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The Thirteenth Battery was organized at Grand Rapids, and was mustered into the United States service, Jan. 20, 1864, with 160 names on its rolls. It left Grand Rapids Feb. 3, and arrived at Washington, D. C., on the 7th. It went into camp near Wash- ington, where it was employed perfecting itself in drill until May 14. It was then ordered to Fort Slemmer, D. C. During the re-
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mainder of the year the battery was stationed at Fort Slemmer, and in other fortifications in the neighborhood of Washington. July 11, 12. 1864, it assisted in the defense of Fort Stevens against the attack of the rebel Gen. Early's forces. During the year its losses from disease were nine men. In February, 1865, it was mounted and detached for duty with the 13th New York Vol. Cav. in Maryland. After the assassination of President Lincoln, it scoured the country in quest of the conspirators, and succeeded in capturing Judd and Arnold. Subsequently the battery was dismounted and placed on garrison duty at Fort Reno, which post it evacuated by order, June 19, and left for Jackson, where it arrived for discharge on the 22d of that month, 1865.
Officers.
John J. Ely, Grand Rapids, commissioned 1st Lieut. Battery E, 1st Light Artillery, Nov. 1, 1861. Captain, June 9, 1863; Major, March 15, 1864; and ultimately Brevet Lt .- Col., U. S. Vol., June 20, 1865; was mustered out July 29, 1865.
George D. Jewett, Grand Rapids, 1st Lieut. 13th Battery, Light Artillery, appointed March 3, 1864; was mustered out July 1, 1865.
Wm. J. Cheeney, Grand Rapids, Sergeant Battery E, Dec. 3, 1861; was commissioned 2d Lieut. March 27, 1865, and served with that rank until mustered out July 20, 1865.
Frederick J. Dean, Grand Rapids, mustered into service Aug. 1, 1862, as Sergeant in the Chicago Board of Trade Battery; com- missioned 2d Lieut. of 13th Battery Sept. 13, 1864; 1st Lieut., Jan. 2, 1865; resigned June 5, 1865.
Discharged Men.
Annis, De Forest S.
Johnson, Joseph
Stowers, Ashley P.
Barber, William O.
Kelsey, Theron A.
Stowers, Wesley
Beasley, Thomas D.
Kerr, James
Tallman, Levi P.
Beckley, Everett,A. Bigelow, Levi H.
Lewis, James
Tann, Andrew J.
Biggs, Alfred
Lewis, John
Tenney, James A. Trueby, Edwin E. Uppinear, James Verstay, Ira
Carpenter, Leander C. Caswell, John S.
Mc Connell, Daniel W. Miller, John
Verstay, Cornelius
Champion, James D. Clilson, Newman Carney, William Crigne, Josiah
Porter, Curtis
Williams, Levi L.
Collison, Almon E.
Quigley, Joseph M.
Rice, Newhall
Wheeler, John R. Webber, John P. Whitford, Rufus Wood, George A. Whitney, Solomon
Crowley, Jeremiah Dunbour, Adrian Fenton, Samuel Hilton, Henry Holmes, Andrew
Rounds, Joseph Rouse, William H. Smith, William Steadman, Ben F. Sours, Edward S. Sours, Lawrence
Wilkinson, Almon C. Wilson, Madison T.
Wise, David
Stilwell, Cyrus
Stoddard, George S.
Stone, Alfred W.
Biggs, William Boyer, John
Marham, Bradley
Martin, Orrin C.
Verstay, Charles
Page, James
Webster, Horatio
Pierce, Warren H.
Wallace, William
Houslee, Henry P. House, William H. Hoyt, Charles F. Hughes, Joseph E.
Wyle, Henry H.
Lewis, Jacob
Lowry, Samuel B.
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Discharged Men.
Second Battery .- Sylvester Curtis, Charles Robertson, James, Rounds and Henry Simmons.
Third Battery .- Wm. Thompson and Levi L. Williams.
Fifth Battery .- Joseph Amiot, Benj. R. Cole, Jacob De Vries and Charles W. Frink.
Thirteenth Battery .- Lewis H. Barnes, Felix and Jabez Cham- berlain, Silas Mills, Lorenzo D. Pickard, Abraham and Henry Replogle, Albert A. Richmond, Wm. H. Roberts, James O. Shep- ard, Samuel C. Totten, Erastus W. Tower and Orsinus Wyman.
THE SHARPSHOOTERS.
In June, 1862, a company of Michigan troops organized as Com' pany D, of the regiment of Western Sharpshooters. During the last six months of 1862 this company took part in the capture of Fort Donelson, the affair at Shiloh, and the siege of Corinth.
Co. I, of the 1st Reg. U. S. Sharpshooters was organized in March, 1862; Co. C, in August, under Capt. J. H. Baker, and Co. K, under Capt. W. H. Nash, July 7. The three companies served with the 1st U. S. Sharpshooters at Hanover Court-House, before Richmond, and in the neighborhood of Washington.
Company B, of the 2d U. S. Sharpshooters, served with the command, under McDowell, on the Potomac.
The company under Capt. Kin S. Dygert, organized in Sep- tember 1861, served with the 16th Infantry in 1861-'2-'3.
Officers .- James F. Covell was commissioned 1st Lieut., First U. S. Sharpshooters, Co. I, March 5, 1862, and Captain, Feb. 4, 1863.
Joseph Dick, Grand Rapids, was Sergeant 1st Co. Sharpshooters with 16th Inf., Oct. 16, 1861; promoted 2d, Lieut. July 7, 1865, and received discharge the day following.
Discharged Men .- Luther Barter, Amos P. Bogue, Ezra Bogue, Wm. L. Cowan, Hiram Gallup, John F. Hennessy, Samuel A. Morey, JohnReynolds and Warren Samberton.
U. S. AND STATE OFFICERS RESIDING IN THIS COUNTY.
The following were appointed general officers, or on the staff of the U. S. Volunteers and the regular army, during the war:
Charles P. Babcock, Grand Rapids, was appointed Major and Paymaster of Volunteers Feb. 19, 1863. This commission was re- voked Aug. 25, 1863.
Henry C. Grout, Grand Rapids, was appointed Major and Pay- master July 22, 1863; Brevet Lieut. Col. of Vol., Oct. 6, 1865, and mustered out Nov. 1. 1865.
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Christopher W. Leffingwell, Grand Rapids, was commissioned Captain and Asst. Q. M. of Vol., Sept. 10, 1861, and served until Dec. 6, 1865.
Col. F. W. Kellogg, one of the first and most energetic support- ers of the war policy, and member of Congress from Michigan, was commissioned to organize the volunteers of Kent and neigh- boring counties.
Charles A. Babcock was born in New York, June 12, 1833; ap- pointed from Michigan April 8, 1850; attached to sloop "John Adams," coast of Africa, 1850-'53; brig. " Bainbridge," Brazil Squadron, 1853-'55; Naval Academy, 1856; Passed Midshipman, June 20, 1856; Coast Survey, 1857; Master, Jan. 22, 1858; " Van- dalia " Pacific Squadron, 1858-'59; Lieut., Oct. 2, 1859; " Mace- donian," 1861; executive officer " Wachusett," on James and York rivers, Va., 1862; Lieut. Commander, July 16, 1862; Commander U. S. S. S. " Morse," N. A. Blockade Sq., 1862-'64; defeated rebels at City Point, Va., May, 1863; repulse of Wade Hampton and Fitzhugh Lee Cavalry, June 20, 1864; Fleet Capt. Miss. Squadron, 1864-'5; Supt. Ordnance Building Dept., June, 1865; Navy Yard, Portsmouth, 1867-'8; commander "Nyack," South Pac. Squadron, 1868-'9; Commander Oct. 28, 1869; Light-House Inspector, 1870-'72; Com. U. S. S. S. "Guard" 1872-'3, and Com. U. S. monitor " Canonicus," N. A. Squadron, 1875-'76. After a brilliant term of general service, this soldier died at New Orleans, La., June 29 1876.
P. R. L. Pierce, Commissioner, and Almon M. Ellsworth, Sur-' geon, were commissioned by the Governor to execute the provi- sions of the proclamation ordering a draft, so far as Kent county was concerned. The number of men in the county September, 1862, subject to service was 3,934. Before the draft of February, 1863, Kent had offered her full quota.
Under the United States Act of March, 1863, this Congressional district was erected into an "enrollment district," with Norman Bailey, of Hastings, as Provost Marshal. During the summer no less than 2,795 men enlisted, aged between 20 and 35 years, and 1,811 men of the second class.
Previous to Nov. 1, 1864, the whole number of men reported liable to military service in this county was in the field, aggregating with- out the three months' men, 3,908, together with 306 volunteers and drafted men furnished from November, 1864, to April 14, 1865, aggregating 4,214 men.
E. R. Ellis and L. DePuy were among the surgeons who volun teered their services from this State.
The military election commissioners of 1864 were Wm. A. Rob- inson, who took the vote of the 10th and 14th Inf. Regts. then stationed near Atlanta, Ga.
Hon. T. D. Gilbert and Maj. Gen. Pierce, of this county, were among the directors of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument Asso- ciation organized Aug. 11, 1865.
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Hon. E. G. D. Holden, of Grand Rapids, was among the pro- jectors of the Military Museum.
OTHER COMMANDS.
In the other commands the representation of Kent county was limited in number. In referring to them it will be necessary only to give the names of officers and mnen from this county who served with them.
THE FIRST MICHIGAN COLORED INFANTRY
or 102d U. S. Colored Regiment, took an active part in 10 general engagements during the war. The colored population of Kent county was represented in its ranks under the following named officers: Thomas M. Barker, Grand Rapids, commissioned Cap- tain April 9, 1864; mustered out with the command Sept. 30, 1865. Gilman T. Holmes, Gaines, commissioned 1st Lieut. Nov. 7, 1863, and Q. M., May 6, 1865; resigned June 30, 1865.
Henry S. Burton, Leonard Harrod and Charles Jones were privates in this regiment.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The following were honorably discharged from their respective regiments as noted: Hewitt Tyler, 2d Inf .; Morris E. Spencer, 7th Inf .; Charles Darby, 10th Inf .; James Cheeseman, and Lyman W. Liscomb, 24th Inf .; David P. Kimball and Avery J. Pool, 27th Inf .; Joseph Rounds, 1st Mich. Sharpshooters; John Doyle, Stanton Guards; Wm. I. Tompkins, James Way, Henry Hackett and Wel- lington Fitch, 1st U. S. Sharpshooters; Edwin Meade, Jacob Maner, John J. Burch and Orlando Thomas, 8th Cav .; Wm. A. Sanford, 9th Cav.
Among the officers from Kent county attached to regiments wherein the rank and file furnished by the county was sparsely represented, if represented at all, were the following:
Lafayette L. Johnson, Grand Rapids, 1st Lieut. 9th Mich. Cav. Nov. 3, 1862, was promoted to a Captaincy Nov. 30, 1863, and mustered out July 21, 1865.
Henry L. Wise, commissioned Major 11th Cav. Aug. 31, 1863, was mustered out Aug. 10, 1865.
Charles Clutz, Grand Rapids, was commissioned Chaplain 11th Mich. Cav., Aug. 31, 1863, and served until mustered out Aug. 10, 1865.
Hiram L. Mason, Grand Rapids, Sergeant Co. C, 7th Inf., Aug. 22, 1861; was commissioned 1st Lieut., Oct. 5, 1864, and Captain, Nov. 4, 1864, which position he held until July 5, 1865.
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LIST OF CASUALTIES.
In the following pages the names of Kent county soldiers who were reported killed or deceased through results of imprison- ment or field hardships, are given. Unfortunately, the number is so very large that it is not practicable to place each soldier's name after his respective regiment; however, the alphabetical ar- rangement will make reference easy, and render this section of the military history acceptable.
Aickley, Hezekiah, 5th C., Co. B. Stevensburg, Va., April 12, 1864.
Andrew, James, 6th C., Co. H. Winchester, Sept. 19, 1864.
Arnold, Henry L., 10th C., Co. E. Somerset, Ky., Feb. 9, 1864.
Ames, George, 5th I., Co. E. March 23, 1865.
Aldrich, Silas, 25th I., Co. B. Bowling Green, April 8, 1863. Alcott, Richard, 1st C., Co. L. Cedar Mountain, Aug. 9, 1862.
Andrews, Orlin A., 3d I., Co. K. Yorktown, Aug. 19, 1862.
Austin, Benj. A., 3d I. Co. F. Seven Pines, May 31, 1862. Andrew, Chandler, 3d I., Co. K. Harper's Landing, Aug. 2, 1862. Bateman, James G., 21st I., Co. I. Nashville, Jan. 27, 1863. Baxter, Ira C., 21st I., Co. I. Chickamauga, Tenn., Sept. 20, 1863. Barr, Charles E., 21st I., Co. B. Nashville, May 2, 1864. Barnes Geo. H., 21st I., Co. B. Nashville, April 17, 1863. Brown, James, 14th I., Co. B. Columbia, Tenn., Jan. 1, 1864. Bruce, James, 3d I., Co. A. Wilderness, May 8, 1864. Baird, John, E. & M., Co. C. Chattanooga, June 8, 1864. Brown, Albert, 1st Lieut., Artillery, Co. L. Kentucky, March 1, 1864. Bishop, Abraham, 5th C., Co. B. Hawes' Shop, May 28, 1864.
Benson, S., 7th C, Co. L. Alexandria, Va., Nov. 20, 1863. Bates, Wm. F., 7th C., Co. L. Sept., 1864.
Brockway, Wm. F., 6th C., Co. H. Middletown, Va., Oct. 19, 1863.
Baxter, Theophilus B., 2d C., Co. F. Knoxville, April 1864.
Bates, Austin, 2d C., Co. F. Jackson, Tenn., 1864.
Bailey, Jutson D., 2d C., Co. E. St. Louis, Feb. 10, 1862.
Bain, John, 2d C., Co. D. St. Louis, April 10, 1862. Bingham, Loren C., 9th I., Co. C. April 7, 1865.
Bush, Simeon, 10th C., Co. M. Camp Nelson, Va., March 17, 1865.
Bullis, M., 6th C., Co., M. Harper's Ferry, April 25, 1865. Briggs, Wm. H., 21st I., Co. F. Nashville, April 22.
Blood, Hiram, 3d I., Co. I. Gettysburg, July 3, 1863.
Brown, Charles H., 21st I., Co. E. April 14, 1863. Blackmore, Alonzo, 6th C, Co. H. Washington, May 21, 1863.
Bement, James, 1st Lieut., Art. Kentucky, July 14, 1863.
Bell, Robert, 6th C., Co. H. Culpepper, Sept. 22, 1863. Bacon, Truman J., 6th C., Co. F. Falling Waters, July 14, 1863.
Burness, Charles B., 3d I., Co. A. Gettysburg, July 2, 1863.
Bessey, Amos, 2d Battery. Pittsburg Landing, April 30, 1862. Brockway, Wm. M., 6th C., Co. H. Raccoon Ford, Va., Sept. 16, 1863. Briggs, Alvin, 26th I,, Co I. Washington, June 30, 1864.
Balsaw, Charles, 6th C., Co. B. Falling Waters, July 14, 1863. Buck, Charles E., 18th I., Co. C. Decatur, Ala., Aug. 20, 1864. Brockway, William F., 6th C., Co. H. Cedar Creek, Va., Oct. 19, 1864. Butler, E., 6th C., Co. M. City Pt., Va., Aug. 12, 1864. Bryant, George, 6th 6., Co. H. Andersonville, June 19, 1864.
Berry, Joseph, 25th I., Co. B. Nashville, December 15, 1864.
Bylsma, Oscar, 21st I., Co. H. Nashville, Dec. 15, 1864. Buckley, Lorenzo, 2d C., Co. F. Keokuk, March 18, 1863. Black, Moses H., 25th I., Co B. Centerville, Nov. 27, 1864. Barnard, William N., 13th I., Co. C. Dunlap, Tenn., Aug. 23, 1863. Blackall. James, 21st I., Co. B. Fayetteville, N. C., March 13, 1865. Bailey, Jonathan, E. & M., Co. B. Washington, June 14, 1865.
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Butters. Edwards, 6th C., Co. M. Trevilian, Va., June 11, 1864. Barber, Andrew, 3d I., Co. D. Portsmouth Hosp., Sept. 22, 1862. Bloomis, Theodore, 21st I., Co. E. Stone River, Dec. 31. 1862. Berry, Alonzo S., 3d I., Co. A. Huntsville, Ala., March 3, 1865. Barclay, Marcus H., 16th I., Co. I.
Bennett, Henry A, 14th I., Co. F. Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug. 6, 1862. Beach, Henry, 13th I., Co. C. Nashville, Aug. 2, 1862. Beasler, Jacob, 1st C., Co. L. Nov, 21, 1863.
Burt, Barnett, E. & M., Co. I. Nashville, May 21, 1862. Bailey, Charles A., 8th I. Wilmington, April 16, 1862, Bloss, Charles, Sth I., Co. F. Hilton Head, Nov, 26, 1862. Burhame, Henry C .. 2d C., Co, B. Farmington, Miss., July 14, 1862. Bailey, Jutson D., 2d C., Co. E. Benton Bar, Feb. 20, 1862. Bliss, Rufus W., 2d C., Co. E. Jan. 24 1862.
Beckwith, Henry P., 3d I., Co K. Groveton, Va., 1862.
Bell, Emir A., 3d I .. Co. F. Groveton, Va., Aug. 29, 1862. Bullen, Cyrus W,. 3d I., Co. K. Groveton. 1862.
Browman, Charles, 4th C .. Co. H. Andersonville, June 20, 1864. Bugel, Daniel, 3d I., Co. F. Groveton, Aug. 29 1862. Barker, Geo. H., E. & M. Co. C. Covington, Ky., May 8, 1862.
Behler, Christian, 2d C., Co. F. Commerce, Md .. March, 1862.
Burns, Patrick, 3d. I., Co. D. Nashville, June 18, 1865.
Bruton, Robert, 3d I., Co. D. New Market, Tenn., March 3, 1865. Boynton, Seth A., 15th I., Co. A. St. Louis, May 1, 1862.
Brewer, L. Byron, Lieut. Berdan's Sharpshooters, Co. C. Chancellorsville, May 3, 1863.
Blackall, James, killed.
Carroll, John, 14th I., Co. B. Rough and Ready, Ga., Sept. 7, 1865,
Cowan, James, 1st Ind. Co. Laurel Hills, Va., May 11, 1864,
Clark, Josiah F., 13th I., Co. C. Chattanooga, Tenn. Dec. 30, 1863.
Case, Alonzo, 5th J., Co. F. Virginia, Oct. 27, 1864.
Conger, Thomas, 5th I., Co. E. Washington, July, 1864. Coughtry, William L., 3d I., Co. B. Wilderness, May 5. 1864.
Coon, A. H., 6th C., Co. A. Trevilian, Va., June 11, 1864.
Cathcart, A. I., 5th C., Co. B. Grand Rapids, July 6, 1864-of wounds.
Cramer, David A., 10th C., Co. E. Wilsonville, Tenn., June 6, 1864. Church, Howard P., 4th C., Co. H. Chattanooga, Tenn., Feb. 1, 1864. Clarke, J. P., 6th C., Co. F. July 30, 1864.
Classon, Amos C., 2d C., Co. F. Nashville, March 8, 1864.
Culver, George, 3d I., Co. K. Wilderness, May 5, 1864.
Carpenter, Henry W., 2d C., Co. F. Alexandria, Va., Jan. 11, 1864.
Camp, Isaac, 10th C., Co. L. Kentucky, April 6, 1864.
Clark, Julius H., 10th C., Co. L. Cascade, Mich., April 25, 1864. Cresfield, Abraham, 2d C., Co. A.
Clute, Albert, at home.
Campbell, James, 2d C., Co. D. St. Louis, June 25, 1862. Cheney, Rufus, 2d C., Co. D. N. Madrid, Mo., April 12, 1862. Cheney, Alphonso D., 21st I., Co. A. Chickamauga, Sept. 20, 1863. Campbell, Julius O., 21st I., Co. H. Chickamauga, Sept. 20, 1863. Carter, Job, 21st I., Co. I. Chickamauga, Sept. 20, 1863.
Camp, Henry, 10th I., Co. B. Washington, May 29, 1865. Canton, Nicolas, 5th I., Co. I. Detroit, Jan. 2, 1865. Cutter, Silas W., 3d I., Co. B. Murfreesboro, Dec. 12, 1864. Clark, Henry, 8th I., Co. D. Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864. Christopherson, James, 3d I., Co. B. Knoxville, Tenn., April 1, 1865. Cheesbro, Geo. S., E. & M., Co. B. Goldsborough, April 4, 1865. Curtis, Harvey S., 6th C., Co. M. Richmond, Va., Feb. 15, 1864. Cole, Alex., 21st I., Co. E. Of wounds, Jan. 20, 1863. Corwin, Anson B., E. & M., Co. F. Harpeth R., Tenn., Oct. 3, 1863.
Cadwell, A., 2d C., Co. F. Franklin, Tenn., March 7, 1863. Coykendall, John W., E. &. M., Co. D. Lavergne, Tenn., Jan. 1, 1863. Caper, Wm. L., 25th I., Co. B. Munfordville, Ky., Jan. 3, 1863. Chapin, Theodore A., 21st I., Co. H. Nashville, June 8, 1863. Cranston, Wm. H., 21st I., Co. B. Murfreesboro, Tenn., March 20, 1863.
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Crysler, John F., 3d I., Co. K. Falmouth, Va., May 13, 1865. Culber, Oliver, 3d I., Co. K. Gettysburg. Pa., July 2, 1863. Coon, Jesse, 3d I., Co. K. Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, 1863. Crawford, Francis M., 6th C., Co. F. Falling Waters, July 14, 1863. Crauss, Charles, 6th C., Co. A. Hunterstown, Pa., July 2. 1863. Cox, Hugh, 1st Sharpshooters, Co. (. In Michigan, June 12, 1862. Cantwell, John, 3d C., Co. G. Grand Rapids, July 1, 1862. Coats, F. M., 26th I., Co. I. Cold Harbor, June 7, 1864. Cluts, Geo. W., 26th I., Co. I Washington, May 25, 1864. Coburn, P., 8th I. James Island, July 10, 1862.
Cline, David, 26th I., Co. I. Feb. 1, 1864.
Cary, Jeremiah, 26th I., Co. I. Washington, July 18, 1864.
Carroll, James, 14th I., Co. B. Ypsilanti, Mich.
Campbell, August, 21st I., Co. H. Nashville. Dec. 8, 1862. Coykendall, Newell, E. & M., Co. G. Nashville, Sept. 21,1862. Carlton, Septimus, 21st I., Co. H. Stone River, Dec. 31, 1862. Congdon, James, 3d I., Co. B, Groveton, Va., Aug. 29, 1862. Cusser, Richard, 13th 1., Co. C. Louisville, March 15, 1862.
Casner, Noah, 16th I., Co. G. Washington, June 6, 1865. Corporan, Geo., 21st I., Co. E. Walker, Mich., March 19, 1863. David, Orson O., 27th I., Co. K. Wilmington, N. C., March 3, 1865. Dart, Byron J., 42d Ill. I. Jan. 1, 1864.
DuKruif, John P., 1st Ind. Co. Alexandria, Va .. June 29, 1864. Drew, Edward S . 10th C., Co. C. Knoxville, Tenn., Oct. 12, 1864. Davis, Thomas A., 1st Lt. Art., Co B. Rome, Ga., June 1, 1864. Delano, Eben, 2d C., Co. C. Nashville, July 4, 1864. Dennison, David A., 10th C., Co. E. Kentucky, Jan. 23, 1863. DeGrot, John L., 5th I., Co. I. Michigan, Aug. 8, 1865. Davis, Wm. D., 3d I., Co. C. San Antonio, Tex, Sept. 29, 1865. Deal, Frederick, 13th I., Co. D. Nashville, Sept. 26, 1863. Draper, Wm. P., 5th I., Co. A. Toledo, O., March 4, 1865. Dees, Abraham, 7th C., Co. K. In prison, 1864.
Durham, Emery, 7th C., Co. K. Richmond, Feb. 15, 1864. Dean, Isaac, 21st I., Co. H. Gallipolis, O., Feb. 13, 1863. Douglass, Asa, 8th I., Co. B. Milldale, Miss., July 18, 1863. Draper, Daniel, 6th C., Co. E. Warrenton Junc., Aug. 10, 1863. Dillenback, Geo., 26th, I., Co. I. Petersburg, Va., June 16, 1864. Davis, Wm. M., 26th I., Co. I. Deep Bottom, Va., Aug. 11, 1864. Dexter, James, 3d I., Co. A. Green Lake, Texas, Sept. 1, 1865. Davis, John E., E. & M., Co. C. Nashville, April 27, 1862. Dodge, Samuel, 3d I., Co. A. Fair Oaks, May 31, 1862. Daily, Hiram, 3d I., Co. A. Ft. Monroe, April 10, 1862. Daniels, Wm. H , 3d I., Co. A. Fair Oaks, May 31, 1862. Eddie, Thomas A., 2d Lieut. 6th C. Meadow Ridge, May 12, 1863. Ensign, Milo, 1st Lieut. 1st Light Art., Co. E. Tecumseh, Ala., 1862 Evans, Lyman, 26th J., Co. I. Andersonville prison, Oct. 20, 1864. Ewing, Stephen W., 21st I., Co. H. Nashville, Feb. 1, 1863. Ewing, John W., 21st I., Co. H. Nashville, Feb. 11, 1863. Emmons, James W., 21st I., Co. B. Nashville, Dec. 26, 1862. Eddy, James, 3d C. Rienzi, Miss., June 21, 1862.
Ellis, Henry, 1st C., Co. L. Cedar Mountain, Aug. 9, 1862. Filkins, Henry E., 3d I., Co. F. North Anna, May 25, 1864. Fuller, Alvin, 10th C., Co. M. Knoxville, Tenn., April 8, 1864. Filly, Hiram, 2d C., Co. D. Farmington, Miss., July 15, 1862. French, Geo. W., 1st Light Art., Co. E. Shiloh, May 1, 1862. Fox, John A., 4th C., Co. H. Mitchellville, Tenn., Nov. 16, 1862. Frost, Charles H., E. & M., Co. B. July 18, 1862. Fullington, Lucien B., 2d C, Co. F. St. Louis, Sept. 5, 1862. Francis, Isaac, 3d I., Co. D. Of wounds, Nov. 1, 1862. Ford, Alvin R., 8th I., Co. D. James Island, June 16, 1862. Francisco, Wm. A., 25th I., Co. B. Nashville, Dec. 16, 1864. Farnum, David A., 3d I., Co. A. Nashville, Feb. 10, 1865. Freeman, Albert, 5th I., Co. I. Macon Ga., May 12, 1864. Fox, Wm. H, 7th C., Co. M. Winchester, Va., Sept. 20, 1864.
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HISTORY OF KENT COUNTY.
Frederick, John, 21st I, Co E. Of wounds. Free, John L., 10th C., Co. C. Knoxville, Tenn., July 19. 1865. Fay, Geo W., 6th C., Co. H. Trevilian, Ky., June 11, 1864. Fitch, Morris E., 2d C., Co. F. Franklin, Tenn., March 25, 1863. Ford, Allen, 21st I., Co. B. Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 30, 1863. Greenman, Martin. 3d I., Co. K. Wilderness, May 5, 1864. Graves, Lebbeus P, 10th C., Co. E. Detroit, Aug., 1864. Grain, Lafayette, 6th C., Co. M. City Point, Va., Aug. 12, 1864 Gore, Henry L., E. & M., Co. I. Bridgeport, Ala., March 17, 1864. Gillam, Eugene, 3d I., Co. A. Knox, March 21, 1865. Girdler, Geo., 3d I., Co. B. Fair Oaks.
Gouldsberry, Judson A., 21st I., Co. I. Goldsboro, N. C., March 26, 1868. Goble, Henry, 3d I., Co. E. Accident, Alexandria, Va., 1862. Godfroy, Morey, 21st I., Co. I. Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 12, 1863. Gilman, Charles B., 21st I., Co. H. Stone River, Jan. 1, 1863. Gingery, John, 3d I., Co. D. Murfreesboro, Tenn., Dec. 15, 1864. Gunigal,James, 5th I., Co. F. Salisbury, N. C., Jan. 27, 1865. Griffin, Henry W., 13th I., Co. D. Bentonville, March 19, 1865. Garrett, Solon H., 2d C., Co. C. Andersonville prison, May 20, 1864. Gilden, Robert, E. & M., Co A. Fayetteville, N. C., March 17, 1865. Green, Warner, 2d C., Co. F. Nashville. Dec. 4, 1864. Godfroy, William, Indiana R. Coming home. Gitchill, Benj. F., 21st I., Co. G. Chickamauga, Sept. 20, 1863.
Gruths, August, 3d I., Co. B. Washington, D. C., Dec. 17, 1862. Godfroy, Isaac W. Killed by Indians, May 20, 1865. Godfroy, A. C., 26th I., Co. I, Spottsylvania, May 12, 1864. Godfroy, Warren D., Nevada Cav. At home. Green, William, 6th C., Co. B. Alexandria, Va., Aug. 12, 1863. Gold, William P., 14th I., Co. F. Farmington, Miss., July 15, 1862. Gardner, Joel W., 5th I., Co. E. Washington, D. C., July 1, 1864. Harwick, Geo. 2d C., Co. G. Chattanooga, July 13, 1864. Helsel, Elisha, 8th I., Co. D. Fredericksburg, Va .. May 12, 1864. Hickox, Henry H., 2d C., Co. D. Evansville, Ind., Aug. 16, 1862. Hydan, D. L., 6th C., Co. A. Oct. 28, 1863. House, Martin, 6th C., Co. M. Hawes' Shop, May 28, 1864. Hoadley, Cyrus, E. & M., Co. K. Chattanooga, Feb. 29, 1864. Hildreth, Frank P., 4th C, Co. H. Danville, Ky., Nov. 2, 1862. Hamblin, Eli, 3d I., Co. F. Washington, Sept. 18, 1862. Hartman, Lewis, 3d I., Co. C. Army Hosp., Oct. 21, 1862. Herrendon, Welcome E., 27th I., Co. D. Washington, June 15, 1864. Hilton, Charles G., 21st I, Co. B. Stone River, Dec. 31, 1862. Holt. Estil W., 26th I. Co. I. Washington, June 17, 1864. Harrington, Jared. Fair Oaks, May 31, 1862.
Hilliard, George.
Hoose, James, 4th C., Co. H. Bowling Green, Ky., January 17, 1863. Hartwell, Francis I., 21st I., Co. H. Perryville, Ky., April 1, 1862. Himmelberger, Wm., 1st C., Co. L. Sandy Hook, Md., Sept. 30, 1863. Hall, Clark, 8th I., Co. D. Chantilly, September 1, 1862.
Hollington, Thos., E. and M., Co. C. Corinth, Miss., May 25, 1863.
Hooper, Jos. E., 2d C., Co. E. New Madrid, Dec. 11, 1862. Harrison, Jared V., 3d I., Co. A. Fair Oaks, May 31, 1862. Holden, Americus, 21st I., Co. H. At home, August 30, 1864. Halsey, William, 3d I., Co., K. October 4, 1862. Hawk, Abram V., 21st I., Co. B. Lowell, Mich., January 31, 1865. Harper, John, 21st I., Co. H. Washington, May 12, 1865. Harger, Harrison, 4th C., Co. H. Sparta, Tenn., August 11, 1863. Harger, Wm., 4th C., Co. H. Sparta, Tenn.
Harlan, Wm. C., 5th I., Co. F. July 12, 1863 .
Hilton, Rufus A., E. an Ì M., Co. D. Beardstown, Ky., Sept. 1, 1868. Hardenburg. Henry, 3d I., Co. C. Keokuk, Iowa, March 13, 1865. Herrington, Wm. N., 3d I, Co. B. April 11, 1865. Hayes, Daniel, 21st I., Co. H., Bentonville, N. C. March 19, 1865. Holcomb. Alpheus, 21st 1., Co. H. Chickamauga, Sept. 20, 1863. Heald, Warren, E. & M., Co. C. Ogeechee, Ga., Dec. 7, 1864.
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