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Alvord, Elmer S. Company H. Enlisted at Athens, Sept. 7, 1864.
Berner or Barner, John. Company 1. Enlisted at Battle Creek, Ang. 30, 1864. Bigelow, Jerome S. Entered the service from Battle Creek as Second Lieutenant, Company@D. Died of disease at Corinth, Miss., May 28, 1862.
Blakely, John. Company K. Enlisted at Battle Creek, March 24, 1864.
Blank, Ataliber H. Company H. Enlisted at Athens, Dec. 19, 1861.
Bochme, Albinius. Company D. Enlisted at Battle Creek, Oet. 3, 1861. Cor- poral. Mustered out July 25, 1865.
Brooks, Livingston. Company D. Enlisted at Marshall, Sept. 15, 1861. Wounded in battle of Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1863.
Clark, George. Company D. Enlisted at Marshall, Feb. 1, 1862.
Cook, Henry J. Company C. Enlisted from Battle Creek, Sept. 2, 1864.
Davis, Theodore. Company D. Enlisted as fifer at Battle Creek, Dec. 28, 1861. Taken prisoner at Chickamauga.
Dolon, Michael. Company D. Enlisted from Battle Creek, Aug. 5, 1864.
Durham, Dealton. Company G. Enlisted from Battle Creek, Sept. 7, 1864.
Fairchilds, James M. Company D. Enlisted at Battle Creek, Dec. 9, 1861. Cor- poral.
Francis, Martin H. Company H. Enlisted at Athens, Sept. 7, 1864. Died in service.
Gifford, George. Company K. Enlisted from Battle Creek, March 7, 1864. Gleason, Medonah. Company D. Enlisted at Battle Creek, Sept. 1, 1864.
Hall, Charles T. Company D. Enlisted at Battle Creek, Feb. 12, 1862. Wounded and taken prisoner at Chickamauga. Captain, April 25, 1865. Mustered out July 25, 1865.
Hall, Edward H. Company K. Enlisted from Battle Creek, March 22, 1864. First Lieutenant, April 25, 1865.
Hall, Henry C. Company D. First Lieutenant at organization, Oct. 1, 186I. Lieutenant Colonel, April 11, 1865.
Hampton, George W. Company D. Enlisted at Athens, Oct. 7, 1861.
Heath, Calvin M. Company E. Enlisted from Battle Creek, Oct. 29, 1861. Wagoner.
Hickman, John E. Company C. Enlisted at Battle Creek, August 27, 1864. Howe, John. Company D. Enlisted at Battle Creek, Dec. 29, 1861.
Howe, William H. Company I. Enlisted at Battle Creek, Aug. 30, 1864. Hungerford, Cyrus B. Company C. Enlisted from Battle Creek, Sept. 5, 1864. Jackson, William E. Company G. Enlisted from Battle Creek, Aug. 30, 1864. Jaynes, Lewis C. Company H. Enlisted from Clarendon, Nov. 13, 1861. Jones, Samuel. Company I. Enlisted from Battle Creek. Aug. 30, 1864.
Joy, Dudley M. Company D. Enlisted at Battle Creek, Aug. 30, 1861. Died in hospital, May 25, 1865.
Knowles, William. Company G. Enlisted at Battle Creek, Sept. 3, 1861. Died at Savannah, Ga., Dec. 27, 1864.
Landreth, John E. Company C. Enlisted at Battle Creek, Sept. 3, 1864.
Lee, Orrin D. Company H. Enlisted Oct. 26, 1861. Sergeant.
Leonard, Orville. Company K. Enlisted at Battle Creek, Aug. 20, 1864. Died on board transport, Feb. 15, 1865.
Libhart, Lafayette. Company H. Enlisted from Athens, Sept. 7, 1864. Lingo, Jesse. Company H. Enlisted at Athens, Oct. 7, 1861. Deserted Oct. 1, 1862.
Link, Eli or Levi. Company D. Enlisted at Battle Creek, Oet. 19, 1861. Miller, Albert. Company D. Enlisted from Battle Creek, Sept. 3, 1864.
Miller, Charles. Company E. Enlisted at Battle Creek, Sept. 3, 1864. Died at Camp Chase, Ohio, Jan. 14, 1865.
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Morton, George. Company K. Enlisted Nov. 11, 1861.
Munson, George. Company D. Enlisted at Battle Creek, Nov. 1, 1861.
Murphy, John. Company K. Enlisted from Battle Creek, March 24, 1864.
Paxton, Robert. Company D. Enlisted at Marshall, Oct. 15, 1861. Killed in the battle of Stone River, Dec. 31, 1862.
Renouf, George. Company K. Enlisted from Battle Creek, Sept. 3, 1864. Sub- stitute for John W. Dickinson.
Rundell, Charles E. Company H. Enlisted at Athens, Sept. 7, 1864.
Sherman, Stephen. Company H. Enlisted from Clarendon, Oct. 16, 1861. Dis- charged Jannary 15, 1865. Corporal.
Snedaker, Samuel. Company K. Enlisted at Battle Creek, Aug. 30, 1864.
Sprague, Oristus. Company D. Enlisted from Albion, Oct. 14, 1861.
Spencer, Oscar. Company D. Enlisted at Battle Creek, Aug. 27, 1864.
Stoddard, Orlando W. Company I. Enlisted at Battle Creek, Aug. 27, 1864. Died of disease, March 13, 1865.
Storey, John T. Company K. Enlisted from Battle Creek, Sept. 3, 1864. Sub- stitute for Charles H. Storey.
Strickland, George. Company D. Enlisted from Battle Creek, Sept. 3, 1864. Wounded in action at Bentonville, N. C., March 19, 1865.
Strickler, Aldrich. Company D. Enlisted at Battle Creek, Nov. 18, 1861. Cor- poral. Wounded at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1863. Taker prisoner, March 19, 1865.
Stull, or Stoll. Joseph H. Company D. Enlisted from Battle Creek, Aug. 22, 1864.
Swart, Peter L. Company D. Enlisted from Bedford, Sept. 3, 1864.
Tallet, Julius. Company K. Enlisted from Battle Creek, March 7, 1864. Second Lieutenant, April 25, 1865.
Vanhyning, Franklin. Company E. Enlisted from Battle Creek, Feb. 29, 1864. Volker, John G. Company F. Enlisted from Battle Creek, Sept. 6, 1864. Vedenbergh, Henry. Company G. Enlisted at Battle Creek, Aug. 30, 1864.
Willison, William. Company G. Enlisted at Battle Creek, Aug. 24, 1864.
Winters, James H. Company H. Enlisted at Le Roy, Oct. 5, 1861. Quarter- master Sergeant.
Woodmansee, Andrew J. Company D. Enlisted at Battle Creek, Sept. 3, 1864. Died at Fayetteville, N. C., March 13, 1865.
Woodruff, John E. Company G. Second Lieutenant at organization, Oet. 1861.
Young, John, Jr. Company I. Enlisted at Battle Creek, Sept. 6, 1864.
FOURTEENTH, FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH REGIMENTS
Fourteenth: Clark, Charles. Company B. Enlisted January 1, 1862.
Devereaux, Nicholas. Company B. Second Lieutenant at organization, Sept. 28, First Lieutenant, March 25, 1863.
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Dunn, Denis. Company B. Enlisted at Marshall, Oct. 10, 1861. Corporal. Hackett, Thomas. Company B. Enlisted, Nov. 2, 1861.
Harrold, Peter. Company B. Enlisted, Oct. 23, 1861.
McGovern, Thomas. Company B. Enlisted at Marshall, Nov. 10, 1861.
Moom, George L. Company B. Enlisted at Marshall, Oct. 11, 1861. Died at Farmington, Miss., June 18, 1862.
Murphey, Edward. Company B. Enlisted at Marshall, Nov. 16, 1861.
Murray, Daniel. Comanpy B. Enlisted at Marshall, Oct. 10, 1861.
Rieley, Timothy. Company B. Enlisted at Marshall, Sept. 25, 1861.
Fifteenth: Clark, Samuel P. Company H. Entered service from Bedford as First Lieutenant, Dec. 23, 1861. Discharged on account of disability, Corinth, Miss., July 18, 1862.
Sprague, Michael J. Company H. Enlisted from Bedford, Dec. 4, 1561. Ser- geant. Died at St. Louis, Mo., May 27, 1862.
Sixteenth: Abbott, John. Company K. Enlisted from Albion, March 1, 1862. Aikin, Earl. Company E. Enlisted from Kenosha, March 27, 1865. Substitute for .James M. Aikin. Died in Washington, D. C .. June 14, 1865.
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Alberts, Frank B. Company F. Enlisted from Albion, Aug. 4, 1861.
Bell, Chester L. Company K. Enlisted from Albion, March 1, 1862.
Brockway, William H. Entered the service at organization of regiment as chaplain, Aug. 9, 1861. Resigned on account of disability, Nov. 23, 1862.
Carill, or Carroll, Stephen. Company F. Enlisted Aug. 8, 1861.
Carver, William R. Company G. Enlisted from Battle Creek, Aug. 24, 1861. Wounded in action at Gainesmill, Va., and taken prisoner, June 27, 1862. Died in prison.
Colestock, William W. Company K. Enlisted March 1, 1862. Wounded in action, May 8, 1864.
Decker, Henry S. Company E. Enlisted from Albion, Aug. 16, 1861. Died in Washington, D. C., March 14, 1862.
Dennison, Allen. Company K. Enlisted March 1, 1862. Wounded in action, July 1, 1862. Sergeant.
Dennison, Newton. Company K. Enlisted March 1, 1862. Wounded in action, May 10, 1864.
Smith, George S. or C. Company F. Enlisted Aug. 1, 1861.
Williamson, John. Company F. Enlisted Aug. 2, 1861.
SEVENTEENTH MICHIGAN INFANTRY
This noted regiment was organized at Detroit in the spring and early summer of 1862. Its first colonel was the late William H. With- ington of Jackson, one of the best officers Michigan gave to the army. In this regiment was Captain Julius C. Burrows, for nearly thirty years a member of the house or senate in the Congress of the United States.
The regiment under command of Colonel Withington left Detroit on the 27th day of August, 1862, for Washington, D. C. It was assigned to the celebrated Ninth Army Corps, so long and so well commanded by Major General Burnside. On the 14th of September, or a little more than two weeks after leaving the state, the regiment was hotly engaged at South Mountain, Maryland. Out of the 500 officers and men who went into the fight on that day, 141 were killed or wounded. This was more than many regiments suffered during the entire war. Three days later, viz .: on September 17, the regiment was again in the thick of the fight at Antietam, where it sustained a further loss of eighteen killed and eighty-seven wounded. So it came to pass that in less than three weeks from the time the young men of this regiment left their camp and friends in Michigan, 246 of their num- ber had been killed or wounded on the field of battle.
Their splendid valor reflected luster on the state that sent them and glory on the country for which they died. General Wilcox, their divi- sion commander, says in his official report that "The Seventeenth Michi- gan performed a feat that may vie with any recorded in the annals of war and set an example to the oldest troops." General MeClellan, com- manding the army, said "The Seventeenth Michigan, a regiment which had been organized scarcely a month, charged the enemy's flanks in a manner worthy of veteran troops."
The correspondent of the New York Press wrote to his paper that "The impetuous charges of some of our regiments, particularly that of the Seventeenth Michigan, but two weeks from home, carried every- thing before it and the dead bodies of the enemy on that mountain crest lay thick enough for stepping stones." From the Army of the
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Potomac the Corps with which the Seventeenth Michigan served, was transferred to Kentucky in the late spring of 1863 and in June to the army under Grant then beseiging Vicksburg. After the surren- der of that stronghold it returned to Kentucky and entered East Ten- nessee where it did effective service until the spring of 1864, when it was transferred back to Virginia, where it again became a part of the Army of the Potomae and participated in the battles that resulted in the fall of Richmond, the evacuation of Petersburg and the sur- render at Appomatox. In all this the Seventeenth fully sustained its reputation gained in the early days of its service. It lost heavily at Campbell's Station in East Tennessee. It fought splendidly in defense of Fort Saunders at Knoxville and on the 12th of May, 1864, in Grant's campaign in the Wilderness it went into action with 225 officers and men, and lost twenty-three killed, seventy-three wounded and ninety- seven prisoners, leaving on the evening of that day but thirty-six to- gether about the colors. Perhaps no regiment that went from Michigan had a wider range of service or. did harder fighting than this, whose Company K was recruited so largely from Marshall, Albion, Battle Creek, Bedford, Sheridan, Marengo and Homer in the order named. Captain Thayer was wounded at South Mountain on September 14, 1862, and resigned May 15, 1863, on account of disabilities incurred. Thomas W. Wells of Marshall, became successively sergeant, sergeant major and lieutenant in Company K. and then resigned and later en- tered the Eighth Regiment of Cavalry.
The 17th, after the surrender of Lee's army, returned to Washington, where on May 23, 1865, it participated with the Army of the Potomac in the great review and where on the 3rd of June following, it was mustered out of service and returned to Detroit on the 7th to be paid off and disbanded.
The total enrollment, 1,224.
The total killed in action, 84.
The total died of wounds, 48.
The total died in Confederate prisons, 54.
The total died of disease, 84.
The total discharged for disability, wounds and disease, 249.
CALHOUN SOLDIERS IN THE SEVENTEENTH
Baker, Thomas L. Company HI. Enlisted from Battle Creek, Aug. 11, 1862. Died of disease in Maryland, Oct. 15, 1862.
Beleher, Uriah W. Company G. Enlisted at Albion, Aug. 8, 1862. Severely wounded in action at Sonth Mountain, Sept. 14, 1862.
Belcher, Zavin T. Company G. Enlisted at Albion, Aug. 9, 1862. Died at Washington, D. C., Dee. 11, 1862.
Brewer, Frank. Company H. Enlisted at Marshall, Aug. 1. 1862. Fifer. Brooks, Lewis. Company H. Enlisted at Marshall, Ang. 14, 1862. Corporal.| Carpenter, William L. Company H. Enlisted at Marshall, June 14, 1862. Drummer. Taken prisoner at Spottsylvania, Va., May 12, 1864.
Cassidy, John. Company K. Enlisted from Marshall, Aug, 9, 1862.
Chapman, Hobert B. Company H. Enlisted at Marshall, Ang. 14. 1862. Wounded in the battle of Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862.
Coneley, John. Company G. Enlisted at Battle ('reek, Ang. 11. 1862. Wounded
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at Antietam, Aug. 17, 1862. Taken prisoner at Spottsylvania, Va., May 12, 1864. Mustered out June 3, 1865.
Coley, Joseph. Company K. Enlisted from Convis, Aug. 13, 1862.
Davenport, Thomas. Company H. Enlisted at Marshall, June 1, 1862. Deserted Sept. 21, 1862.
Edwards, Andrew. Company K. Enlisted from Marshall, Aug. 5, 1862. De- serted Aug. 20, 1862.
Emerson, William C. Company K. Enlisted from Marshall, July 1, 1862. Ser- geant. Deserted, Nov. 15, 1862.
Epley, Thomas R. Company G. Enlisted at Albion, Aug. 7, 1862. Wounded at Petersburg, Va., July, 1864.
Farr, Alvin. Company D. Enlisted from Battle Creek, July 5, 1862.
Fisher, Thomas. Company G. Enlisted at Albion, July 5, 1862. Wounded at Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, 1862. Died of disease in Baltimore, Md., March 22, 1863. Fry, Charles W. Company F. Enlisted at Albion, Aug. 15, 1862.
Gregory, Jerome B. Company G. Enlisted at Albion, July 24, 1862. Wounded in the battle of the Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864. Sergeant.
Holcomb, Thomas J. Company G. Enlisted, Albion, Aug. 18, 1862.
Hughs, William. Company H. Enlisted at Marshall, July 9, 1862. Taken pris- oner at Spottsylvania, Va., May 12, 1864. Died at Charleston, S. C., Sept., 1864.
Jones, David H. Company G. Enlisted at Albion, Aug. 14, 1862. Wounded at Antietam, Sept. 14, 1862. Taken prisoner at Spottsylvania, Va., May 12, 1864.
Jones, James. Company H. Enlisted at Marshall, July 1, 1862. Discharged April 15, 1863.
Jones, William B. Company G. Enlisted at Albion, Aug. 5, 1862. Wounded at South Mountain, Sept. 14, 1862. Corporal.
Kelley, Thomas. Company H. Enlisted at Marshall, July 3, 1862. Deserted Oct. 26, 1862.
Leonard, Joseph. Company F. Enlisted at Albion, Aug. 7, 1862. Killed in action at Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 20, 1862.
McCall, William. Company G. Enlisted at Battle Creek, Aug. 11, 1862. Wounded at South Mountain, Sept. 14, 1862.
McGinn, Charles. Company G. Enlisted at Marshall, Aug. 11, 1862.
MeGinn, James. Company G. Enlisted at Marshall, Aug. 11, 1862. Wounded at South Mountain, Sept. 14, 1862.
McRoberts, John. Company G. Enlisted at Marshall, July 15, 1862. Wounded at South Mountain, Md., Sept. 14, 1862.
Marvin, John H. Company E. Enlisted from Bedford, Ang. 14, 1862. Mortally wounded at Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, 1862.
Mather, John S. Company K. Enlisted at Marshall, July 29, 1862. Corporal. Deserted Nov. 17, 1862.
May, Thomas P. Company G. Enlisted at Albion, Aug. 9, 1862. Second Lieu- tenant, May 26, 1865.
Moore, James L. Company P. Enlisted at Albion, June 6, 1862. Sergeant. Wounded at Sharpsburg, Md., Sept. 17, 1862.
Mullholland William. Company G. Enlisted from Sheridan, Aug. 15, 1862. De- serted Aug. 20, 1862.
Norman, Frederick. Company H. Enlisted at Marshall, June 23, 1862. Wounded at Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, 1862.
Pellet, George. Company H. Enlisted at Marshall, July 14, 1862. Died at Alex- andria, Va., Dec. 22, 1862.
Phillip, Arthur J. Company K. Enlisted form Marengo, June 2, 1862. Cor- poral.
Pryor, Thomas J. Company G. Enlisted at Albion, Aug. 19, 1862.
Rolfe, Daniel. Company H. Enlisted at Marshall, July 11, 1862. Wounded at South Mountain, Sept. 14, 1862. Taken prisoner at Spottsylvania, Va., May 12, 1864.
Smith, Samuel. Company H. Enlisted from Marshall, July 9, 1862. Taken prisoner at Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 29, 1863.
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Stont, John S. Company K. Enlisted from Marshall, Aug. 6, 1862. Wounded. Corporal, May 1, 1865.
Strassell, John. Company G. Enlisted at Marshall, Ang. 11, 1862. Mortally wounded at Antietam, Sept. 14, 1862.
Thayer, William W. Battle Creek. Captain, Company K. Aug. S, 1862. Wounded at Antietam, Sept. 14, 1862.
Tuttle, Samuel II. Company G. Enlisted from Albion, Aug. 18, 1862.
Upright, Edmond. Company G. Enlisted at Marshall, June 3, 1862.
Vanderhoof, William. Company G. Enlisted at Albion, Aug. 4, 1862.
Wells, Thomas W. Company H. Enlisted at Marshall, Aug. 13, 1862. Second Lieutenant, Feb. 22, 1863.
Wetherbee, Ozro. Company K. Enlisted from Albion, Aug. 5, 1862. Wounded in action at Campbell Station, Tenn., Nov. 16, 1863.
Whitcomb, William H. Company H. Enlisted from llomer, July 3, 1862. Woodmansee, Matthew C. Company K. Enlisted from Marshall, Aug. 13, 1862. Woodmansee, Thomas J. Company K. Enlisted from Marshall, Aug. 13, 1862.
Wright, Simeon K. Company G. Enlisted at Albion, Aug. 9, 1862. Taken pris- oner at Campbell's Station, Tenn., Nov. 16, 1863.
EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH
Eighteenth: Harmon, Daniel. Company K. Enlisted from Bedford, Ang. 11, 1862. Commissary Sergeant, May 4, 1865.
Hatch, James W. Company B. Enlisted March 2, 1865.
Hungerford, Elon G. Company H. Enlisted at Bedford, Feb. 24, 1864.
Nineteenth: Haney, Smith. Company E. Enlisted at Tekonsha, Dee. 28, 1863.
Wallace, Robert B. Company C. Enlisted from Tekonsha, Ang. 13, 1862. Wounded in action at Thompson's Station, Tenn., March 5, 1863.
THE TWENTIETH MICHIGAN INFANTRY
Few regiments in our own or any other state can show a record comparable to that of the Twentieth Michigan Infantry whether in the number and severity of the battles fought, the casualties suffered, or the high personnel of the officers and men in war and in peace. Washtenaw county had two companies. One from Ann Arbor commanded by Claud- ius B. Grant, who rose to the rank of colonel commanding the regiment and who in peace long served the state as justice of the supreme court ; the second company was from Ypsilanti and commanded by Byron M. Cutcheon who became a brigade commander and brevet brigadier gen- eral, and served with distinction for eight years in the Congress of the United States. The first lieutenant of Company B of Ypsilanti was Charles T. Allen, who was for many years after the war one of the foremost ministers of the gospel in the state.
In this regiment Calhoun county had two companies, C and I. It entered the service with two field and five officers of the line. It fur- nished two officers who rose to command the regiment. Simeon S. French of Battle Creek was major surgeon. As an officer and a man he was held in the highest esteem by all who knew him.
Hiram S. Warner, of Marshall, saw service in the First Infantry, three months regiment. He entered the Twentieth as adjutant. He was twice wounded in battle.
In 1863, he was commissioned regimental quartermaster and in 1864 was acting brigade quartermaster.
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George C. Barnes, of Battle Creek, entered the service as captain of Company C, and rose by demonstrated ability and courage to the rank of lieutenant colonel. He fell mortally wounded in an assault on the Confederate works at Petersburg, Virginia, July 18, 1864.
Albert G. Barney, of Bedford, sergeant major, at the organization was commissioner first lieutenant May 12, 1864. He received a wound in the engagement at Bethesda Church, Virginia, June 2, 1864, from which he died the 29th of the following month.
Charles J. Brown, of Battle Creek, entered the service as second lieu- tenant of the Twentieth and was acting assistant adjutant general Sec- ond Brigade, First Division United States Army Corps, from September 1, 1862, to January, 1863. He died at Frederick City, Maryland, Jan- uary 29, 1863. Stephen O. Bryant, of Bedford, served over two years in the ranks as corporal and sergeant before he became a lieutenant. He, too, was wounded in battle.
Walter H. Chadwick, of Battle Creek, went out as sergeant and came back a lieutenant. He was wounded at Petersburg.
Charles C. Dodge, of Marshall, entered the service as captain, Com- pany I. Was a prisoner from June, 1864, to March, 1865.
Josiah T. Hammond, of Tekonsha, served as first and as second lieu- tenant and for a number of years after the war was probate judge of Jackson county.
Holland F. Robinson, of Convis, went by gradual promotion from the ranks to a captaincy and fell at the head of his company in the battle before Petersburg, Virginia, February 4, 1865.
Henry H. Stowell, of Marshall, like Robinson, rose step by step from the ranks to receive a captain's commission, January 12, 1865.
Adrian C. White, of Battle Creek, was a young man of twenty-one when he entered the service. He served as sergeant, first sergeant, first lieutenant and as assistant adjutant general returning home at the end of the war with a captain's stripes upon his shoulders.
Our research through all the Michigan regiments in the war for the Union leads us to believe that all things considered, Clement A. Louns- bury, of Marengo, came out of the service with the finest record of any soldier who went from Calhoun county. Lounsbury first enlisted in Company I, First Michigan, three months service, April 22, 1861. He was then but a youth of 18. He was a private in the ranks and as such was wounded and taken prisoner in the first Bull Run battle, July 21, 1861.
August 9, 1862, he re-entered the service as first sergeant, Company D, Twentieth Infantry. Commissioned second lieutenant January, 1863, wounded and taken prisoner May 10, 1863; first lieutenant, November 19, 1863; wounded at Spottsylvania, Virginia; captain to date from May 12, 1863; aid-de-camp, November, 1864, to March, 1865, assistant adjutant general, April, 1865; lieutenant colonel, December 20, 1864; colonel, March 11, 1865.
A young country boy of eighteen who can go from the ranks to the command of one of the finest regiments in the army; who three times wounded and twice a prisoner still clings to the service and rises step by step, receiving repeated commendations of superior officers for
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gallantry and resourcefulness, is an exception even among so many offi- cers and men as the Twentieth had of approved courage and ability.
In this regiment was George M. Buck, who went out from Battle Creek in Company C. Buek was from the beginning to the end in the ranks. After the war he served long on the bench as judge of the Kala- mazoo cirenit. A man of genuine merit and ability. As modest and unpretentious in peace as he was faithful and fearless in war, he typifies the nearly two hundred comrades who served with him from Calhoun county in the ranks of this historie regiment. A brief resume of its career tells the story of service and sacrifice. It was recruited and or- ganized during the summer of 1862. Left its eamp at Jackson for Wash- ington, September 1, 1862; assigned to the Ninth Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, September 6, 1862; served in the East till the spring of 1863 when it was transferred to Kentucky, June 6; sent to Grant and shared in the siege of Vicksburg. After the fall of Vieksburg returned to Ken- tueky and in September, 1863, entered East Tennessee; fought in the battles in the vicinity of Knoxville; returned to the Army of the Potomac in the early spring of 1865; was with the Army of the Potomac from the erossing of the Rapidan May 5, 1864, to the surrender at Appomattox, April 9, 1865, sharing in all its battles; commanded in these battles successively and successfully by Cuteheon, Barnes, Grant and Lounsbury it stood in the early morning of April 2, 1865, knocking at the gates of Petersburg and was one of the first to enter that long beleaguered eity. It was constantly on the fighting line. It lost more officers, killed and died of wounds, than any other Michigan regiment. It lost over eleven per cent of the men killed or mortally wounded. It marehed in the Grand Review ; mustered out May 30, 1865, near Washington, D. C., and on June 4, 1865, disbanded at Jackson, Michigan.
Total enrollment, 1,183.
Killed in action, 72.
Died of wounds, 42.
Died in Confederate prisons, 21.
Died of disease, 89.
Discharged for disability, 169.
SOLDIERS' LIST OF THE TWENTIETH
Acker, Orange F. Company I. Enlisted at Tekonsha, Aug. 11, 1863.
Allen, Lewis W. Company I. Enlisted from Convis, Aug. 11, 1862.
Andrews, . Truman N. Company C. Enlisted at Battle Creek, Aug. 4, 1862. Died in hospital, Washington, D. C., June 9, 1864.
Austin, Ira W. Company C. Enlisted at Battle Creek. Aug. 4. 1862. Died at Falmouth, Va., Feb. 1, 1862.
Ayres, Harrison W. Company I. Enlisted from Convis, Aug. 9, 1862. Wounded in battle, May 12, 1864. Corporal.
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