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Van Arman, John. Company E. Enlisted at Marshall, Aug. 9, 1861.
Van Brocklin, Philip. Company B. Enlisted Ang. 2, 1461.
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Vessey, George. Company A. Enlisted at Battle Creek, Aug. 7, 1861. Waggoner, Reuben. Company E. Enlisted at Marshall, Aug. 9, 1861.
Waldron, Edward. Company I. Enlisted at Albion, Aug. 8, 1861.
Watson, Charles H. Company E. Enlisted June 19, 1861. First Lieutenant, Oct. 1, 1863.
Watson, Charles H. Company I. Enlisted at Albion, Aug. 4, 1861. Died of disease.
Watson, Ira. Company E. Enlisted at Marshall, Aug. 9, 1861.
Watters, Joseph P. Company E. Enlisted at Marshall, Aug. 9, 1861. Died while on veteran furlough, April 9, 1864.
Weiss, William. Company I. Enlisted at Albion, Aug. 9, 1861.
Welton, George A. Company E. Enlisted Aug. 22, 1861. Sergeant, January, 1864.
Wilson, Charles H. Company I. Enlisted at Albion, Aug. 12, 1861. Discharged on account of wounds received in action at Baton Rouge, La., Aug. 5, 1862.
Winters, James. Company E. Captain, June 19, 1861. Resigned and honor- ahly discharged, Oct. 9, 1861.
Witherell, Noah. Enlisted at Marengo as Sergeant, June 19, 1861. Discharged for disability, July 17, 1862.
Wood, Philip. Company E. Mustered Aug. 20, 1861.
Woods, Freeman E. Company A. Enlisted at Battle Creek, Aug. 7, 1861.
Yarrington, William. Company I. (171) Enlisted at Albion, Ang. 3, 1861.
SEVENTH AND EIGHTH INFANTRY
Seventh: Carter, Phineas. Company I. Enlisted at Athens, Aug. 12, 1861. Wounded in action, Dec. 11, 1862.
Cullem, John. Company K. Enlisted at Athens, Dec. 16, 1863. Killed in action at Meadow Run, Va., May 31, 1864.
Moyer, Mahlon. Company 1. Enlisted at Athens, Ang. 22, 1861. Died July 7, 1862.
Outman, David J. Company I. Enlisted at Athens, Aug. 12, 1861. Wounded in the battle of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864.
Outman, George W. Company I. Enlisted at Athens, Aug. 12, 1861. Corporal. Ontman, William P. Company I. Enlisted at Athens, Aug. 12, 1861. Died at Alexandria, Va., Dec. 10, 1862.
Riley, David D. Company I. Enlisted at Athens, Aug. 12, 1861. Discharged, Nov. 14, 1862.
Wilcox, Eleazar. Company I. Enlisted at Athens, Aug. 12, 1861.
Wilcox, Robert. Company I. Enlisted at Athens, Aug. 12, 1861.
Weise, Edward. Company I. Enlisted Aug. 7, 1861. Deserted June 30. 1862. Eighth: Needham, Joseph. Company H. Enlisted at Clarendon, Feb. 29, 1864. Russell, William. Company B. Enlisted at Battle Creek, Aug. 16. 1862.
THE NINTH INFANTRY
was organized at Fort Wayne, near Detroit, in October, 1861. Its service was wholly with the Army of the Cumberland. In the latter part of the year 1862 the regiment was complimented by General George H. Thomas in being detailed by him as special guard at his headquarters and Provost Guard for the Fourteenth Corps. The regi- ment continued on provost duty till mustered out of service September 15, 1865. While the regiment performed services of great value to the army and was more than once complimentarily mentioned in general orders, it was so situated that its casualties were reduced to the minimum. Company F, of this regiment was from Marshall. Samuel S. Bangs was first and Ephriam Marble second lieutenant. Bangs and Marble both became captains. Captain Marble is at this writing, July
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26, 1912, living in Marshall at the advanced age of eighty-six years. He is one of the few surviving participants in the war with Mexico.
July 13, 1862, six companies with a small force from other troops were captured at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, by the Confederate General Forest. Among the captured was Captain Marble, at that time a lieutenant, who was held a prisoner until the following November.
The following is the record of his regiment in figures:
The total enrollment, 1,947.
The total killed in action, 14.
The total died of wounds, 11.
The total died of disease, 271.
The total discharged for disability, 208.
NINTH INFANTRY ALPHABETICAL LIST
Baker, Henry. Company F. Enlisted Aug. 14, 1861.
Baker, Hozele. Company F. Enlisted Aug. 14, 1861. Died of disease at Louis- ville, Ky., April 30, 1862.
Bangham, George K. Company F. Enlisted Aug. 14, 1861. Sergeant. Mustered out as First Lieuteant, Sept. 15, 1865
Barton, Nathan. Company F. Enlisted Aug. 14, 1861.
Belden, Anson. Company F. Enlisted Aug. 14, 1861. Mustered out Sept. 15, 1865.
Burns, Charles. Company F. Enlisted Aug. 14, 1861.
Carris, Jacob. Company F. Enlisted from Marshall, Aug. 14, 186I. Sergeant, 1861. Mustered out as captain, Sept. 15, 1865.
Chambers, John. Company H. Enlisted from Battle Creek, Feb. 12, 1862. Wounded July 13, 1862. Discharged for disability, Nov. 22, 1862.
Chapin, Horace S. Company F. Enlisted Aug. 14, 1861. Corporal. Mustered out, Sept. 15, 1865.
Clark, James. Company F. Enlisted Aug. 14, 1861. Corporal.
Clark, Lorenzo T. Company F. Enlisted Aug. 14, 1861. Mustered out as Sergeant, Sept. 15, 1865.
Clayborn, William J. Company E. Enlisted Aug. 30, 1864.
Conley, or Cauley, Elijah. Company F. Enlisted Aug. 14, 1861. Mustered out Sept. 15, 1865.
Cortwright, Edgar. Company F. Enlisted Ang. 14, 1861.
Elms, George R. Company F. Enlisted Aug. 14, 1861. Mustered out as sergeant major, Sept. 15, 1865.
Fountain, Charles. Company B. Enlisted Feb. 22, 1865.
Giles, William V. Company F. Enlisted Aug. 14, 1861. Mustered out Sept. 15, 1865.
Graham, George. Company F. Enlisted Aug. 14, 1861. Mustered out as Ser- geant, Sept. 15, 1865.
Hadden, Newton D. Company F. Enlisted from Marshall, Aug. 14, 1861. Died at Elizabethtown, Ky., Feb. 8, 1862.
Holly, Luther S. Company K. Enlisted at Battle Creek, March 9, 1865. Mns- tered out Sept. 15, 1865.
House, Calvin C. Company G. Enlisted from Albion, Sept. 7. 1864.
Hyde, James D. Company H. Enlisted at Marshall, Aug. 10, 1862. Mustered out as First Lieutenant and Adjutant, Sept. 15, 1865.
Knickerbocker, Jerome B. Company G. Enlisted from Clarendon, Feb. 18, 1865. Discharged July 19, 1865.
Lusk, Dennis F. Company F. Enlisted Aug. 14, 1861. Corporal. Mustered out Sept. 15, 1865.
Marble, Ephraim. Company F. Entered service as Second Lieutenant, Aug.
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14, 1861. Taken prisoner July 13, 1862. Resigned and honorably discharged Sept. 26, 1864.
Mumbrue, John. Company I. Enlisted from Eckford, Jan. 5, 1864. Mustered out, Sept. 15, 1865.
Mumbrue, Sylvester. Company D. Enlisted from Eckford, Jan. 4, 1864. Died of disease at Chattanooga, Tenn., March 7, 1864.
Mumbrue, Vernon. Company I. Enlisted from Eckford, Jan. 4, 1864. Mustered out Sept. 15, 1865.
Newton, Warren. Company G. Enlisted from Marengo, Feb. 28, 1865. Mustered out, Sept. 15, 1865.
Rhodes, Charles E. Company F. Enlisted Aug. 14, 1861. Mustered out Sep-
tember 15, 1865.
Short, Clark H. Company F. Enlisted Aug. 14, 1861. Discharged for disability, May 11, 1864.
Sine, Henry. Company F. Enlisted Aug. 14, 1861. Mustered out as Corporal, Sept. 15, 1865.
Sine, John. Company F. Enlisted Aug. 14, 1861. Corporal. Discharged Sept. 27, 1865.
Smith, Joseph L. Company F. Enlisted Aug. 14, 1861.
Mustered out Sept. Snyder, Albert. Company F. Enlisted Aug. 14, 1861.
15, 1865.
Snyder, William. Company F. Enlisted Aug. 14, 1861. Discharged for dis- ability, April 17, 1862. Tiech, Emanuel E. Company F. Enlisted Aug. 14, 1861. Taken prisoner, 1863. Mustered out as Corporal, Sept. 15, 1865.
Tilton, James R. Company D. Enlisted at Marshall, Dec. 18, 1863. Mustered out, Sept. 15, 1865.
Townsend, William HI. Company H, Enlisted Jan. 22, 1864. Discharged at Louisville, Ky., June 14, 1865.
Van Zandt, Bornt. Company F. Enlisted from Marengo, Feb. 16, 1865. Dis- charged at Detroit, Mich., Aug. 10, 1865.
Wines, William W. Company F. Enlisted Aug. 14, 1861. Corporal. Dis- charged for disability, Dec. 14, 1862.
CALHOUN COUNTY SOLDIERS IN THE TENTH AND ELEVENTH
Bostock, George. Company K. Enlisted at Marshall, Dec. 12, 1861.
Bostock, William. Company K. Enlisted at Marshall, Dec. 12, 1861.
Hardin, Jeremiah. Company K. Enlisted Feb. 12, 1862. Discharged Sept. 26, 1865.
Hartsell, Nathan H. Company K. Enlisted from Marengo, Nov. 5, 1861. Died at Farmington, Miss., July 28, 1862.
Holton, Thomas. Company K. Enlisted from Newton, Oet. 25, 1861. Killed Nov. 29, 1864.
Hooper, Samuel A. Company G. Enlisted from Clarence, Nov. 16, 1861.
Hoskins, Henry. Company K. Enlisted at Marengo, Nov. 15, 1861.
Hutchins, Stephen D. Company I. Enlisted from Burlington, Oct. 17, 1864. Substitute.
Merrill, Daniel S. Company K. Enlisted at Marshall, Dec. 12, 1861. Quigley, Charles. Company G. Enlisted Nov. 12, 1861.
Thornton, Charles H. Company K. Enlisted at Albion, Jan. 10, 1862. Killed in action at Jonesboro, Ga., Sept. 1, 1864.
Tuttle, Oscar W. Company K. Enlisted from Marengo, Nov. 4, 1861. Killed in action at Buzzard's Roost, Ga., Feb. 25, 1864.
Way, Edward. Drafted March, 1865, from Convis.
THE FOLLOWING SERVED IN THE ELEVENTH INFANTRY FROM CALHOUN COUNTY
Carpenter, Calvin L., Jr. Company A. Enlisted August 24, 1861.
Carpenter, Robert. Company A. Enlisted Ang. 24, 1861.
Guyer, James. Company H. Enlisted Aug. 24, 1861.
Huxley, Stephen. Company A. Enlisted Aug. 24, 1861.
Naughton, William H. Company A. Enlisted Aug. 24, 1861. Died at Louis- ville, Ky., July 7, 1864.
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Nichols, Geo. W. Company B. Enlisted from Clarendon, Aug. 24, 1861.
Nichols, John W. Company B. Enlisted from Clarendon, Aug. 24, 1861.
Price, Charles O. Company B. Enlisted Aug. 24, 1861. Deserted Ang. 28, 1862.
Shepard, William R. Company B. Enlisted from Clarendon, Aug. 24, 1861. Corporal.
Reorganized Eleventh: Amy, Michael. Company C. Enlisted at Tekonsha, Feb. 27, 1865.
Dorrance, J. B. Company C. Enlisted at Marshall, Feb. 25, 1865.
Engles, or Engalls, Robert. Company C. Enlisted at Lekonsha, Feb. 23, 1865. Hayes, Enoch. Company A. Enlisted at Battle Creek, Feb. 21, 1865.
Munger, Emory W. Company C. Enlisted at Lekonsha, Feb. 23, 1865. Shipman, Phineas H. Company G. Enlisted at Battle Creek, Feb. 21, 1865. Slayton, Daniel W. Company G. Enlisted at Bedford, Feb. 27, 1865.
Somerville, John. Company K. Enlisted at Battle Creek, Feb. 10, 1865. De- serted, March 15, 1865.
Spanlding, Henry. Company C. Enlisted at Bedford, March 11, 1865. Wingate, Joseph A. Company C. Enlisted at Bedford, Feb. 27, 1865.
THE TWELFTHI INFANTRY
Was organized at Niles during the fall and winter of 1861-62. On the 18th of March, 1862, it left the state with an enrollment of 1,000 officers and men. In this regiment were two companies, D and E, recruited in large part from Calhoun county. Company D was commanded by Cap- tain Phineas Graves of Albion. First Lieutenant Isaak MeCloy was from Jackson and Second Lieutenant George H. Graves was from Albion. Com- pany E had for first lieutenant Charles E. Harvey of Marshall. The chaplain of the regiment was the Reverend Andrew J. Eldred, later widely known to the people of Calhoun county as pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church of Albion during the latter part of the war.
The regiment went by rail to St. Louis, Missouri, and from there by steamer via the Mississippi, the Ohio and the Tennessee rivers to Pitts- burg Landing, where in less than three weeks from the time they left the state they were in desperate battle at Shiloh. It fell to the honor of Albion to have one of the two companies commanded by Captain Phineas Graves, detailed to pieket duty on the left of the line the night before the battle and to help arouse the sleeping army in the early morning of April 6 and warn them that the enemy was not only close at hand but was advancing in force. This service was greatly appreciated at the time and indeed it well might be for its value, under the circumstances, could hardly be over-estimated.
On the 24th of December, 1862, a detachment of the regiment, con- sisting of portions of Companies D, E, P and K, in all about 120 muskets were located in a stockade at Middleburg, Tennessee, when a staff officer of the Confederate general, Van Dorn, advanced under a flag of truee and demanded the surrender. This demand was deelined by the com- manding officer, Col. W. H. Graves, wherefore a force estimated at 3,000 moved to the attack. Their repeated assaults were repulsed and they finally withdrew with a loss in killed, wounded and captured equal to all the officers and men in the stockade. This affair was deemed by General Grant of sufficient importance to make it the subject of a general order, in which among other things he said, "The following general order from
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the headquarters of the department of the Tennessee is promulgated, to be read on dress parade at the head of each regiment and detachment in this command.
"The general commanding availing himself of the appropriate occa- sion, made immediate report of the circumstances attending the gallant and successful defense of Middleburg, and gratefully commended Col. W. H. Graves and his heroic little band of the Twelfth Michigan to the notice of the general commanding the district and the department."
Again General Grant said, "The heroic defense of the gallant Twelfth Michigan at Middleburg is deserving of the thanks of the army."
Captain Phineas Graves having been promoted successively to major and lieutenant colonel, commanded the Twelfth for some time to the entire satisfaction of his superior officers.
The regiment remained on duty in the southwest until the early part of 1866. It arrived at Jackson, Michigan, on the 27th of February, and on the 6th of March following was paid off and discharged.
The total enrollment was 2,857.
The total killed in action was 29.
The total died of wounds was 26.
The total died in Confederate prisons was 17.
The total died of disease was 316.
The total discharged for disability was 221.
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF THE TWELFTHI
Andrews, William. Company D. Enlisted at Albion, Dec. 17, 1861. Mustered, Dec. 19, 1861. No further record.
Arsnell, Nelson. Company H. Enlisted at Marshall, Dec. 17, 1861. Mustered out at Camden, Ark., Feb. 15, 1866.
Avery, Charles S. Company D. Enlisted at Albion, Nov. 13, 1861. Corporal. Mustered out Feb. 15, 1866.
Bailey, Edward N. Company D. Enlisted at Albion, Dec. 31, 1861. Mustered out Jan. 8, 1862.
Bailey, George W. Company D. Enlisted at Albion, Dee. 31, 1861. Discharged June 30, 1862.
Batchelder, William D. Company D. Enlisted at Albion, Nov. 16, 1861. Dis- charged Jan. 7, 1865.
Brower, George W. Company E. Enlisted at Marshall, March 21, 1865. Mus- tered out June 1, 1865.
Burns, Peter. Company D. Enlisted at Albion, Dee. 17, 1861. Taken pris- oner at Shiloh, Tenn., April 6, 1862. Returned to regiment, April 7, 1863. Mustered out March 1, 1866.
Chapel, Emory. Company A. Enlisted at Albion, Nov. 20, 1862. Died of disease at Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 20, 1864.
Cocher, Peter. Company H. Enlisted at Marshall, Sept. 26, 1861. Discharged Aug. 1, 1862.
Cole, James H. Company H. Enlisted at Marshall, Dec. 7, 1861. Mustered out, Feb. 15, 1866.
Curney, Francis J. Company D. Enlisted at Albion, Oct. 29, 1861. Dis- charged Sept. 2, 1862.
Davis, Joseph H. Company D. Enlisted at Albion, Nov. 18, 1861. Corporal. Died at Washington, Ark., June 29, 1865.
Draper, Dondi C. Company D. Enlisted at Albion, Dec. 9, 1861. Died May 22, 1862.
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Dutton, Harvey. Company D. Enlisted at Albion, Aug. 13, 1862. Died at Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 14, 1863.
Dyer, Horatio B. Company D. Enlisted at Albion, Oet. 25, 1862. Deserted, Nov. 25, 1862.
Earle, Edgar. Company D. Enlisted at Albion, Dec. 14, 1861.
Edkin, George W. Company D. Enlisted at Albion, Dec. 4, 1861. Wounded in action at Shiloh. Discharged, Nov. 10, 1862.
Eldred, Croyton D. Company D. Enlisted at Albion, Dec. 31, 186).
Emins, Alexander W. Company D. Enlisted at Albion, March 2, 1865. Mustered out, Feb. 15, 1866.
Failing, James. Company D. Enlisted at Albion, Nov. 5, 1861. Taken pris- oner at Shiloh. Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Acting Aide-de-Camp, First Lieu- tenant, April 14, 1865. Mustered out at Camden, Ark., Feb. 15, 1866.
Failing, Sidney. Company H. Enlisted at Marshall, Oet. 9, 1861. Mustered out Feb. 15, 1866.
Ferguson, William. Company D. Enlisted at Albion, Dec. 7, 1861.
Fink, Charles E. Company H. Enlisted at Marshall, Dec. 1, 1861. Corporal. Mustered out at Camden, Ark., Feb. 15, 1861.
Fink, William H. Company H. Enlisted at Marshall, Dec. 1, 1861. Corporal. Mustered out Feb. 15, 1861.
Fitzgerald, Thomas. Company D. Enlisted Dec. 6, 1861. Taken prisoner at Shiloh. Discharged Jan. 7, 1865.
Fleming, James B. Company D. Enlisted at Albion, Oct. 21, 1861. Wounded at Shiloh, April 6, 1862. Died in hospital, April 22, 1862.
Folsom, George W. Company H. Enlisted at Marshall, Nov. 16, 1861. Died at Little Rock, Ark., Sept. 28, 1864.
Ford, William H. Company D. Enlisted Nov. 16, 1861. Mustered out at Camden, Ark., Feb. 15, 1866.
Gage. Henry F. Company D. Enlisted at Albion, Dec. 14, 1861. Mustered out, Feb. 15, 1866.
Gallt, James E. Company D. Enlisted at Albion, Dec. 31, 1861. Died May 13, 1862.
Graham, Gorton. Company II. Enlisted at Marshall, Oct. 17, 1861. Wounded in action at Shiloh, April 6, 1861. Died of disease, Nov. 18, 1862.
Graves, George H. First Sergeant, Company I. Sixth Infantry. Enlisted June 19, 1861. Second Lieutenant, Company D, 12 Infantry, Nov. 1, 1861. Resigned and honorably discharged as First Lieutenant, March 22, 1863.
Graves, Phineas. Albion. Entered service as captain, Compauy D, Oct., 1861. Major, Aug. 3, 1862. Acting assistant inspector general, Feb. to June, 1865. Lieut. Colonel, June 10, 1865. Mustered out at Camden, Ark., Feb. 15, 1866.
Graves, William W. Company D. Sergeant, Oct. 21, 1861. Second Lieut. 1862. First Lieut., March 19, 1864 and Captain, Nov. 15, 1864. Mustered out, Feb. 15, 1866.
Grotzsinger, John. Company H. Enlisted at Marshall, Dec. 9, 1861. Mustered out, Feb. 15, 1866.
Harvey, Charles E. Company H. Enlisted Sept. 26, 1861 at Marshall and made First Lieutenant.
Hartsell, Sidney. Company H. Enlisted at Marshall, Oct. 23, 1861. Deserted, Sept. 25, 1862.
Holt, Orrin J. Company H. Enlisted at Burlington, Oct. 1, 1861. Sergeant. Mustered out, Feb. 15, 1866.
Hulett, Orlo P. Company D. Enlisted at Albion, Nov. 20, 186]. Corporal. Mustered out Feb. 15, 1866.
Huntley, Henry. Company D. Enlisted from Sheridan, Oct. 24. 1861. Died July 15, 1862.
Lacy, Martin. Company H. Enlisted at Marshall, Dee. 9. 18G]. Mustered out Feb. 15, 1866.
Lansing, Isaac W. Company H. Enlisted at Marshall, Sept. 27, 1861. Taken prisoner at Shiloh. Died while in prison at Macon, Georgia, July 17, 1862.
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McCollum, George H. Company H. Enlisted at Marshall, Dec. 7, 1861.
McCormick, Patrick. Company D. Enlisted at Albion, Oct. 21, 1861. Killed in action at Shiloh, Tenn., April 6, 1862.
Manning, Isaac. Company D. Enlisted at Albion, Oct. 24, 1861. Discharged for disability, Nov. 20, 1865.
Markham, Albert V. Company D. Enlisted at Albion, Ang. 15, 1862. Dis- charged Aug. 14, 1865.
Marsh, William H. Company D. Enlisted at Albion, Nov. 16, 1861. Mustered out, Feb. 15, 1866. Miller, Merrill. Company D. Enlisted at Albion, Dec. 19, 1861. Deserted, Aug. 1, 1862.
Moon, Philip. Company H. Enlisted at Marshall, Sept. 28, 1861. Deserted Jan. 13, 1862.
Nichols, Jonas H. Company D. Enlisted at Albion, Oct. 21, 1861. Served as First Sergeant, Second and First Lieutenant, Assistant Adjutant General of Brigade, Feb. 15, 1865, made captain. Mustered out Feb. 15, 1866.
Owen, Charles A. Company D. Enlisted at Albion, Dec. 31, 1861. Missing in action at Shiloh. No further record.
Palmer, Geo. W. Company D. Enlisted at Albion, Dee. 6, 1861.
Parmeter, Jefferson. Company D. Enlisted at Albion, Dec. 31, 1861. Mnstered out, Sept. 20, 1864.
Pealing, Robert M. Company H. Enlisted at Marshall, Dec. 22, 1862. Corporal. Discharged at Little Rock, Ark., Dec. 18, 1865.
Pincomb, William. Company D. Enlisted at Albion, Nov. 16, 1861. Died in Tennessee, Oct. 13, 1862.
Preston, Charles T. Company D. Enlisted at Albion, Dec. 4, 1861.
Randall, Augustus, Company B. Enlisted at Burlington, March 25, 1865. Mus- tered out, Feb. 15, 1866.
Robinson, Hiram N. Company D. Enlisted at Albion, Aug. 30, 1862. Dis- charged Oct. 18, 1865.
Shultz, John. Company D. Enlisted at Albion, Dec. 4, 1861. Mustered ont, Feb. 15, 1866.
Skutt, Wallace. Company D. Enlisted at Albion, Dec. 16, 1861. First Sergeant, Aug. 13, 1865. Mustered out, Feb. 15, 1866.
Skutt, Wesley. Company D. Enlisted at Albion, Dec. 31. 1861. Taken prisoner at Shiloh. Corporal. Mustered out, Feb. 15, 1866.
Skutt, Wilfred. Company D. Enlisted at Albion, Dec. 31, 1861.
Stevens, Isaac. Company D. Enlisted at Albion, Oct. 21, 1861. Died of discase at Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 28, 1864.
Sylvester, Lyman. Company H. Enlisted at Burlington, Sept. 27, 1861. Ser- geant. Mnstered out Feb. 15, 1866.
Taylor, James W. Company F. Enlisted at Athens, March 28, 1865. Mustered out, 1866.
Teeter, George. Company D. Enlisted Oct. 21, 1861. Died of disease, 1864.
Tibbitts, Jeremiah. Company E. Enlisted at Albion, Feb. 16, 1865. Discharged May 22, 1865.
Tompkins, George B. Company D. Enlisted at Albion, Oct. 21, 1861.
Town, Richard. Company D. Enlisted at Marshall, March 21, 1865.
Trumbull, Charles. Company B. Enlisted from Burlington, March 25, 1865.
Watson, John. Company D. Enlisted at Albion, Nov. 16, 1861. Sergeant. Mustered out Feb. 15, 1866.
Weldon, George R. Company D. Enlisted at Albion, Jan. 13, 1865. Mustered out with regiment.
Whitmore, David. Company D. Enlisted from Eckford, Dec. 6, 1861. Taken prisoner at Shiloh.
Wiselogel, Fred G. Company D. Enlisted at Albion, Dee. 24, 1861. Captain, April 12, 1865. Mustered out Feb. 15, 1866.
Wiselogel, Louis. Company D. Enlisted at Albion, Dec. 18. 1862. Corporal. Discharged, Jan. 6, 1866.
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Wiselogel, William H. Company D. Enlisted at Albion, Dec. 18, 1862. Corporal. Mustered out, Feb. 15, 1866.
Wright, Edwin T. Company D. Enlisted at Marshall. Dec. 20, 1861. Died of disease, May 6, 1862.
THE THIRTEENTH MICHIGAN INFANTRY
was recruited under the leadership of the Hon. Charles E. Stuart, who served one term in the house of representatives and retired from public life in 1859, after a full term in the United states senate. The regi- ment was organized at Kalamazoo, having its camp of instruction there with Mr. Stuart as its first colonel. It was mustered into the United States service January 12, 1862.
Company D, of this regiment was recruited almost wholly from Cal- houn county, Battle Creek, Marshall and Athens being strongly repre- sented. The captain of Company D, Loren Chadwick; first lieutenant, Henry C. Hall, and second lieutenant, Jerome S. Bigelow, were all from Battle Creek .. Colonel Stuart having resigned, Michael Shoe- maker, of Jackson, was commissioned Colonel and led the regiment to the field, departing from the state on the 12th of February, 1862. Shoemaker was a brave and an efficient officer, distinguishing himself repeatedly in battle. The Thirteenth was assigned to that portion of the army then under command of General Buell, joining it at Nashville, Tennessee, and the latter part of March advanced with Buell's com- mand to Pittsburg Landing, arriving on the field of Shiloh the second day of the battle. It participated in the siege of Corinth, Mississippi, in the march of the Union army from northern Alabama to Louisville in the summer and early fall of 1862, and in the battle of Stone river, in the holiday week of 1862-63. In the last named battle it performed its part in such manner as to receive generous praise from the officers in command of brigade and division. About one-third of the men actually engaged at Stone's river were killed, wounded or missing.
At Chickamauga it was again hotly engaged, losing a hundred and seven killed, wounded and missing, out of a total of 217 officers and men. Charles G. Hall, of Battle Creek, who entered the company as a private and had riseu to first lieutenant was wounded and taken prisoner. He was subsequently exchanged, recovered from his wounds, and, in April, 1865, was commissioned captain of Company K.
The Thirteenth was among the besieged at Chattanooga and on No- vember 25, 1863, participated in the successful storming of Missionary Ridge. It went with Sherman to the sea and was at the surrender of Johnston's army in North Carolina, April, 1865. It marched in the grand review at Washington in May, 1865. It was mustered out of service at Louisville, Kentucky, July 25, 1865, and two days later was paid off and disbanded at Jackson, Michigan.
Total enrollment, 2,092.
Killed in action, 47.
Died of wounds, 33.
Died in Confederate prisons, 7.
Died of disease, 263.
Discharged for disability (wounds or disease), 216.
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CALHOUN COUNTY SOLDIERS IN THIRTEENTH INFANTRY
Abbey, Burton. Company D. Enlisted at Battle Creek, Aug. 28, 1862. Wounded in action at Chickamauga.
Abbott, Andrew J. Company K. Enlisted at Battle Creek, Aug. 30, 1864.
Abbott, Ezra. Company K. Enlisted at Battle Creek, Jan. 15, 1864.
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