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Battery I (originally the 9th) was organized in conjunc- tion with the 5th Cavalry in the late summer and the au- tumn of 1862, and went to Washington with that regi- ment in November. It was not in any battle until that of Gettysburg, on the 3d of July, 1863, where it had five men killed and wounded. The battery remained with the Army of the Potomac until November, when it was sent to Nashville. It remained there till the 7th of March, 1864, and then moved southward, joining the 3d Division of the 20th Army Corps the last of April. With that division it went through the Georgia campaign, being engaged with the enemy at Cassville, New Hope Church, Lost Mountain, Kenesaw, Peach-Tree Creek, and the siege of Atlanta. Fifteen men were killed and wounded during the campaign, out of a little over a hundred. As usual with artillery, only two or three fell in each engagement; but it was in a good many engagements. In November the battery returned to Chattanooga, where it remained until July, 1865, when it was ordered home. It was mus- tered out at Jackson, Mich., on the 14th of that month.
OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS FROM HILLSDALE COUNTY.
Ira G. Wisner, commissioned 2d lieut. Bat. G, 1st Light Art., April 18, 1864; 1st lieut., April 6, 1865 ; must. out Aug. 6, 1865. George W. Baker, Bat. B; died at Cahawba, Ala., 1862. Israel Rameler, Bat. C; died at New Machias, Mo., April 14, 1862. John C. Sinclair, Bat. C; disch. for disability, June 10, 1862. Emanuel Ish, Bat. C; disch. for disability, June 10, 1862. Hamilton Lee, Bat. D; died at Louisville, Ky., Jan. 14, 1862. Chester S. Randall, Bat. D; died at White Pigeon, Mich. John Van Meter, Bat. F; disch. for disability, June 12, 1862. Henry C. Williams, Bat. G ; disch. for disability, April 11, 1862. John Truax, Bat. G; disch. for disability, June 20, 1862. George Graham, Bat. G; killed at Thompson's Hill, May 1, 1863. Ira L. Strong, Bat. I; died at Washington, D. C., Jan. 29, 1863. Daniel Boyer, Bat. I; died at Harper's Ferry, Va., Aug. 16, 1863. Gleason F. Reynolds, Bat. F; died at Mumfordsville, Ky., Feb. 19, 1863. James H. Henndun, Bat. F ; died at Mumfordsville, Ky., Sept. 1, 1863. Dorris H. Howe, Bat. G ; died at St. Louis, Mo., April 9, 1863. Horace B. Doty, Bat. G; died at Milliken's Bend, La., April, 1863. Oscar Barnes, Bat. G; died at Memphis, Tenn., July 23, 1863. Sylvanus R. Plumb, Bat. G; died at Vicksburg, Miss., Aug. 9, 1863. Norman P. Austin, Bat. F; killed near Atlanta, Ga., July 21, 1864. Edgar A. Sprague, Bat. A; died at Louisville, Ky., June 13, 1864. Henry B. Turner, Bat. B; died at Rome, Ga., Aug. 13, 1864. William Vernon, Bat. B; died at Jeffersonville, Ind., Aug. 22, 1864. Smith B. Champlin, Bat. E; died at Jeffersonville, Ind., July 12, 1864. Lorenzo D. Barnes, Bat. E; died at Marietta, Ga., Oct. 2, 1864. Orville Palmer, Bat. I; died at Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. 4, 1864. Enos C. Plumb, Bat. G ; trans. to V. R. C. Sept. 30, 1863. James C. Cooper, Bat. I; trans. to V. R. C., Jan. 15, 1864. Wilson Little, Bat. I; trans. to V. R. C., Jan. 15, 1864. Jeremiah Gardner, Bat. C; killed at Edisto River, S. C., Feb. 9, 1865. Robert T. Phillips, Bat. D; died.
William Day, Bat. F; died at Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 9, 1865.
Andrew J. Cross, Bat. G; died at Portland, Olio, Oct. 19, 1862. Philemon Cook, Bat. G; died at New Orleans, La., Jan. 19, 1865. Benjamin S. Gunn, Bat. G ; drowned in Mobile Bay, Ala., Nov. 20, 1864.
Philotus Wheeler, Bat. I; trans. to Vet. Res. Corps. John H. Baker, Bat. B; dischi. for promotion, June 22, 1863. Joseph Woolston, Bat. G; dischi. for disability, March 28, 1863. Orsamus Doty, Bat. G; disch. for disability, March 26, 1863. Martin Collar, Bat. G; disch. for disability, June 6, 1863. Charles Baker, Bat. G; disch. for disability, Sept. 8, 1863. Christopher H. Britton, Bat. G ; disch. for disability, Sept. 23, 1863. Henry W. Loomis, Bat. L; disch. for disability, June 20, 1863. Sylvester Dwight, Bat. A; disch. at exp. of service, May 31, 1864. Watson B. Conklin, Bat. A ; disch. at exp. of service, Sept. 30, 1864. Caleb A. Ensign, Bat. C; disch. by order, Dec. 3, 1863. Wesley Davis, Bat. D; disch. for disability, Sept. 2, 1862. James H. Thompson, Bat. D; dischi. for disability, July 13, 1862. John Homer Smith, Bat. F; disch. for disability, Jan. 6, 1863. James C. Cooper, Bat. I; disch. for disability, Dec. 26, 1863. Isaiah Liby, Bat. I; disch. for disability, Feb. 24, 1864. Zachariah Layton, Bat. I; disch. for disability, March 7, 1864. Thomas J. Harris, Bat. A ; disch. to re-enl. as veteran, Feb. 11, 1864. Ira Smith, Bat. C: dischi. to re-enl. as veteran, Feb. 21, 1864. Henry Carlisle, Bat. F; disch. to re-enl. as veteran, March 26, 1864. James Van Valkenburg, Bat. F; disch. to re-enl. as veteran, March 26, 1864. George W. Jeffers, Bat. A ; must. out July 28, 1865. Ozial B. Taylor, Bat. A ; must. out July 28, 1865. John Vanmeter, Bat. A ; must. out July 28, 1865. Abijah P. Lyke, Bat. A ; must. out July 28, 1865. Lewis Martin, Bat. A; disch. by order, May 26, 1865. Daniel H. Mills, Bat. A ; must. out July 28, 1865. Melvin Bailey, Bat. B; must. out June 14, 1865. Henry Zupp, Bat. C; disch. for disability, March 25, 1865. William Durby, Bat. C; must. out June 22, 1865. James H. Ostrander, Bat. C; must. out June 22, 1865. William S. Platt, Bat. C; must. out June 22, 1865. Harper V. D. Baker, Bat. D; disch. at exp. of service, Sept. 17, 1864. Almond K. Herrington, Bat. D; disch. for disability. Luman Ward, Bat. D; disch. for disability, April 28, 1862. Ira Hodges, Bat. D; disch. for disability, July 18, 1863. Martin J. English, Bat. D; disch. for disability, Dec. 9, 1862. Newman Curtis, Bat. D; disch. at exp. of service, Sept. 17, 1864. Jolın D. Fuller, Bat. D; disch. for disability, July 28, 1862. Elijah Pond, Bat. D; disch. at exp. of service, Sept. 17, 1864. George Plumb, Bat. D; disch. at exp. of service, Oct. 31, 1864. Edmund R. Phillips, Bat. D; disch. for disability, May 22, 1862. William H. Plumb, Bat. D; disch. at exp. of service, Nov. 2, 1864. George W. Sawyer, Bat. D; disch. at Louisville, Ky. John Warren, Bat. D; disch. at exp. of service, Oct. 31, 1864. Orel C. Warrener, Bat. D; must. out Aug. 3, 1865. William Aldrich, Bat. F; must. out July 1, 1865.
J. Wesley Austin, Bat. F; disch. at exp. of service, Jan. 14, 1865.
Orson Austin, Bat. F ; disch. for disability, Aug. 14, 1862. Martin L. Burleson, Bat. F; must. out July 1, 1865. Martin Furlong, Bat. F; must. out July 1, 1865. William W. Fillio, Bat. F; must. out July 1, 1865. Amri Johnson, Bat. F; disch. at expiration of service, Jan. 14, 1865.
John B. Kelley, Bat. F; must. out July 1, 1865.
Daniel E. Maxon, Bat. F; disch. at expiration of service, Jan. 12, 1865.
Myron Porter, Bat. F; must. out July 1, 1865.
Levi C. Smith, Bat. F; disch. for disability, Nov. 18, 1862.
Michael Selles, Bat. F; disch. at expiration of service, April 19, 1865.
James C. Vanamel, Bat. F; dischi. for disability, Dec. 10, 1862. John Higley, Bat. F; must. out July 1, 1865. Stephen S. Johnson, Bat. F; must. out July 1, 1865.
Henry M. Johnson, Bat. F; disch. by order, May 18, 1865. Lewis M. Hibbs, Bat. F ; must. out July 1, 1865. Henry M. Nichols, Bat. F; must. out July 1, 1865. Henry H. Root, Bat. F; must. out July 1, 1865. Jacob Swartout, Bat. F; must. out July 1, 1865. David Miller, Bat. F; must. out July 1, 1865. Andrew Foster, Bat. F; must. out July 1, 1865. Harvey Lucas, Bat. F; must. out July 1, 1865. Edwin Porter, Bat. F; must. out July 1, 1865. Richard E. Rich, Bat. F; must. out July 1, 1865. John Vantuyl, Bat. F; must. out July 1, 1865.
Spencer Welch, Bat. F; disch. by order, June 10, 1865. Jacob D. Waldorf, Bat. F; disch. to accept com. in U. S. Col. H. Art., July 23, 1864. Abraham Cooper, Bat. G; disch. to enl. in regular service, Nov. 25, 1862. Oliver Franklin, Bat. G; disch. at expiration of service, Jan. 28, 1865. Richard Hart, Bat. G; disch. at expiration of service, Jan. 28, 1865. M. Barron Solomon, Bat. G; disch at expiration of service, Jan. 28, 1865. William B. Britton, Bat. G; disch. at expiration of service, Jan. 28, 1865. Horace Bellinger, Bat. G; disch. to enl. in regular service, Nov. 25, 1862. Ira K. Bailey, Bat. G; disch. to enl. in regular service, Nov. 25, 1862. Philemon Cook, Bat. G; disch. at expiration of service, Jan. 28, 1865. John H. Gillett, Bat. G ; disch. at expiration of service, Jan. 28, 1865. Wallace Glazier, Bat. G; disch. to enl. in regular service, Nov. 25, 1862.
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William H. Hall, Bat. G ; disch. at expiration of service, Jan. 28, 1865. David Litchfield, Bat. G ; disch. to enl. in regular service, Nov. 25, 1862. Orrin Olds, Bat. G; disch. at expiration of service, Jan. 28, 1865. William H. Palmer, Bat. G; disch. at expiration of service, Jan. 28, 1865. Sidney Palmer, Bat. G ; disch. at expiration of service, Jan. 28, 1865. Edward D. Plumb, Bat. G; disch. at expiration of service, Jan. 28, 1865. George A. Ryker, Bat. G ; disch. at expiration of service, Jan. 28, 1865. Chauncey Smith, Bat. G; disch. at expiration of service, Jan. 28, 1865. George W. Shultz, Bat. G; disch. at expiration of service, Jan. 28, 1865. William Smeadmer, Bat. G; disch. for disability, Oct. 25, 1862. Joseph Thierman, Bat. G; disch. at expiration of service, Jan. 28, 1865. Isaac S. Vanakin, Bat. G; disch. at expiration of service, Jan. 28, 1865. Charles L. Wilcox, Bat. G; disch. at expiration of service, Jan. 28, 1865. John G. Williams, Bat. G ; disch. at expiration of service, Jan. 28, 1865. Warren W. Wilkinson, Bat. G; disch. to enl. in regular service, Nov. 25, 1862. Welcome Merchant, Bat. G; must. out Aug. 6, 1865. William Curtiss, Bat. G; disch. by order, June 12, 1865. Henry N. Dugan, Bat. G; must. out Aug. 6, 1865. Albert H. Gowdy, Bat. G; disch, by order, Aug. 17, 1865. William J. Bunting, Bat. H ; must. out July 22, 1865. Edwin J. Codner, Bat. H; must. out July 22, 1865. David C. Davey, Bat. H; must. out July 22, 1865. George A. Linch, Bat. H; must. out July 22, 1865. Raphael Thomas, Bat. H ; must. out July 22, 1865. Thomas Wilkinson, Bat. H ; must. out July 22, 1865. Hasey E. Barker, Bat. I; must. out July 14, 1865. George W. Jennings, Bat. I; disch. by order, May 26, 1864. Dexter C. Bartlett, Bat. I ; must. out July 14, 1865. James H. Beard, Bat. I; must. out July 14, 1865. Elkanah S. Becker, Bat. I; must. out July 14, 1865. James Deems, Bat. I; must. out July 14, 1865. Cheney Hall, Bat. I; must. out July 14, 1865. Levi C. Lee, Bat. I; must. out July 14, 1865. Philander Millard, Bat. I; must. out July 14, 1865. William Manning, Bat. I; disch. for disability, Dec. 22, 1864. James E. Nickaloy, Bat. I; must. out July 14, 1865. Robert O'Mealey, Bat. I; must. out July 14, 1865. William O'Mealey, Bat. I; disch. by order, Oct. 23, 1862. William A. Potter, Bat. I; must. out July 14, 1865. James W. Potter, Bat. I; must. out July 14, 1865. Joseph B. Patterson, Bat. I; must. out July 14, 1865. Levi Rickard, Bat. I; must. out July 14, 1865. Ambrose Roate, Bat. I; must. out July 14, 1865. Alpheus B. St. John, Bat. I; must. out July 14, 1865. John Tucker, Bat. I ; must. out July 14, 1865. Ira C. Wyckoff, Bat. I; must. out July 14, 1865. Andrew J. Weeks, Bat. I; must. out July 14, 1865. David W. Stroud, Bat. I; must. out July 14, 1865. Henry Cromer, Bat. I; must. out July 14, 1865. Charles H. Stroud, Bat. I; disch. for disability, Dec. 16, 1864. Charles Barnes, Bat. L; must. out Aug. 22, 1865. John S. Devoe, Bat. L ; must. out Aug. 22, 1865.
CHAPTER XIX.
OTHER SOLDIERS.
Remarks-Total Number of Officers and Soldiers of Hillsdale County -Those in other States-Of 3d, 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th, 12th, 14th, 17th, 21st, 26th, and 29th Infantry-Of Provost-Guard-Of 148th New York Infantry-Of 1st United States Sharpshooters-Of 1st, 3d, 6th, 9th, and 10th Cavalry-Of Merrill Horse-Of 14th Battery -- Of 1st Missouri Engineers-Of 102d United States Colored Troops.
BESIDES the members of the organizations mentioned in the foregoing ten chapters, and which, as before stated, in- cluded all those which had twenty men from Hillsdale County, there were many other soldiers of that county scattered in varying numbers among more than a dozen other regiments. Their records, as obtained from the adjutant- general's reports, are given in this chapter.
The grand total of enlisted men, according to those re- ports, was two thousand two hundred and sixty-eight. Add to these ninety-four commissioned officers from the same county, and we have an aggregate of two thousand three hundred and sixty-two.
Besides all these there were a considerable number from this county, but how many is not known, even approxi- mately, who enlisted in regiments belonging to other States, and of whom no record is to be found in Michigan. Acci- dentally, we have learned the facts regarding a few of them, and have inserted them here :
OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS OF VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS FROM HILLSDALE COUNTY.
THIRD INFANTRY.
John P. Palmer, died at Yorktown, Va., April 27, 1862.
FIFTH INFANTRY.
Robert A. Everett, of Ann Arbor (now of Hillsdale), com. ass't. surg., July 3, 1861 ; surg. 16th Inf., April 18, 1863; must. out at end of service.
Jolin E. Porter, Co. D; must. out July 23, 1865. Osmer C. Brown, Co. G ; must. out May 31, 1865.
SIXTH INFANTRY.
Oscar Chapel, Co. C; killed at Baton Rouge, La., Aug. 5, 1862. Nelson Nethaway, Co. I; died of wounds, July 22, 1863, at Baton Rouge, La. Dexter Pearsell, Co. K ; died at Helena, Ark., Aug. 21, 1864. Alexander Getty, Co. B; died at Fort Morgan, Ala., Nov. 5, 1864. Richard Cheney, Co. C; died at New Orleans, La., Nov. 27, 1864. Warren Tompkins, Co. C; disch. by order, Sept. 5, 1865. Leander Fitzgerald, Co. D; must. out Aug. 20, 1865. Sylvester Kenyon, Co. K ; must. out Aug. 20, 1865. Robert Wheeler, Co. K ; must. out Aug. 20, 1865.
EIGHTH INFANTRY.
Reuben S. Cheney, com. 1st lieut., Sept. 24, 1861 ; res. April 13, 1862. William P. Miner, com. 2d lieut., Sept. 24, 1861 ; res. Feb. 19, 1862.
Alonzo Cheney, com. 2d lieut., March 27, 1863; Ist. lieut., May 6, 1864; must. out Oct. 19, 1864.
Isaiah Crispell, Co. B; died at Cold Harbor, Va., June 8, 1864. Abraham L. Harding, Co. A; trans. to Vet. Res. Corps, Sept. 30, 1864. Andrew Petsa, Co. A; disch. by order, May 29, 1865. Ira Green, Co. A; disch. for disability, Dec. 23, 1864. George D. Drury, Co. A; must. out July 30, 1865. Orsamus J. Hoppins, Co. B ; must. out July 30, 1865. Martin Kavana, Co. D; disch. June 30, 1865.
Charles H. Seavey, Co. K ; disch. by order, May 20, 1865. Lorenzo W. Finch, Co. K ; disch. by order, May 20, 1865.
NINTH INFANTRY.
Hawkins King, app. ass't surg., March 28, 1865; res. Aug. 5, 1865. Hugh Webster, Co. G; killed at Murfreesboro', Tenn., July 13, 1862. Abraham W. Vanness, Co. A; died at Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 12, 1865. John Harmon, Co. D; must. out Sept. 15, 1865. Ovid M. Thompson, Co. D; must. out Sept. 15, 1865. Russell Ellis, Co. E; must. out Sept. 15, 1865. Sylvester Lyman, Co. E; must. out. Sept. 15, 1865. Milo M. Titus, Co. E; must. out Sept. 15, 1865. William Wilson, Co. E; must. out Sept. 15, 1865. Thomas Cox, Co. H; must. ont July 18, 1865. Andrew Crandall, Co. H ; must. out Sept. 15, 1865. Elias Whitcome, Co. I; must. out. Sept. 15, 1865. Joseph Laduke, Co. K ; must. out Sept. 15, 1865.
TWELFTH INFANTRY.
Timothy Giddings, Co. D ; died at Duval's Bluff, Ark., May 27, 1865. Bennett Gregg, Co. D ; disch. by order, Aug. 22, 1865. John Houghtaling, Co. D; disch. by order, Oct. 7, 1865. William Holcombe, Co. D; disch. by order, Oct. 7, 1865. Holden White, Co. E; disch. by order, Oct. 13, 1865. Clarence Morey, Co. G; must. out. Feb. 15, 1866. Elry P. Parsons, Co. H; disch. for disability, Nov. 26, 1864.
FOURTEENTH INFANTRY.
Jonathan Snyder, Co. H ; died at Chattanooga, Tenn., Feb. 13, 1865. Warren Young, Co. H ; died at Savannah, Ga., April 10, 1865. Charles H. Weed, Co. C; must. out July 18, 1865. William Barrett, Co. D; must. out July 18, 1865. Andrew Hoard, Co. D ; must. out July 18, 1865. Garrett Tennell, Co. G ; must. out July 18, 1865. Jonas Smith, Co. I; must. out July 18, 1865. Henry Bogard, Co. I; must. out July 18, 1865. Michael Youngs, Co. I; must. out July 24, 1865. Cassius Bancroft, Co. K ; must. out July 18, 1865. Edmund Crandall, Co. K ; must. out July 18, 1865. William Smith, Co. K ; must. out July 18, 1865. Elisha L. Davis, Co. K ; must. out July 18, 1865. Charles Salmon, Co. K ; must. out July 18, 1865.
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SEVENTEENTH INFANTRY.
Thomas P. May, commissioned 2d lieut. May 26, 1865. Newman Crane, Co. H; died of wounds at Frederick, Md., Oct. 9, 1862. Francis Strunk, Co. A; died at Detroit, Mich. James Bradshaw, Co. G; died of accidental wounds, June 17, 1863. Lewis Wilson, Co. G; died at Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. 26, 1863. Edwin M. Scott, Co. H; died at City Point, Va., Aug. 26, 1864. Louis Searles, Co. H; died at Florence, S. C., Dec. 20, 1864. Ransom P. Howe, Co. H; trans. to 8th Michigan Inf., Oct. 15, 1862. John G. Fullmer, Co. H ; must. out June 3, 1865. Alva J. Hiccott, Co. H; disch. by order, May 30, 1865. Milton Herring, Co. H; must. out June 3, 1865.
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NINETEENTH INFANTRY.
Samuel Knapp, Co. H; died at Murfreesboro', Tenn., Aug. 23, 1863.
TWENTY-FIRST INFANTRY.
George W. Woodward, commissioned 2d lieut., July 30, 1862; 1st lieut., Jan. 15, 1863; capt., Dec. 2, 1863; brevet maj., March 13, 1865; must. ont June 8, 1865.
TWENTY-SECOND INFANTRY.
Orman Barden, Co. H; trans. to 29th Mich. Infantry.
TWENTY-SIXTH INFANTRY.
Wm. M. Rogers, Co. B; must. out April 27, 1865. Milton H. Saviers, Co. F; disch. for disability, Oct. 27, 1864.
TWENTY-NINTH INFANTRY.
Henry Mersell, Co. B; must. out Sept. 6, 1865. Christian Jensen, Co. D; must. out Sept. 6, 1865.
PROVOST-GUARD.
Eli Banker, must. out May 9, 1865. Joseph Cressey, must. out May 9, 1865. John A. Merchant, must. out May 9, 1865. Albert Merrill, must. out May 9, 1865. James Riddin, must. out May 9, 1865. Oscar E. Wells, must. out May 9, 1865.
ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHTH NEW YORK INFANTRY.
D. D. Sanford, Co. G; in battles of Drury's Bluff, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Hatcher's Run, Appomattox ; wounded at Petersburg, June 18, 1864; must. out June 22, 1865.
FIRST UNITED STATES SHARPSHOOTERS.
William Doyle, Co. C; died March 27, 1862. George Zimmerman, Co. C; died Dec. 29, 1861. Leander Ballard, Co. I; killed at Locust Grove, Va., Nov. 27, 1863. Henry A. Gilchrist, Co. C; trans. to Vet. Res. Corps, March 31, 1864. Jay Libbee, Co. I; trans. to Vet. Res. Corps, Sept. 1, 1863. Charles Button, Co. C; disch. for disability, Oct. 2, 1861. Archibald Storms, Co. C; disch. for disability, Dec. 9, 1862.
FIRST CAVALRY.
Willianı A. Drake, Co. A ; died in hospital. James H. Armstrong, Co. B; must. out March 10, 1866. Donald T. McCall, Co. D; must. out March 10, 1866. James P. Turner, Co. D; must. out March 10, 1866. Peter H. Cole, Co. E; must. out Dec. 5, 1865. Charles W. Cole, Co. E; must. out Dec. 5, 1865. David Madder, Co. E; must. out March 10, 1866. Jacob Van Ettan, Co. E; must. out July 24, 1865. Asahel Richardson, Co. H ; must. out March 25, 1866.
THIRD CAVALRY.
Michael McIntyre, commis. 2d lieut. June 11, 1862; 1st lieut. Nov. 1, 1862; honorably disch. Feb. 28, 1865.
Sanford B. Goodrich, leader band; died on board hosp. boat, May, 1862. Charles Hatton, disch. for disability, June 9, 1862.
Silas P. Gainard, Co. F ; disch. at expiration of service, Oct. 24, 1864. Francis B. Henry, Co. F ; disch. to re-enl. as veteran, Jan. 19, 1864. Chauncey H. Davis, Co. F ; disch. to re-enl. as veteran, Jan. 19, 1864. Charles Hurley, Co. K ; disch. to re-enl. as veteran, Jan. 20, 1864. Lock V. Mosher, Co. B; disch. for disability, Jan. 22, 1862. William Hurley, Co. G; must. out Feb. 12, 1866.
FIFTH CAVALRY.
Peter H. Cole, Co. E; trans. to 1st Mich. Cavalry. Charles W. Cole, Co. E; trans. to 1st Mich. Cavalry. Norris W. McHurd, Co. I; trans. to 7th Mich. Cavalry. O. J. Hammond, Co. K ; trans. to 7th Mich. Cavalry. Burton H. Spear, Co. L; trans. to 7th Mich. Cavalry. George Taylor, Co. L; trans. to 7th Mich. Cavalry. Morris McHerd, Co. L; trans. to 7th Mich. Cavalry. Meredith C. Smith, Co. M; trans. to 7th Mich. Cavalry. Edgar Harris, Co. M ; must. out June 19, 1865.
SIXTH CAVALRY.
Donald T. McCall, Co. B; trans. to 1st Mich. Cavalry, Nov. 17, 1865. James P. Turner, Co. B; trans. to 1st Mich. Cavalry, Nov. 17, 1865. Jacob Van Ettan, Co. B; trans. to 1st Mich. Cavalry, Nov. 17, 1865. Abel Richardson, Co. D; trans. to 1st Mich. Cavalry, Nov. 17, 1865. Robert C. Jackson, Co. K; disch .. June 19, 1865.
NINTH CAVALRY.
Francis M. Jones, commis. 2d lieut. Feb. 24, 1865; not mustered. Jolin Morehouse, Co. F; trans. to 11th Mich. Battery, May 8, 1863. Samuel Miller, Co. F; trans. to 11th Mich. Battery, May 8, 1863. Benjamin Norton, Co. F; trans. to 11th Mich. Battery, May 8, 1863. Leander Perry, Co. F; trans. to 11th Mich. Battery, May 8, 1863. Henry A. Hunt, Co. I; trans. to 11th Mich. Battery, May 1, 1863. Edwin A. Packer, Co. I; trans. to 11th Mich. Battery, May 1, 1863. Allen R. Walker, Co. I; trans. to 11th Mich. Battery, May 1, 1863. James H. Walker, Co. I; trans. to 11th Mich. Battery, May 1, 1863. Harvey Mott, Co. B; must. out Aug. 11, 1865. Frederick Smith, Co. B; must. out July 21, 1865. Isaac R. Howe, Co. L; must. out July 21, 1865. Joseph Howe, Co. L; must. out July 21, 1865.
TENTH CAVALRY.
William E. Smith, com. 2d lieut. April 8, 1865 ; must. out Nov. 11, 1865. L. E. Bayless, Co. M; died at Knoxville, Tenn., Jan. 11, 1865. Charles B. Norton, Co. B; must. out May 13, 1865. Edward W. Smith, Co. M ; disch. for promotion, Oct. 2, 1864.
MERRILL HORSE.
Chauncey W. Rickard, Co. I; must. out Sept. 18, 1865.
FOURTEENTH BATTERY.
Darwin E. Beebe, must. out July 1, 1865.
Ransom Ball, must. out July 1, 1865. John J. Daniels, must. out July 1, 1865. John II. Davis, must. out July 1, 1865. Gabriel C. Morehouse, must. out July 1, 1865.
Patrick Turner, must. out July 1, 1865.
FIRST MISSOURI ENGINEERS.
Cyrus H. Lewis, Co. E; enl. as veteran, Jan. 4, 1864.
ONE HUNDRED AND SECOND UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS.
Augustus Steward, Co. C; must. out Sept. 30, 1865. Hezekiah Madry, Co. D; must. out Sept. 30, 1865. James M. Crummell, Co. F ; must. out Sept. 30, 1865.
· Robert Lee, Co. F; must. out Sept. 30, 1865. William Wesley, Co. F; must. out Sept. 30, 1865. George G. White, Co. G ; must. out Sept. 30, 1865. Charles Gilbert, Co. G; must. out Sept. 30, 1865. John F. Sinclair, Co. H; must. out Sept. 30, 1865.
CHAPTER XX. SINCE THE WAR.
The Soldier's Return-Axe and Plow-New Railroads-The Census of 1870-Increase of Population-A City in the County-Agricul- ture-The Rivers of Hillsdale County-Altitude -- Health-Close of Consecutive History.
SINCE, in the summer and autumn of 1865, the soldiers of the Union came back in crowding thousands from the scenes of their triumphs, few events of marked importance have occurred within the bounds of Hillsdale County. The men who had carried sabre and rifle at once laid down their weapons to grasp the axe and the plow-handle, and soon the only indication that a million men had lately stood in arms in the Union ranks was the presence of numerous maimed veterans and the sight of an occasional army- overcoat.
All kinds of business went forward with increasing speed. Especially great was the anxiety to build new railroads. Before the end of 1870 the Fort Wayne, Jackson and Sag- inaw Railroad had been constructed through the county,
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nearly from the southwestern to the northeastern extremity, crossing the Southern Michigan at Jonesville; and also the Detroit, Hillsdale and Indiana road, running from Ypsilanti southwest, through Hillsdale, to Banker's Station, four miles from that city, where it intersected the Fort Wayne, Jack- . son and Saginaw road. A little later,-that is, in 1872 and 1873,-the Southern Michigan Company built the " Northern Central Michigan Railroad"-a branch of the Southern Michigan-from Jonesville nearly north to Lan- sing, a distance of sixty-one miles.
Other interests flourished with remarkable vigor. Not- withstanding the great drain on the population during the first half of the decade, the number of inhabitants in- creased from twenty five thousand six hundred and seventy- five in 1860 to thirty-one thousand six hundred and eighty- eight in 1870, an addition of nearly twenty-four per cent. to the former number. A similar increase from 1870 to 1880 would give a population in the latter year of between thirty-nine and forty thousand.
We spoke, a few sentences back, of the city of Hillsdale, instead of the village of that name, which is the expression we have previously used. The transformation took place in 1868, of which a full account is given in the city history. Notwithstanding, however, the existence of a city within its boundaries, the county is pre-eminently an agricultural one, and more than three-fourths of the people are engaged in agricultural pursuits. The chapter devoted to the Agri- cultural Society gives an idea of their progress in that de- partment of labor, and especially of the great increase of public interest in that class of subjects.
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