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HISTORY OF KENT COUNTY.
The 25th Inf. was present at Nashville on Dec. 15 and 16, 1864, and subsequently rendered good service in the pursuit of Gen. Hood's forces. In 1865 it acted under Gen. Schofield in the Caro- linas until mustered out at Salisbury, June 24, 1865. The regi- ment received its discharge at Jackson, July 2, 1865.
Asa W. Slayton, Grattan, was commissioned 2d Lieut. of this regiment Aug. 10, 1862, and resigned June 19, 1864.
Discharged Men.
Abbey, Malone
Ford, Orrin
Purdy, Elijah
Andrews, James H.
Hardy, John N.
Slayton, Charles W.
Barnard, ()bed W
Helmer, Henry
Slayton, Chester M.
Brooks, Phineas M
Jakenay, Ammi
White, John R.
Copper, Solomon h
Newton, Henry
Wood, W. H.
Cutter, Henry M.
Paine, John H.
Ford, Jacob A.
Potter, Joshua
THE TWENTY-SIXTH INFANTRY
was organized at Jackson in September, 1862, and left for Wash- ington, Dec. 13, with a force of 903 men and officers, under Col. Judson A. Farrar.
Soon after the arrival of this regiment at Washington, in Decem- ber, 1862, it was ordered on provost duty at Alexandria, Va. It remained thus employed until April 20, 1863, when the regiment proceeded to Suffolk, Va. It participated in the several expedi- tions subsequently made to the Blackwater. In one of these, May 23, aportion of the regiment became engaged in a skirmish in the vicinity of Windsor, in which it lost one officer mortally wounded June 20, the regiment moved to Yorktown, and formed part of the command of Gen. Keyes, that marched to Bottom's Bridge on the Chickahominy, and returned to Yorktown July 11. The day fol- lowing the return of the expedition to Yorktown, the regiment was ordered to; Washington, and thence to the city of New York to assist in sustaining the laws during a draft in that city. It re- mained at New York, and in the defenses in the harbor during the progress of the draft, and Oct. 13 the regiment was ordered from Fort Richmond, on Staten Island, where it had been stationed, to the Army of the Potomac. On its joining that army it was as- signed to the 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 2d Army Corps.
The deaths reported as occurring in 1863, numbered 73. One died in action, four were accidentally shot, and 68 died of disease.
The 26th won great honors in 1864. In the terrific charges on the rebel position at Po river, May 11 and 12, it lost 30 killed and 123 wounded, and was the first to hoist its colors' on the capt- ured works. During the year 81 men fell in action, 38 died of disease and 242 were wounded. During the campaign of 1865, it participated in almost every action of the Virginia Army from White Oak Swamp, Aug. 16, 1864, to Appomattox Court-House, April 9, 1865. Returning, it was discharged at Jackson, June 16, 1865.
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Officers.
Leonard H. Hunt, Lowell, commissioned 2d Lieut. Sept. 1, 1862; 1st Lieut., Dec. 23, 1863, and Captain, Sept. 26, 1864; was wounded at Spottsylvania, Va., May 12, 1864, and discharged for disability March 16, 1865.
Earl W. Avery, Lowell, was commissioned Captain Sept. 1, 1862, and served until his resignation, April 26, 1864.
Charles H. Holden, Grand Rapids, commissioned 1st Lieut. Sept. 26, 1862, and Q. M., March 13, 1863; resigned April 4, 1864.
Joel Wolcott, Lowell, Sergeant Co. I, Ang. 11, 1862; 2d Lieut., June 9, 1865; was wounded at Spottsylvania May 12, 1864, and died from the effects at Washington, May 24, 1864.
Arvine P. Hunter, Lowell, Commissary Sergeant 26th Mich. Inf., Aug. 9, 1862; 2d Lieut., June 9, 1865; was discharged about the same time.
Discharged Men.
Blanding, Alexander H.
Hildreth, Lester C.
McCabe, Henry C.
Camfield, Bradford
Huggins, George
Miner, Albert
Carter, Theodore B.
Hocumb, Martin A. Pellit, Simon
Campbell, James
Hunter, Arvine P.
Pratt, William H.
Chaydue, Samuel
Johnson, William
Richardson, Theodore
Davis, William
Kinyon, Job W. Roberts, Eli E.
Filkins, Alphonso
Kinyon, Joseph
VanDusen, Alfred B.
Fowler, George M.
Langs, James M.
White, George T.
Hall, Reuben S.
Lee, Benjamin J.
Worth, Alexander A.
The 30tlı Mich. Inf. claimed one representative of Kent county on its official list. George Cathey, Cannonsburg, Sergeant Co. C of this regiment Nov. 11, 1861, was promoted 2d Lieut. May 12, 1865, and served until mustered out of the command. The men from this county discharged were John Betts, Lemuel Blondin, Oscar Cook, Frank Eastman, George Tufts and William L. Will- iams.
THE FIRST CAVALRY
was organized at Detroit in August, 1861, by Col. F. Brodhead, and left for the seat of war Sept. 29, the same year. During the first year of its service, ending at Bull Run Aug. 30, 1862, the com- mand lost 30 men on the field, 170 prisoners, and 60 who died of disease. Col. Brodhead was mortally wounded Aug. 30, 1862. C. H. Town was commissioned Colonel, Sept. 2, 1862. From Win- chester, Va., March 23, 1862, to its garrison of Camp Douglas and Fort Bridger, Utah Territory, March 10, 1866, its long term of service was characterized by gallant conduct. The conduct of the War Department in its connection with the last services of this command was opposed to every point of justice and honor. Its consolidation with the 6th and 7th Mich. Cav. Regts., as the First
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Regt. Mich. Vet. Cav., Nov. 10, 1865, and the imposition of con- tinued service in the West were opposed to all the articles of en- listment.
Officers.
George K. Johnson, Grand Rapids, commissioned Surgeon, un- der date Aug. 22, 1861; resigned Feb. 25, 1863. He was breveted Lieut .- Col. and Medical Inspector U. S. Army Feb. 9, 1863, and Brevet-Colonel, Sept. 30, 1865, in recognition of his professional services.
Samuel R. Wooster, commissioned Surgeon Feb. 26, 1863, was mustered out Oct. 18, 1864.
Discharged Men. ;
Averil, Charles R.
Hays, Daniel
Mead, Charles H.
Baird, Wm. R.
Hayward, James C.
McDowell, James
Barrett, Loren M.
Hazelton, Orlando
Neall, Harrison
Blood, Abel J. P.
Huff, Isaac Norcutt, Daniel
Briggs, Thomas W.
Hunting, Isaac M.
Perry, Arthur E. Peck, Horace
Cornell, Josiah
Johnson, Daniel,
Rappleyea, John
Fallass, Edwin
Johnson, George M.
Fasbury, Henry
Kettle, Matthew
Fullerton, Simon S.
LeClair, Ransom
Spicer, John E.
Gibbon, Byron D.
Long, Wilbur F.
Vase, Samuel R.
Gilbert, Lorain
Lucas, Isaac W.
Geehan, Adolph
Livingston, George
THE SECOND MICHIGAN CAVALRY
was mounted at Grand Rapids by Col. Francis W. Kellogg, and left for the front Nov. 14, 1861, with a muster roll of 1,163; it served on garrison duty in Missouri until March, 1862, when it moved into Tennessee, where it remained on duty until June; it was then ordered to join the Mississippi campaign. During the war it took a prominent part in 70 general engagements, and after a term of continuous duty for nearly four years, was mustered out at Macon, Ga., Aug. 17, 1865, and discharged at Jackson on the 26th.
Its battles and skirmishes were: in 1862, Point Pleasant, Tipton- ville, New Madrid, Island No. 10, all in. Missouri; Pine Hill, Mon- terey, Farmington, Siege of Corinth, Boonville, Blackland, Bald- win and Rienzi, in Mississippi; Perryville, Harrodsburg, Lancas- ter, Rocastle River, Bacon Creek and Glasgow, Ky .; Estillville and Jonesville, Va .; Blountsville, Zollicoffer, Watanaga, Tenn .; in 1863, Milton, Dechard, Chickamauga, Anderson Cross-Roads, Sparta, Dandridge, Mossy Creek, Gainesville, Spring Hill, Columbia, Hillsboro, Brontwood, McGarrick's Ford, Triune, Rover, Middle- town, Shelbyville and Elk River Ford, all in Tenn .; in 1864, Dandridge, Pigeon River, Ackworth, Nashville, Campbellsville,
Slater, James Smith, Lewis F.
Carlysle, John
Hyer, Frederick
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Franklin, Cypress River, Raccoon Ford, Shoal Creek, Lawrence- burg, Columbia, Spring Hill, Bethesda Church, Richland Creek, Pulaski and Sugar Creek, all in Tenn .; and Dug Gap, Red Clay and Ettowa River, Ga .; in 1865, Priceton Yard, Tenn .; Corinth, Miss .; and Tuscaloosa, Trion, Bridgeville and Talledega, Ala.
Officers.
George Lee, Grand Rapids, commissioned Battalion Adjutant Sept. 2, 1861; Regimental Adjutant and 1st Lieut., May, 1862; Captain and Asst. Adjutant-General U. S. Vol., March 11, 1863; Brevet-Lieut .- Col. U. S. Vols., March 13, 1865; Major and Asst. Adjt. Gen. U. S. Vol., May 19, 1865, on Gen. Phil. Sheridan's Staff; and 1st Lieut. 21st U. S. Infantry July 28, 1866. This soldier died at New Orleans, La., Oct. 29, 1867.
Henry C. Whipple, Grand Rapids, commissioned 1st Lieut. Sept. 2, 1861; 1st Lieut and Adjutant, April 15, 1863; Assistant Adjt .- Gen. U. S. Vols., Sept. 15, 1863; resigned April 26, 1865.
Leonidas S. Scranton, Grand Rapids, was commissioned 1st Lient. Sept. 2, 1861; Captain, April 29, 1862, and Major, Oct. 26, 1862. His resignation was accepted Nov. 9, 1864.
Charles P. Babcock, Grand Rapids, entered service as Major, Sept. 2, 1861, and served with this command until Oct. 26, 1862.
Arvine Peck, Lowell, commissioned Captain Sept. 2, 1861; re- signed April 29, 1862.
Alphonso E. Gordon, Grand Rapids, commissioned Battalion Adjutant 2d Cav. Sept. 2, 1861; 1st. Lieut. on the same date; Cap- tain, May 7, 1863, which position he held until June 6, 1864, the date of his resignation.
Peter S. Schuyler, Grand Rapids, commissioned 1st Lient. and Adjutant Sept. 2, 1861; Captain, April 11, 1862; resigned Sept. 23, 1864. He was made prisoner at Perryville, Ky., Oct. 8, 1862, and on being exchanged June 1, 1863, returned to his command.
Peter A. Weber, Grand Rapids, commissioned Battalion Ad- jutant Sept. 2, 1861; was mastered out June 1, 1862, and sub- sequently served with the 6th Cavalry.
Edwin Hoyt, jr., Grand Rapids, Sergeant Major, Sept. 2, 1861; 2d. Lieut., Sept. 20, 1862; 1st. Lieut., Aug. 1, 1863; Adjutant, March 1, 1864; was mustered out Nov. 30, 1864.
Henry Gould, Grand Rapids, Sergeant Major, Sept. 30, 1861; 2d Lieut., July 3, 1865; 1st Lieut. and Adjutant, July 31, 1865; was mustered out Aug. 17, 1865.
William Tenney, Grand Rapids, Sergeant Co. F, Sept. 30, 1861; commissioned 1st Lieut. Oct 22, 1864; was mustered out Aug. 17, 1865.
Stewart B. McCray, Grand Rapids, commissioned 1st Lieut. Sept. 2, 1861; resigned April 14, 1862.
Abraham Jones, Byron, entered Sept. 15, 1861, as Sergeant Co. I; promoted 2d Lieut. July 3, 1865; 1st Lieut., July 31, 1865, and was mustered out of the ranks Aug. 17, 1865.
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John S. Corlis, Grand Rapids, appointed Sergeant of Co. D, Sept. 3, 1861; 1st Lieut. Feb. 27, 1865; was mustered out with the command.
Duncan Ross, Bowne, Sergeant Co. D, Sept. 20, 1861; was com- missioned 2d Lieut., Oct. 7, 1864; 1st Lieut., July 31, 1865, and mustered out without rank Aug. 17, of that year.
Hugo B. Rathbun entered the field as Sergeant Co. D, Sept. 11, 1861. He was commissioned 1st Lieut. March 1, 1864, and served until muster out, Feb. 2, 1865.
Simeon W. Dickenson, Grand Rapids, appointed Sergeant Co. E, Sept. 13, 1861; 2d Lieut. May 2, 1863; Ist Lient .. March 1, 1864; Captain, Jan. 28, 1865; was mustered out as 1st Lieut., May 15, 1865.
John G. Snyder, Grand Rapids, Sergeant Co. C, Sept. 2, 1861; commissioned 2d Lieut. July 31, 1865, and mustered out with the ranks Aug. 17, 1865.
Shirk Miller, Grand Rapids, Sergeant Co. F, Sept. 16, 1861; was commissioned 2d Lieut., July 31, 1865, and discharged Aug. 17, 1865.
Darwin B. Lyon, Grand Rapids, commissioned 2d Lieut., 2d Mich. Cav., Sept. 2, 1861; resigned Jan. 21, 1862.
Thomas F. Brown, Grandville, served as Sergeant of Co. C from Sept. 9, 1861 to July 31, 1865, when he was commissioned a 2d Lieut. He was discharged Aug. 17, 1865.
Charles S. Henderson, Grand Rapids, was commissioned Surgeon Sept. 2, 1861, and resigned Oct. 19, 1862.
Orestus Watkins, Grand Rapids, Hospital Steward, Aug. 26, 1861: commissioned Asst. Surgeon July 31, 1865; was mustered out in the ranks Aug. 17, 1865.
Francis Drew, Grand Rapids, commissioned Chaplain Sept. 2. 1861; resigned Sept. 3, 1862.
Discharged Men.
Arnold, George
Butler, Edward
Arnold, Joseph B.
Carlisle, Martin V.
Austin, Nelson F.
Chamberlain, Frank
Chapin, Thales L.
Gardner, Julius
Averill, George Averill, Henry
Chase, Edgar B.
Grant. Alfred
Barber, Levi
Cheesbro, William J.
Gill. Buel Godley, Elder
Barnard, Martin Bailey, William Barnes, Augustus M.
Cook, John C. Davies, Marion
DeGraw, Osborn
Gould, Henry
Gue, Frank W.
Haas, Benjamin F.
Hadden, James H.
Haight, Peter
Haines, Charles E.
Barrows, Corydon Beach, Valentine Beman, Joel S. Blanding, C. H. Bolton, Francis Briggs. Barney W. Briggs, Samuel B. Brooks, Samuel E. Brown, Thomas A. Brown, William Burr, Frank
Fenney, Jacob A.
Fenton, Lewis K. Finch, Anson
Fox, Erastus J. Fox, Thomas
French, Andrew J.
Goodman, Samuel
DePuey, Theodore J.
. Dingman, James W. Dingman, Kenzie Dixon, Thomas Duffee, Samuel L. Dunham, Charles Edmonds, John D. Fayant, Alfred
Hall, Seymour N. Halpen, James Harrington, Nathaniel Harrison, William H. Hawkins, William Heaton, James
HISTORY OF KENT COUNTY.
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Henry, Andrew S.
Nichols, R. M.
Snyder, John G.
Henshaw, Charles J.
Ohlar, Jacob J.
Snyder, John M.
Henshaw, Henry H.
Palmenter, Sylvanus
Sours, William P.
Herren, David
Pardee, Ira
Spaulding, Isaiah
Hildreth, William C.
Pardee, Wayne F. W.
Stinson, Washington L.
Hogan, Michael
Parker, Ezekiel W.
Stone, Andrew
Horning, William G.
Peck, Horace
Thompson, James M .-
Howard, George
Peck, Mander W.
Thurston, John
Huntley, Jonathan
Peck, Munson F.
Tibbett, H.
Irons, Henry
Peck, Philo T.
Totten, Samuel C.
Irwin, David
Perkins, Francis M.
Trill, David P.
Jackson, Edwin H.
Philo, Fitch
Tubbs, Kenneth W.
Johnson, Samuel
Picket, Lucius W.
Tuttle, Abram S.
.Jones, Abraham
Picket, Miner
Utter, William
Justin, George
Post, Jacob
Van Amburg, Eugene
Knickerbocker, Decatur
Post, Lansing
Vanlieu, William
Knight, Kenry
Post, Phillip
Vanvalkenburg, Dan'l W.
Lamoreaux, Joseph W.
Post, William
Wason, John
Lewis, George R.
Potter, William M.
Welch, Samuel T.
Light, William
Powers, Michael H.
Wells, Daniel
Loomis John H.
Preston, Samuel C.
Wells, Daniel C.
Lovell, Nathan
Rassic, William H.
Welsh, John
Martin, William B.
Reinshagen, John
Wendover, Henry
McCarn,
Richards, L.
Westerhouse, Henry
Mccullough, James M.
Rosegrant, Edward
White, Robert
McDonald, William P.
Rowe, William C.
Whitney, Geo. B.
McIntyre, Uriel B.
Ruthart, George
Williams, Daniel
McLain, David C.
Sabin, James B.
Williams, Reuben
McMullin, Alexander
Sailers Alexander
Willson, Merritt
McNamara, Patrick
Sawyer. Joseph
Wilson, Charles G.
McNaughton, Alexander
Shaw, Eugene T.
Willson, William
McNaughton, John J.
Shipman, Frank
Winegar, Burdick M.
Meiger, John F.
Skinner, Frank
Winters, David M.
Moody, Watson D.
Sleight, George D.
Winters, John W.
Morey, Alonzo
Smith, Charles T.
Wood, Clayton C.
Morse, Peter
Smith, Ozro J.
Wood, George D.
Morton, Benjamin F.
Smith, Jacob
Wood, Leonard
Myers, Andrew P.
Snider, Paul
Wyman, John K.
Nash, Daniel L.
Snyder, John
Young, Truman
THE THIRD MICHIGAN CAVALRY
was organized under Colonel F. W. Kellogg, at Grand Rapids, and left the rendezvous Nov. 28, 1861, 1,163 strong, for St. Louis, Mo. During the first year of its service the command lost 104 men by disease, seven on the field, 45 wounded and 59 prisoners. During the same period it captured three rebel lieut .- colonels, three majors, 13 captains, 19 lieutenants, and 1,249 "ordinary rebels." The year 1863 was one of continued duty for this com- mand. During 1864 and 1865 it garrisoned Brownsville, scouted along the line of the Memphis & Little Rock railroad, and foraged in the vicinity. At Brownsville Station the regiment erected complete winter quarters and stables, so neatly and taste- fully arranged as to present the appearance of an important town, which attracted so much attention as to result in a change of its name from " Brownsville Station " "to "Michigan City." Only three per cent. were on the sick list. In the spring of 1865 it went
Winters, David M.
Miller, Shirk
Skinner, Lafayette
Wheeler, William W.
Mason, William R.
Ross, Duncan
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HISTORY OF KENT COUNTY.
by the way of New Orleans to Mobile, Ala., and after the surrender of the latter place it was employed on outpost duty until the end of the war. After scouting around in the Southwest for about a year it was ordered home. and March 10, 1866, was disbanded at Jackson, Mich. Its principal engagements were New Madrid and Island No. 10, Mo .; and the following in Mississippi: Farmington, Siege of Corinth, Spangler's Mills, Bay Springs, Iuka, Hatchie, Holly Springs, Hudsonville, Lumkins' Mills, Oxford, Coffeeville, Brownsville, Clifton, Panola, Grenada, Byhalia, Wyatt's Ford, Ripley, Orizaba, Ellistown, Purdy and Jack's Creek.
Officers.
William W. Cantine, Grand Rapids, commissioned 1st Lieut. and Q. M. Sept. 7, 1861; Captain and Asst. Commissary Subsist- ence Volunteers, July 17, 1862; Brevet Major, U. S. Vols., Aug. 29, 1865; was mustered ont Oct. 9, 1865.
Obed H. Foote, Grand Rapids, commissioned Major Sept. 7, 1861; resigned Feb. 26, 1862.
William H. Dickenson was commissioned 1st Lieut. Sept. 7, 1861; Captain, Feb. 27, 1862; resigned, May 24, 1862. He was subsequently brevetted Lieut .- Colonel, 4th Mich. Cavalry.
Lansing K. Jennie, Grand Rapids, commissioned Battalion Adjutant Sept. 7, 1861: resigned Feb. 26, 1862.
Adrian Yates, Grand Rapids, Commissary Sergeant, Aug. 28, 1861; commissioned 2d Lieut. Feb. 16, 1863; 1st Lieut. and Q. M., Sept. 7, 1864, and was mustered out Feb. 12, 1866.
Henry Jewett, Grand Rapids, Battalion Q. M., commissioned under date Sept. 7, 1861; resigned March 21, 1862.
Mortimer L. Hopkins, Grand Rapids, commissioned Battalion Q. M. Sept. 7, 1861; was mustered out June 1, 1862.
Chauncey C. Douglass, Grand Rapids, Battalion Q. M., Sept. 7, 1861; was mustered out June 1, 1862.
C. D. Johnson, Grand Rapids, commissioned Asst. Surgeon April 4, 1865; resigned Jan. 15, 1866.
Discharged Men.
Beebe, David R.
Houdley, Orville
Rapalye, Erastus
Bowler, Morris
House, Ansel C.
Roberts, Richard
Bragg, Elmour
James, Henry
Sage, George A.
Case, Elijah
Kenney, James
Shackleton, John N.
Chase, William A.
Mann, John J.
Shuart, Chauncey
Collins, Martin J.
Mills, Edgar W.
Strong, Return
Cummlirs, James H.
Moll, Cornelius
Sullivan, Daniel
Dobson, Thomas
Porter, John E.
Soundsberry, Jared D.
Dole, Samuel E.
Potter, Wallace
Weeden, William W.
Haynes, George
THE FOURTH CAVALRY
was ordered to be raised July 1, 1862; went into rendezvous at Detroit July 29, and was mustered into service one month later. Fully armed and equipped, it left for Louisville, Ky., with a force of 1,233 men and officers, under Colonel R. H. G. Minty. What
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eminent services this command rendered to the Union cannot be over-estimated. From the attack on Morgan's position, at Stanford, and the pursuit of his notorious guerrillas, to the capture of Mr. Jefferson Davis, near Irwinsville, Ga., May 10, 1865, the record of the Fourth is brilliant above all precedent. The regiment was mustered out at Nashville, July 1, 1865, and reported at Detroit for discharge on the 10th of that month.
Officers.
William H. Dickenson, commissioned Lieut .- Col. Sept. 1, 1862 ; resigned Feb. 18, 1863.
Silas K. Pierce, Grand Rapids, entered as Sergeant Co. H, Aug. 15, 1862. He was commissioned 2d Lieut. Feb. 25, 1864, and won the honor of being gazetted Brevet Captain U. S. Vol., July 22, 1865. His term of service closed July 21, 1865.
Herbert A. Backus entered service as Sergeant, Co. H. He was promoted 2d Lieut. Aug. 23, 1863, and 1st Lieut., Nov. 26, 1864, and served until muster out, July 1, 1865.
Frank Burr, Grand Rapids, commissioned 1st Lieut. Aug. 13, 1862; resigned Dec. 19, 1862.
Arthur Wood, Grand Rapids, commissioned 2d Lieut. Aug. 13, 1862; resigned Dec. 24, 1863.
George E. Corbin, Grandville, was mustered in the ranks of Co. F, Second Cavalry, Sept. 12, 1861; promoted 2d Lieut., Fourth Cavalry, Aug. 13, 1862, and resigned Feb. 18, 1863.
Frank Sylvester, Grand Rapids, commissioned 2d Lieut. Sept. 1, 1862; resigned Jan. 29, 1863.
Discharged Men.
Atherton, S.
Devendorf, John C.
Sauer, John
Atherton, Sylvanus
Dillenback, Jackson D.
Sauer, Johnson
Backus, Herbert A.
Earle, James J.
Simmons, W. H.
Ballou, Asa W.
Graw, Augustus
Stone, Frank C.
Beebe, S. M.
Hartland, John L.
Thomas, Oscar
Bement, Joseph W.
Heath, Horace
Thurston, Byron
Bement, Theodore H.
Hill, Homer
Tobey, Seth
Blackall, Charles
Horan, Martin
Van Etten, George W.
Bolt, Albert
Hovey, Asa M.
Van Etten, Samuel
Bragg, Nathan L.
Mann, Jacob F.
Warner, Francis
Case, Augustus R.
Maybee, Edwin
Warner, Horace
Chase, William
Moorman, Wm. T. Warner, Van Rensselaer
Crothy, Daniel O.
Myers, Benjamin Wegal, Augustus
Cummings, C.
Nelson, Peter
Welton, Daniel
Dalenbeck, Frank C.
Pierce, Silas K.
Wilson, W. O.
Davenport, W. O.
THE FIFTH MICHIGAN CAVALRY
was organized by Col. J. T. Copeland, of the 1st Cavalry, and mus . tered into service Aug. 30, 1862. The command, with the 9th Battery, proceeded to the seat of war, and was attached to the
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Army of the Potomac, with which it continued service until trans- ferred to the Army of the Shenandoah. Its record of battles con- tains 67 names, beginning with Hanover, Va., June 30, 1863, and ending with Appomattox Court-House, Va., April 9, 1865. Con- solidated with the 1st and 7th Mich. Cav., the entire command was ordered to Fort Leavenworth, and mustered out there June 22, 1865, and reported at Detroit for discharge eight days later:
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Officers.
Hanson H. Rogers, Alpine, was Sergeant Major, Aug. 16, 1862; 2d Lieut., Feb. 5, 1864; 1st Lieut., March 7, 1865; Brevet Major U. S. Vol., March 13, 1865, and gazetted Captain April 13, 1865. He received a severe wound in the action of July 3, 1863.
William G. Beckwith, Grand Rapids, entered service as Sergeant Co. B., Aug. 21, 1862; was promoted 1st Lieut. April 14, 1865. Owing to illness he was absent at the date of muster out, and was not reported in the general discharge as an officer.
Discharged Men.
Martin Blackford, jr., Elias Hall, Roderick McQueen, Philetus Parish, Charles Van Berg and Henry S. Winks.
THE SIXTH MICHIGAN CAVALRY
was organized under authority granted to Col. Francis W. Kellogg, and mustered into service at Grand Rapids, Oct. 13, 1862, under Col. George Gray, and Lt .- Col. Russell A. Alger. The command left for Washington Dec. 10, with a force of 1,229 men and officers, fully equipped and mounted. Attached to the Army of the Poto- mac, and subsequently with Sheridan's command, the two first years of its service formed a period of severe and continuous duty, well performed.
Nov. 1, 1864, this regiment was with the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Shenadoah, and lay at Camp Russell, near Win- chester, Va., making preparations to go into winter quarters, and was engaged in the usual picket service, and in scouting, until Feb. 27, 1865, when it formed part of the force with which Gen. Sheridan made his movement against Gen. Early's army, and on the rebel communications in the direction of Gordonsville and Richmond, and at that date moved with the Cavalry Corps towards Staunton. March 8, the regiment participated in an engagement with a part of the rebel cavalry, under Gen. Rosser, near Louisa Court-House, and assisted in routing it, and in capturing the town, in which a large amount of property was destroyed, includ- ing the railroad depot, with rolling stock and telegraph office. It also participated in taking up the track and destroying the rail- road property on the line of the Lynchburg & Gordonsville rail- road, and in the destruction of the locks, aqueducts and mills on the line of the James River canal. The command having
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HISTORY OF KENT COUNTY.
reached White-House Landing March 19, in time to take part in the final battles of the Army of the Potomac, soon after, with the Cavalry Corps, took position on the left of the line of that army, and on the 30th the regiment became engaged with the rebel cavalry and assisted in driving them within their works at Five Forks. After the surrender of Lee, the rebel Gen. Pickett, who was taken prisoner in one of these engagements, spoke of a charge made by this regiment, which he witnessed, as being the "bravest he ever had seen. " After Lee's surrender the regiment moved with the Cavalry Corps to Petersburg, Va., and then made an expedition into North Carolina; from thence it marched, via Petersburg and Rich- mond, to Washington, D. C., and May 23 participated in the review of the Army of the Potomac. Immediately thereafter, with the Michigan Cavalry Brigade, it was ordered west, to Fort Leavenworth. At that point it received orders to cross the Plains, which produced much justifiable dissatisfaction in the command; but the regiment, recollecting its noble record, and adhering to its former high degree of discipline, and faithful observance of orders, and keeping in view the honor of its State, commenced its march across the Plains, and marched to Fort Laramie. At that point the regiment was divided into detachments, by order of Gen. Connor, one to constitute a part of the " Left Column Powder River Expe- dition," one to remain at Fort Laramie, and the other to escort a train to the Black Hills. The Powder River detachment, on reaching that point, found that the Indians, for whom it had been sent in search, had managed to escape, and while there it built a fort, known as Fort Reno. On that expedition Captain O. F. Cole, of Co. "G," lost his life; having heedlessly strayed a long way from the column, he was surprised by Indians, and shot to death with arrows. From this point a small detachment of the command was sent to guard a train to Virginia City, Montana, and falling in with a large war party of Arrapahoe Indians, became surrounded by them, and were "corralled " for 12 days, but finally succeeded in getting intelligence of their condition to Gen. Connor, when reinforcements were sent to their relief. Sergt. Hall, of Co. "L," and Private Evans, of Co. " F," having volunteered, succeeded in carrying the intelligence referred to, a distance of 50 miles, through a wild and to them an unknown country, swarming with hostile Indians, and thereby saved the detachment. Sept. 17, the men whose term of service would not expire before Feb. 1, 1866, were formed with the 1st Mich. Cav., while the regiment was ordered to Fort Leavenworth for muster out, which took place Nov. 24, 1865.
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