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Nature of Cavalry Service-Hillsdale County Men in the 2d Michigan -Services on the Mississippi-Granger and Sheridan-Around Co- rinth-The 2d in Kentucky and Tennessee-Capturing Artillery- In the Advance in the Georgia Campaign-Fighting Forrest again -In the Battle of Franklin-A Long Raid-The End-List of Members-Hillsdale in the 4th Cavalry-That Regiment in Ken- tucky and Tennessee-Breaking up a Rebel Camp-The Advance to Chattanooga-Used-up Horses-Marching through Georgia- Fight at Lattimore's Mill-Horses again Worn Out-Remounted and on the Wing-Another Long Raid-Storming the Intrench- ments at Selma-On to Georgia-Capture of Jefferson Davis-List of Members-The 7th Cavalry and its Hillsdale Men-The Severe Cavalry Fight at Gettysburg-Losses in the Campaign-Kilpat- rick's Raid-The Battle of Yellow Church-The Battle of Crooked Run-Sheridan's Raid to the James-Ordered to Colorado-Some Transferred, the rest Mustered Out-The Transferred Men also Disbanded-Officers and Soldiers.
SECOND CAVALRY.
ALTHOUGH the cavalry branch of the army was not brought into as many close engagements as the infantry, and consequently suffered less in killed and wounded, yet its service was of an extremely arduous description, com- pelling the men to be almost constantly in the saddle, to ride day and night for hundreds of miles, and sometimes to travel more than a thousand miles on a single excursion.
Of all the regiments in this branch of the service, the 2d Michigan Cavalry was one of the bravest and most faithful, and was also made especially conspicuous by the high rank attained by two of its commanders.
The regiment was recruited at Grand Rapids, in the summer and autumn of 1861, attaining a strength of twelve companies, with eleven hundred and sixty-three men. Com- pany G, commanded by Capt. Frederick Fowler, of Read- ing, was entirely from this county, and during the war numbered a hundred and twenty-seven Hillsdale County men in its ranks. Besides this there were one from that county in Company A, six in Company B, three in Com- pany C, three in Company D, one in Company E, two in Company K, and twenty-two in Company M; making a total of a hundred and sixty-five.
The regiment left Grand Rapids on the 14th of Novem- ber, going to St. Louis, where it remained during the win- ter. Its colonel was Gordon Granger, who at the time of his appointment was a captain in the regular army. In March, 1862, it took part in the operations near New Madrid and Island No. 10. In May it went to the vicin- ity of Corinth. At this period Col. Granger was promoted to brigadier-general of volunteers. He afterwards became major-general of volunteers, colonel and brevet major-gen- eral in the regular army, and one of the most distinguished of the Union commanders, excepting only a very few of the most renowned leaders. His place as colonel was supplied by the appointment of Philip H. Sheridan, also a young captain in the regular army, destined to still wider celebrity than Gen. Granger,-so wide indeed that it would be super- fluous to give even a line in description of his career.
Under Col. Sheridan, who commanded the brigade, the 2d was busily engaged through the summer scouting in all
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directions around Corinth. In September it took part in the battle of Iuka, near Corinth. About this time Col. Sheridan was appointed a brigadier-general of volunteers, and was assigned to an infantry command. Lieut .- Col. Campbell was made colonel, and Capt. Fowler, before men- tioned, was commissioned as lieutenant-colonel.
In October the regiment was sent to Kentucky, and had its headquarters in that State until the forepart of Febru- ary, 1863, though in December and January it made a raid into East Tennessee, which occupied twenty-two days. In February it removed to Nashville, and during the spring was constantly engaged in scouting and skirmishing in that part of Tennessee. On the 25th of March it was engaged in a severe fight with a large rebel cavalry force, under the celebrated Forrest, whom it defeated, capturing fifty-two prisoners, with slight loss. In June it moved forward with the army, and in September had made its way into the mountains west and south of Chattanooga.
Then for about four months it was busy in Middle Tennessee. In January, 1864, it went to East Tennessee, where, as elsewhere, it was hardly ever at rest. On the 27th of January it took part in an attack on a brigade of rebel cavalry, capturing three pieces of artillery and seventy-five prisoners. In May the regiment moved with Sherman's army in the Georgia campaign. It was gener- ally in the advance, and day after day was engaged in the skirmishing and scouting which, though it makes no great show in the list of victories, is absolutely necessary to the safety of an army.
The last of June the 2d returned to Middle Tennessee, where it had a dozen or two more conflicts with Forrest, Wheeler, and other rebel cavalry leaders, generally driving them, but being sometimes obliged to fall back. On the 13th of November it was in the battle of Franklin, having eighteen men killed and wounded. During the winter the same old work was continued in Middle Tennessee, the regiment sometimes crossing the Tennessee River on im- provised means of transportation, and making matters lively for the rebels on the other side.
A very extensive movement was begun on the 11th of March, 1865, when the 2d set out from Waterloo, Tenn., crossed the Tennessee River, marched to Chicka- saw, Ala., remained there till the 22d, marched on through numerous towns of the northern and central parts of that State, never before visited by hostile troops, swam the Black Warrior River on the 29th of March, and again on the 1st of April, and on the 3d arrived at Tuscaloosa, the former capital of Alabama ; surprising the pickets and cap- turing the city, three cannon, and a considerable number of prisoners. Thence they marched on, swimming numerous streams, driving off the enemy when he came too near, and reaching Talladega on the 22d of April. This was the end of the fighting, but the regiment marched on several hundred miles to Macon, Ga., where it arrived on the 1st of May, and where it obtained its first rest in nearly two months.
It was afterwards employed in detachments to garrison various points in Georgia, and in August was sent home, being disbanded at Jackson, Mich., on the twenty-sixth of that month.
OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS FROM HILLSDALE COUNTY.
Frederick Fowler, commissioned capt., Sept. 2, 1861 ; lieut .- col., Dec. 1862; res. May 2, 1863.
Jasper A. Waterman, com. 1st lieut., Sept. 2, 1861; res. Sept. 8, 1862.
James Hawley, com. 2d lieut., Sept. 2, 1861; 1st lieut., Sept. 8, 1862; capt., Jan. 30, 1863 ; killed at Chickamauga, on staff of Gen. Stanley, Sept. 20, 1863. Robert Taylor, app. chap. Sept. 4, 1862; res. Feb. 10, 1864.
Samuel V. Robertson, com. 2d lieut., May 2, 1863; 1st lieut., March 1, 1864; capt., Dec. 1, 1864; must. out Ang. 17, 1865.
F. Byron Cutler, com. 2d lieut., June 9, 1862; res. May 2, 1863. Edwin Eddy, com. 2d lieut., Marchi 1, 1864; res. Nov. 19, 1864. Joseph Palmer, com. Ist lieut., Oct. 22, 1864; must. out Aug. 17, 1864.
Warren Bowen, com. 2d lieut., Dec. 31, 1864; 1st lieut., 1865; must. out with regt.
Jerry Arnold, Co. G; died at New Madrid, April 14, 1862. James E. Ainsworth, Co. G; died at Rienzi, Miss., July 15, 1862. William Ashley, Co. G; died at Camp Benton, Mo., Feb. 14, 1862. William Brock, Co. G; died at Reading, Mich., May 25, 1862. Austin Cone, Co. G ; died at Farmington, Miss., June 16, 1862. Alton S. Ford, Co. G ; died at Jefferson, Mich., May 22, 1862. Ansel Fleetwood, Co. G ; died at New Madrid, Mo., April 11, 1862. William Tuttle, Co. G; died at Camp Benton, Mo., Dec. 4, 1861. Norman Benedict, Co. G; died at Keokuk, Iowa. Darwin E. Brown, Co. G ; died at Keokuk, Iowa. Robert H. Cowan, Co. M; died at New Madrid, Mo., April 10, 1862. Hiram J. Harris, Co. M; died at St. Louis, Mo., May 31, 1862. Ezra W. Norcutt, Co. M; died April 3, 1862.
Clement C. Hutton, Co. M; died at Rienzi, Miss., Aug. 11, 1862. J. H. Norton, Co. G ; died at Nicholsville, Ky., Sept. 1, 1863. Martin Williams, Co. G; killed at Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 8, 1863. Owen W. McManus, Co. M ; killed at Florence, Ala., Sept. 7, 1864. William H. Graves, Co. G; died at Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 12, 1863. Warren B. Narcott, Co. M; died at Franklin, Tenn., Aug. 21, 1864. Israel P. Bates, Co. G; trans. to Vet. Res. Corps, April 10, 1864. Nathaniel Keith, Co. G ; trans. to Vet. Res. Corps, Feb. 15, 1864. Joseph L. Long, Co. G; killed at Tuscaloosa, Ala., April 3, 1865. William Price, Co. G; killed at Franklin, Tenn., Nov. 30, 1864. John A. Carny, Co. G; died of wounds, April 4, 1864, at Nashville, Tenn. Williamn B. Martin, Co. G; died at Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 8, 1863. Bradley I. Wilson, Co. G ; died at Richmond, Va., Nov. 3, 1863. Comstock Maples, Co. M ; died at Louisville, Ky., Dec. 13, 1864. Charles Mapes, Co. M; died at Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 15, 1864. George W. Baker, Co. G; trans. to 2d Mich. Bat. Michael McIntyre, Co. G; trans. to 3d Mich. Cav., Nov. 1, 1861. Warren D. Collatimus, Co. G; disch. for disability. Liberty Straw, Co. G; disch. for disability, June 6, 1862. Grove S. Bartholomew, Co. G; disch. for disability, March 16, 1862. Henry H. Ferris, Co. G ; disch. for disability, Feb. 14, 1862. William Hughs, Co. G; disch. for disability, March 17, 1862. Sylvester H. Kellogg, Co. G; disch. for disability, Feb. 17, 1862. Aymour R. Shannon, Co. G; disch. for disability. William A. Brown, Co. G; disch. for disability, April 5, 1862. Byron J. Day, Co. G; disch. for disability, Nov. 21, 1862. Jonathan B. Somers, Co. G ; disch. for disability, Sept. 26, 1862. Harvey Wilson, Co. G; disch. for disability, Dec. 18, 1862. William A. Vanhorn, Co. G; disch. for disability, Sept. 8, 1862. James A. Taylor, Co. G; disch. for disability, Sept. 9, 1862. Clarence H. Chapman, Co. G; disch. for disability, July 12, 1862. Otis F. Packard, Co. G; disch. for disability, July 3, 1862. Samuel Wheaton, Co. G; disch. for disability, Sept. 10, 1862. George Perkins, Co. G; disch. for disability.
Royal B. Ames, Co. G; disch. for disability, Sept. 15, 1862. John Forquer, Co. G ; disch. for disability. Cornelius M. Gregory, Co. G ; discharged for disability. Horace W. Titus, Co. G; disch. for disability, Sept. 11, 1862. James Appleton, Co. G ; disch. for disability, Sept. 11, 1862. John Pease, Co. G ; disch. for disability, Oct. 15, 1862. William H. Barrett, Co. G; disch. for disability, Oct. 15, 1862. Homer H. Kidder, Co. G; disch. for disability, Oct. 3, 1862. Thaddeus M. Southworth, Co. M ; dischi. for disability, May 2, 1862. Robert Wilson, Co. M; disch. for disability, Sept. 27, 1862. Andrew Peterson, Co. B; disch. for disability, April 4, 1863. A. J. Filkins, Co. D; disch. for disability, March 21, 1863. John H. Stage, Co. D; disch. for disability, July 14, 1863. Ralph Bailey, Co. G; disch. for disability, Nov. 13, 1863. Jabez H. Moses, Co. G; disch. for disability, March 30, 1863. John B. Harrington, Co. G; disch. for disability, May 1, 1863. Arthur Walter, Co. G; disch. for disability, Aug. 5, 1863. Nicholas Tibits, Co. G; disch. for disability, Aug. 6, 1863. Walter B. Straw, Co. G; disch. for disability, Aug. 11, 1863. Austin Winney, Co. K; disch. for disability, May 20, 1863. Stephen Turner, Co. G; disch. by order, Oct. 27, 1863. Wm. Davenport, Co. G; disch. by order, Jan. 24, 1863. James Thompson, Co. G; disch. at expiration of service, Oct. 1, 1864. George A. Douglas, Co. G; disch. at expiration of service, Oct. 1, 1864. William C. Campbell, Co. G; disch. at expiration of service, Oct. 1, 1864. Hugh Longhey, Co. G; disch. at expiration of service, Oct. 1, 1864.
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Charles Vanderburg, Co. G; disch. at expiration of service, Oct. 1, 1864. Joshua Henry, Co. G; disch. at expiration of service, Oct. 1, 1864. Judah Reed, Co. G; disch. at expiration of service, Oct. 1, 1864. Joseph Sturdevant, Co. G; disch. at expiration of service, Oct. 1, 1864. Theron D. Walters, Co. G; disch. at expiration of service, Oct. 1, 1864. Ephraim B. Briggs, Co. G; disch. at expiration of service, Oct. 1, 1864. Nelson E. Kidder, Co. G; disch. at expiration of service, Oct. 1, 1864. Thomas O'Brien, Co. M; disch. in Jan. 1863.
Jolin Aulsbro, Co. G; disch. to re-enl. as vet., Jan 5, 1864. Charles S. Beckwith, Co. G; disch. to re-enl. as vet., Jan. 5, 1864. Washington J. Bulson, Co. G; disch. to re-enl. as vet., Jan. 5, 1864. James Burt, Co. G; disch. to re-enl. as vet., Jan. 5, 1864. Eben H. Dunton, Co. G; disch. to re-enl. as vet., Jan. 5, 1864. Eli R. Forquer, Co. G ; disch. to re-enl. as vet., Jan. 5, 1864. Richard Morrison, Co. G; disch. to re-enl. as vet., Jan 5, 1864. Abram F. Pierce, Co. G; disch. to re-enl. as veteran, Jan. 5, 1864. Gabriel See, Co. G; disch. to re-enl. as veteran, Jan. 5, 1864. Charles Wooster, Co. G; disch. to re-enl. as veteran, Jan. 5, 1864. Frank L. Weston, Co. G ; disch. to re-enl. as veteran, Jan. 5, 1864. Owen McManus, Co. M; disch. to re-enl. as veteran, Jan. 5, 1864. Friend Alvord, Co. A; must. out July 17, 1865. Henry Jones, Co. B; must. out Aug. 17, 1865. Sylvester J. Olmstead, Co. B; must. out June 20, 1865. Wilbur Showler, Co. B; must. out June 20, 1865. Reuben D. Bowen, Co. B; must. out June 27, 1865. William Carson, Co. C; must. out June 6, 1865. Patrick Doolin, Co. C; must. out Aug. 25, 1865. David B. Finn, Co. C; Aug. 17, 1865. Merrick G. Blood, Co. D; must. out Aug. 17, 1865. Roderick C. Phillip, Co. E; must. out Aug. 17, 1865. Peter Keefer, Co. F; must. out June 13, 1865. Henry Zupp, Co. F; disch. for disability, July 28, 1864. Wells W. Gates, Co. G; must. out Aug. 17, 1865.
Frank H. Proctor, Co. G; disch. for disability, May 3, 1865.
Henry H. Brown, Co. G; disch. for disability, June 10, 1865. Warren Bowen, Co. G; must. out Aug. 17, 1865. Leander Birdsall, Co. G; must. out Aug. 17, 1865. Oscar H. Duncan, Co. G; must. out Aug. 30, 1865. Joseph Fitzgerald, Co. G ; must. out Aug. 30, 1865. George A. Munger, Co. G ; must. out Aug. 30, 1865. Chauncey L. Howell, Co. G; must. out Aug. 17, 1865. John F. Howell, Co. G; must. out Aug. 17, 1865. Isaac McCurdy, Co. G; must. out Aug. 17, 1865. Robert McDougal, Co. G; disch. by order, June 13, 1865. James Y. Mesick, Co. G ; must. out Aug. 31, 1865. Alonzo S. Mulliken, Co. G ; must. out Aug. 17, 1865. Oscar D. Nulton, Co. G; disch. June 2, 1863. William H. Vandewalker, Co. G; disch. at expiration of service, Oct. 22, 1864. Burdett S. Waldo, Co. G; must. out Aug. 17, 1865. Porter Yates, Co. G ; must. out June 21, 1865. William C. Howell, Co. G; must. out June 21, 1865. Charles M. Hannah, Co. G; must. out June 21, 1865. John B. Mulliken, Co. G; must. out June 8, 1865. Alonzo Alsbo, Co. G; must. out June 21, 1865. John A. White, Co. G; must out June 21, 1865. William Howe, Co. G; must. out June 21, 1865. George W. Burt, Co. G ; must. out June 21, 1865. Andrew I. Armdon, Co. G; must. out June 8, 1865. David McDuffie, Co. G; must. out May, 1866. Francis E. Bird, Co. G; must. out June 21, 1865. Edward C. Smith, Co. G; must. out June 21, 1865. Jefferson M. Campbell, Co. G; disch. for disability, July 17, 1865. Reuben Vickers, Co. G; must. out June 21, 1865. William W. Taylor, Co. G; must. out June 21, 1865. Christopher Wansley, Co. G; must. out June 3, 1865. Erasmus Wilbur, Co. G; must. out June 3, 1865. Philip R. Bowen, Co. G ; must. out June 21, 1865. Zachariah Kemp, Co. G; must. out Aug. 17, 1865. Seymour F. Smith, Co. G; must. out May 17, 1865. Marion Harris, Co. K; must. out Ang. 31, 1865. William Birdsall, Co. M ; dischi. at expiration of service, April 17, 1865. James Beddon, Co. M; must. out Ang. 30, 1865. William A. Case, Co. M ; must. out Aug. 17, 1865. Samuel Williams, Co. M ; must. out Ang. 17, 1865. Benjamin Ayers, Co. M ; disch. May 26, 1865. Richard Phillips, Co. M; must. out Sept. 7, 1865. Sidney R. Smith, Co. M; must. out Aug. 17, 1865.
FOURTH CAVALRY.
This regiment was raised in July and August, 1862, under the call for new troops, resulting from the disasters of Mcclellan's Peninsular campaign. The rendezvous was at Detroit, and the regiment was mustered in on the 29th of August. The men of Hillsdale County who served in its
ranks during the war numbered twenty-six in Company F, twelve in G, one in B, and one in H.
In September the regiment set out for Kentucky, where it was soon chasing Morgan's guerrillas ; leading the attack on Lebanon two miles before the infantry, driving out Mor- gan with an equal or superior force, and capturing a large amount of stores. On the 13th of December the regiment, by a forced march, surprised and captured the pickets at Franklin, Tenn., driving out a large force of the enemy with heavy loss. It led the extreme advance to Murfrees- boro', and after the capture of that place was engaged in numerous excursions, driving back the enemy's cavalry, which infested the county, and capturing several hundred prisoners.
In May, 1863, followed by detachments of other regi- ments, the 4th led a gallant charge into the camp of three Confederate regiments of cavalry, routed them, and took fifty-five prisoners and the colors of the 1st Alabama. When the Army of the Cumberland advanced from Mur- freesboro', in June, the 4th was again on the lead and engaged in innumerable conflicts. It was always successful until it reached the vicinity of Chattanooga, when it was several times driven back by the enemy. The season's ser- vice was so severe that on the 1st of November only about three hundred men were mounted.
After constant service through the winter, mounted and dismounted, among the mountains of Southeastern Tennes- see, the regiment returned to Nashville the last of March, where it received fresh horses and new equipments. It then returned to Sherman's army, which it accompanied in the Georgia campaign, constantly engaged in the same kind of arduous service before described. Its hardest conflict was on the 20th of June, at Lattimore's Mill, when, with the 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry, it engaged three brigades of rebel cavalry. It twice charged the enemy with the sabre, and repulsed several charges made by them. Having finally fallen back to its supports, it aided in meeting an attack by Gen. Wheeler's whole force, which was driven back with heavy loss. In this affair the regiment, which had about three hundred men present, had thirty-seven killed and wounded.
After the capture of Atlanta the mounted men of the regiment followed Hood's army northward nearly to the Tennessee River, harassing his rear, capturing prisoners, etc. By this time all the horses but about a hundred were again worn out. These were transferred to another com- mand, and the 4th was reunited on foot at Nashville in October. It was remounted at Louisville, Ky., and by the last of January, 1865, was at Gravelly Springs, Ala.
Leaving there the 12th of March, it set out with other regiments on a long raid through Alabama, swimming rivers, building corduroy roads, seizing towns, capturing Forrest's artillery, and finally capturing the city of Selma, defended by very elaborate fortifications and by at least seven thou- sand men under Gen. Forrest. At one point fifteen hun- dred dismounted cavalry, of which the 4th was a part, charged the intrenchments and captured them in twenty minutes, having had three hundred and twenty-four men killed and wounded. This was on the 2d of April. On the 20th, after numerous adventures, the command reached
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Macon, Ga., where the news of the surrender of the rebel armies caused the cessation of fighting.
The 4th, however, gained still another title to renown by capturing the rebel president, Jefferson Davis, near Abbeville, Ga., on the 10th of April, 1865. The regi- ment soon after marched to Nashville, where it was mus- tered out on the 1st of July ; being disbanded at Detroit on the 10th. The list of its battles and skirmishes num- bered ninety-four. Few of them, it is true, were very severe, but the number shows that the regiment didn't " let the grass grow under its horses' feet."
OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS FROM HILLSDALE COUNTY.
Wilford Bates, appointed assistant surgeon, March 10, 1865 ; not must. Isaac T. Birdsell, Co. G; died at Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 8, 1863. Levi R. Watkins, Co. B; trans. to Vet. Res. Corps, April 30, 1864. John F. Wagner, Co. F; trans. to Vet. Res. Corps, April 10, 1864. Nelson Higgins, Co. F; died at Chattanooga, Tenn., June 17, 1864. Alfred Hall, Co. G; died at Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 9, 1865. William A. Lamb, Co. F; disch. for disability, Feb. 3, 1863. J. G. Robb, Co. F; disch. for disability, March 22, 1863. Henry O'Neil, Co. G; disch. for disability, Feb. 4, 1863. Jackson Pardee, Co. G; disch. for disability, May 8, 1863. Henry Rynes, Co. 1; disch. for disability, March 18, 1863. Albert S. Wilson, N. C. S. ; must. out July 1, 1865. R. Blackmer, Co. F; disch. by order, July 19, 1865. Ira W. Harrington, Co. F; must. out July 1, 1865. Lyman P. Pitts, Co. F; must. out July 1, 1865. Orange C. Smith, Co. F; must. out July 1, 1865. George W. Temple, Co. F; must. out July 1, 1865. George W. Tagsgold, Co. F ; must. out July 1, 1865. Horace Wilcox, Co. F; must. out July 1, 1865. Peter Wacker, Co. F; disch. for disability, Dec. 26, 1864. Oscar Wilder, Co. F; must. out July 1, 1865. John O. Williams, Co. F; must. out July 1, 1865. George F. Whitman, Co. F; must. out July 1, 1865. George W. Williams, Co. F ; must. out July 1, 1865. William Wright, Co. F; must. out July 1, 1865. Thomas Gorman, Co. F; must. out July 1, 1865. William Chase, Co. F; disch. for disability. M. Winchester, Co. F; disch. Feb. 11, 1863. William F. True, Co. F; must. out July 1, 1865. Henry Braddock, Co. F; must. out Aug. 15, 1865. Howard Dickerson, Co. F ; must. out Aug. 15, 1865. Delaski W. Fish, Co. F; must. out Aug. 15, 1865. Francis Gurmid, Co. F; disch. by order, May 3, 1865. Simon B. Hadley, Co. G; disch. for promotion, Feb. 9, 1865. Charles E. Lockwood, Co. G ; disch. by order, July 13, 1865. Alonzo Fox, Co. G; must. out July 1, 1865. George B. Allen, Co. G; must. out July 1, 1865. Denison D. Burch, Co. G; must. out July 1, 1865. Lawrence C. Carr, Co. G; must. out July 1, 1865. John Plunkett, Co. G; must. out July 1, 1865. John Sullivan, Co. G; must. out July 1, 1865. Hughes S. Hill, Co. H; must. out July 1, 1865.
SEVENTH CAVALRY.
This regiment was organized at Grand Rapids, two bat- talions leaving for Washington in February, 1863, and the third one in May. The number from Hillsdale County was as follows : twenty-two in Company F, three in E, one in G, and eight in I; total, thirty-four. The regiment was very actively engaged in the cavalry service of the Army of the Potomac, and at the battle of Gettysburg, on the 3d of July, fought one of the hardest conflicts which ever fell to the share of that service, having sixteen men killed, forty-one wounded, twelve missing, and twelve taken prisoners. It was in numerous skirmishes during the rest of the season, having thirty men killed in action from the 1st of May to the 1st of November and sixty-two wounded.
On the 28th of February, 1864, the 7th started with Gen. Kilpatrick on his celebrated raid to Richmond. After its return, it was attached to the Cavalry Corps of
the Army of the Potomac, and soon started with that army on the great campaign of 1864. At the battle of Yellow Church, on the 11th of May, it aided in driving the rebel cavalry from the field, having sixteen men killed and wounded, including among the former its commander, Maj. Granger. On the 27th of May it charged a rebel brigade, driving it several miles and capturing forty-one prisoners. At a cavalry fight at " Haines' Shop," the next day, the regiment had fourteen men killed and wounded.
After two months more of service with the Army of the Potomac, the regiment was transferred to the Shenandoah Valley. On the 16th of August it was in the battle of Crooked Run, where it charged and routed a rebel brigade, capturing nearly a hundred prisoners, and having twelve men killed and wounded. At the battle of Opequan Creek, on the 19th of August, it charged through the creek and drove the foe from the farther shore, and, later in the day, joined with other regiments in charging the enemy and driving him through Winchester. The regiment had twenty-three killed and wounded, among the former being its commander, Lieut .- Col. Brewer,-the second commander killed during the season.
The 7th remained in active service in the Shenandoah Valley until the last of February, 1865, when it joined in Sheridan's celebrated raid to the James River. The latter part of March it joined the Army of the Potomac, and was active in the operations which resulted in the surren- der of Lee's army.
The last of May, 1865, the 7th was sent with the Michi- gan Cavalry Brigade to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and thence across the Plains to Denver, Col. There was natu- rally much dissatisfaction at being called on for this unex- pected service after the war was over, but there was no mutiny or other misconduct. After guarding the over- land stage-route till the 1st of November, two hundred and fifty of those having the longest time to serve were trans- ferred to the 1st Michigan Cavalry. The remainder hired their passage in mule-trains to Fort Leavenworth, where they were mustered out. The regiment was disbanded at Jackson, Mich., on the 25th of December, 1865.
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