USA > Michigan > Kent County > History of Kent County, Michigan, together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history, portraits of prominent persons, and biographies of representative citizens > Part 36
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
THE THIRTEENTH INFANTRY
went to the seat of war, from the camp at Kalamazoo, Feb. 12, 1862, with a force of 925 men and officers. It participated in the battle of Pittsburg Landing, and served until the evacuation of Corinth, when it took a prominent part in the pursuit of Bragg's
1
Eng? byHBHall & Sons.13Barclay St. N.Y
367
HISTORY OF KENT COUNTY.
rebel forces. Of the number who went forth to battle 71 died of disease, six were wounded, and 10 were made prisoners. No less than 56 deserters were reported during the year. Nov. 10, 1862, this regiment marched from Silver Springs, Tenn., and formed part of the forces that drove the enemy from Lebanon. Proceeding to Nashville it was then engaged in guarding forage trains and on picket duty from Nov. 25 to Dec. 26, when it marched with the army under Gen. Rosecrans on Murfreesboro. It was deployed as skirmishers, on the 29th, in the advance and suffered some loss. It participated in the bloody engagement at Stone river, Dec. 30 and 31, and Jan. 1 to 3, the regiment going into action with 224 men losing out of this number 25 killed or died of wounds, 62 wounded and eight missing. Dec. 31 it recaptured, by a bayonet charge, two guns which had fallen into the hands of the enemy. After the occupation of Murfreesboro the regiment was engaged in building fortifications at that place and scouting until June 24, when it advanced with the army on Tullahoma, and after the evacuation of that place by the enemy under Braggs, followed in pursuit as far as Pelham, at the base of the Cumberland Mount- ains, whence it returned to Hillsboro, Tenn., and went into camp at that place. It left Hillsboro on the 16th of August, when the army advanced into Georgia. On the 20th the regiment, with its division, arrived in the valley of the Sequacheo, after a march of 60 miles over the Cumberland Mountains. Two days had been oc- cupied in reaching the summit of the mountains, which here rise to the height of 3,000 feet, the road being so steep and difficult that the guns, baggage and ammunition trains had to be hauled up by hand. The division having crossed the Tennessee at Shell Mound, moved on Chattanooga, and on the morning of the Sth of Septem- ber that town was taken, the 13th being among the first to enter the city. It participated in the engagements of Sept. 19 and 20 at Chickamauga, where, going into action with 217 officers and men, it lost in killed 14, wounded 68 ( of whom 11 died ) and 25 miss- ing-total loss 107. During the month of October the regiment was on duty in the trenches before Chattanooga.
During the year 1863, 118 deaths occurred among the men.
During the year 1864 the regiment served with the Army of the Cumberland, losing in battle two, and by disease 38 men.
The command entered its closing campaign Jan. 17, 1865, when it moved into Carolina, and took part in the affairs of Catawba river, Feb. 9; Averysboro and Bentonville, March 16 to 19. £ At the latter place it lost 110 men killed, wounded and missing. It was mustered out at Louisville, Ky., July 25, and received its dis- charge at Jackson, July 27.
Officers.
Silas E. Yerkes, Lowell, 2d Lient., Oct. 3, 1861; 1st Lieut., May 15, 1862; Captain, Feb. 26, 1863; Brev. Maj., U. S. Vol., March 13, 1865; Major, May 12, 1865; was discharged as Cant
22
368
HISTORY OF KENT COUNTY.
May 15, 1865. He was wounded at Chickamauga, Tenn., Sept. 10, 1863.
Hiram Terry, Cannonsburg, Sergeant Co. C, Nov. 7, 1861; gazetted 2d Lieut., Aug. 18, 1862; resigned Jan. 2, 1863.
Discharged Men.
Bartlett, Orren M.
Dockeray, Joseph A.
Robinson, Francis E.
Bennett, Edward L.
Eaton, Miles B.
Stillwell, Ira
Bissold Arnold L.
Fox, George W.
Thompson, Henry H.
Burgess, Maynard
Hanna, Kennedy
Tower, Geo. W.
Bush, Horatio N.
Hanna, William
Tower, Isaac C.
Cheetham William
Holmes, Leonidas
Tucker, Henry
Chirquin, Richard J.
Kenyon, Crandall A.
Tuttle, Asa O.
Church, Cephas
Kromer, Augustus
Unger, William
Church, Geo. W.
Landice, Eli
Wells, Richard L.
Clark, William H.
Larkin, Enos R.
Wickom, John D.
Coles, Shepherd B.
Martin, Abner P.
Wilson, Calvin B.
Crissey, Irwin W.
Mozier, Charles H.
Winger, Samuel
Curtis, Charles F.
Randall, Edmund S.
Wolfe, William J.
Cutler, Clark J.
Rexford. Benjamin
Woolley, Arnold A.
Cook, James
Rich, Peter
Dillenback, George W.
Roberts, James H.
THE FOURTEENTH INFANTRY
left Ypsilanti for Pittsburg Landing, April 17, 1862, and there was attached to Gen. Pope's division.
The record of this command from Farmington, Miss., May 9, 1862, to Bentonville, N. C., March 20, 1865, was excedtionally brilliant. The regiment was mustered out at Louisville, Ky., July 18, and disbanded at Jackson, Mich., July 29, 1865.
Officers.
Robert P. Sinclair, Grand Rapids, commissioned Colonel, Sept. 23, 1861; resigned Nov. 10, 1862.
Alfred Pew, Grand Rapids, Sergeant Co. B, June 10, 1861; was commissioned 2d Lieut., May 21, 1862; 1st Lieut., Oct. 20, 1862; Captain, Nov. 1, 1863, and served until the muster out of the com- mand, June 20, 1864.
Edward S. Nixon, Grand Rapids, commissioned Captain, Nov. 18, 1861; was mustered out Jan. 17, 1865.
Arthur E. Magill, Grand Rapids, commissioned 1st Lieut. Nov. 18, 1861, was promoted to a Captaincy June 4, 1863, and resigned July 14, 1864.
Thomas Frawley, Grand Rapids, Sergeant Co. B, Sept. 19, 1861; was commissioned 2d Lieut. July, 10, 1864; Captain, Jan. 17, 1865, and served until muster out July 18 of that year. He was severely wounded at Bentonville, N. C., March 19, 1865, yet was present at the muster out of the command four months later.
Patrick Walsh, Grand Rapids, commissioned 1st Lieut. Nov. 18, 1861, and Captain, March 25, 1863; served with distinction through- out the war, and was mustered out Feb. 10, 1865.
369
HISTORY OF KENT COUNTY.
Alexander P. Sinclair, Grand Rapids, Commissary Sergeant, Jan. 24, 1862; was commissioned 2d Lieut., June 21, 1862; 1st Lieut., May 23, 1863, which latter position he held until muster out, Feb. 13, 1865.
Patrick Kelly, Grand Rapids, Sergeant Co. C, Sept. 23, 1861; was commissioned 2d Lieut., March 25, 1863; 1st Lieut., Aug. 8, 1863; Captain, March 14, 1865, and was mustered out as 1st Lieut. April 11, 1865.
Calvin C. Porter, Grand Rapids, was commissioned 2d Lieut. Nov. 18, 1861, and resigned Oct. 16, 1862.
William Pheely, Grand Rapids, entered service as Sergeant Co. B, Sept. 30, 1861; was commissioned 2d Lieut. Oct. 26, 1864, serv- ing to July 31, 1865, when he resigned.
Edward Barry, Grand Rapids, mustered into service as Sergeant Co. F, Sept. 19, 1861; was promoted 2d Lieut. July 7, 1865, and mustered out with the regiment, July 18, 1865.
Discharged Men.
Adams, James
Gilmore, Henry
Morman, Sebastian
Albertson, Richard
Glopper, Cornelius
Mosher, George
Annis, Alexander C.
Gorman, Joseph
Mullany, Patrick
Bessey, James
Greg, Thomas
Murphy, Michael
Blain, Joseph R.
Gregor, Yacob Nobles, Charles
Blumrich, Richard A.
Hall, Edmond
O'Donnell, John O'Shea, Daniel
Brearley, Amos
Harlem, Hendrick
Otterbacher, John
Briggs, Simeon L.
Haymaker, Isaac
Pheily, William
Bromley, E.
Haynes, Reuben F.
Plum, Elcanah
Brown, James
Heenan, Denis
Quinn, Christopher
Butler, William
Hefferon, James
Raymond, Albert
Carleton, William T.
Horton, Jesse M.
Rose, Henry Rounds, Henry C.
Carmichael, Neil Carolen, Edward
Ingraham, Aaron
Salisbury, David Shields, John Shyer, Henry
Conlon, Patrick
Johnson, Salem
Snyder, Charles
Cook, Joseph N. Cooley, John N. Coon, Cyrus F.
Kinghan, Eugene
Squires, Jason R.
Copeland, Joseph
Labonta, Peter
Stringham, Wm. H.
Cranmer, John
Leffingwell, Henry H.
Suckers, Richard
Crofty, Sarchfield
Lockwood. John
Sumner, Samuel H.
Cuddihy, William Davis. James N.
Markham, Bradley
Thomas, Lewis D.
Denny, Stephen
Marshall, Joseph
Tiffany, Alvey
Donahoe, Thomas
Maxfield, Allen D.
Turner, George W.
Eby, Jacob Egan, Charles
McCormack, John
Wagner, Peter
Esfield, Homer
McGrath, Lewis
Webster, Charles B.
Ewrick, Leonard
McDonald, James
Whipple, John,
Fisher, Conrad
McDonnell, Michael
Whitney, Henry
Fitzpatrick, James
McInerney, James
McInerney John
Willson, Otis
Fitzpatrick, Jeremiah Flynn, Christopher Fogarty, Martin Fowler, Jesse
Meeker, Jacob
Winchester, Jas. J.
Frost, William D.
Megley, Delbert Monahan, Frank Monroe, Albert
Winters, David M.
Gahn, John
Gahan, Patrick M.
Morehouse, Philo
Whitney, Windous H.
McNamara, John
Wilson, William
Wounch, John
Cheeney, Zera V.
Jagna, Carles
Clough, Frank H.
Johnson, Joseph D.
Johnson, William
Spaulding, Andrew
Kelley, Patrick
Spencer, Almon
Lucas, Hiram
Thomas, Calvin
McCormack, John
Van Liewen, William H.
Ingell, Zadok
Brace. Calvin
Halsel, Elijah
370
HISTORY OF KENT COUNTY.
THE FIFTEENTH INFANTRY,
organized at Monroe, left for Pittsburg Landing, March 27, 1862, and arrived there April 5. Participating in the battles of the 6th and 7th of that month, it lost 32 killed, 64 wounded and 7 prison- ers. In repulsing the assault on Corinth, Oct. 10, 1862, the com -. mand lost 13 killed, 32 wounded and 5 prisoners.
From that point the regiment proceeded to Grand Junction, Nov. 19, to serve as garrison and provost guard. June 5, 1863, it was ordered to Vicksburg, Miss., with the 1st Division, 16th Corps, to which it had been attached since Jan. 1. Arriving at the mouth of the Yazoo, June 11, proceeded up the river and disem- barked at Haynes' Bluff. Having been attached temporarily to the 9th Corps, it participated with it in the advance on Jackson on the 4th of July. The Big Black river was crossed on the 6th (this regiment leading), on rafts and by swimming. On the 23d it began its march back to the Big Black. It was here attached to the 2d Brigade, 4th Division, 15th Army Corps. The 15th Corps having been ordered to reinforce the Army of the Cumberland, the regiment arrived at Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 8, and at Corinth, Miss., on the 17th. On the following day it proceeded to Iuka, where it remained until Oct. 25, and Nov. 1, it arrived at Florence, Ala.
During 1863 the regiment lost 38 men by death, and 18 who were made prisoners. This command, like the 14th Inf., re-enlisted as veterans, and returning from furlough, served with distinction under Sherman throughout the Georgia campaign. It lost 18 killed, 18 died of disease, and 79 wounded. In 1865 it served in the Carolina campaign, and was discharged at Detroit Sept. 1, 1865.
Rev. Thomas M. Brady, Grand Rapids, was commissioned Chap- lain of this regiment Jan. 1, 1862, mustered out Aug. 13, 1865, and died at St. Mary's hospital, Detroit, from cold and hardships entailed by the war.
Discharged Men.
Adams, Frank
Dawley, John
Saddler, Nathan P.
Barry, Henry
Derby, Lafayette
Shimons, William
Barrett, Smith
Ferguson, Andrew Slayton, George
Burch, Hvman Henry, Thomas
Smith, Daniel P.
Cloman, Stephen
Mosher, Hartley H.
Stanley, Sylvester
Collins, John
Reede. Samuel
Walker, Spence
Cooper, Edward
Rose. Elmer
Walsh, Edward
Darling, John
Rounds, Manly
Welton, Mortimer G.
THE SIXTEENTH REGIMENT,
or Stockton's Independent Regiment, was mustered into service Sept. 16, 1861; served in 51 general engagements, from the siege of Yorktown, April 4, 1862, to Petersburg, Va., April 3, 1865, and was discharged at Jackson, July 25, 1865.
371
HISTORY OF KENT COUNTY.
James J. Nellis, Grand Rapids, Sergeant Co. I of this regiment, Sept. 30, 1861; was commissioned 1st Lieut. Aug. 3, 1864; Captain, July 7, 1865, and mustered out July 8, 1865.
Discharged Men.
Almy, David O.
Foster, Charles
Loren, Sebastian
Andrews, William B.
Foster, Charles
Lucas, Alfred
Bailey, Virgil A.
Gattis, Hiram
Mack, Patrick
Bougart, Ralph
Gillfilling, Joseph
Massy, Henry R.
Brackett, Robert
Gillott, George H.
Meade, Lorenzo
Briggs, Silas M.
Grey, Benjamin
Miller, John
Burns, Michael
Haynes, Stephen
Moffitt, Lester C.
Buttrick, Charles
Hennesey, Cornelius
Mosher, George D.
Chapman, Lorenzo
Herman, William
Nichols, Charles A.
Chapman, William
Hestler, Christ
O'Brien, John
Cheyn, Robert
Hildreth, Alonzo
Plumb, Byron
Cheyn, James
Johnson, Joseph
Pranchard, George
Cole, Bradley
Kent, Albert
Robinson, William
Cooper, Solomon
Kerr, Malcomb
Small, William
Davidson, James
King, Thomas
Stocking, Merritt D.
De Kraker, Louis
Kline, John W.
Teeple, Albert
Dexter, James L.
Lobdel, Leroy
Teeple, Seneca
Ellison, Benjamin W.
Long, John R.
Totten, Joseph G.
Evans, M. B.
Love, George A.
Wade, John
THE SEVENTEENTH MICHIGAN INFANTRY
was the first regiment to respond to Lincoln's call to arms in 1862. Under Col. Withington, it left for the field Aug. 27, 1862, took part in the memorable affair at South Mountain, Sept. 14, and sub- sequently in 29 general engagements, closing a splendid record before Petersburg, April, 1865. This command was mustered out at Tannallytown, June 4, 1865, and disbanded at Detroit, June 7, following.
William Bettinghouse, Grand Rapids, was commissioned Assist- ant Surgeon for this regiment June 22, 1862; Surgeon, Oct. 14, 1862, and mustered out with the command June 22, 1865. .
THE TWENTY-FIRST INFANTRY
left Ionia Sept. 12, 1862, for Cincinnati, under Col. A. A. Stevens. The muster roll contained 1,008 names of men and officers, and the entire force participated in the affair at Perryville, Oct. 8, 1862, in which it lost one killed, 23 wounded and three prisoners.
This regiment arrived at Nashville, Nov. 10, 1862, and remained at that place until the general advance of Gen. Rosecrans' Army on Murfreesboro. The Twenty-first left Nashville Dec. 26, with the army, and participated in the five days' battle at Stone river. It sustained a loss in this engagement of 17 killed, 85 wounded, and 37 missing-a total of 139. The regiment remained at Mur- freesboro, employed on picket duty, and as guard for forage trains, until June 24, when it advanced with the army on Tullahoma. During July it was stationed at Cowan and Anderson Station, on
372
HISTORY OF KENT COUNTY.
the Nashville and Cumberland railroad. Subsequently it occupied Bridgeport, under Gen. Lyttle, who commanded the brigade to which the Twenty-first was attached. Sept. 2, tile regiment crossed the Tennessee, and advanced with the Corps of Maj .- Gen. McCook, to Trenton, Ga., from whence it crossed the mountains to Alpine, 30 miles from Rome, thence made a forced march toward Chattanooga, between the mountain ranges, and came into line of battle at Chickamauga, Sept. 19. The following day the regiment participated in the battle of Chickamauga, sustaining a loss of killed, 11; wounded, 58; missing, 35; prisoners, 3; total, 107. Of the missing, 21 were known to be wounded. Among the wounded and captured was the Colonel of the regiment, while the second in command was killed. After the battle the regiment moved into Chattanooga, and subsequently attached to the Engineer Brigade
. under Gen. Smith. During the year there died on the field 55 soldiers, and in the hospitals 166.
Until June 11, 1864, the command labored with the engineers near Chattanooga. Sept. 27 it resumed the duties attached to infantry, and served with Rosseau in pursuit of the rebel Gen. Forrest.
The 21st Inf. closed its service in North Carolina, March 19, 1865, and returning to Michigan, was disbanded at Detroit, June 22, 1865.
Officers.
Loomis K. Bishop, Cannonsburg, was commissioned 1st Lieut. July 30, 1862; Captain, Feb. 3, 1863; Lieut .- Col., Sept. 20, 1863, and Brev. Col. U. S. Vol., March 18, 1865. He was mustered out with the command June 8 following.
Arthur C. Prince, Grand Rapids, Sergeant Co. E, Aug. 12, 1861; 2d Lieut., Jan. 13, 1863; 1st Lieut., Jan. 31, 1863; Captain, to rank from Jan. 13, 1863; Brevet Major U. S. Vol., March 13, 1865. This last title was offered in remembrance of very efficient service rendered through the closing campaigns of the war.
Benton D. Fox, Lowell, was commissioned 1st Lieut. July 30, 1862; Captain, March 26, 1863, and Major, Oct. 20, 1863. He was wounded at Stone River, Dec. 31, 1862; made prisoner April 11, 1863; paroled during the following month, and in accordance with the terms of parole rejoined his command.
Seymour Chase, Cannonsburg, commissioned Captain July 30, 1862, and Major, Feb. 3, 1863; resigned Oct. 20, 1863.
Alfred B. Turner, commissioned Captain July 30, 1862; was wounded at Perryville, Ky., Oct. 8, 1862, and resigned Jan. 15, 1863.
Edgar W. Smith, Grand Rapids, commissioned 1st Lieut. July 30, 1862; Captain, Jan. 15, 1863; was wounded at Chickamauga, Tenn., Sept. 20, 1863, and died from the effects Oct. 16 following.
Rupert R. Robinson, Grand Rapids, was commissioned 2d Lieut.
373
.
HISTORY OF KENT COUNTY.
July 30, 1862; 1st Lieut., Feb. 3, 1863; Captain, Jan. 8, 1863, and served to June 8, 1865.
Charles W. Eaton, Grand Rapids, entered service Aug. 8, 1862, as Sergeant Major; promoted 2d Lieut. Jan. 31, 1863; 1st Lieut. with rank from Jan. 13, 1863, and Captain, Aug. 26, 1864. His service extended to muster out June 8, 1865.
James Cavenangh, Grand Rapids, was commissioned Captain July 30, 1861, but resigned March 26, 1863.
Charles E. Belknap, Cannonsburg, Sergeant Co. H. Aug. 14, 1862; was commissioned 2d Lieut. Feb. 3, 1863; 1st Lieut., Jan. 8, 1863; Captain, Jan. 22, 1864; served until the command was mustered out June 8, 1865.
Albert Barr, Grand Rapids, was commissioned 2d Lieut. July 30, 1862; wounded at Perryville, Ky., Oct. 8, 1862; promoted Captain Aug. 24, 1863, and mustered out June 8, 1865.
Benjamin D. Bright, Bowne, was mustered into service as Ser- geant Co. E, Aug. 11, 1862; commissioned 1st Lieut. Aug. 26, 1864, and mustered out with the command Jnne 8, 1865.
Robert Wilson, Grand Rapids, Sergeant-Major, July 28, 1862; 1st Lieut., Aug. 24, 1863; was wounded at Bentonville, N. C., March 19, 1865, and mustered out June 8, 1865.
Charles F. Sears, Courtland Center, Sergeant Co. H, Aug. 12, 1862; was commissioned 1st Lieut. Jan. 22, 1864, and mustered out June 8, 1865.
David B. Sage, Cannonsburg, entered Aug. 13, 1862, as Sergeant Co. H; commissioned 1st Lieut. Oct. 1, 1863; was mustered ont June 8, 1865.
Edward Dunham, Grand Rapids, commissioned 1st Lient. July 30, 1862; resigned Jan. 31, 1863.
Allen R. Foote, Grand Rapids, mustered into service with the 3d Mich. Inf. June 10, 1861. He was wounded May 21, 1862, and discharged for disability Dec. 23, 1862. He re-enlisted as a pri- vate in Co. B, 21st Mich. Inf., Jan. 2, 1864; was commissioned 2d Lieut. Jan. 26, and mustered out June 8, 1865.
Sandford W. Lyon, Grand Rapids, entered Aug. 9, 1862, as Ser- geant Co. B, and was commissioned 1st Lieut. Sept. 24, 1863. Ile was severely wounded in the battle of Bentonville, March 19, 1865, and was mustered out with the command June 8, 1865.
Edward Dunham, Grand Rapids, was commissioned 1st Lieut. July 30, 1862; resigned, Jan. 31, 1863.
Charles R. Perry, Lowell, commissioned Asst. Surgeon Aug. 26 1862; resigned Feb. 13, 1863.
Aldrich, De Witt Alconback, Daniel C. Aldrich, Hiram Alden, John S. Anderson, Thomas Barry, Edward Bailey, William L. Bailey, John L.
Discharged Men.
Bannister, Holton
Beach, William Beardsley, Wm. L. Bennett, Sherman O.
Brown, Joseph
Beed, Franklin
Blanchard, Walter D.
Brainard, Reuben
Blood, Oscar Blanchard, Charles
Blakeslee, Buel B.
Brackett, Albert Bradley, William
Brookes, Thomas
Bradford, Leonard J.
Brink, Loren
374
HISTORY OF KENT COUNTY.
Burgess, Cyrus M. Bulkley, Lewis Burroughs, Sanford Burroughs, Sanford Bullen, Francis W. Campbell. William L. Carleton, Robert Canfield, Lewis N. Carroll, Joseph Carpenter, Chauncy B. Carlton, Wm. T.
Jones, William H. Jones, Charles W.
Potter, Joseph C.
Potter, Benjamin F.
Randall, Milo G.
Kent, Albert
Reed, Thomas E.
Reed, Lyman H.
Reed, Gibson D.
Keser, Joseph
Richards, Francis
Robinson, Rufus
Robinson, Edgar C.
Robinson, Nathan C.
Cary, William
La Baige, William
Roys, John E.
Church, Lucius L.
La Barge, Benjamin
Rodgers, Charles M.
Chester, Elijah
Lampman, James
Rolf, Allen A.
Chamberlain, John H.
Chase, James S.
Christensen, John C.
Clark, Albert B.
Lovejoy, Benjamin F.
Cleveland, John
Lyon, William A.
Scranton, Albert H.
Clackman, Joseph H. Clark, Addison
Mapes, Jesse
Scott, Mellen J.
Clyne. Elias
Mapes, Thomas J.
Shaddock, Horton
Cooley, John N.
Marsh, Philetus S.
Shaw, John C.
Congdon, Warren H
Martin, James H.
Shepherd, Lawrence B.
Crakes, George S.
Morris, Joy T.
Shepherd, Warren
Crawford, Thomas
Mc Connell, John S.
Mc Donald, Andrew
Smith, Philip
Curtis, Charles H.
Mead, Edward
Smith, Walter
Davis, George W. Davis. Truman
Medler, Charles S.
Smith, Peter K.
Dawson, Herman
Mc Ewen. Patrick
Dean, Prouty J.
Mc Intyre, Fayette
Dennis, William H.
Mc Lane, David C.
Stephenson, George
Dennison, Marshall Deyo, Wm.
Mc Lane, David C
Stedman, Joseph
Douglass, Robert Dunevan, John G.
Mc Namara, James,
Edmonds, Benjamin
Fairchild, Eleazer
Mc Namara, Martin, Mills, Daniel W.
Morgan, Walter Mouton, James
Murphy, Michael
Newman, John W.
Thomas, John M.
Thomas, Wm. H.
Fuller, George
Newson, Wm. A.
Topping, Charles T. Vanstein, James
Gibson, Charles R.
Gibson, William
Nippress, Wm. H.
Wakeman, Clark W. Walling, Charles W.
Glann, John
Niven, Walter M. O'Brien, Thomas
Ohler, Adam
Palmer, Alex. A.
Hardy, Benjamin C.
Palmer, Waldo W.
Parker, Charles F. Porter, Sabine
Winegarden, Isaac B. Whipple, William W
Whipple, Alfred E.
Havens, Nathaniel Helsel, Joseph Hemmingway, Moses S. Hemingway, Gabriel Hoffman, Hugh Houghtalen, Francis Hunt, Willard Jazna, Nelson Jeffards, M. W.
Johnson, Horace
Johnson, William Johnson, Dwight Johnson, Ezra D.
Kent, Cryus
Kent, James
Kingsbury, Gaius
Kingin, Oliver
Kremer, Russell
La Parge, Stephen H.
Robbins, George
Lindson, William Lockwood, Stephen
Rous , Samuel
Sabien, James O.
Sawyer, Charles F.
Sayles, Alonzo
Schoffer, Theodore
Smith, Louis S.
Cranmer, Jolın .
Mead, Edward
Smith, Alva J.
Sneden, Herman W.
Starke, Myron Steketee, Peter
Steadman, D. Stebbins, Andrew J.
Stevens, Nathan B. Stiter, George Stow, Christopher Taylor, Edward L. Taylor, George E.
Fairchild, Horace Finney, James H. Fitch, Dwight Fox, Thomas Fuller, B. W.
Newson, Horace S.
Nichols, Henry C.
Gould, Nathaniel Hall, Oscar
Hall, Sylvanus C.
Washborn, James Webster, Hiram Welch, Andrew Wheeler, Joseph
Patterson, Addison L. Patterson, James M. Parrott, Clement Peck. Devastus Peakes, Samuel L. Perry, Martin Platter, George Palmer, Geo. F. Palmer, Mortimer L. Pile, John F. Plumb, John
Whitbeck, Benjamin Widdicomb, Henry Wilcox, Lewis E. Wileman, Frederick Wilson, Solomon Williams, George W. Wood, Pomeroy Zeizenfuss, David J.
Kelley, William H.
Loomis, Alvin C.
Mauker, Henry
Mc Lane, John H.
Mc Kinney, Wm. H.
375
HISTORY OF KENT COUNTY.
THE TWENTY-THIRD MICHIGAN INFANTRY.
This command entered its first battle-field at Paris, Ky., July 29, 1863; served subsequently on 24 well-contested fields, and closed an active, honorable career at Goldsboro, N. C., March 22, 1865. The 23d was mustered out at Salisbury, June 28, 1865, and returned to Detroit for discharge July 7, 1865.
Officers.
John Carland was commissioned Capt., Aug. 1,1862, and Major, Dec. 29, 1864; 2d Lieut., U. S. Army, March 7, 1867; 1st Lieut., Dec. 31, 1868, which rank he held at the beginning of 1881.
Benjamin F. Briscoe, Caledonia, commissioned 1st Lieut. Aug. 1, 1862; promoted to a Captaincy Feb. 24, 1864; was mustered out with the command Jan. 8, 1866.
James H. Anderson, Caledonia, was mustered in as Sergeant Co. H, Ang. 9, 1862; commissioned 2d Lieut. March 11, 1864 and 1st Lieut., Oct. 6, 1864; transferred to the 28th Mich. Inf., June 28, 1865, and was mustered out as 1st Lieut. Aug. 17, 1865.
THE TWENTY-FIFTH INFANTRY
was organized at Kalamazoo under Commandant of Camp, H. G. Wells, and left Sept. 29, 1862, under Col. Orlando Moore, for Louisville, Ky., with a muster of 896 men and officers.
June 10, 1863, five companies, under the commanding officer of the regiment proceeded to Lebanon, and thence marched to Green River bridge, near Columbia. On the 4th of July, these compa- nies, numbering in the aggregate 200 men, were attacked by a rebel division under Gen. John H. Morgan, who summoned them to surrender. The Colonel replied that " the 4th of July was not a proper day to entertain such a proposition," and the fight lasted three and a-half hours, when the rebels retired with a loss of over 50 killed, among whom were a colonel, two majors, five captains and six lieutenants), and 200 wounded. The contest was one of great obstinacy, and at times the enemy occupied one side of the tempo- rary breastworks of fallen timber, while the men of the 25th held the other. After the battle, the enemy, under a flag of truce requested permission to bury their dead, which was granted. For this defense, the thanks of the Kentucky Legislature were tendered unanimously and by acclamation to Col. Moore and his comrades ot the Twenty-fifth, whose repulse of Morgan at this crisis, by which that leader lost thirty hours of time, "had saved Lebanon and Louisville," as was stated, " from sack and pillage."
During the year eight men died in action, 82 of disease, and 23 were wounded. This regiment served the summer of 1864 in the Georgia campaign with the Army of the Ohio, losing 20 men in battle, 33 by disease and 87 wounded.
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.