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The men transferred to the 1st Michigan Calvary were mustered out in Utah, in March, 1866. They had to pay their own passage home, but the amount was afterwards refunded by Congress.
OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS FROM HILLSDALE COUNTY.
Hiram J. Ingersoll, commissioned 2d lieut., Oct. 15, 1862; 1st lieut., Feb. 28, 1863; must. out Dec. 15, 1865.
Henry Guir, Co. F ; killed at Falling Waters, Md., July 14, 1863. George W. Lundy, Co. F; died at Gettysburg, Pa., July 15, 1863. C. P. White, Co. F; missing at Frenchtown, July 6, 1863; returned. Wm. C. Armstrong, Co. F; missing at Frenchtown, July 6, 1863. Asa Sprague, Co. I; missing at Gainesville, Va., Oct. 14, 1863. Jacob Paule, Co. F; killed at Yellow Tavern, Va., May 11, 1864. Thomas C. Mercer, Co. F; killed at Smithfield, Va., Aug. 29, 1864. Abram Hogland, Co. F; died at Washington, D. C., Feb. 18, 1864. Clark A. Stewart, Co. F ; died at Andersonville, Ga., June 30, 1864. Henry Chaplain, Co. F; trans. to Vet. Res. Corps, Feb. 15, 1864. Linus N. Dillon, Co. F; trans. to Vet. Res. Corps, Nov. 15, 1863. J. H. Armstrong, Co. F; died of wounds, about May 20, 1864, at Richmond, Va. Stephen Mosher, Co. I; died in Andersonville prison, Ga., Sept. 9, 1864. John E. Covey, Co. F; disch. for disability, May 25, 1863. George Arnold, Co. I; disch. for disability, July 11, 1863. H. J. Wright, Co. F; disch. for disability, March 3, 1864. Isaac Van Vleet, Co. F ; disch. for disability, Nov. 17, 1863. Henry De Graff, N. C. S .; must. ont Dec. 11, 1865. Norris W. McHurd, Co. E; must. out Dec. 23, 1865.
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Benton H. Spear, Co. E; must. out Dec. 15, 1865. George Taylor, Co. E; must. out Dec. 15, 1865. Charles P. White, Co. F; must. out Nov. 21, 1865. Wm. H. Armstrong, Co. F; must. out Nov. 21, 1865. Jasper Braden, Co. F ; must. out Dec. 15, 1865. Lucton Fairchild, Co. F; must. out Nov. 21, 1865. William Phelps, Co. F ; must. out Dec. 15, 1865. William Trealy, Co. F; must. out July 10, 1865. Charles Dapp, Co. F; must. out Dec. 15, 1865. Perry Wilson, Co. F; must. out Dec. 15, 1865. Orlando Hammond, Co. G; must. out Dec. 15, 1865. Andrew Wescott, Co. I; must. out June 24, 1865. John W. Dunn, Co. I; must. out Dec. 15, 1865. Hiram Laclear, Co. I; must. out Dec. 15, 1865. Washington M. Smith, Co. I; must. out Dec. 15, 1865. Alonzo Wakefield, Co. I; must. out Dec. 15, 1865.
CHAPTER XVIII.
EIGHTH AND ELEVENTH CAVALRY AND FIRST LIGHT ARTILLERY.
Hillsdale County in the Eighth Cavalry-Defeating Morgan-The Eighth Defeated in East Tennessee-Dismounted and Mounted- Covering Sherman's Flank-Surprised, with Heavy Loss-Subse- quent Services-Mustered Out-List of Members-Formation of the Eleventh Cavalry-Its Hillsdale Delegation-Conflicts with Morgan-An Unsuccessful Raid into Virginia-A Successful Raid into Virginia-Grand Sweep through North and South Carolina and Georgia-Consolidation with the Eighth-Muster-Out-Officers and Soldiers-How the First Light Artillery Originated-One Organization, but Divided Service-The Hillsdale Representation- Battery D in Kentucky and Tennessee-Hoover's Gap and Chicka- mauga-Mission Ridge-Service at Murfreesboro'-Mustered Out -Battery F's Misfortune at Richmond-Garrison Duty-Through the Georgia Campaign-Defense of Nashville-Disbanded-Bat- tery G in Kentucky and West Virginia-At Chickasaw Bayou- Helping Capture Vicksburg-Ordered to Texas-Then to Mobile- The Close-Battery I at Gettysburg-Ordered to Nashville-Lost Mountain-Kenesaw and Atlanta-Other Services and Discharge -Officers and Soldiers of the Regiment.
EIGHTH CAVALRY.
THIS regiment, the rendezvous of which was at Mount Clemens, did not take the field until the month of May, 1863. It contained, during the war, eighty-four men from Hillsdale County ; eight in A company, six in B, eighteen in C, twenty-three in G, four in H, ten in K, one in L, and fourteen in M.
It engaged at once in active service in Kentucky, and was one of the foremost in the chase after John Morgan through Indiana and Ohio. At length overtaking him at Buffington Island, Ohio, it immediately attacked and routed his command, capturing two hundred and seventeen pris- oners, besides killing and wounding a considerable number. The regiment then proceeded to East Tennessee. At Cal- houn and Athens in that State, on the 20th and 27th of September, the brigade to which it belonged was defeated and driven back by a large rebel force under Gens. Forrest and Wheeler, the 8th having forty-three killed and wounded, and several missing.
The regiment was very actively engaged marching and skirmishing up and down the valley of the Tennessee, until the forepart of February, 1864, when it turned over its horses to the quartermaster's department and marched on foot to Mount Sterling, Ky. It was there remounted, and in June joined Gen. Sherman's army at Big Shanty, Ga. As a part of the cavalry force under Gen. Stoneman, the
8th advanced towards Atlanta, covering the right of Sher- man's command, and frequently engaged with the enemy. The latter were usually forced to retire, but on the 3d of August, after the regiment had been cut off from the main force and had cut its way through the enemy, and after seven days and nights of continuous marching, with almost no sleep, it was surprised and routed with the loss of two hundred and fifteen officers and men, mostly taken priso- ners. The remainder of the regiment was employed in picket duty until the middle of September, when it was ordered to Kentucky and then back to Nashville.
The 8th was engaged through the month of November in skirmishing with the cavalry advance of Hood's army, being several times surrounded by the enemy, but always managing to cut its way out. After Hood was defeated at Franklin and Nashville, and driven out of Tennessee, this regiment had no service more severe than suppressing the guerrillas who still infested the country. In July the 11th Cavalry was consolidated with the 8th, the combined regiment retaining the latter name. It was mustered out at Nashville on the 22d of September, 1865, and disbanded at Jackson about the 30th.
MEN FROM HILLSDALE COUNTY.
Charles Billings, Co. B; missing on rail to Macon, Ga., Aug. 3, 1864. E. Papsworth, Co. G; missing at Bean's Station, Tenn .. Dec. 14, 1863; returned. Leander King, Co. G; missing at Bean's Station, Tenn., Dec. 14, 1863; returned. Milo Rich, Co. B; died.
Sidney A. Acker, Co. C; died at Lynchburg, Va., June 30, 1863. Daniel H. Parker, Co. K ; died at Athens, Ga., May 16, 1864. Caleb Hale, Co. A; must. out Sept. 22, 1865. Freeman Kelly, Co. A; must. out Sept. 22, 1865. Hiram Young, Co. A ; must. out Sept. 22, 1865. E. S. Cole, Co. A ; must. out Sept. 22, 1865. Edward Rossman, Co. A; must. out Sept. 22, 1865. Henry Nottage, Co. A ; must. out June 16, 1865. James E. O'Dell, Co. A ; must. out June 16, 1865. Francis M. Townsend, Co. A ; must. out June 16, 1865. Thomas M. Wright, Co. B; must. out Sept. 22, 1865. Eli M. Cope, Co. B; must. out Sept. 22, 1865. George P. Tuttle, Co. B; must. out Sept. 22, 1865. Monsieur Davison, Co. B; must. out Sept. 22, 1865. John H. Beckwith, Co. C; must. out Sept. 22, 1865. Frank A. Bacon, Co. C; must. out Sept. 22, 1865. William J. McElihine, Co. C; must. out Sept. 22, 1865. George W. Asken, Co. C; must. out Sept. 22, 1865. James S. Albro, Co. C; must. out Oct. 10, 1865. William Rosewell, Co. C; must. out Sept. 22, 1865. Theodore E. Regston, Co. C; must. out Sept. 22, 1865. Henry B. Strickland, Co. C; must. ont Sept. 22, 1865. Edward G. Taylor, Co. C; must. out Sept. 22, 1865. Oscar B. Abbott, Co. C; must. out June 16, 1865. Adelbert Chapman, Co. C; must. out June 16, 1865. Paleman Castle, Co. C; must. out June 16, 1865. Franklin Foulk, Co. C; must. out June 16, 1865. William C. Gibson, Co. C; must. out June 17, 1865. Herbert H. Hickox, Co. C; must. out July 15, 1865. Samuel B. Nixon, Co. C; must. out June 16, 1865. George W. Southworth, Co. C; must. out June 16, 1865. Delson Allen, Co. C; must. out Dec. 4, 1865. John A. Anable, Co. G; must. out Sept. 22, 1865. Levans Bachelor, Co. G; must. out Sept. 22, 1865. Byron Brainerd, Co. G ; must. out Sept. 22, 1865. James A. Drake, Co. G ; must. out Sept. 22, 1865. William H. Eldridge, Co. G ; must. out Sept. 22, 1865. Albert E. French, Co. G ; must. out Oct. 10, 1865. Edward R. Fitzsimmons, Co. G; must. out Sept. 22, 1865. John M. Farquar, Co. G; must. out Sept. 22, 1865. Ezra Green, Co. G; must. out. Sept. 22, 1865. Edward M. Gilbert, Co. G; must. out Sept. 22, 1865. James L. Hickox, Co. G ; must. out Sept. 22, 1865. James A. Lards, Co. G ; must. out Oct. 10, 1865. Thomas O'Brien, Co. G; must. out Oct. 10, 1865. Franklin Saxton, Co. G; must. out Sept. 22, 1865. George Silkworth, Co. G ; must. out Sept. 22, 1865. James S. Stackus, Co. G; must. out Sept. 22, 1865. Abram Shafer, Co. G; must. out Sept. 22, 1865.
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Franklin Walston, Co. G ; must. out Sept. 22, 1865. John L. Williams, Co. G ; must. out Sept. 22, 1865. Charles Marvin, Co. G ; must. out Sept. 22, 1865. James W. Caruthers, Co. G; must. out June 16, 1865. Albert Maher, Co. H; must. out Sept. 22, 1865. John Nolen, Co. H; must. out July 7, 1865. Alfred E. Papsworth, Co. H; must. out Sept. 22, 1865. Gottfried Aupperle, Co. H; must. out Sept. 22, 1865. Wilson S. Blair, Co. K ; must. out June 16, 1865. Daniel Fullerton, Co. K; must. out June 16, 1865. Leroy Blair, Co. K; must. ont Sept. 22, 1865. Joseph Congh, Co. K ; must. ont June 16, 1865. John B. Harrington, Co. K ; must. out June 16, 1865. Charles L. Hews, Co. K ; must. out June 16, 1865. Franklin Horton, Co. K ; must. out June 16, 1865. Joseph Hagerman, Co. K ; must. out June 16, 1865. William A. Northnep, Co. K ; must. ont June 16, 1865. A. F. Terpenning, Co. K ; must. out June 16, 1865. John Carey, Co. L; must. out Sept. 22, 1865. F. Pitts, Co. M; must. ont Sept. 22, 1865. Milo Brittain, Co. M ; must. out Sept. 22, 1865. William Hughes, Co. M ; must. out Sept. 22, 1865. Edgar C. Kilborn, Co. M ; must. out Sept. 22, 1865. Armour Lockman, Co. M ; disch. by order, Aug. 17, 1865. George L. Mapes, Co. M; must. out Sept. 22, 1865. Charles H. O'Neill, Co. M ; must. out Sept. 22, 1865. Edgar Rodgers, Co. M; must. out Sept. 22, 1865. Wilson Tucker, Co. M; must. out Sept. 22, 1865. Andrew I. Webster, Co. M; must. ont Sept. 22, 1865. Ephraim B. Warner, Co. M ; must. out Sept. 22, 1865. Jonathan F. Wines, Co. M ; must. ont Sept. 22, 1865. Lorenzo Cummings, Co. M; must. out June 28, 1865. Andrew Johnson, Co. M ; must. out Ang. 12, 1865.
ELEVENTH CAVALRY.
The 11th was organized at Kalamazoo, and left for Ken- tucky in December, 1863. The number of its members from Hillsdale County during the war was a hundred and four ; of whom thirty-one were in Company A, seven in Company B, one in C, twenty-five in D, two in E, nine in F, seven in H, five in I, twelve in K, fourteen in L, and eighteen in M.
After scouting in Kentucky about six months, the regi- ment came in collision with the noted rebel cavalry leader John H. Morgan, at Mount Sterling, and after a sharp ac- tion utterly routed his command. On the 12th of June it came up with the remainder of his force at Cynthiana, and again the sons of chivalry were compelled to fly before the men of Michigan. In the latter part of September, 1864, the regiment moved with its division on a long and tedious raid over the mountains to Saltville, Va. The place was found to be fortified and well defended by a large force under Gen. Breckenridge. The attack failed and the com- mand returned to Kentucky.
In the latter part of November, the 11th was ordered to East Tennessee, where it was engaged in the usual fighting with guerrillas and rebel cavalry until the middle of Janu- ary, 1865, when it marched with Gen. Stoneman on an im- portant raid into Virginia. On the 16th of January it fought with Vaughn's Brigade all day, near Abingdon, Va., completely routing it and capturing all its artillery and two hundred and fifty men. After defeating Breckenridge's Infantry, destroying the salt-works at Saltville, burning an arsenal, and capturing a large quantity of supplies and ar- tillery, the command passed over the mountains into Ken- tucky, three-fourths of the forces being worn out and the men dismounted.
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In the forepart of March the regiment, with new horses, again went to East Tennessee, and joined another expedi- tion of Gen. Stoneman's into North Carolina. At Salisbury,
in that State, on the 12th of April, the command defeated a large force of the enemy, capturing eighteen hundred pris- oners and twenty-two pieces of artillery. It then passed on through South Carolina into Georgia, and on the 11th of May captured the cavalry escort of Jefferson Davis, near Washington, Ga. It then went back through South Caro- lina to East Tennessee.
On the 20th of July the 11th was consolidated with the 8th Michigan Cavalry, taking the name of the latter regi- ment. The consolidated regiment was mustered out in September, as narrated a short distance back.
OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS FROM HILLSDALE COUNTY.
Jolin D. Frisbie, com. 1st lieut., Ang. 1, 1863; capt., Jan. 15, 1864 ; res. April 7, '65. George W. Cutler, com. 2d lieut., Aug. 1, 1863; wounded and captured at Salt- ville, Va., Oct. 2, 1864; exchanged Feb. 21, 1865; disch. May 15, 1865. William S. Mapes, com. 2d lieut., Oct. 29, 1864; must. out Aug. 10, 1865. Daniel R. Rozelle, com. 2d lieut., Oct. 29, 1864; trans. to 8th Cav. on consolida- tion ; must. out Sept. 22, 1865.
William C. Fitzsimmons, com. 2d lieut., Jan. 21, 1865. Charles S. Linds, Co. A ; died at Lexington, Ky., March 9, 1864. Peter McLouth, Co. D; died at Lexington, Ky., March 20, 1864. John Swick, Co. L; died at Camp Nelson, Ky., May 18, 1864. Joseph W. Gould, Co. B; missing at Saltville, Va., Oct. 2, 1864; returned. Oscar L. Niles, Co. B; died at Lexington, Ky., April, 1865. Warner Perham, Co. D ; died at Lexington, Ky., Sept. 21, 1864. Stephen Fitzsimmons, Co. I; died at Lexington, Ky., Jan. 2, 1865. Samuel C. Everts, Co. K ; died at Saltville, Va., of wounds, Oct. 3, 1864. Carlos Pomeroy, Co. L; died at Greenville, Va., April 25, 1865. J. J. Purdy, Co. M; missing at Andersonville, S. C., May 20, 1865. L. J. Smith, Co. M; missing at Andersonville, S. C., May 20, 1865. Albert E. French, Co. A; trans, to 8th Mich. Cav. Edward R. Fitzsimmons, Co. A; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. Jolin M. Farquar, Co. A ; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. Abram Shapes, Co. A ; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. John A. Anable, Co. A ; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. Levans Bachelor, Co. A ; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. William C. Burns, Co. A; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. James A. Drake, Co. A ; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. William H. Eldridge, Co. A; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. Ezra Green, Co. A ; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. ' Edward M. Gilbert, Co. A ; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. James Hickox, Co. A ; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. James A. Lards, Co. A; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. Thomas O'Brien, Co. A ; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. Franklin Saxton, Co. A ; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. George Silk worth, Co. A ; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. James S. Stackas, Co. A; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. Philip Veille, Co. A; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. Franklin Walston, Co. A ; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. John L. Williams, Co. A; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. John F. Craig, Co. B; trans. to 8th Mich Cav. Joseph M. Gould, Co. B; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. Charles Marvin, Co. B; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. Thomas Pitts, Co. C; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. A. C. Barnard, Co. D; trans. to U. S. Colored Troops. Milo Britton, Co. D; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. Lorenzo Cummings, Co. D; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. William Hughes, Co. D; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. Edgar C. Kilbur, Co. D; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. Armour Lockmer, Co. D; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. George L. Mapes, Co. D; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. Charles II. Miner, Co. D; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. George L. Nicoll, Co. D; trans. to U. S. Colored Troops. Charles O'Neill, Co. D; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. Thomas Rooney, Co. D; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. William Rooney, Co. D; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. Edgar Rogers, Co. D; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. Andrew J. Webster, Co. D; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. Ephraim Warner, Co. D); trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. Jonathan F. Wines, Co. D; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. Daniel Fullerton, Co. E; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. Daniel H. Parker, Co. E; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. A. F. Terpenning, Co. F; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. Joseph Cough, Co. F; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. John B. Harrington, Co. F; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. William A. Northrup, Co. F; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. Charles S. Hawes, Co. F; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. Wilson L. Blair, Co. F; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. Leroy Blair, Co. F; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. Franklin Hunter, Co. F; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. Thomas Wright, Co. G; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav.
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Ephraim B. Cooper, Co. H; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. Cyrus Robertson, Co. H ; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. Elia M. Cope, Co. H ; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. William A. Place, Co. H ; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. George Tuttle, Co. H; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. Mons. Davison, Co. I; trans to 8th Mich. Cav. Hiram Young, Co. 1; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. E. S. Cole, Co. K; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. Edgar Davidson, Co. K ; trans. to 1st Mich. Sharpshooters. Edward Rossman, Co. K; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. James Odell, Co. K ; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. Francis M. Townsend, Co. K; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. Henry Nettage, Co. K; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. John H. Beckwith, Co. L; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. Frank A. Bacon, Co. L; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. W. J. McElishine, Co. L; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. Adelbert R. Chapman, Co. L; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. William C. Gibson, Co. L; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. Alanson M. Chapman, Co. L; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. Palerman Castle, Co. L; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. Henry B. Strickland, Co. M ; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. Edward G. Taylor, Co. M ; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. James S. Albro, Co. M; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. Jackson Penoyer, Co. M; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. George W. Asken, Co. M; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. Oscar B. Abell, Co. M; trans .. to 8th Mich. Cav. Delyon C. Allen, Co. M ; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. Sidney A. Acker, Co. M; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. Samuel B. Nixon, Co. M; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. James Odell, Co. M; trans, to 8th Mich. Cav. William Roswell, Co. M; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. Theodore E. Regston, Co. M; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. George W. Southworth, Co. M; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. Daniel B. Shipman, Co. M; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav. Joseph Milton, Co. K; disch. for disability, Aug. 8, 1864. Samuel Humphrey, Co. L; disch. for disability, July 22, 1864. Charles M. Wade, Co. A ; disch, for promotion. Edwin Smith, Co. A ; must. out May 18, 1865. Eliphalet Barber, Co. A ; must. out May 29, 1865. Robert M. Cox, Co. A ; disch, by order, Aug. 10, 1865. Garrett W. Carr, Co. A; dischi. by order, Aug. 10, 1865. Emery Forbes, Co. A ; must. out June 12, 1865. Harvey Hilton, Co. A ; disch. by order, Ang. 10, 1865. Josiah C. Jennison, Co. A ; must. out May 15, 1865. Walter Razell, Co. A ; must. out May 15, 1865. Warren Sprague, Co. A ; disch. by order, Aug. 10, 1865. James E. Caruthers, Co. B; must. out June 16, 1865. Franklin B. Stevens, Co. B; must. out May 5, 1865. George A. Webster, Co. D; disch. by order, Aug. 10, 1865. Webster Cooley, Co. D; disch. by order, Aug. 10, 1865. William A. Collins, Co. D; must. out May 18, 1865. Horace M. Gay, Co. D; must. out May 18, 1865. John H. Ireland, Co. D; must. out Oct. 17, 1865. Orrin C. Kelly, Co. D; disch. by order, Aug. 10, 1865. Marcus Young, Co. D; must. out June 23, 1865. Albert Trim, Co. F; must. out May 17, 1865. Bradley Teachout, Co. G ; must. out June 16, 1865. R. E. Whipple, Co. H; disch. for promotion. Alfred Boylis, Co. H; disch. by order, Aug. 10, 1865. Amos D. Olds, Co. I; disch, by order, Aug. 10, 1865. William A. Keys, Co. I; disch. for promotion, July 12, 1864. Joseph Fisher, Co. K ; disch. for disability, Dec. 22, 1864. Dyer Freeman, Co. K; disch. for disability, June 16, 1865. Joseph Milton, Co. K; disch. Aug. 8, 1865. Anthony M. Moore, Co. K; disch. by order, June 10, 1865. Samuel D. Humphrey, Co. L; disch. for disability, July 22, 1865. G. L. Bartholomew, Co. L; must. out May 22, 1865. Alfred H. Wayne, Co. L; must. out June 15, 1865. B. F. Foulk, Co. L; must. out June 15, 1865. Benjamin D. Kingsley, Co. M; disch. by order, July 12, 1865. Herbert H. Hickox, Co. M; must. out July 15, 1865. Samuel C. Briggs, Co. M; must. ont June 1, 1865. Oscar G. Hart, Co. M; disch. by order, Aug. 10, 1865.
FIRST LIGHT ARTILLERY.
In the spring of 1861 a battery of artillery was organ- ized at Coldwater, and went to the seat of war as the 1st Michigan Battery. Four more batteries, numbered accord- ing to the date of organization, were formed during the season, all of which went to the front in December of that year. Three more were organized in 1862, and still six others-making twelve in all-in the forepart of 1863. On the 3d of August of the latter year the War Department,
by special orders, recognized these twelve batteries as a regiment of artillery, and allowed the usual complement of field-officers to be mustered in. Each battery was desig- nated by a letter corresponding to its previous number, the first battery becoming Battery A, the second Battery B, etc. In fact, however, each battery operated by itself, the field-officers being usually assigned to staff duty. The number from Hillsdale County in the whole regiment during the war was a hundred and sixty-nine, distributed as follows : ten in Battery A, six in B, ten in C, nineteen in D, two in E, forty in F, forty-five in G, six in H, thirty- four in I, and three in L. We can only mention, and that very briefly, the services of Batteries D, F, G, and I.
Battery D (originally the 4th Michigan Battery) went to Kentucky in December, 1861, and was in service in that State and Tennessee in 1862 and 1863. It was in the battle of Hoover's Gap, Tenn., on the 26th of June, 1863, and was warmly engaged at Chickamauga on the 19th and 20th of September, having nine men wounded in the latter conflict. In November, 1863, it was furnished with twenty-pound Parrott guns, with which it shelled the enemy at Mission Ridge, covering the advance of Hooker up Lookout Mountain, on the 24th of that month, and the grand assault on Mission Ridge the following day. The battery remained at Chattanooga until March, 1864, when it was ordered to Murfreesboro'. It was on duty with its heavy guns in forts near that place almost a year and a half, having, meanwhile, been engaged more or less with the right of Gen. Hood's army, when he was operating against Nashville, from the 12th to the 16th of November, 1864. The battery was mustered out at Jackson, Mich., on the 3d of August, 1865.
Battery F (originally the 6th Battery) was organized at Coldwater, and left for Kentucky in March, 1862. At the battle of Richmond, in that State, its infantry supports gave way, the artillerists were compelled to flee, and all their guns were captured. The men were on garrison duty in Kentucky throughout 1863. In January, 1864, the battery marched over the mountains to Knoxville, where it remained until April. In May it joined Gen. Sherman for the Georgia campaign. In that campaign it was in the battles of Resaca, Lost Mountain, Kenesaw Mountain, Decatur, and the siege of Atlanta. Its firing was at long range, and though it had several men killed and wounded, it was not cut up as were some of the infan- try regiments. The battery was then sent to Tennessee, and took part in the defense of Nashville against Hood's army, from the 12th to the 16th of November. In Jan- uary, 1865, it went, with a force under Gen. Schofield, to Washington, D. C., and thence to Newbern, N. C. It was engaged in some minor operations in that State, and in June was ordered home, being mustered out at Jackson, Mich., on the 1st day of July, 1865.
Battery G (originally the 7th) was organized at Kala- mazoo, and went to Kentucky in February, 1862. It served in that State and West Virginia until November, 1862, when it was ordered to the Yazoo River, Miss. It was warmly engaged in the battle of Chickasaw Bayou, December 28 and 29, having ten men killed and wounded. In January, 1863, it went with the army to Arkansas
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Post, and was present at the capture of that important fort. Battery G was likewise a part of the force which ran the rebel blockade at Vicksburg in April, was en- gaged in several of the succeeding conflicts, and was an active participant in the siege and capture of that key of the Mississippi. In August the battery went down to Carrollton, La., and in November was ordered to Texas. It served at Brazos, Santiago, Matagorda Island, Indianola, and other points in that State until June, having several not very serious conflicts with the enemy. In June the battery returned to Carrollton, La., remaining there until October, and then proceeding to Mobile Bay. In April, Battery G participated in the siege and capture of Mobile. It remained on duty in the vicinity until July, when it was ordered home, being mustered out at Jackson, Mich., on the 6th day of August, 1865.
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