USA > Michigan > Kalamazoo County > History of Kalamazoo county, Michigan > Part 55
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86 | Part 87 | Part 88 | Part 89 | Part 90 | Part 91 | Part 92 | Part 93 | Part 94 | Part 95 | Part 96 | Part 97 | Part 98 | Part 99 | Part 100 | Part 101 | Part 102 | Part 103 | Part 104 | Part 105 | Part 106 | Part 107 | Part 108 | Part 109 | Part 110 | Part 111 | Part 112 | Part 113 | Part 114 | Part 115 | Part 116 | Part 117 | Part 118 | Part 119 | Part 120 | Part 121 | Part 122 | Part 123 | Part 124 | Part 125 | Part 126 | Part 127 | Part 128 | Part 129 | Part 130 | Part 131 | Part 132 | Part 133 | Part 134 | Part 135 | Part 136 | Part 137 | Part 138 | Part 139 | Part 140 | Part 141 | Part 142 | Part 143 | Part 144 | Part 145 | Part 146 | Part 147 | Part 148 | Part 149
205
MILITARY.
Company I.
1st Lieut. Robert F. Hill, Kalamazoo; disch. for disability, Dec. 10, 1864.
TWENTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT MICHIGAN VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.
Company E.
2d Lieut. William Bolles, Kalamazoo; com. Aug. 15, 1864; honorably disch. Aug. 14, 1865.
2d Lient. William W. Sears, Pavilion ; com. Aug. 14, 1865; must. out June 5, 1866.
Sergt. Riley H. Fuller, Alamo; enl. Sept. 2, 1864.
Sergt. Charles H. Rowe, Prairie Ronde; enl. Aug. 31, 1864; must. out July 14, 1865.
Sergt. Samuel Rouse, Pavilion ; enl. Sept. 2, 1864 ; must. out July 19, 1865. Corp. Erastus P. Brown, Ross; enl. Aug. 30, 1864; must. out June 5, 1866. Corp. John McAfee, Charleston ; enl. Sept. 6, 1864; must. out Aug. 3, 1865. Corp. Hugh A. Goshorn, Ross ; enl. Aug. 30, 1864; must. out June 5, 1866. Corp. Irving Earl, Charleston ; enl. Sept. 8, 1864.
Holland W. Beals, Charleston ; enl. Sept. 6, 1864 ; must. out June 5, 1866. Bristol Russell, Schoolcraft ; enl. Sept. 1, 1864 ; must. out June 5, 1866. Chauncey B. Day, Ross; enl. Sept. 17, 1864; must. ont July 28, 1865. Richard Lewis, Ross ; enl. Ang. 30, 1864; must. out June 5, 1866.
Benjamin Merrick, Alamo; enl. Sept. 2, 1864; died of disease at Louisville, Ky., March 8, 1865.
George Monroe, Charleston ; enl. Sept. 9, 1864; must. out June 5, 1866. Benjamin V. Stone, Prairie Roude ; enl. Sept. 3, 1864 ; died of disease at Alex- andria, Va., March 17, 1865.
Scott Wilson, Wakeshma; enl. Sept. 6, 1864; must. out June 5, 1866. Charles Whitmore, Wakeshma ; enl. Sept. 6, 1864; died of disease at Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 16, 1865.
Festus Wilson, Wakeshma ; enl. Sept. 6, 1864 ; must. out June 5, 1866.
Company I.
Capt. Albert A. Holcomb, res. Sept. 12, 1865.
1st Lieut. Amos G. Tennent, Comstock ; enl. Sept. 12, 1865; pro. to 2d lieut. April 25, 1865; to sergt. Sept. 1, 1864; mnst. out June 5, 1866.
Sergt. John H. Mapes, Wakeshma ; enl. Sept. 2, 1864; must. out June 5, 1866. Sergt. Isaac S. Knapp, Wakeshima ; enl. Sept. 2, 1864; must. ont June 5, 1865. Corp. Myron D. Eldred, Charleston ; enl. Sept. 8, 1864; pro. to sergt .; must. out June 5, 1866.
Corp. John J. Henner, Ross; enl. Aug. 30, 1864; pro. to sergt. ; must. out June 5, 1866.
Benjamin E. Arnold, Ross; enl. Aug. 30, 1864; must. out May 27, 1865. Frank A. Barnes, Ross; enl. Sept. 1, 1864; disch. for disability, Dec. 21, 1865. James N. Cooper, Comstock ; enl. Sept. 16, 1864 ; must. out June 21, 1865. Doran N. Cooper, must. ont June 21, 1865.
William H. Easton, Charleston ; eul. Sept. 10, 1864 ; must. out June 5, 1866. Absolom Gingrich, Waskeshma ; enl. Ang. 8, 1864; must. ont May 26, 1865. Edwin D. Green, Pavilion ; enl. Sept. 6, 1864; must. out June 5, 1866. Daniel L: Hunting, Pavilion ; must. out June 5, 1866.
George W. Haney, Pavilion ; enl. Sept. 5, 1864 ; disch. by order, April 25, 1866. Frank F. Hebbard, Pavilion; enl. Sept. 5, 1864 ; disch. for disability, June 5, 1866.
Fred. Kemp, Ross; enl. Sept. 14, 1864 ; pro. to corp. ; must. ont June 5, 1866. Wm. Monroe, Charleston ; enl. Sept. 9, 1864; must. out June 5, 1866. Ilenry Samples, Charleston ; enl. Sept. 8, 1864; must. out June 5, 1866.
Samuel Vosburg, Ross; enl. Sept. 15, 1864; died of disease at Raleigh, N. C., Sept. 6, 1865.
Samuel Watson, Pavilion; enl. Sept. 6, 1864; disch. for disability, Ang. 7, 1865. Fletcher Wheatou, Charleston ; enl. Sept. 8, 1864; pro. to corp .; disch. for dis- ability, June 5, 1866.
THIRTIETH REGIMENT MICHIGAN VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.
Field and Staff.
Lieut .- Col. John D. Sumner, Galesburg ; com. June 9, 1865; pro. to capt. 8th Mich. Inf. ; must. out June 30, 1865.
Company A.
Corp. Patrick Riley, Kalamazoo; enl. Dec. 1, 1864 ; must. out June 30, 1865. Corp. Henry Richert, Kalamazoo; eul. Nov. 30, 1864; must. out June 30, 1865. Wm. Aymot, must. out June 30, 1865.
Wm. H. Cook, must. out June 30, 1865. Louis Centre, must. out June 30, 1865. George Merk, must. out June 20, 1865. Adin McCue, must. out July 22, 1865.
Chelson McCormick, must. out June 30, 1865.
Eugene Nickerson, must. ont June 30, 1865.
Wm. Patterson, must. out July 22, 1865.
Company D.
Ira Wetherby, must. out June 30, 1865.
Company E.
G. H. Patullo, must. out June 30, 1865.
Company F.
Albertus W. Brown, must. out June 30, 1865.
Company H.
1st Lient. Ansel J. Kane, Richland; must. out June 30, 1865. 2d Lient. John N. Ferris, Kalamazoo ; must. out June 30, 1865.
Sergt. Myron Evarts, Kalamazoo ; enl. Dec. 20, 1864 ; must. out June 30, 1865.
Sergt. George H. Knowles, Ross ; enl. Dec. 21, 1864; must. out June 30, 1865. Corp. Francis Downey, Jr., Kalamazoo ; enl. Dec. 19, 1864; must. out June 30, 1865.
Corp. Webster Parker, Kalamazoo; enl. Dec. 13, 1864; must. out June 30, 1865. Geo. Armstrong, must. ont June 30, 1865.
Harmon Bixby, must. out June 30, 1865.
Michael F. Blemey, must. out June 30, 1865.
Elmer K. Bennett, must. out June 30, 1865.
Geo. W. Downey, must. ont June 30, 1865.
Marshall H. Ferguson, must. out June 30, 1865.
Philip M. Graham, must. out June 30, 1865.
Chas. Luttenton, must. ont June 30, 1865.
Jeremiah McClough, must. out June 30, 1865.
James McKinney, must. out June 30, 1865.
Albert L. Pond, must. out June 30, 1865.
Mortimer L. Pond, died of disease at Detroit, Jan. 16, 1865.
Wm. Robinson, must. ont June 30, 1865. Benjamin Roe, must. out June 30, 1865.
Henry D. Shaffer, must. ont June 30, 1865.
Leonard Sawyer, must. ont June 30, 1865.
John Ullum, must. out June 30, 1865.
Moses W. Wright, must. out June 30, 1865.
Company K.
Sergt. Jewett G. Leonard, Kalamazoo; enl. Dec. 17, 1864; must. out June 30, 1865.
Corp. Wm. H. Smith, Kalamazoo; enl. Dec. 17, 1864; must. out June 30, 1865. John Dowlan, must. out June 30, 1865.
Henry Hutchins, must. ont June 30, 1865.
Enoch T. Holiday, must. ont June 30, 1865.
James P. Hughes, mnst. ont June 30, 1865.
Warren M. Hundy, must. out June 30, 1865.
John G. Hathaway, died of disease at Jackson, Mich., May 30, 1865.
Wm. Ingersoll, must. ont June 30, 1865.
Seabnry Leonard, must. out June 30, 1865.
Wm. Moffatt, must. ont June 30, 1865.
Frank Nichols, must. ont June 30, 1865.
Charles D. Paddock, must. out June 30, 1865.
Edward Spencer, must. out June 30, 1865.
George Spencer, must. out June 30, 1865.
FIRST MICHIGAN SHARPSHOOTERS.
Company C.
Rollin O. Brownell, disch. for disability, July 2, 1863.
David Blanchard, missing in action near Petersburg, Va.
Wm. Cady, must. out May 24, 1865.
Eugene T. Hall, must. out June 27, 1865.
Thos. D. Hatch, must. ont June 6, 1865.
Augustus Herthwick, must. out July 28, 1865.
Aaron Knight, must. out July 28, 1865.
Oscar McKeel, must out May 12, 1865.
John W. Parks, must. out July 28, 1865.
Ichabod E. Skinner, must. out July 28, 1865.
Thos. B. Tallady, must. out July 28, 1865.
Company D.
Luther D. Root, must. ont July 28, 1865.
Thos. C. Wright, died in action at Spottsylvania, May 9, 1864.
Company E.
Wm. Petrie, missing in action near Petersburg, June 17, 1864. Henry Runkle. disch. for disability, Nov. 27, 1864.
Company F.
Benj. Freeman, died in Andersonville prison, Oct. 26, 1864.
Company I.
Chester Cobb, must. out July 28, 1865.
FIRST REGIMENT UNITED STATES SHARPSHOOTERS.
Company C.
1st Lient. Floyd A. Willett, Kalamazoo; enl. Aug. 21, 1861; app. regt. adj. ; pro. to major.
Corp. Henry L. Parker, Kalamazoo; enl. Aug. 21, 1861; missing in action, June 30, 1862.
Joseph Keene, disch. for disability, Jan. 20, 1862.
John Schoonover, died of disease, June 16, 1862.
Eugene M. Taber, disch. at end of service, Aug. 31, 1864.
ONE HUNDRED AND SECOND U. S. COLORED TROOPS. Company A.
Corp. George McGary, Kalamazoo; enl. Oct. 8, 1863; sergeant; must. out Sept. 30, 1865. Aaron Burnett, must. out Sept. 30, 1865.
206
HISTORY OF KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MICHIGAN.
Daniel Bolden, disch. for disability, May 17, 1864. Reuben Beverly, must. out Sept. 30, 1865. John Lett, must. out Sept 30, 1865. Stephen White, must. out Sept. 30, 1865. 1
Company B.
Sergt. John Hull, Oslitemo; disch. for disability, Oct. 20, 1864. Corp. Michael Wesley, Texas; must. out Sept. 30, 1865. Allen Grayton, died of disease at Annapolis, April 24, 1864. Nicholas Grayton, must. out Sept. 30, 1865. Charles R. Lett, must. out Sept. 30, 1865. Charles Simmons, must. out Sept. 30, 1865. John Wallace, must. out Sept. 30, 1865. Jesse Wells, must. out Sept. 30, 1865. Green West, must. out Sept. 30, 1865.
Company C.
John H. Bass, must. out Sept. 30, 1865. George E. Bennett, must. out Sept. 30, 1865. George W. Bass, disch. for disability. John Hull, disch. for disability, Oct. 20, 1864. Mark Hill, must. out Sept. 30, 1865. Smith L. Lockridge, must. out Sept. 30, 1865. Alexander Morgan, must. out Sept. 30, 1865. Alexander Mills, must. out Sept. 30, 1865. William E. Murfey, must. out Sept. 30, 1865. Noah Perdue, died of disease at Beaufort, S. C., May 4, 1864. Archie Turner, died of disease at Beaufort, S. C., June 6, 1864. William Tucker, must. out Sept. 30, 1865.
Company D.
Sergt. Foster H. Maxwell, Cooper; enl. Nov. 14, 1863; must. out Oct. 28, 1865. John H. Fisher, must. out Sept. 30, 1865. Henry King, must. out Sept. 30, 1865. Alfred Nicholson, must. out Sept. 30, 1865. Jonathan Nicholson, must. out Sept. 30, 1865. Milton Nicholson, must. out Sept. 30, 1865.
Company E.
Martin L. Guy, died of disease at Branfort, June 6, 1864. Spencer Hedges, disch. for disability, May 29, 1865. William Milliken, minst. out Sept. 30, 1865. Eli Newsome, must. out Sept. 30, 1865. Bryant W. Roberts, must. out Sept. 30, 1865.
Company F.
John Carey, must. out Sept. 30, 1865. Charles Robinson, must. out Sept. 30, 1865. Beverly Stewart, must. ont Sept. 30, 1865. Henry Smith, must. out Sept. 30, 1865. Robert Scott, must. out Sept. 30, 1865.
Company G.
Edward L. Bennett, must. out Sept. 30, 1865. Andrew Claiborne, must. out Sept. 30, 1865.
Company H.
Joseph Lett, must. out Sept. 30, 1865. Preston Scott, must. out Sept. 30, 1865. Albert Sand, must. out Sept. 30, 1865. Albert Scisio, must. out Sept. 30, 1865. George Thornton, must. out Sept. 30, 1865. James W. Wilson, must. out Oct. 28, 1865.
Company I.
Sergt. Clarkson S. Hance, Cooper; enl. Nov. 18, 1863 ; must. out Sept. 30, 1865. Warren Brown, must. out Sept. 30, 1865.
Company K.
Corp. Thomas Woodford, Ross ; enl. Jan. 29, 1864; must. out Sept. 30, 1865. William J. Beverly, disch. for disability, July 12, 1864. Lovet Hammond, must. out Sept. 30, 1865. Orrin Wilson, must. out Sept. 30, 1865.
COMPANY H, FORTY-FOURTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY.
This company, which probably saw the hardest and most disastrous service of any which left the State during the rebellion, was mostly from Kalamazoo County. A number of its men were from Barry County.
It was mustered, with the 44th Illinois Infantry, at Chi- cago, on the 13th of September, 1861. This regiment was made up of seven companies from various portions of Illi- nois, two from Michigan, and one from Toledo, Ohio. It was partly composed of Germans, and its first commander was Col. Knoblesdorf, who continued with it until 1862,
when he left it at Rienzi, Miss., and Col. William Wallace Barrett, a Michigan man, succeeded to the command, and continued until the close of the Atlanta campaign, when Lieut .- Col. John Russell, familiarly known as "Lord John," took command. Col. Russell had been a soldier in the British army during the Carlist war in Spain, under Sir De Lacey Evans.
On the 14th of September the regiment proceeded to St. Louis, where it remained a week, and then joined the army of Gen. Fremont, at Sedalia, Mo. It was engaged in the pursuit of the rebel Gen. Price, and was at the battle of Pea Ridge, Ark., in the spring of 1862. It formed part of the support of Gen. Sigel's famous artillery line on the last day of the battle. Its losses were light,-only two or three men. It subsequently marched to Batesville, Ark., and thence to Cape Girardeau, Mo., making the whole distance, two hundred and fifty miles, in ten days.
From the latter point it was sent to Hamburg Landing, on the Tennessee River, by steamer, and thence marched to Corinth, Miss., arriving a few days before the evacuation of that place by Gen. Beauregard's army. A part of Com- pany H was left behind, at Forsyth, Mo., when the regiment moved to Mississippi, which rejoined the regiment at Rienzi, Miss. Among these were Henry T. Smith and a number of others, on the sick-list.
The regiment was in the bloody battle of Perryville, Ky., Oct. 8, 1862, and subsequently moved to Nashville, Tenn. It was with Rosecrans' army in the advance upon Tulla- homa and Stone River, and was in Sheridan's division at the battle of Stone River during the last days of 1862 and the first of 1863. It lost in that terrible series of engage- ments one hundred and ninety-six men out of three hun- dred and seventy-five who went into action. Company H lost two men killed, and some eight or ten wounded and taken prisoners, among whom were Lieut. J. S. Ransom, and Sergts. Henry T. Smith and William J. Fickling. The prisoners were taken to Montgomery, Ala., and soon after to Libby prison, Richmond, Va., but were exchanged in the course of about a month. They rejoined the com- pany and regiment at Murfreesboro', Tenn., in May.
In the subsequent advance upon Bragg at Chattanooga the 44th did considerable skirmishing, and when Rosecrans' army was so furiously attacked on the Chickamauga Creek, on the 19th of September following, it had its full share of the labors and losses of that memorable field, its total losses, out of about two hundred and forty men engaged, reaching one hundred and ten men, or about forty-five per cent. The losses in Company H were William H. Chase killed, and Lieut. Cooley and several enlisted men wounded.
It fell back with the army to Chattanooga, being then in the old 20th Army Corps, which was subsequently consoli- dated with the 21st, and made the 4th Corps. When the Cumberland army, reinforced by the old 11th and 12th Corps of the Potomac army (afterwards consolidated as the new 20th Corps under Gen. Joe Hooker), and by Sher- man's (15th) Corps from the lower Mississippi, took the offensive under Gen. Grant and tumbled Bragg's rebel army from the heights of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, the 44th bore a conspicuous part, as a portion of Sheridan's division, in storming the ridge on November 25th.
207
MILITARY.
From this time until the gathering of Sherman's magnifi- cent army, in the spring of 1864, for the decisive campaign of Atlanta, the regiment remained with the Cumberland army, under Gen. George H. Thomas, encamped in the vicinity of Chattanooga.
When Sherman began his movement in May, 1864, the 44th was in front of Rocky-faced Ridge, before Dalton, behind which lay Gen. Joseph E. Johnston and a numerous and well-equipped rebel army. The regiment participated in the actions at Rocky Face, Resaca, and had a most des- perate battle, unsupported, with Gen. Pat. Cleburne's fighting division of the rebel army and a body of cavalry, at Adairsville, Ga., below Resaca. In this affair, in which it won much honor, it lost thirty-six men killed and wounded, and expended eighty rounds per man upon the ranks of the enemy. Its losses here were about the heavi- est of any in a single engagement during the campaign.
It was also engaged at Dallas, and in the desperate as- sault on Kenesaw Mountain, June 27th, in which it lost from thirty to forty men. At Peach-tree Creek, in front of Atlanta, July 20th, it bore a conspicuous part in the heaviest of the fighting.
During the investment of Atlanta, from July 20th to August 27th, it was not seriously engaged, but in the affair at Jonesville, during the flanking movement of Sherman's army around Atlanta, on the 1st of September, it saw seri- ous work.
Sergt. Henry T. Smith, of Company H, was a second time very severely wounded by a shot through the lungs, which troubles him more or less to this day. Only one other man of the company was hurt.
In Gen. Thomas' famous battles at Franklin and Nash- ville, in November and December, 1864, it was again en- gaged, and did its duty nobly, losing a number of men.
It was sent to Texas, under Gen. Sheridan, when the probability of a collision with the French army in Mexico seemed approaching certainty ; but when the hasty evacu- ation of that country by the foreign armies made interfer- ence on the part of the United States unnecessary, most of the regiments in Texas were mustered out and sent home, and among them the 44th Illinois, which had made a most honorable record wherever it had seen service.
The casualties in Company H were remarkable. Out of about forty-five men who belonged in Kalamazoo County, two were killed, ten wounded, fifteen died in the service or of disease contracted therein, and as many as eight or ten were discharged for disability ; the last item, however, includes a few who were wounded.
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
Besides the commands of which we have given a brief history, Kalamazoo County was represented in the following organizations: 1st Michigan Infantry, by about twenty-five men ; 7th Michigan Infantry, forty men; 8th Michigan Infantry, fifteen men ; 11th Michigan Infantry, fifty men; 17th Michigan Infantry, seventy-five men ; 24th Michigan Infantry, twenty men ; 28th Michigan Infantry, forty men ; 30th Michigan Infantry, fifty men; 1st Michigan Sharp- shooters, twenty men ; First United States Sharpshooters, a number of men ; 102d Colored Infantry, sixty men; 66th
Illinois Infantry, eight men ; 7th Iowa Infantry, one man ; 70th New York Infantry, thirteen men.
It is quite likely that there were men from the county in many other organizations. These are shown by the adjutant-general's reports, and are the best evidence we have been able to find.
The attempt is made in these reports to show the name of every man who served in the army, during the Rebellion, from Michigan, but absolute accuracy is impossible. Our rolls are copied from the State reports, and show, as nearly as possible, the complete list of those serving from Kala- mazoo County.
FORTY-FOURTH REGIMENT ILLINOIS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. Company H.
Capt. James H. Barrett, Kalamazoo; com. Aug. 14, 1861 ; honorably disch. July 25, 1862.
Capt. Charles T. Dake, Kalamazoo; com. June 7, 1862; 1st lieut. Ang. 14, 1861. Capt. Henry T. Smith, Kalamazoo; com. Aug. 29, 1865; Ist lieut. May 31, 1865; must. out Sept. 25, 1865; twice severely wounded.
1st Lieut. James S. Ransom,$ Kalamazoo; com. Oct. 31, 1864; 2d lieut. Aug. 14, 1861; adj. June 7, 1862; capt. Co. D, March 5, 1863; wounded at Stone River.
1st Lient. William F. Jickling, Kalamazoo; com. Sept. 21, 1865; 2d lieut. and sergt .; must. out Sept. 25, 1865; wounded at Stone River.
Sergt. Addison HI. Stafford, Kalamazoo; enl. Aug. 1, 1861 ; died at Rienzi, Miss., July 13, 1862.
Sergt. William F. Jickling, Kalamazoo; enl. Aug. 1, 1861; veteran, Jan. 1, 1864 ; pro. to 2d lieut.
Sergt. Frank Corbyn, Kalamazoo; never must. with company ; enl. in 3d Mich. Cav .; pro. to 2d lient .; died of wounds in Mississippi.
Sergt. Arba Schoolmaker, wounded; disch. for disability.
Corp. Jeremiah Filkins, Galesburg; enl. Ang. 1, 1861; died in the service.
Corp. Alonzo L. Evers, Ross; enl. Aug. 1, 1861; pro. to sergt .; wounded at Stone River ; discharged.
Corp. Henry Mott, Kalamazoo; enl. Ang. 1, 1861; disch. for disability.
Corp. Cornelius Quick, Portage ; enl. Aug. 1, 1861 ; disch. on account of wounds.
Corp. Orson D. Ramsdell, Climax ; enl. Ang. 1, 1861; disch. on account of wounds.
Musician George Beebe, Kalamazoo; enl. Aug. 1, 1861; disch. from hospital ; under age.
Wagoner Jacob Hunt, Climax ; enl. Aug. 1, 1861; must. out.
Abram W. Beebe, Ross ; enl. Aug. 1, 1861 ; disch. from hospital.
Oliver B. Brigham, Cooper; enl. Aug. 1, 1861; died in service.
Theodore Bushman, Texas; enl. Ang. 1, 1861 ; must. ont.
Geo. Bowman, Kalamazoo; enl. Aug. 1, 1861 ; died in service in February, 1864. Isaac Babcock, Kalamazoo; enl. Sept. 1, 1861 ; died in service. Myron C. Capell, Kalamazoo; enl. Aug. 1, 1861; died in service.
Albert Corey, Galesburg ; enl. Aug. 1, 1861; killed at Stone River. William H. Chase, Pavilion : enl. Aug. 1, 1861 ; killed at Chickamauga. Edwin Conkwright, Prairie Ronde; enl. Aug. 1, 1861 ; died in service. William Coates, Prairie Ronde; enl. Aug. 1, 1861 ; died in service. Eli Eily, Pavilion ; enl. Aug. 1, 1861 ; must. out.
Sidney S. Fletcher, Kalamazoo; enl. Aug. 1, 1861; must. out.
Benjamin F. Filkins, Galesburg; enl. Ang. 1, 1861; died in service.
John Galligan, Galesburg ; enl. Aug. 1, 1861 ; disch. for disability.
Daniel Gould, Wakeshina; enl. Aug. 1, 1861; wounded severely at Nashville; discharged.
William Haggett, Kalamazoo; enl. Sept. 1, 1861 ; died in hospital at Cincinnati. Abram Loring, Kalamazoo; enl. Sept. 1, 1861 ; wounded severely at Nashville ; discharged.
Edward Jelly, Kalamazoo; disch. for disability.
Gideon Matteson, Pavilion; enl. Ang. 1, 1861 ; disch. for disability.
Lewis Merrill, Galesburg ; enl. Aug. 1, 1861; severely wounded at Adairsville, Ga .; discharged.
Patrick O'Maley, Kalamazoo; enl. Ang. 1, 1861; died in service.
Ralph Overacker, Oshtemo; enl. Sept. 1, 1861; died in service.
Warren Pratt, Kalamazoo; enl. Aug. 1, 1861; must. out.
James B. Quick, Portage; enl. Aug. 1, 1861 ; died in service.
James Spicer, Galesburg; enl. Aug. 1, 1861; died of disease from exposure at Andersonville, Ga.
Joseph Tripp, Cooper; enl. Aug. 1, 1861; disch. for disability.
Frank Thayer, Richland ; enl. Aug. 1, 1861.
Rufus D. Thayer, Richland ; enl. Aug. 1, 1861; died in service.
George H. Watkins, Kalamazoo ; enl. Ang. 1, 1861 ; died in service. Thomas Travis, taken prisoner at Chickamauga.
# Lieut. James S. Ransom was for some time on the general's staff as provost-marshal of the division in the field, and when Gen. New- ton went to Florida the lieutenant accompanied him as assistant- adjutant-general.
208
HISTORY OF KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MICHIGAN.
SIXTY-SIXTH REGIMENT ILLINOIS VOLUNTEERS (OR WESTERN SHARPSHOOTERS).
Company D.
Robert J. Williamson, enl. Sept. 20, 1861 ; wounded at Dallas, Ga., May 29, 1864; pro. to Ist lieut. ; resigned on account of wounds, Jan. 16, 1865.
William S. Burdick, must. out July 7, 1865.
Rinaldo S. Howard, must. out July 7, 1865.
Orrin Jones, must. out July 7, 1865.
David Piersall, must. out July 7, 1865.
Henry Peer, disch. for disability, July 13, 1862.
Joseph J. Robinson, died of disease at Pulaski, Tenn., April 12, 1864.
Simeon W. Whipple, must. out July 7, 1865.
SEVENTH REGIMENT IOWA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. Company H.
Josiah B. Jacobs, Portage; enl. Jan. 1, 1864; veteran ; must. out July 12, 1865.
SEVENTIETH REGIMENT NEW YORK VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. Company C.
1st Lieut. Morris J. Foot, Schoolcraft; sergt. May 20, 1861; pro. to capt. Co. B, Dec. 27, 1862.
Corp. Henry Beals, Schoolcraft; enl. May 20, 1861 ; killed at Williamsburg, Va., May 5, 1862.
George W. Beals, Schoolcraft; enl. May 20, 1861; disch. for disability, March 15, 1862.
Aaron Burson, Schoolcraft ; enl. May 20, 1861.
James M. Burson, Schoolcraft; enl. May 20, 1861.
Emery Chapman, Schoolcraft; enl. May 20, 1861 ; disch. for disability, Jan. 28, '63. Alvah Edmonds, Schoolcraft; eul. May 20, 1861 ; disch. to enlist in regular army, Oct. 28, 1862.
Frank Johnson, Schoolcraft; enl. May 20, 1861.
Robt. Mckinstry, Schoolcraft; enl. May 20, 1861; disch., wounded, June 25, '62. Orrin C. Knapp, Schoolcraft; enl. May 20, 1861; killed at Williamsburg, Va. Saml. Garver, Schoolcraft; enl. May 20, 1861 ; disch. to enlist in regular army. Moses Maybee, Schoolcraft; enl. May 20, 1861.
James McMann, Schoolcraft ; enl. May 20, 1861 ; killed at Williamsburg, Va.
HISTORY
OF THE
VILLAGES AND TOWNSHIPS OF KALAMAZOO COUNTY.
VILLAGE OF KALAMAZOO.
THE village of Kalamazoo is beautifully situated at the great bend of the Kalamazoo River, about fifty miles from its mouth. The immediate site is a burr oak plain, nearly level, and elevated sufficiently above the river-bed to give excellent drainage and furnish good basements and cellars. The soil of the plain is a dark, sandy loam, mixed with vegetable mould, resting upon a substratum of coarse gravel, in which is found an inexhaustible supply of most excellent water. The valley of the Kalamazoo is sunk below the general level of the country, at this point, about one hun- dred feet, the surface rising quite abruptly into picturesque bluffs, which spread away into the general level in all direc- tions. The higher plateau is cut down in the immediate vicinity of the village by two small streams, known as Por- tage and Arcadia Creeks; the former taking its rise in the townships of Portage and Texas, in which it drains several small lakes, and the last named rising in the western part of the corporation. Near the northern line of the village two small streams, one on either side of the river, unite with the Kalamazoo.
Portage Creek is a steady and comparatively rapid stream, affording considerable water-power within and beyond the corporation limits. The Kalamazoo River has about a mile and a half of its channel in the village, and furnishes good power. The bottom land's, proper, of the river and Portage Creek occupy a level considerably below the plain upon
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.