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In February, 1848, the Kentuckians brought suit to recover the value of their slaves, in the United States Circuit Court, at Detroit. The defendants were D. T. Nicholson, Stephen Bogue, Josiah Osborn, Ishmael Lee, Zachariah Shugart, Jefferson Osborn, William Jones and Ebenezer McIlvain. Abner Pratt, of Marshall, and Francis Trautman (the Kentuckian who acted as leader in the Calhoun County raid) ap- peared in behalf of the plaintiffs, and Jacob M. How- ard, of Detroit (afterward United States Senator)
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James L. Jerneygan, of South Bend, Ind., and Eze- kiel S. Smith, were the attorneys for defendants, the last named being the attorney of record.
The case was continued several times, and finally came to trial in the latter part of 1850. In January, 1851, it was concluded, the jury disagreeing. The principal witness for the prosecution, Jonathan Cruise, of South Bend, was arrested on the charge of perjury as soon as he left the stand, and the jury before which he was tried, stood nine to three for his conviction.
At the disagreement of the jury, D. T. Nicholson paid the sum of $1,000 to clear himself and Ishmael Lee. This virtually settled the cause of the Ken- tucky slave-owners against the Michigan Abolitionists. The total costs of the case, which amounted to about $3,000, were borne by the several defendants, Nichol- son included. The number of witnesses subpoenaed by both sides was somewhere from forty to fifty, and many depositions were taken, especially by the plaint- iffs. The witnesses for the defense charged, as a rule, only the amount of their actual expenses. Had they received the legal fees, the costs of the suit would have been much larger.
The sum of $1,000 paid by Mr. Nicholson, was ac- cording to rumor, appropriated by Abner Pratt, Esq., as his fee in the case, and the slave-owners never received any portion of it. And so ended, as far as the Cass County people were immediately interested, this " celebrated case." The Kentucky raid, however, had other effects than those locally observable. With the Van Zant case in Ohio, it had a strong bearing upon the passage of the fugitive slave law of 1850, which, in turn, brought slavery into a more pronounced position as a political issue, and powerfully influenced in one way or another all subsequent legislation upon the "peculiar institu- tion."
CHAPTER XVIII. CASS COUNTY IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION.
The First Company of Soldiers raised in the County-Its Organization -Attached to the Forty-second Illinois Infantry-Brief History of that Regiment-Roster of the Officers and Men of the Forty- second, frem ('ass County-Other Full Companies from the County -The Sixth Michigan Infantry-Brief Histories of the Twelfth and Nineteenth Infantry . Regiments, with Rester of Men from Cass- The First Michigan Cavalry.
THE first demonstration made in Cass County toward taking a part in the armed protection of the Union, was made at Dowagiac by the Cass County Guards, upon the 22d of April, 1861, at which time they elected officers, "voted to drill every Saturday afternoon until accepted in the service of the State," and passed a resolution in favor of publishing the pro- ceedings of their meetings "in the Dowagiac Daily Union and other papers in the county friendly to the
stars and stripes."* The officers elected were : Cap- tain, D. McOmber; First Lieutenant, W. N. S. Townsend ; Second Lieutenant, N. H. De Foe. The remainder of the officers chosen were as follows : L. Andrews, First Sergeant; L. Roberts, Second Sergeant ; James Wiley, Third Sergeant; Joseph Johnson, Fourth Sergeant; L. H. Barney, First Corporal; Charles Root, Second Corporal ; B. F. Griffin, Third Corporal; Edward Herson, Fourth Corporal.
This company singularly enough became a portion of an Illinois regiment. The company was re-organ- ized upon the 18th of May, but without essential change of officers, and was then the twenty-seventh company organized in the State. They remained in barracks at Dowagiac six weeks: were assigned to the Fourth Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry, which was in process of formation at Adrian ; subse- quently changed to the Sixth, and before they could report, the officers were ordered to Detroit for military schooling, and the privates ordered to disperse. An effort was made to have these orders rescinded, but it was unavailing, and refusing to comply with the Gov- ernor's requirements, the members of the company, by a unanimous vote, decided to proffer themselves for enlistment in the Douglas Brigade, then organizing in Chicago. This brigade was not accepted until after the first battle of Bull Run, and the company, which had gone to Chicago in June, had returned home; but upon the 26th of July, 1861, they were mustered in at Dowagiac by Capt. Webb, United States Mustering Officer, as Company E, of the Forty-second Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and left for Chicago, where they remained ten weeks.
We herewith present a condensed history of the regiment :
THE FORTY-SECOND ILLINOIS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.+
This regiment was mustered into service at Chi- cago, Ill., July 22, 1861. Its first movement was to St. Louis, Mo., September 21, 1861. October 18, it arrived at Tipton, Mo., and was assigned to Col. Palmer's brigade. October 25, it was at War- saw, from whence it moved, November 1, to Spring- field, arriving there November 4, after a march of ninety-seven miles. December 13, they went into winter quarters at Smithton, Mo., where they re- mained until February 3, 1862, when they marched to St. Charles, Mo. February 20, they were at Fort Holt, Kentucky ; Columbus was occupied March 4, and March 10 saw them on their way to Island No. 10, where they were engaged until its surrender, April 11, 1862, at which date they joined Gen. Pope's
*Dowaglac Daily Union, April 24, 1861.
+ From report of the Adjutant General of Illinois.
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army, and moved to Fort Pillow the 14th. Hamburg, Tenn., was the next point in the march, arriving there April 22. They were engaged at the siege of Corinth, Miss. May 19, 1862, we find them engaged in battle at Farmington, Miss., where the regiment lost two killed, twelve wounded, and three missing. After this fight, they were in the advance, in pursuit of the rebel army, under Beauregard. From July 25 to September 3, they were occupying Courtland, Ala., when they left for Nashville, Tenn., at which place they arrived September 13, having had on their march a battle at Columbia, Tenn., in which they lost one man.
They were in Nashville during the siege, and on December 20, 1862, marched out on the Nolensville pike six miles. December 16, engaged in the Mur- freesboro campaign. December 31, 1862, they were in the battle of Stone River, losing 22 killed, 116 wounded, and 85 prisoners.
March 5, 1863, engaged in the pursuit of Van Dorn to Columbia, returning to camp at Murfrees- boro the 14th ; entered upon the Tullahoma campaign June 24; camped at Bridgeport, Ala., July 31. September 2, engaged in the Chattanooga campaign. Marched to Alpine, Ga., thence to Trenton, and crossed Lookout Mountain; was in the battle of Chickamauga, Ga., losing 28 killed, 128 wounded, and 28 prisoners, and retreated to Chattanooga. At the battle of Mission Ridge, November 28, 1863, the Forty-second was on the skirmish line during the whole engagement, losing 5 killed and 40 wounded. Pursued the enemy to Chickamauga Creek and re- turned.
The East Tennessee campaign was entered upon November 28, 1863. December 27, 1863, camped at Stone's Mill.
January 1, 1864, the regiment re-enlisted and be- came a veteran volunteer organization. Dandridge was the next point, arriving there January 15. Feb- ruary 2, arrived at Chattanooga. February 21, moved by rail for Chicago. March 2, the men re- ceived a thirty days furlough, returning April 2, and arriving in Chattanooga April 27, 1864. May 3, they began the Atlanta campaign and were engaged in battles at Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, Adairs- ville, New Hope Church, Pine Mountain, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Jonesboro and Lovejoy Station, encamping at Atlanta September 8. Total loss of the campaign, 20 killed, 89 wounded and 7 prisoners.
Moved, September 25, by rail, to Bridgeport, Ala., and to Chattanooga October 19; then marched to Al- pine, Ga., and returned October 30.
Moved, by rail, to Athens, Ala., then marched to
Pulaski, Tenn., arriving there November 5. Began retreating for Nashville November 22, 1864, and on the march fighting the rebels at Spring Hill and Franklin, and losing 24 killed, 95 wounded, and 30 prisoners. Arrived at Nashville December 1. The battle of Nashville occurring the 15th and 16th, the regiment engaged and lost 2 killed and 11 wounded ; then pursued the enemy eighty-two miles, and camped at Lexington, Ala .. December 31, 1864. January 6, 1865, they were in Decatur, Ala., remaining there. until April 1, 1865. They went to Nashville, going through Bull's Gap and Blue Springs. June 15, 1865, they went by rail to Johnsonville, Tenn., and thence by water to New Orleans. . July 18, they pro- ceeded to Port Lavaca, Tex , and went on post duty. December 16, 1865, they mustered out and left In- dianola, Tex., the 20th. Left New Orleans the 24th and arrived at Camp Butler January 3, 1866. Janu- ary 10, 1866, received final payment and discharge.
COMPANY E.
Capt. Daniel McOmber, Dowagiac.
Capt. William H. Colburo, Silver Creek; com. April 11, 1865 ; m. o. Dec. 16, 1865; 1st Lieut. May 17, 1864; Sergt. vet. Jan. 1, 1864; Corp., July 26, 1861.
First Lieut. William H. Clark, Dowagiac, May 17, 1864; declined com.
Second Lieut. Nathan H. DeFoe, Dowagiac, Jan. 22, 1861; res. May 11, 1862.
First Sergt. William T. Codding, Dowagiac, July 22, 1861 ; m. o. Sept. 16, 1864.
Sergi. Jehiel Hall, Dowagiac, July 23, 1861; killed al Stone River Dec. 31, 1862.
Sergt. Cyrus Phillips, Dowagiac, July 22, 1861 ; vet. Jan. 1, 1864 ; prom. Ist Lieut. Co. F.
Sergt. Leonard H. Norton, La Grange, Aug. 10, 1861; vet. Jan. 1, 1864 ; died of wounds March 5, 1864.
Corp. William H. Colburn, Silver Creek, July 26, 1861 ; vet. Jan. 1, 1864 ; prom. 1st Lieut. from Sergt.
Corp. Asher lluff, Dowagiac, July 26, 1861 ; dis for disability March 12, 1863.
Corp. Comfort P. Estes, Dowagiac, July 26, 1861; vel. Jan. 1, 1864; killed at Kenesaw June 18, 1864.
Corp. Christopher Harmon, Dowagiac, July 26, 1861 ; vet. Jan. 1, 1864; m. o. Sergt. Dec. 16, 1865.
Corp. Theo. De Camp, Silver Creek, July 26, 1861 ; dis. for dis- ability March 11, 1863.
Corp. William H. Clark, Dowagiac, July 26, 1861: vet. Jan. 1, 1864; m. o. as Sergt. May 28, 1865.
Corp. Victor Wallace, Dowagiac, July 26, 1861; vet. Jan. 1, 1864; m. o. as Sergt. Dec. 16, 1865:
Arnold, Desire, Silver Creek, July 26, 1861; killed at Stone River Dec. 31, 1862.
Brownell, Lorenzo D., Dowagiac, July 26, 1861; dis. for dis- ability Nov. 18, 1862.
Barrack, Jonathan A., Calvin, Aug. 1, 1861 ; dis. for disability Aug 17, 1862.
Burling, Robert G., Pokagou, July 26, 1861 ; dis. for disability Oct. 24, 1862.
Bragg. Gustavus, Pokagou, Aug. 7, 1861 : died of wounds at Tren- ton, Ga., Sept. 10, 1868.
Caston, Hiram, Jeffersou, July 26, 1861 ; m. o., wounded, Sept. 16, 1864.
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Cone, Hulett, Dowagiac, Aug. 31, 1861 : died at Park Barracks' Ky., Nov. 5, 1862.
Calhoun, Albert, Aug. $0, 1861 ; died in rebel hosp., Wilmington. N. C., March 5, 1865.
Day. Lucius C., Dowagiac, July 26, 1861 : vet. Jan. 1, 1864; m. o. July 15, 1865.
Finehart, Daniel P., Pokagon, July 26, 1861 ; died Feb. 8, 1862.
Fleming, James H., Volinia, Aug. - , 1361; died of wounds at Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 25, 1863.
Heath, Edward C., Pokagon, July 26, 1861 ; Corp. ; died Aug. 23, 1862.
Hill, James, Dowagiac. July 26, 1861; vet. Jan. 1, 1864 ; m. o. Dec. 16, 1865.
Hanna, Nathaniel L., Dowagiac, Aug. 10, 1861 ; dis. for disability, March 27, 1863.
Hover, John B., Calvin, Aug. 21, 186;1 ; vet. Jan. 1, 1864 ; prom. Prin. Mus.
Higgins, George W., Dowagiac, July 26, 1861 ; dis. for disability March 27, 1862.
Henderson, George H., Dowagiac, July 26, 1861 ; m. o. July 15, 1865.
Hitsman, Sidney, Dowagiac, July 26, 1861; vet. Jan. 1, 1864; m. o. Dec. 16, 1865.
Higgins, Daniel, Dowagiac, Aug. 1, 1861 ; dis. Dec. 5, 1862.
Krisher, John, Jr., Calvin, Sept. 9, 1861 ; vet. Jan. 1, 1864 : m. o. Dec. 16, 1865.
Leonard, William, Cassopolis, July 26, 1861; vet. Jan. 1, 1864; m. o. Dec. 16, 1865.
Lucas, Henry, Newburg, July 31, 1861 ; vet. Jan. 1, 1864 ; de- tached at m. o.
Lewis, Edwin H., Cassopolis, July 26, 1861; vet. Jan. 1, 1864; dis. for disability April 18, 1862.
Miller, William H. H., Calvin, July 26, 1861; vet. Jan. 1, 1864; killed at Franklin, Tenn., Nov. 30, 1864.
Munger, Charles A., Dowagiac, July 26, 1861; vet. Jan. 1, 1864 ; prom. 1st Lieut. from Sergt.
Momany, Oliver F., Dowagiac, July 26, 1861; wounded ; trans- ferred to Vet. Res. Corps Feb. 16, 1864.
McDonald, Alva, Pokagon, Aug. 1, 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 3, 1864.
Northrup, Adoniram, Calvin, Aug. 1, 1864; killed at Stone River Dec. 31, 1862.
Nevill, John G., Dowagiac, Aug. 1, 1864; wounded ; transferred to Vet. Res. Corps April 16, 1864.
Orange, Andrew, Dowagiac, Aug. 10, 1861 ; dis. Dec. 5, 1862.
Peters, John, Calvin, Aug. 1, 1861 ; dis. for disability May 26, 1862.
Pierson, Bartley, Calvin, Aug. 1, 1861 ; dis. for disability May 3, 1862.
Corp. Peter Rummels, Silver Creek, July 26, 1861 ; vet. Jan. 1, 1864; m. o. Dec. 16, 1865.
Rea, Albert W., Calvin, Aug. 1, 1861; vet. Jan. 1, 1864; died of wounds Dec. 15, 186 1.
Spicer, George G., Dowagiac, July 26, 1861; vet. Jan. 1, 1864; m. o. Dec. 16, 1865.
Shanafelt, Albert A., Dowagiac. July 26, 1861; m. o. Sept. 28, 1864.
Shanafelt, Herbert R., Dowagiac, July 26, 1861 ; died uf wounds Columbia, S. C. .
Shearer, James H., Dowagiac, Ang. 1, 1861; died at. Smithton, Mo., Jan. 29, 1862.
Stevens, Joseph H., Dowagiac, Aug. 1, 1861 ; died of wounds July 7,1864.
Stevenson, Zimri, Calvin, Aug. 1, 1861 ; vet. Jan. 1, 1864; m. o. Dec. 16, 1865.
Sturr, Joseph L., Calvin, Aug. 1, 1861 ; m. o. Sept. 18, 1864.
Tillotson, John D., Calvin, Aug. 1, 1861; m. o. Dec. 16, 1865. Trenholm, Benjamin, Calvin, Sept. 9, 1861; m. o. Sept. 16, 1864.
Worden, Amasa P. R., Dowagiac, July 26, 1861 ; died of wounds April 7, 1864.
RECRUITS.
Morse, Abel S., Silver Creek ; dis for disability Aug. 15, 1861. Row, Ferd. P., Silver Creek ; dis. for disability, Sept. 10, 1861. Stage, William, transferred to Sappers and Miners Sept 5, 1861.
SIXTH MICHIGAN INFANTRY.
The second company, organized in the County, was Company D of the Sixth Michigan Infantry. This company was organized at Dowagiac, with Charles E. Clarke, as Captain ; Frederick J. Clarke, First Lieu- tenant ; James Ellis, Second Lieutenant, and William H. Gage, Orderly Sergeant. The Captain of the com - pany arose to the position of Colonel,* James Ellis to the rank of Captain, and Orderly Sergeant Gage to that of Lieutenant. First Lieutenant Clarke became acting Captain, and was killed at Port Hudson.t
The history of the Sixth Regiment is briefly as follows :
It was what was known as a " camp instruction regi- ment;" was organized in the summer of 1861, and was rendezvoused at Kalamazoo. The commissioned officers were selected by the Governor, and they in turn selected the non-commissioned officers of their re- spective companies, and both commissioned and non- commissioned officers then went into a camp of instruc- tion at Detroit, where they were thoroughly drilled for nearly two months. The regiment left Kalamazoo for the East, August 30, 1861, with 944 men, and remained in Baltimore for nearly six months on garrison duty. On February 22, 1862, the regiment went to Newport News (Fortress Monroe), and, on the 4th of March, left with other regiments for New Orleans, embarking just in time to encounter a ter- rific gale off Cape Hatteras. The Sixth was the first Union regiment which occupied New Orleans in the day time (a few had entered in the night). On the 9th of May, the regiment, with its brigade, proceeded up the Mississippi, taking possession of various places, but meeting with no opposition until it arrived at Warrenton, a small place near Vicksburg. The
*Colonel Charles E. Clarke, formerly nf Dowagiac, is a native of Lebanon, Coon. For several years prior to his residence at Dowagiac, he was Captain of steamboats on the Ohio and Mississippi RIvers. In the summer of 1861, ho wae commissioned Captain of a company in the Sixth Regiment of Michigan Iofaotry (Afterward made lleavy Artillery and, by successive promotions, became Its Colonel. Ho served with his regiment in its campaigns and battles under Gene. Butler and Broke, in the Lower Mississippi Valley; commanded the principal part of his regiment in the successful battle of Baton Rouge, though then only a Captain, the Regiment Officere being absent in New Orleans; and was in command of Fort Morgan, Mobile Bay, after Its capture. He was mustered out with his regiment, at Jackson, Mich., in the summer of 1865; was soon after commissioned na Captaln in the regular army. with the brevet rank of Major, conferred "for gallant and meritorions services; " served in the regular army, chiefly as com- mandant of posts in New Mexico And Dakota, aod was transferred to the retired list at his own request in 1880.
+First Lieutenant (und Aeting Captain) Frederick J. Clarke, wasa native nf Rochester, N. Y , son of Joseph B. Clarke und nephew of Col. Charles E. Clarko. lle was a printer ; was commissioned First Lieutenant in his uncle's company of the Sixth Michigan Infantry, on the organization of the regiment, in the summer of 1861; became Acting Captain ou the promotion of his uncle to the majority, and was killed whilst lending his company in a desperate assault unon a portion of the rebel fortification of Port Hudson, La., May 27, 1863. tlis body was recovered from under the continued rebel fire, by his uncle, assisted by the drummer boy of the regiment and two colored soldiers, and removed to and buried In the National Military Cemetery at Baton Rouge.
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enemy was fortified there and refused to surrender. They were not dislodged, and on the 5th of June the brigade returned to Baton Rouge, where they en- camped the next day. On the 20th of July, six companies of the regiment, in command of Col. Clark (T. S.), made a raid in the direction of Camp Moore, sixty miles eastward of Baton Rouge, for the purpose of capturing Charles M. Conrad, who had been Secretary of War under President Fillmore, and a number of other rebels. At Benton's Ferry, a rebel force was encountered, and a running fight ensued. On August 5, while Baton Rouge was being heavily atttacked by the rebel forces under Breckinridge, the regiment, then under command of Col. Charles E. Clarke, received and repulsed the principal attack, which, had it been successful, would have resulted in the loss of a large quantity of artillery and stores. The loss of the regiment was twenty killed, forty-three wounded and six missing. Capt. Clarke, Acting Lieu- tenant Colonel, and Lieut. Clarke, were especially men - tioned for meritorious action in the reports of their superior officers. After the evacuation of Baton Rouge by the Union forces on the 20th of August, 1862, the Sixth was stationed at Mettarie Ridge, guarding one of the approaches to New Orleans. Owing to the un- healthiness of the locality only 755 men were fit for duty when they arrived at New Orleans December 6, but those sick soon recovered there. On the 14th of January, 1863, the regiment participated in an ex- pedition, under Gen. Weitzel, to Bayou Teche, which destroyed the rebel gunboat Cotton. On the the 23d of March, it attacked the rebels at Poncha- toula ; was engaged with the enemy April 3, at Amite River; at Tickfaw River on the 12th, and again at Amite River on the 12th of May. On a later date, the Sixth made a raid up the Jackson Rail- road, destroying the enemy's camp at Pangipaho, capturing sixty prisoners and appropriating or destroy- ing property valued at $400,000. The regiment then returned to New Orleans, and upon the 23d, as a part of Gen. Banks' force, arrived in front of Port Hudson, and was placed in one of the most exposed positions. On the 27th, the Sixth was engaged in the celebrated and deadly assault on Port Hudson, in which a third of its men were killed. The regiment in this finely fought combat, was under the command of Col. T. W. Sherman (who should not be confounded with Gen. William T. Sherman). The siege of Port Hudson followed. On the 5th of June, the regiment took part in a less disastrous assault. The Sixth was stationed at Port Hudson until March 11, 1864, where 247 men re-enlisted, a sufficient number of veterans to preserve the organization. It started for Michigan under command of Col. Edward Bacon,
and after arriving at Kalamazoo, was furloughed for thirty days. Having again re-assembled it returned to the South, arriving at Port Hudson on the 11th of May, with a large number of recruits. On the 6th of June, it was ordered to Morganzia and remained there until the 24th, when it was ordered to Vicksburg. From that point it went to St. Charles, Ark. After the siege of Port Hudson, the Sixth had been made an artil- lery regiment, but it was now attached to an infantry regiment. Remaining but a short time at St. Charles, the regiment returned to Morganzia, where, for a short time, it was employed as engineers, but was soon after returned to duty as heavy artillery. The regi- ment was present at the bombardment and surrender of Fort Morgan, Ala., but arrived too late to partici- pate. Almost the entire service of the Sixth was rendered in the extreme Southern States. On the the 1st of November, 1864, Col. Charles E. Clarke, commanding, it was stationed in Alabama. Com- panies A, B, D, G and K garrisoned Fort Morgan and Fort Gaines, Dauphin Island, Mobile Bay, while the other companies were detached in December and joined an expedition against Mobile. After a fine career, the regiment came North at the close of the war, and was paid off and discharged at Jackson, Mich., September 5, 1865. The Sixth, during its term of serv- ice, met the enemy at Sewell's Point, Va., March 5, 1862; Fort Jackson, La., April 25, 1862; Vicks- burg, Miss., May 20, 1862; Grand Gulf, Miss., May 27, 1862; Amite River, Miss., June 20, 1862 ; Baton Rouge, La., August 5 and 7, 1862; Bayou Teche, La., January 14, 1863; Ponchatoula, La., March 24, 25 and 26, 1863 ; Baratoria, La., April 7, 1863; Tickfaw River, La., April 12, 1863 ; Amite River, Miss., May 7, 1863 ; Ponchatoula, La., May 16, 1863 ; siege of Port Hudson, May 23 to July 8, 1863; Tunica Bayou, La., November 8, 1863; Ash- ton, Ark., July 24, 1864 ; Fort Morgan, Ala., August 23, 1864; Spanish Fort, Ala., April, 1865 ; Fort Blakely, Ala., April, 1865 ; Fort Huger, Ala., April, 1865; Fort Tracey, Ala., April, 1865 ; siege of Mobile, Ala., from March 20 to April 12, 1865.
The total enrollment of the Sixth was 1,957 officers and men ; its losses 542; of which 2 officers and 43 men were killed in action ; died of wounds, 21 men ; and of disease, 6 officers and 470 men.
FIELD AND STAFF.
Col. Chas. E. Clarke, Dowagiac, com. October 16, 1864; m. 0. 88 Lieut. Col. Sept. 7, 1865; com. Lieut. Col. Feb. 1, 1864 ; Maj. June 21, 1862; Capt. U. S. Army July 28, 1866 ; Brevet Major March 7, 1867, for gallant and meritorious services in the siege of Port Huron, La. ; retired June 28, 1878.
NON COMMISSIONED STAFF.
Sergt. Maj. Henry W. Ellis, Pokagon, com. May 13, 1865 ; m. o. Aug. 20, 1865.
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Principal Musician Geo. 'L. Hazen, Calvin, e. Jan. 1, 1862 ; vet. Feb. 1, 1864 ; m. o. Aug. 20, 1865.
Musician John R. Lee, e. Aug. 20, 1861 ; dis. by order Sept. 20, 1862.
COMPANY A.
Briggs, George, Porter, e. Aug. 30, 1862; dis. by order July 22, 1865.
Woodard, Alvah, Porter, e. Aug. 30, 1862; died of disease at Ft. Morgan, Ala., Sept 24, 1864.
COMPANY C.
First Lieut. Jas. A. Ellis, Dowagiac, com. Dec. 1, 1862; trans. 1st. Lieut. to Co. D, July 20, 1863.
Anderson, Andrew J., Calvin, e. Jan. 11, 1864; trans. to 7th U. S. Heavy Artillery June 1, 1864.
Freeman, Henry W., Porter, e. Jan. 20, 1864 ; trans. to Veteran Reserve Corps.
Gilbert, Alson, Wayne, e. Dec. 21, 1863 ; died of disease at New Orleans, La., Oct. 12, 1864.
Hawks, Henry, Mason, e. Jan. 11, 1864; trans. to 7th U. S. Heavy Artillery June 1, 1864.
Turnley, Hiram M., e. Aug. 20, 1861; dis. for disability March 28, 1864.
COMPANY D.
Capt. Charles E. Clarke, Dowagiac, com. Aug. 20, 1861 ; prom. Major.
Capt. James A. Ellis, Dowagiac, com. Sept. 1, 1863 ; resigned July 19, 1864; trans. 1st Lieut. from Co. C, July 20, 1863 ; 2d Lieut. Co. D, Aug. 20, 1861.
First Lieut. Frederick J. Clarke, Dowagiac, com. Aug. 19, 1861 ; killed in battle at Port Hudson, La., May 27, 1862.
First Lieut. William W. McIlvaine, Cassopolis, com. Sept. 1, 1863 ; com. 2d Lieut. Dec. 1, 1862 ; Sergt. Aug. 20, 1861 ; re- signed as 1st Lieut. July 20, 1864.
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