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The right wing was the first to move out; then came the Twentieth Corps, and lastly the Fourteenth, and with this corps the Tenth Regiment marched away at noon on the Sixteenth of November. A distance of eleven
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miles was made during the afternoon, and'at night the brigade bivouacked near the celebrated Stone Mountain, a round-topped knob of solid limestone about one mile in diameter at the base and rising bare and gray from the level plain to a height of about thirteen hundred feet. From this halting- place the regiment set out at six in the morning of the 17th and, with fine weather and a good road, made a march of fifteen miles, passing through the decaying settlements of Lassonia and Conyer's Station. On the 18th the Yellow and Alcova rivers, tributaries of the Ocmulgee, were crossed on pon- toons, and the tired men of the Tenth lighted their bivouac fires in the vicin- ity of Covington, the seat of justice of Newton county. During this day they had marched as train-guard and made a distance of ten miles.
In the morning of the 19th they resumed their journey at six o'clock in a drizzling rain, and at night found themselves twenty miles from Cov- ington and twice that distance from each of the towns of Macon and Mill- edgeville. The evening of the 20th saw them encamped three miles from Eatonton and fifteen from Milledgeville. Here the dull boom of distant artillery was heard; this was the first hostile sound which they had heard since their departure from Atlanta. Their march of the 21st was com- menced at ten a. m. and was continued until three p. m., at which time twelve miles had been accomplished, and they went into camp for the night.
No move was made on the 22nd. Orders were here read to the regi- ment giving the liberty to forage on the country and to appropriate any- thing necessary for the sustenance of man or beast. "These orders [said a letter written by a soldier of the Tenth] are generally lived up to and often exceeded. The citizens, on hearing of our approach, take everything of value to the woods and swamps and cover them with brush, or bury them in the ground. But the 'Yanks' were not long in discovering this and but little is presumed to have escaped their notice. Sweet potatoes, meal, flour, various kinds of liquor, tobacco, silk, and even coin, were thus unearthed from their hiding-places, and many a frolic was had by the blue-coats at the Confeder- ates' expense.
"It was truly amusing to go ahead of the army proper and see the for- agers' proceedings. They were as good as skirmishers and advance guards, and often were the only ones we had. They never failed to rout the rebels whenever and wherever found. Citizens could tell our approach long before the army came along, by the popping of guns, squealing of hogs and the noises of various farm fowls. Nothing escaped the foragers' notice and but little that was serviceable to us eluded their grasp. When they came to a plantation they generally separated into small squads, each squad hunting
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for some special thing. As if taught by instinct that we meant them harm, all animals and fowls tried to secrete themselves or get out of reach of us. Hogs, sheep and cattle would take to the woods, fowls to the outbuildings and turkeys to the trees. But it was all of no avail. The enterprising and per- sistent Yankees, prompted by hunger and the thoughts of a savory dish, were sure to hunt them out and bring them to. We had orders not to fire our guns to procure food, but that order was only partially lived up to. Any animal which we could not corner and catch we shot, and when the fowls took to the trees or the tops of buildings the Enfield rifle was sure to bring them down. Often would the fat turkey take shelter in the trees, and cry 'quit, quit!' but there was no quit. Occasionally the foragers would find a lot of tobacco, honey or sorghum molasses. Then there was a rush and scramble. To many, a swarm of bees was no more an impediment to the getting of the honey than if they had been so many blue-flies. A crowd of soldiers might be seen around a barrel of molasses, the head knocked in, and they with their cups filling their canteens, coffee pots, little pails and every available kind of vessel that would hold the sweet fluid. At all hours of the day they might be seen coming in and taking their places in the ranks with face, hands and clothes besmeared with molasses and honey. To see them, one might think they would stick to the Union, or to anything else ; and they would, too. Such was foraging in Georgia, and even more than can be described with the pen. Imagination must supply the rest."
In the morning of November 23, at six o'clock, the regiment was again on the road and marched leisurely to within two miles of Milledgeville, where it rested for the night. About noon of the 24th it passed through Milledgeville and at night the men built their fires eight miles beyond the town. Here the foragers brought in a ton and a half of captured flour found secreted in a swamp. On the 25th a distance of eleven miles was made and in the afternoon of the 26th the brigade reached Sandersville, the county seat of Washington county. The marches of the 27th and 28th brought the regiment to a camping place one mile south of Louisville, the county seat of Jefferson, where it remained for three days picketing and foraging.
In the first five days of December the men of the Tenth marched sixty- three miles, and camped on the night of the 5th at Briar creek, sixty miles from Savannah. During the 6th and 7th they made thirty-six miles, though continually impeded by timber felled across the road and bridges destroyed by the enemy. They had now entered the marshy country lying along the south side of the Savannah river. Their march of the 8th was uneventful, but on the 9th they came upon a hostile battery of three guns so posted as
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to command a road or causeway over which they were compelled to pass through one of the swamps which were numerous in that region. The Second Illinois Battery was ordered into position and soon cleared the road, but with the loss of one of its lieutenants killed. The rebel battery on its retreat encountered the Twentieth Army Corps and was captured. On the IOth the regiment, with its brigade, moved southward to the crossing of the. Savannah & Charleston railroad, and went on picket in that vicinity. In the morning of the following day they marched nine miles south and took position in the Union line of investment four and a half miles from Savan- nah-one line being formed to face the city and another facing towards the country through which they had just passed. They had completed a distance of nine hundred and forty miles, marched since the 28th of Sep- tember, and now sat down to the siege of Savannah.
The city was defended by fifteen thousand to twenty thousand men behind exceedingly strong fortifications, and the artillery fire under which the Tenth, in common with other regiments, lay was continuous day and night. On the 14th news was received of the capture and occupation of Ft. McAllister, south of the city. The first mail received by the regiment in a period of six weeks came to it here on the 17th. Finally in the night of December 20-21, the enemy evacuated the city, and on the 21st the Tenth marched in.
The regiment remained a little more than four weeks in Savannah, and on the 20th of January, 1865, it moved with the army up the right bank of the Savannah river bound north. It reached Sister's Ferry on the Savannah January 28 and remained there until the night of Sunday, February 5, when, with the other troops of the command, it crossed to the north side of the river. "Shouts and wild hurrahs rent the welkin as the feet of each succes- sive regiment touched the soil of Carolina"-so wrote an officer of the Tenth who was present at this memorable crossing. The regiment remained here two days before moving north, and while here (February 6) the non- veterans of the Tenth were mustered out of the service; just three years had expired since the completion of the original muster at Camp Thompson.
The regiment moved on the 8th and passed through South Carolina with- out the occurrence of any specially notable event in its own immediate expe- rience. The march through this state was much the same as it had been through Georgia, excepting that here the foragers found a far less productive field and the track of the army was marked by a far more general destruc- tion of property than in Georgia; nearly all the buildings were burned and only the tall, naked chimney-stacks left standing; while all along the western
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and northwestern horizon great columns of smoke by day and the red glow of conflagration by night told how the cavalry of Kilpatrick were wreaking their treasured vengeance against the Palmetto state.
The Tenth Regiment reached Fayetteville, North Carolina, March II and was there slightly engaged in a skirmish with the enemy. On the 12th it crossed the Cape Fear river, skirmishing at Averysboro, and on the 16th was again engaged at the same place, losing three men killed. Moving in advance of the corps on the 18th, six companies being deployed as skirmish- ers, they struck the enemy about noon and a lively skirmish ensued. The regiment was ordered to take position at the junction of the Smithfield and Goldsboro roads; during the night it was attacked, but repulsed the enemy and held its position until relieved by troops of the Twentieth Corps on the 19th; then it moved and formed on the right of the second line of battle at Bentonville. About four p. m. the enemy moved up in heavy masses and charged the first line, but was repulsed. Then the Tenth with a brigade moved forward to the first line and in a few minutes the enemy was dis- covered coming in on the left flank. The line was at once changed to the opposite side of the works and, after pouring a volley into the ranks of the rebels they were charged and driven back with the bayonet; many prisoners and arms were taken. On the 20th the regiment skirmished during the entire day and night and on the 21st moved towards Goldsboro, reaching there on the 23rd. Moving from Goldsboro, it reached Smithfield April 10 and Raleigh, April 13. From Raleigh it moved to Avery's Ferry, forty-five miles above Fayetteville, and lay there from the 15th to the 21st of April, when it moved to Holly Springs, on the road to Raleigh. On the 28th it was at Morseville, North Carolina, and there received the announcement that its campaigning was over and the war ended by the surrender of Johnston. In its passage through the two Carolinas the regiment had sustained a loss of fifteen, killed, wounded and missing.
Moving north on the 30th of April, the Tenth arrived at Richmond, Virginia, May 7; it remained there till the 10th when it marched on towards Washington, reaching there about the 16th. It took part in the grand review of General Sherman's army at the capital on the 24th. Moving on the 13th of June, it proceeded to Louisville, Ky., where it was mustered out of the service July 19 and ordered to Michigan. It reached Jackson on the 22nd and was paid off and discharged August 1, 1865.
The length and severity of this regiment's marches during its term of service were remarkable. It is shown that during 1862 and 1863 its foot- marches aggregated sixteen hundred miles; that its marches in 1864
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amounted to thirteen hundred and seventy-five miles, and those in 1865 to six hundred and twenty miles-a total of three thousand five hundred and ninety-five miles; this was exclusive of the distances accomplished by rail- road and steamer. There were few, if any, regiments in the service whose marching record surpassed this. The brigade to which the Tenth was attached during the period of its remarkable marchings through Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama was quite generally known among the men of the Southwestern army as "Morgan's brigade of Davis's foot-cavalry," the divi- sion being that commanded by Gen. Jeff C. Davis.
MEMBERS OF THE TENTH INFANTRY FROM GENESEE COUNTY.
Maj. Henry S. Burnett, Goodrich; enl. Nov. 16, 1863; killed in battle at Jones- boro, Ga., Sept. 1, 1864.
Adj. Edwin F. Holmes, Fenton ; enl. May 8, 1865; pro. to capt. June 7, 1865; must. out as adj.
Surg. James C. Willson, Flint; enl. Dec. 7, 1861; trans. surg. 8th Regt. Michigan Vol. Inf. March 3, 1862.
Chap. Rev. Jesse S. Boyden, Flint; enl. April 10, 1862; res. Aug. 31, 1862. Sergt .- Maj. Edwin F. Holmes, Fenton; pro. to adj.
Quar .- Mas. Sergt. Gleason F. Perry, Flint; pro. to 2d lieut. Co. G.
Company A.
Capt. Henry S. Burnett, Goodrich; enl. Oct. 4, 1861; pro. to maj. Nov. 16, 1863. Capt. John Algoe, Flint ; enl. Aug. 26, 1864; disch. for wounds, March 8, 1865.
2d Lieut. Maxwell G. Cooley, Flint (sergt.) ; 2d lieut. Co. A, March 31, 1863; res. Dec. 28. 1863.
Privates -- James Atherton. Argentine; must. out July 19, 1865. Jacob C. Bentley. Mundy ; disch. at end of service, April 4, 1865. Lampson Condon, Argentine; veteran : must. out July 19, 1865. John Damon, Flint; disch. for disability, Sept. 20, 1862. Charles Darby, disch. to re-enl. as veteran, Feb. 6, 1864. Judson Ency, must. out July 19, 1865. Albert Ervy. Argentine; disch. by order, May 20, 1865. Andrew Efferts. disch. at end of service, Feb. 6, 1865. Edward F. Fuller, disch. at end of service. Feb. 6, 1865. William Gove, must. out July 19, 1865. Elbert Hawley, died of disease at Deerfield, Mich., March 20, 1863. Daniel B. Lacey, trans. to Vet. Res. Corps, April 10, 1864. Charles Migglesworth, died of disease at Cincinnati, O., July 2, 1862. Ethan Marsh, disch. for minority, March 10, 1862. George Minor, Flint; disch. for disability, Sept. 24, 1862. Allen Norris, Argentine: died of disease at Flint, Mich., March 9, 1862. Alexander O'Rourke, Burton; veteran; disch. for disability, July 22, 1865. Monroe Putnam, Argentine; veteran ; must. out July 19, 1865. Philip Richardson, died of disease at Nashville, Tenn .. March 13. 1863. Miles J. Rood, disch. for disability, March 17, 1863. Charles Raubenger, disch. at end of service, April 22, 1865. Manly Wittem, discharged. Marion Wittem, Mundy ; disch. for disability, Dec. 23, 1862.
Company C.
Capt. Myron Bunnell, Goodrich; enl. Sept. 24, 1861; res. Nov. 18, 1862. 2d Lieut. George A. Allen, Flint; must. out Feb. 16, 1865, at end of service. 2d Lieut. James R. Kipp, Goodrich ; enl. May 20, 1865; must. out July 19, 1865. Corp. Jas. R. Kipp. veteran, Goodrich (sergt.) ; pro. to 2d lieut.
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Corp. Milo Swears, veteran, Goodrich (sergt.) : must. out July 19, 1865.
Corp. James Lacy, Flint; musician ; must. out at end of service, Feb. 6, 1864.
Privates-Elihu Annon, Flint; disch. to re-enl. as veteran, Feb. 6, 1864. George Bush, Goodrich; disch. to re-enl. as veteran, Feb. 6, 1864. Marvin C. Barney. Good- rich ; disch. to re-enl. as veteran, Feb. 6, 1864. Marvin C. Barney, Goodrich; disch. to re-enl. as veteran, Feb. 6, 1864. Henry S. Bidwell, Goodrich ; disch. to re-enl. as veteran, Feb. 6, 1864. John E. Beech, Goodrich ; died of disease, July 23, 1862. George W. Bidwell, Forest ; disch. for disability, Sept. 12. 1862. William Bartlett, died of disease at Nashville, Tenn .. Jan. 5, 1863. Eli Baxter, Atlas: died of disease at Look- out Mountain, Tenn., Sept. 11, 1864. Erastus Corwin, Richfield; died in action near Dalton, Ga., Feb. 25, 1864. Oscar Cummings, Goodrich; died in action at Jonesboro, Ga .. Sept. 1, 1864. Frank Crittenden, Forest ; disch. to re-eul. as veteran, Feb. 6, 1864. Nelson Downer, Goodrich: died of disease at Camp Dennison. Ohio. Aug. 2, 1862. Benjamin Frick, Goodrich; disch. at end of service. Feb. 6. 1865. Stephen Hustead, Atlas; died in action near Dalton, Ga., Feb. 25, 1864. Harker Hib- bard, Flint; disch. to re-enl. as veteran, Feb. 6, 1864. Edmund E. Hedglin, Flint ; must. out July 19, 1865. Seeley S. Hedgin, Flint ; must. out July 19, 1865. Sylvester Haynes, Atlas; at end of service, Feb. 6, 1865. Prentiss C. Harris, Flint: disch. at end of service, Feb. 6, 1865. Harris Haynes, Flint; disch. at end of service. Feb. 6. 1865. Charles W. Johnson, Goodrich; died of disease at Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 24. 1862. Benjamin Overholser, Richfield; disch. Dec. 15, 1862. Omer Pratt, Goodrich : died of disease, June 10, 1862. Henry Pennell, Goodrich; drowned. Charles H. Ram- len, Flint; veteran ; must. out July 19. 1865. Reuben L. Smith, must. out July 19, 1865. George N. Schillinger, Goodrich; disch. at end of service, Feb. 6, 1865. George Stowe, Flint ; disch. to re-enl. as veteran, Feb. 6, 1864. John W. Saunders, Goodrich ; (lied of disease at Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 31, 1864. Nelson Swears, Flint; died of disease at Louisville, Ky., April 6, 1862. James Vansickles, Grand Blanc; disch. for disability. Sept. 26, 1862. Asa Volentine, Goodrich; veteran : must. out July 13. 1865. Ira Wood. Flint ; died of disease at Keokuk, Iowa, Aug. 21, 1862.
Company 1.
Capt. Russell M. Barker, Flint; enl. Oct. 1, 1861 ; resigned Nov. 29, 1862. First Lieut. George A. Aplin, Flint ; enl. May S. 1865; must. out July 19. 1865.
Second Lieut. Thomas Branch, Flint: enl. March 31, 1863; must. Feb. 6. 1865, at end of service.
Sergt. Henry R. Chittenden, Flint; disch. for disability, Feb. 9, 1863.
Sergt. George A. Aplin, Flint ; promoted to 1st lieut.
Sergt. Joseph E. Tupper, Flint; promoted to sergt .- maj.
Sergt. Thomas Branch, Flint ; promoted to 2d lieut.
Corp. William H. Davie, Flint (sergt.) ; must. out by general order, July 3, 1865. Corp. Arla Smith, Flint; died of disease at Nashville, March 4, 1863.
Corp. Lyman E. Davie, Flint; pro. to 1st lieut. U. S. C. Inf., Nov. 9, 1863.
Privates-Theodore Armstrong, Flint; died of disease at Farmington, Miss., June 3, 1862. Jason L. Austin, Flint; disch. for disability, Oct. 23, 1862. George Aplin, Flint (sergt. ) ; veteran ; disch. to re-enlist as veteran, Feb. 6, 1864. David J. Andrews, died in action at Bentonville, N. C., March 19, 1865. Charles W. Brewer, died of dis- ease at Camp Dennison, Ohio, June 20, 1862. William H. Badgley, Flint; disch. for disability, April 9, 1862. Josiah N. Barkley, Flint; disch. for disability, April 17, 1862. Benjamin M. Bradshaw (corp.) ; disch. for disability, April 10, 1862. John Brown, disch. for disability, Sept. 20, 1862. Joseph Barton, Flint; disch. for disability, July 18,
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1862. Thomas E. Brabazon, veteran ; died of wounds at Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 3, 1864. John Chadbourn, Goodrich; died of disease at Camp Dennison, Ohio, Aug. 1, 1862. Abraham Chase, disch. for disability, Dec. 10, 1862. Edwin Crittenden, must. out July 19, 1865. James W. Crittenden, must. out July 19, 1865. John W. Currin, Goodrich ; must. out July 19, 1865. William H. Davie, must. out July 19, 1865. Lyman E. Davie. corp., pro. to 1st lieut. U. S. C. T., Nov. 9, 1863. Chester Farrar, disch. for disability, Oct. 22, 1862. Mortimer B. Gillman, disch. for disability. Sept. 26, 1862. Henry H. Griffin, disch. at end of service, Feb. 6. 1865. Franklin B. Hopkins, died of disease at Farmington, Miss., June 29, 1862. Abram O. Harrison. disch. March 27, 1863. Newton D. Hodge, disch. to re-enlist as veteran, Feb. 6, 1864. Abraham G. Houghton, musician, veteran, must. out July 19, 1865. Hiram E. Howell, must. out July 19, 1865. Roswell N. Hilton, must. out July 19, 1865. William McComb, disch. for disability. Oct. 20, 1862. William O. Morse, must. out July 19, 1865. Isaac Meserraull, must. out July 19, 1865. George Marshall, must. out July 19, 1865. Philip Marshall, Thet- ford, must. out July 19, 1865. Worthey E. Millard, disch. to re-enlist at veteran, Feb. 6, 1864. Benjamin Alcott, Burton; must. out July 19, 1865. James Alcott, Burton ; must. out July 19, 1865. Hezekiah Pierce, must. out July 19, 1865. Myron Pettit. Thetford; must. out July 19, 1865. James S. Pettit, Thetford; must. out July 19, 1865. Lewis Raisin, must. out July 19, 1865. John Shalto. died of disease at St. Louis, Mo., June 14, 1862. Arba Smith, died of disease at Nashville, Tenn., March 4, 1863. Nathaniel Taylor, trans. to U. S. Engineers, July, 1864. Henry Vantassel, disch. to re-enlist at veteran, Feb. 6, 1864. Augustus Welch, disch. for disability. April 20. 1862. Henry C. Webster, died of disease at Henderson, Ky., May 30, 1862.
Other Companies.
First Lieut. John Algoe, Flint, Co. G: enl. March 31, 1863: prof. to capt. Co. A. Second Lieut. Joseph E. Tupper, Flint, Co. G; pro. to maj. 17th U. S. C. T., Nov., 1863.
Second Ligut. Gleason F. Perry, Flint, Co. G; enl. June 7. 1865: must. out July 19, 1865
First Lieut. Newton D. Hodge, Flint, Co. H (sergt.) : 2d lieut .; enl. May 20, 1865; 1st lieut. June 7, 1865; must. out July 19, 1865.
First Lieut. John R. Thomson, Flint. Co. K: enl. June 23. 1862 (2d lieut. Feb. 22. 1863).
Private-Miles Allen, Berlan, Co. G: died of disease at Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 17, 1864. Alexander Allen, Co. B; disch. to re-enlist at veteran, Feb. 6, 1864. Levi Allen, Co. G; must. out July 19, 1865. John G. Allport, N. C. S .; must. out July 19, 1865. Abner B. Clark, Grand Blanc, Co. K; disch. for disability. Frank M. Cum- mings, Co. B; disch. for disability, Feb. 14, 1863. George A. Fishell, Co. K; disch. to re-enlist at veteran, Feb. 18, 1864. James H. Finn, Co. K; disch. for disability. Joseph Hurster, Flint, Co. H: disch. for disability. Hiram Howland. Flint. Co. H; died at Smith's Ferry. Nov. 13, 1863. of accidental wounds. Edwin F. Holmes, Flint, Co. H : disch. to re-enlist as veteran, Feb. 10, 1864. Alvarus F. Hosner, Flint, Co. G: absent on furlough; not must. out with company. Myron M. Hungerford, Flint, Co. H; must. out July 19, 1865. James Ingles, Flint, Co. G: must. out July 19, 1865. David D. Ingles, Flint, Co. H; disch. at end of service, March 18, 1865. Lewis Kelsey, Co. B: must. out July 19. 1865. Oscar D. Lason, Co. K: disch. at end of service. Feb. 6, 1865. Lewis Meeker, Fenton, Co. H; must. out July 19, 1865. Gerry A. Newcomb, Co. H: mustfi out July 19, 1865. Levi Ovid, Co. H; disch. at end of service, March 28, 1865. Lewis Parrish, Co. H: disch. for disability, July 19, 1862. Ira E. Payson, Flint. Co. K ;
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died in action near Dalton, Ga., Feb. 25, 1864. Roswell Pettingill, Co. G; died of dis- ease at Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 9, 1864. George W. Peasley, Gaines, Co. G; must. out July 19, 1865. Chester Roy, Gaines, Co. G; must. out July 19, 1865. Nelson Ripley, Mundy, Co. H; must. out July 19, 1865. O. B. Rogers, Co. B; disch. for disability, April 20, 1862. Hiram Slocum, Co. H; disch. for disability, Oct. 11, 1862. Richard Stewart, Flint, Co. G; died at Jonesboro, Ga., Sept. 1, 1864, of wounds. Henry Ship- man, Co. G; died at Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 12, 1864, of wounds. Samuel Van Every, Co. B; disch. for disability, Aug. 25, 1862. C. B. Wingert, Fenton, Co. K; disch. for disability. Allen E. Wisner, Co. B; disch. for disability, June 17, 1865. Myron C. Woodard, corp., Co. B; disch. to re-enlist as veteran, Feb. 6, 1864. Lewis B. Wells, sergt., Grand Blanc; veteran; absent, sick; not must. out with company.
The Sixteenth Regiment of Michigan Infantry was designated, at the time of its organization and for more than eight months after its muster into the United States service, as "Stockton's Independent Regiment," because raised under authority given for that purpose by the war department to Col. T. B. W. Stockton, of the city of Flint. Under the first call for volun- teers from Michigan, Colonel Stockton had tendered his services to Gover- nor Blair to organize and command a regiment and had received some encouragement that he should receive the command of the Second Infantry Regiment, which was then forming. This, however, was afterwards given to Colonel Richardson. On the organization of the Fifth Regiment it was understood, though whether promised or not is not known, that Colonel Stockton was to be its commander ; but this also proved to be a premature announcement, and the command was given to Colonel Terry. Upon this, Colonel Stockton repaired to Washington and in an interview with Presi- cent Lincoln made the request for authority to raise a regiment in Michigan, and was by the President referred to the secretary of war who gave the desired permission, upon the condition that Governor Blair's acquiescence should first be obtained. But the Governor would consent only on condi- tion that security should be given for the necessary expenses of the organization and subsistence of the proposed regiment until it should be mustered into the service of the United States. Colonel Stockton was not prepared to comply with this condition and it seemed as if his plan was destined to failure. But just at this time occurred the battle and defeat of Bull Run; upon this, he again went to Washington and obtained a second interview with Secretary Cameron, whom he found fully alive to the neces- sity for more troops to avert the peril in which the capital and the country stood in consequence of the then late disaster. This consideration over- shadowed all others and induced the Secretary to grant the Colonel's request, free from the condition which he had before imposed. The necessary order
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