around Corinth, to keep down guerrillas and learn the movements of the enemy.
Early in the autumn, however, Col. Sheridan was made a brigadier-general of volunteers and transferred to the Army of the Cumberland, and about the same time the 2d Cav- alry was sent to Kentucky. In December, 1862, and January, 1863, it was engaged in a movement into East Tennessee, the men being in the saddle twenty-two days and taking part in several sharp skirmishes. Soon after- wards it moved into Tennessee, and for several months its headquarters were at or near Murfreesboro', while it was almost constantly engaged in scoutings and raids through Middle Tennessee.
On the 25th of March, 1863, it had a sharp encounter with a large rebel force under Gen. N. B. Forrest, killing and wounding many and capturing fifty-two prisoners. The 2d had seven men killed and wounded. On the 4th of June it had another brisk skirmish between Franklin and Triune, five of its men being killed and wounded.
When the army advanced from Murfreesboro' in June, 1863, the 2d accompanied it in the cavalry division, driving the enemy from Shelbyville, Middletown, and other points. In the autumn it was engaged in scouting around Chatta- nooga, at one time being part of a force which chased Gen. Wheeler's cavalry one hundred and ninety-one miles in six days (October 3d to 8th inclusive). In November it marched into East Tennessee, and on the 24th of Decem- ber it participated in an attack on a large force of the enemy at Dandridge, Tenn., having ten men killed and wounded. On the 26th of January, 1864, the 2d with other forces attacked a brigade of rebel cavalry on Pigeon River, capturing three pieces of artillery and seventy-five prisoners, and having eleven of its own men wounded.
Three hundred and twenty-eight of the men re-enlisted as veterans, and in April went home on veteran furlough. The rest of the regiment accompanied Gen. Sherman in his Atlanta campaign, having several sharp skirmishes with the enemy, but being ordered back from Lost Mountain to Franklin, Tenn., where they were rejoined by the veter- ans in July. During the summer and autumn it was busily engaged in marching through Middle Tennessee, fighting with the horsemen of Forrest and other rebel generals. .
On the 5th of November, 1864, the regiment was at- tacked at Shoal Creek, Ala., by a large Confederate force (a part of Hood's army, then advancing against Nashville), and was forced back with heavy loss. It steadily fell back, skirmishing almost constantly with the enemy, and at Franklin, on the 30th of November, it resisted his ad- vance all day, having eighteen officers and men killed and wounded.
After Hood's defeat before Nashville, the 2d pressed hard
on his rear, and at Richland Creek, on the 24th of Decem- ber, charged repeatedly, driving the foe sixteen miles, and having seven men killed and wounded. After Hood's final retreat from the State the regiment remained mostly in Middle Tennessee until March 11, 1865, when it set out on a long raid through Northern Alabama to Tuscaloosa, thence through Talladega to Macon, Ga., where it arrived on the 1st day of May, 1865.
After remaining in Georgia, on garrison duty until the 17th of August, the regiment was mustered out and sent home, arriving at Jackson on the 25th of August, where it was paid off and disbanded.
BERRIEN COUNTY MEMBERS OF THE SECOND CAVALRY.
Company L.
Capt. Bezaleel P. Wells, Niles ; com. Aug. 24, 1861 ; must. out Oct. 22, 1864. Capt. Richard F. Williams, Niles ; com. Oct. 22, 1864 ; 2d lieut. March 1, 1864; . sergt. ; must. out Aug. 17, 1865.
1st Lieut. Andrew J. Foster, Niles; com. Ang. 24, 1861 ; 'res. Aug. 31, 1862.
1st Lient. John Hutton, Niles; com. Sept. 9, 1862; 2d lieut. Sept. 2, 1861 ; res. April 9, 1864.
2d Lieut. Joseph N. Stevens, Niles ; com. April 15, 1863; 1st sergt. Aug. 24, 1861 ; inust. ont Oct. 22, 1864.
Sergt. Robert S. Longreel, Niles; enl. Sept. 7, 1861 ; pro. to 2d lieut. ; must. out Aug. 17, 1865.
Sergt. Wm. H. Wynne, Niles ; enl. Sept. 14, 1861; veteran, Jan. 5, 1864; pro. to 2d lieut. ; must. out Aug. 17, 1865.
Mark A. P. Chipman, Niles ; enl. Sept. 7, 1861; disch. April 2, 1863.
Win. H. Barnhonse, Niles ; enl. Sept. 14, 1861 ; disch. at end of service, Oct. 22, 1864.
John Lamonre, Niles ; enl. Sept. 7, 1861 ; veteran, Jan. 4, 1864; must. out Aug. 17, 1865.
Corp. Frank H. Cross, Niles ; enl. Sept. 13, 1861; dischi. at end of service, Oct. 22, 1864.
Orville D. Carlisle, Niles ; enl. Sept. 17, 1861 ; disch. for disability, Nov. 4, 1862. Ira Hagerty, Niles; enl. Sept. 6, 1861 ; disch. at end of service, Oct. 22, 1864.
James Schram, Niles ; enl. Sept. 14, 1861 ; sergt. ; disch. at end of service, Oct. 22, 1864.
Farrier Freeman Hitchcock, Niles; enl. Sept. 11, 1861 ; disch. at end of service, Oct. 22, 1864.
John Armsburgh, must. ont Aug. 17, 1865.
John Bee, died July 1, 1862, of wounds received at Farmington, Miss.
Harrison L. Baxter, must. out Feb. 16, 1866.
Henry D. Benson, dischi. at end of service, Oct. 28, 1864.
Ransom Birdsall, dischi. at end of service, Oct. 28, 1864.
Ashley Carlisle, disch. at end of service, Oct. 28, 1864.
David E. Cook, must. ont Dec. 5, 1865.
Nelson W. Corwin, died of disease at Farmington, Miss., July 22, 1862.
Getson Clark, died of disease at Rienzi, Miss., Aug. 6, 1862.
John B. Cisney, dischi. for disability, Oct. 3, 1862.
Nelson W. Crippen, disch. for disability, Dec. 22, 1862.
Herman Chapman, must. out May 24, 1865.
Augustus Conrad, must. out Ang. 17, 1865. James Dewitt, disch. for disability, July 14, 1862.
James Dunn, disch. at end of service, Oct. 28, 1864.
Wm. H. Dodge, disch. for disability, Dec. 4, 1863.
Delos Ellis, disch. at end of service, Oct. 28, 1864.
Chas. W. Granger, disch. for disability, July 16, 1862.
Hamilton Mckean, must. out Dec. 5, 1865.
Orrin Wray, died in battle at Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, 1863.
Edward Hollister, disch. for disability, Nov. 27, 1862.
Jacob Hand, veteran, enl. Jan. 8, 1864 ; drowned in Sopsie River, Ala., April 16, 1865.
Albert W. Hayward, trans. to Vet. Res. Corps, Feb. 15, 1865.
Charles Hudson, veteran, enl. Jan. 8, 1864; must. out Ang. 17, 1865.
Chas. Kennicott, disch. for disability, Sept. 15, 1862.
Wm. Kelley, disch. at end of service, Oct. 28, 1864.
Joseph M. Lester, disch, at end of service, Oct. 28, 1864.
Civilian S. Lee, must. out Ang. 17, 1865. Frank Maxwell, must. out June 19, 1865.
Chester Niles, disch. for disability, July 15, 1862. Benj. F. Rugg, disch. for disability, July 16, 1862.
Franklin B. Rice, veteran, enl. Jan. 5, 1864; disch. by order, July 4, 1865.
Loren A. Rice, must. out Ang. 17, 1865. Edgar Sanford, disch, for disability, Oct. 20, 1862.
Marvin E. Scott, disch. for disability, May 14, 1862.
John W. Stone, disch. for disability, May 14, 1862. Franklin Stevens, disch. at end of service, Oct. 28, 1864.
Geo. S. Schram, dischi. at end of service, Oct. 28, 1864.
Frank J. Stevens, died of wounds at Thompson's Station, March 4, 1863.
Colonel I. Stephens, died of disease at Nashville, Dec. 29, 1864.
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Geo. Smith, veteran, enl. Jan. 5, 1864; must. out Aug. 17, 1865. Geo. Shear, veteran, enl. Jan. 5, 1864; must. out Aug. 17, 1865. Aylmer Taggart, disch. for disability, Oct. 10, 1862. Anthony Turner, disch. at end of service, Oct. 28, 1865. Chas. Valleau, veteran, enl. Jan. 5, 1864; must. out Aug. 17, 1865. Cornelins Young, disch. for disability, Aug. 9, 1862.
VAN BUREN COUNTY SOLDIERS IN THE SECOND CAVALRY. Company I.
2d Lieut. Alonzo W. Carty, com. Sept. 24, 1864; resigned. Sergt. Frank H. Lamkin, enl. Sept. 11, 1861 ; died of disease. Sergt. Oscar Caldwell, enl. Sept. 1, 1861 ; disch. for disability.
Sergt. Alonzo W. McCarty, enl. Sept. 11, 1861 ; veteran, Jan. 5, 1864; pro. to 2d lieut.
Sergt. Gilbert Mitchell, enl. Sept. 13, 1861; veteran, Jan. 5, 1864 ; pro, to Ist lieut., Co. L.
Reuben A. Lambkin, died of disease at Nashville, Tenn., April 1, 1863. George S. Steward, veteran, enl. Jan. 5, 1864.
Company K.
William H. Brotherton, must. out Aug. 17, 1865. James Freeman, must. out Aug. 17, 1865.
Company L.
Ist Lieut. Gilbert Mitchell, com. Feb. 20, 1865; trans. to 136th Regt., U. S. C. T., June 22, 1865. John C. Barker, must. out Aug. 17, 1865. Hiram Daily, must. out March 10, 1866.
CHAPTER XIV. THIRD CAVALRY.
Organization of the Third Cavalry at Grand Rapids-Departure for the Front-Capture of Prisoners by Capt. Botham-Long Cam- paigning in Mississippi and West Tennessee-Veteran Re-enlist- ment and Furlough-Subsequent Duty in Arkansas, at Mobile, and in Texas-Muster Out at San Antonio-List of Van Buren and Berrien County Members.
THIS regiment, raised in the southwestern part of the State, contained in all about one hundred men from Berrien County and about two hundred from Van Buren. Capt. Thomas H. Botham, of St. Joseph, in the former county, raised Company L, principally in that place and vicinity, and Capt. Hudson organized Company C from among the young men of Van Buren County. Company A was also largely from the latter county. The regiment was recruited during the summer and autumn of 1861, its rendezvous being at Grand Rapids.
It left that place for St. Louis on the 28th of November, under Col. John K. Mizner. It remained at Benton Bar- racks, St. Louis, until February, 1862, when it joined the army of Gen. Pope, in the vicinity of New Madrid, Mo. It was then actively engaged in picket duty and other cav- alry service, and one battalion supported the heavy guns placed in position before New Madrid.
After the capture of that place and Island No. 10, the 3d was sent to Pittsburg Landing, where it arrived soon after the battle of Shiloh, and took an active part in the ad- vance of Gen. Halleck's army upon Corinth. During this period, about the middle of April, a battalion of the 3d Michigan, containing Companies L and C, and a battalion of an Illinois cavalry regiment were sent out to repel the enemy's horse, which had driven in the Union pickets. A skirmish ensued and the rebels retreated. Company G, under Capt. Botham, an old soldier of the British army, dashed forward on the right to intercept their retreat. Coming to a deep creek, with miry bottom and banks, the
captain plunged in. His mare fell under him, but he urged her up, and with great difficulty made his way through. Some of his men attempted to follow, and as he supposed they would all be able to cross he galloped for- ward at full speed towards the foe.
As he approached the point where the road he was fol- lowing struck at an acute angle the one on which the rebels were retreating, he found himself alone, though he could see that at least a few of his men were getting through the creek. Riding into a thick undergrowth in the forks of the road, he saw a hundred or more horsemen dash past him, eager to get out of the way of the Yankees. Then they came in scattering groups of six, eight, or ten men together. Capt. Botham saw that something must be done quickly if any of the rebels were to be caught, and so, relying on the speedy arrival of his men, he spurred out in front of a group of eight, who were making the best of their way to the rear, brandished his sabre and shouted, in stentorian tones,-
" Halt, dismount! You are surrounded by a thousand men. Throw down your arms or you will all be cut to pieces !"
The captain had lost his hat while struggling through the creek, and with his waving sabre and streaming beard, his horse covered with mud and his face with dust, looked decidedly ferocious. The fugitives, too, naturally supposed that he was followed by at least a company, and the group of eight already mentioned at once dismounted and threw down their arms. As they did so, two more of Company L, Lewis Seymour and Cochrane, who were all that had succeeded in getting through the creek, joined Capt. Botham, and aided in guarding the prisoners. Scattering rebels continued to come up, dismount, and throw down their arms until the three Unionists had thirteen captives. An- other man dismounted and fled into the brush, leaving his horse, which joined the others and raised the number of captured steeds to fourteen. Others of the fleeing Confed- erates, seeing what was going on, rode aside into the forest and escaped. The three Unionists then guarded their pris- oners until the rest of the company came up .*
Immediately after the evacuation of Corinth the 3d Cav- alry was ordered to Booneville, a few miles south of the for- mer place. Soon afterwards the Berrien County and Van Buren County companies (L and C), under Capt. Botham, were ordered to advance and ascertain the position and strength of the enemy. After finding a rebel force of all arms, halting and remaining out all night, the detachment again advanced the next morning, but halted to get some breakfast. While doing so the enemy was discovered by a
scout. The command left their breakfast half eaten, mounted, and hurried forward. They soon found a small body of horsemen, who fled before them.
The Union horsemen advanced at a rapid pace, and soon found an entire regiment of rebel cavalry disputing their progress. There was no time for consideration. If the
# The writer might possibly have looked with some suspicion on this account, though received from the most authentic source, had he not known beyond question of a similar occurrence, which happened not far from Corinth the following year. Such events were not com- mon, but they did sometimes happen.
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little command had then retreated, it would have been at- tacked and crushed by the elated Confederates. Capt. Botham knew it was essential for cavalry to get the advan- tage of its own momentum in a combat, and accordingly shouted the order to charge. The detachment dashed for- ward at the top of its speed, burst through the Confederate lines, and then turned and charged back. The enemy was so demoralized by these movements that no attempt was made to follow. How many of the foe were killed and wounded was not known, but it was certain that at least eleven were dismounted, for eleven of their horses accom- panied the Union force on its returning charge. After retreating a short distance, Capt. Botham halted and sent a dispatch to camp. About four o'clock in the afternoon he was relieved by the 2d Michigan Cavalry, under the com- mand of Col. Philip H. Sheridan. The latter drove back the enemy four or five miles, and then rejoined the main army.
The regiment was actively engaged in the usual cavalry duty of picketing and scouting throughout the whole season. Through the month of August it was at Tuscumbia and Russellville, Ala. On the approach of Price's rebel cavalry it returned to the vicinity of Corinth. Just before the battle of Corinth, while a detachment was scouting in the dark, an advance-guard of two or three, among whom was Mr. Cross, now postmaster at Lawrence, was startled by the question, coming almost from their horses' feet :
" What the devil are you doing? Take care where you ride, or your horses will step on us."
They had ridden unsuspectingly into a group of rebels who seemed to have lain down without a guard. They got out of their dangerous position as soon as possible. After the battle of Corinth the regiment had some sharp skirmish- ing with the foe at Hudsonville, capturing a whole rebel company at once. The regiment was with the advance of Gen. Grant's army in Mississippi, and shared the defeat inflicted on the cavalry at Coffeeville. During the winter it was on duty in North Mississippi and West Tennessee.
On the 1st of April, 1863, near Lexington, Tenn., Capt. Terry Harvey and Private Malloy, both of Bangor, Van Buren Co., while out together chased and captured seven guerrillas, who supposed there were more Yankees in the rear. The very next day " Del" Cross captured a rebel with a loaded rifle and revolver by drawing an empty pistol on him .*
During the year 1863 the 3d Cavalry was principally engaged in the arduous service of driving out the numerous bands of guerrillas which infested Western Tennessee and Northern Mississippi, and repelling the incursions of Con- federate forces from other quarters, its camp being most of the time at Corinth, Miss. There were few very severe battles in this kind of warfare, and few opportunities for winning martial glory amid the shock of charging squad- rons, but it tested to the utmost the endurance, the fortitude, and the patriotism of the hardy sons of the West. Day and night, in sun and rain, the cavalry was kept in motion. Often, when all the camp lay locked in the
deep slumbers of two o'clock in the morning, the silence would suddenly be broken by the stirring sounds of the bugle, and a moment later the officers would be heard going from tent to tent, arousing the half-awakened men with the orders, " Turn out here, Company B." "Turn out, Com- pany F." "Get ready to march, with three days' rations." " Lively now ; lively, I say."
Then would follow a hurried drawing of rations, the filling of haversacks and saddle-bags with coffee, pork, and " hard tack," and perhaps the cooking of a hasty meal for immediate consumption. Presently the bugles would sound " Boot and Saddle," the horses would be speedily equipped, mounted, and ridden into line, the voices of a dozen cap- tains would be heard in succession commanding " Fours Right-Column Right-March !" and away into the dark- ness would go the 3d Michigan, or the 7th Kansas, or the 3d Iowa, or any two of them, or all of them, as the occasion might seem to require.
Nobody would know where they were going except the field-officers, and very frequently they didn't ; but all sorts of rumors would pass rapidly among the boys. " Forrest is coming to attack the camp;" " Roddy is out here ten miles ;" " Chalmers is raising the devil over at Holly Springs," etc. A ride would follow, perhaps lasting two or three hours, perhaps extending through three or four days and half as many nights, and sometimes embracing a period of one, two, or three weeks, during which the bold riders were generally compelled to live upon the coun- try they traversed. In that half-cleared country there was seldom an opportunity for the dashing charge which one naturally associates with the idea of cavalry service ; but whenever they met the foe, which was quite frequently, both sides dismounted, and a lively skirmish with carbines against shot-guns ensued, which lasted until one party or the other retreated. The retreating party was usually, though not always, the rebels, as the best Confederate troops, after the battle of Corinth, in October, 1862, were taken away to other sections, leaving only undisciplined bands of what was called " shot-gun cavalry" in Northern Missis- sippi and Western Tennessee.
In such tasks the 3d Michigan Cavalry was engaged throughout 1863, taking part in sharp fights, and gen- erally defeating the enemy : at Clifton on the 20th of Feb- ruary ; at Panola, Miss., on the 20th of July ; at Byhalia, Miss., on the 12th of October; at Wyatt's Ford, Miss., on the 13th of October. At Grenada, Miss., also, on the 14th of August, the 3d led the Union advance, and, after a vig- orous fight, drove back the enemy, captured the town, and destroyed more than sixty locomotives and four hundred cars, gathered there by the Confederate authorities.
In the latter part of January, 1864, the regiment being then in winter quarters at Lagrange, Tenn., three-fourths of the men enlisted, and the command became the 3d Michigan Veteran Cavalry. After enjoying their veteran furlough the command went to St. Louis in March, 1864, and in the latter part of May proceeded, dismounted, to Little Rock, Ark. It was not mounted until the 1st of August, when it resumed the work of chasing guerrillas, scouting for information, etc., with an experience similar to that already described.
# For these and other incidents we are indebted to the diary of Capt. Rowland, of Paw Paw.
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From November, 1864, to February, 1865, the 3d was in garrison at Brownsville Station, on the Memphis and Little Rock Railroad, where the men built such a fine- appearing set of quarters and stables that the place was com- monly called Michigan City, instead of Brownsville Station. In March, 1865, the regiment, as a part of the 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 7th Army Corps, proceeded to New Orleans, and in April continued its course to Mobile. After the capture of that place the 3d was on outpost duty in that vicinity until the 8th of May, when it marched to Baton Rouge, La. In June it set out for Texas by the way of Shreveport, and on the 2d of August arrived at San Anto- nio, in that State. Its headquarters remained at San An- tonio until the 15th of February, 1866, while successive detachments were scouting the country, protecting the frontier against Mexicans and Indians.
In February, 1866, the regiment was dismounted, mus- tered out, and sent home, being paid off and disbanded at Jackson, Mich., on the 15th of March, 1866, after a ser- vice of four years and a half, unsurpassed as to hardship and fidelity by that of any other regiment in the army. It is claimed to have captured during the time over two thou- sand five hundred prisoners, besides those taken in co-op- eration with other regiments.
OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE THIRD CAVALRY FROM VAN BUREN COUNTY. Field and Staff.
Maj. Wm. S. Burton, South Haven ; com. Sept. 7, 1861 ; res. Dec. 2, 1864. Maj. Gilbert J. Hudson, Paw Paw ; com. Nov. 1, 1862; must. out June 6, 1865. Surg. Josiah Andrews, Paw Paw ; com. Sept. 7, 1861; honorably disch. at end of service, Oct. 24, 1864.
Asst. Surg. Lucius C. Woodman, Paw Paw; com. Sept. 7, 1861 ; pro. to surg. 11th Cav., Oct. 7, 1863.
Surg. Albert Thompson, Lawton ; com. Oct. 4, 1864; asst. surg. March 31, 1864 ; hospital steward ; 2d lieut. Oct. 1, 1862; must. out Feb. 12, 1866.
Chaplain Asa Harmon, Paw Paw; com. Dec. 10, 1862; must out Feb. 12, 1866.
Company A.
Capt. Barney Dyckman, South Haven ; com. Jan. 13, 1862 ; res. Oct. 24, 1864. Sergt. John McDonald, Paw Paw ; enl. June 9, 1865; must. out Feb. 12, 1866. Corp. Ezra Whaley, Bloomingdale ; enl. Aug. 30, 1861 ; must. out Feb. 12, 1866. Musician Benj. F. Bridges, Bloomingdale; enl. Sept. 2, 1861; veteran, Jan. 19, 1864; must. out Feb. 12, 1866. James Alger, must. out Feb. 12, 1866.
Homer E. Boughman, veteran, Jan. 19, 1864 ; must out Feb. 12, 1866.
Charles M. Brown, disch. for disability, Dec. 9, 1862.
Cyrus Brown, disch. by order, Feb. 3, 1863. Edwin A. Colwell, disch. at end of service, Oct. 24, 1864.
Marcus F. Clark, disch. for disability, July 13, 1862.
Charles M. Coon, must. ont Oct. 5, 1865.
George Fowler, died of disease at St. Louis, Mo., May 27, 1862.
Charles Ives, must. out Oct. 5, 1865.
Ford Manch, must. ont Feb. 12, 1866. Shertis Mitchelson, must. out Feb. 12, 1866.
James H. Miller, veteran, Jan. 19, 1864; must. out Feb. 12, 1866.
William McMechan, disch. for disability, March 28, 1864.
Francis M. Pearson, veteran, Jan. 19, 1864.
Benjamin Parker, must. out Feb. 12, 1866.
Obed W. Quint, disch. at end of service, Oct. 24, 1864.
William A. Robinson, disch. for disability, Jan. 20, 1863.
William Rice, disch. at end of service, Oct. 20, 1864.
Aaron Scott, veteran, Jan. 19, 1864; must. ont Feb. 12, 1866. Marion M. Smith, must. out Feb. 12, 1866.
Company B.
John Abbott, must. out Feb. 12, 1866. Frank Branch, must. out Feb. 12, 1866.
Harrison Hilliard, must. ont Feb. 12, 1866. Ransom D. Norton, must. ont Feb. 12, 1866.
Uziah Osborn, must. out Feb. 12, 1866.
David H. Wiard, must. out Feb. 12, 1866.
Company C.
Capt. Gilbert J. Hudson, Paw Paw; com. Sept. 17, 1861 ; pro. to maj., Nov. 1, 1862.
Cupt. Orrin W. Rowland, Lawrence ; com. Nov. 17, 1864; 1st lieut., Co. I; must. out June 6, 1865.
1st Lieut. Joseph W. Huston, Paw Paw ; com. Sept. 17, 1861; res. Jan. 12, 1862. 1st Lient. Barney Dyckman, South Haven; com. Jan. 13, 1862 ; 2d lieut. Sept. 17, 1861 ; pro. to capt., Co. A.
1st Lieut. Henry Chatfield, South Haven ; com. Nov. 7, 1864; 2d lieut ; res. June 12, 1865.
2d Lient. Albert HI. Thompson, Paw Paw; com. Jan. 13, 1862 ; sergt .; res. Oct. 12, 1862.
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