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The history of the great rebellion comes next in importance to that of the Revolution; but yet the former is entwined more closely with the newer States and their various dis- tricts. For this reason it seems just that, as the work of the writer proceeds, he should pass in review what one new State has accomplished in the interest of the Union, and make special reference to those gallant men of Macomb County who left their homes to join the thousands of defenders from Michigan, who appeared upon the field to maintain all those precious liberties guaranteed by the constitution; to preserve the most sublime political union that ever existed; to bind still closer the peoples of our great States together.
In April. 1861, immediately after the electric wire flashed the tidings of war into every city, town and hamlet of the United States, the President's call for volunteers was
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made known. Then hurrying thousands from all parts of the State rushed forward to re- spond; but amidst the volunteers, there were none more earnest, more enthusiastic, than the men of this county. Organization was pressed forward, ranks were filled up, and, when the crisis was apparent, few, if any, counties surpassed Macomb in the celerity of military movement, or in the number and quality of private soldiers and officers sent forth to the field.
In this history of Macomb in the war for the Union, each regiment comprising any telling number of her citizens claims a very full notice. This is due to the people. It is also necessary for the purpose of rendering the history of that important period more fa- miliar, and so the writer deems it a matter of the greatest importance to deal with the subject as extensively as the plan of this work will permit. In the first part of the chap- ter, the history of company organization is given, which is followed by regimental sketches and personal references to the troops and officers, in which the names of the soldiers of this county who died during the war, or survived their campaigns to receive honorable dis- charge, are recorded. To this section much attention has been given, and if an error should appear, it must be credited to a generally accepted theory, rather than to a want of attention or carelessness in compilation.
The fall of Fort Sumter was a signal for the uprising of the State. The news of the calamity was flashed throughout the world on April 14, 1861, and early the next morning, the proclamation of President Lincoln was telegraphed to the chief executive officer of each State. The proclamation of Gov. Blair, addressed to the people of Michigan, was given to the public April 16, 1861, and on the same day. every man within the county was prepared to act a citizen's part. Notwithstanding the unparalleled enthusiasm, the great majority of the people retained their equanimity, with the result of beholding, within a brief space of time, every section of the State represented by soldiers prepared to fight to the bitter end in defense of cherished institutions, and for the extension of the principles of human liberty to all classes within the limits of the threatened Union. This, their zeal, was not animated by hostility to the slaveholders of the Southern States, but rather by a fraternal spirit, akin to that which urges the eldest brother to correct the persistent follies of his juniors; to lead them from criminal ways to the paths of family honor; to draw them far away from all that was cruel, diabolical and inhuman, and instruct them in all that is gentle, holy and sublime in the Republic. Many of the raw troops were not only animated by a patriotic feeling, but were also filled with the idea of the poet, who, in his unconscious republicanism, said:
"I would not have a slave to till my ground. To carry me, to fan me while I sleep And tremble while I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earned. No! dear as freedom is-and, in my heart's Just estimation, prized above all price- I had much rather be myself the slave And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him."
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Thus animated, it is not a matter for surprise to find the first call to arms issued by the President answered nobly by the people,
Previous to the beginning of hostilities, an independent military company was organ- ized at Mt. Clemens. Before the actual formation of this company, war meetings were held and speeches made by Andrew A. Robertson, Giles Hubbard, Harleigh Carter. William M. Campbell and others. At length, a company was organized, with George C. Fletcher, Captain. This company was mustered into service with Judson S. Farrar, Captain; Edgar H. Shook, First Lieutenant; Henry C. Edgerly. Second Lieutenant, Edgar Weeks, then a lawyer of Mt. Clemens, was elected First Sergeant: James Fenton was appointed Drill Sergeant. The muster roll comprised forty names, among whom were William M. Con- nor, Sergeant; Peter Generous, H. W. Babcock, Alexander N. Delano, Capt. William Tucker, Nicholas Lacroix, Anson C. Town, Owen Cotten, Martin Conway, W. D: Lerick, Isaac Lerick, John R. Hubert, and others mentioned in the rosters.
This company tendered its services to the Governor while the First Michigan Infantry (three months) was being organized, but, on account of the large number of volunteers who presented themselves, this company was ordered to await the organization of a second reg. iment. The uniform was gray, with green facings and large brass buttons, very showy in itself, surmounted with a tall velvet military hat trimmed with green.
The company, after failing to be incorporated with the first three months' regiment, was disbanded, and the commissioned officers and musicians entered the camp of instruc- tion at Fort Wayne, and remained there until after the first Bull Run, when those officers were ordered to return to Mt. Clemens, recruit the company at that place, and report at Detroit. This instruction was carried out, and on August 28, 1861, the men mustered into service, under the same officers, with the Fifth Michigan Infantry, Col. Henry D. Ferry commanding. This was among the first military companies organized in the north- eastern counties of this State, and the first in Macomb County.
APPOINTMENTS AND STATISTICS.
Dexter Mussey was appointed Commissioner to carry out the draft ordered by the War Department July 9, 1861.
The number of men enrolled by the Assessors of Macomb County September 10, 1862, was 3,485, of which number 2,666 were subject to draft, and 819 exempt. The whole number subject to draft in the State at that time was 91,071.
Col. John Stockton, of Mt. Clemens, received authority from the War Department, in August, 1862, to form a regiment of cavalry, which authority was approved by Gov. Blair, and a commission issued to him October 3, 1862.
The draft of February, 1863, was made on the basis of the census of 1860. The number of men actually drafted in Macomb was 127, of whom 64 reported at the rendez- vous, 44 enlisted for three years, and 2 for nine months service. This draft was carried ont in this county under Dexter Mussey. Under the United States act of March, 1863, each Congressional district was formed into an enrollment canton. Macomb formed a
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portion of the Fifth District. The returns point out that, during the summer of 1864, there were 2,068 white men and 11 colored citizens of the first class subject to military duty, and 1,183 of the second class similarly subject, after the men of the first class had been called out. Up to January 1, 1864, there were 1,347 enlistments reported for Ma- comb County, and before the last day of October of that year, 760 more names were added to the roll. aggregating 2.107 men, from the period of the organization of the three-years regiments to October 31, 1864, not including the number who joined Col. Doyle's com- mand at Detroit, or the men who enlisted in the three-months regiments.
Under the Presidential call of December 19, 1864, for 300.000 men, an enrollment was made in the several counties of the State. The report, dated December 31, 1864, points out the number of men liable to military service in Macomb County to be 2.015, of which number 225 was the quota of the county.
From November 1. 1864, to the suspension of recruiting. April 14, 1865, the county was credited with 263 enlistments, with 963 enlistments under the system of district en- rollment, making a total of 1,216 men from September 19, 1863, to the close of the war. The total representation of Macomb County in the State regiments may be set down as 2,- 500, of whom 900 enlisted under the enrollment system, 149 re-enlisted as veterans, 17 entered the naval service, 16 drafted men commuted, and 134 resulted from the draft. Of this number, 320 served for one year, 2 for two years, and 894 for three years. The enlistments previous to September 19, 1863 numbered 1,144 men, which, with the 1,216 referred to above, give a grand total of 2,360 men. At least 140 men entered Illinois and Indiana regiments, whose names are not given in the reports of this State, thongh appear- ing in the military records of the States referred to.
The military vote of the Michigan troops was taken November 7, 1864. Under the act of February 5, 1864, the Governor was authorized to appoint a number of Commis- sioners to take this vote, which authority was put in practice October 14, 1864, when forty- one appointments were made. Among the Commissioners was William Hulsart, of Ro- meo. to whom was apportioned the labor of receiving the vote of the Eighth Michigan Cavalry, then at Nicholasville, Ky .. and of the L and M Batteries, Michigan Artillery. serving with the Twenty-third Army Corps at Cumberland Gap, Tenn. The vote of the Eighth Cavahy was 105 for the Republican Electors-Robert R. Brecher, Thomas D. Gil- bert. Frederick Waldorf, Marsh Giddings, Christian Eberbach, Perry Hannah, Omer D. Conger and George W. Pack. The Democratic Electors received 71 votes from the same command. The roll of Electors for whom this vote was given comprises the names of Sam T. Douglass, Rix Robinson, Henry Hart, Royal T. Twombly. D. Darwin Hughes, John Lewis, Michael E. Crofoot and Richard Edwards. Battery L and detachments gave 200 votes to the Republican Electoral ticket, and 57 to the Democratic ticket. Battery M gave 49 votes to the Republicans and 3 to the Democrats.
Hon. Giles Hubbard, of Mt. Clemens, was appointed a member of the Board of Di- rectors of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument Association, at a meeting held August 11. 1865. How well this board performed its duty is shown in the sculptured monument, de-
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signed by Randolph Rogers, the corner-stone of which was laid at Detroit in less than two years after the organization of the association-July 4, 1867.
The amount of money raised directly in Macomb County for the purpose of carrying on the war was $289,029.69. The sum of direct expenditures from 1861 to 1867, for the relief of soldiers' wives and children was no less than $110,339.26. The subscription to the $28,000 fund of the Michigan Soldiers' Aid Society to that of the Michigan Soldiers' Relief Association, and other charitable funds, must aggregate not less than $8,000, while other charities of a like nature entailed an indirect charge on the county amounting to several thousand dollars.
Previous to the issue of the Adjutant General's report, December 24, 1862, no less than 841 men from this county were in active service, exclusive of the number enrolled on the roster of the three-months regiment, or recruits joining the old regiments between July 1 and December 24, 1862. The representation of the county in the regiments of the State from the formation of the first three years regiment to the close of the year 1862 was as follows: Twenty men belonged to the First Michigan Infantry: 1 to the Second Infantry; 9 to the Fourth Infantry; 93 to the Fifth Infantry; 3 to the Sixth Infantry; 16 to the Seventh; 131 to the Ninth; 1S to the Tenth; 2 to the Thirteenth: 34 to the Four- teenth; 3 to the Fifteenth; 18 to the Sixteenth; 8 to the Seventeenth: 255 to the Twenty- second; 3 to the Twenty-sixth: 5 to the Engineers: 50 to the First Cavalry: 45 to the Second: 10 to the Third; 10 to the Fourth; 90 to the Fifth; 2 to the Ninth Battery; 14 to Dygert's Sharpshooters; and I to the Stanton Guard; with probably 50 to other com- mands then organized.
RECORD OF COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Aaron L. Abbey, Armada, was commissioned Second Lieutenant Eighth Cavalry, No- vember 1, 1862; First Lieutenant, June 16, 1864. He was made prisoner August 5, 1864, during Gen. Stoneman's raid; exchanged March 1, 1865, and discharged as Second Lieu- tenant May 15, 1865.
George E. Adair, Utica, commissioned First Lieutenant Second Cavalry, September 2. 1861; resigned September 3, 1862.
Louis Allor, New Baltimore, Sergeant Company E, Twenty-second Infantry, July 31, 1862: was commissioned Second Lieutenant November 17, 1862; First Lieutenant, June 6, 1863; Adjutant, October 11, 1863, which position he held when the command was mustered out, June 26, 1865.
Almiron P. Armstrong, Armada, was commissioned First Lieutenant Eighth Cavalry, November 1, 1862, in which position he served until his resignation was accepted, Febru- ary 14, 1863.
Alfred Ashley, New Baltimore, commissioned Captain, Twenty-second Infantry, July 21, 1862; resigned November 27, 1862.
Willard H. Ashley, Sheridan, Sergeant Company A, Eleventh Cavalry, August 28, 1863; was commissioned First Lieutenant March 21, 1864; he resigned on account of disability June 10. 1865.
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Julian H. Axtell. Mt. Clemens. Sergeant Company B. First Infantry. July 9, 1861: wounded in action near Five Forks. Va., March 31, 1865; commissioned Second Lieuten- ant May 30. 1865, and discharged July 9, 1865.
Samuel Barton, Armada, Sergeant Company B, Thirtieth Michigan Infantry, Novem- ber 25, 1864; commissioned Second Lieutenant June 6, 1865; and discharged June 30, 1865.
Hiram Barrows, Armada, was commissioned Second Lieutenant. Ninth Michigan In- fantry, October 12, 1861: First Lieutenant, December 10. 1861: and Captain. October 13. 1862. He was wounded in the action of Murfreesboro, Tenn., July 13. 1862, and fell into the hands of the rebels. His exchange or release occurred Angust 27, 1862. He served from the date of his promotion to a Captainey until the muster-out of the command. No vember 16. 1864.
Charles Bassett, Mt. Clemens, Sergeant Company G. Twenty-second Infantry, August 12, 1862; was commissioned Second Lieutenant December 5. 1862 ; First Lieutenant, February 21, 1863; Captain, October 14. 1864, in which last position he was serving at the period of muster-out, June 26, 1865.
William Belles. Chesterfield, commissioned Captain Thirtieth Infantry November 28. 1864; was mustered out June 30, 1865.
John W. Bennett, Mt. Clemens, commissioned Second Lieutenant. Eighth Michigan Cavalry, November 1, 1862; First Lientenant, August 31, 1863; Captain, December 1, 1864; was mustered out with the command September 22, 1865.
John Britton, Ridgeway, Sergeant Company F, Twenty-sixth Infantry, Angust 12. 1862; was commissioned Second Lieutenant November 22. 1564: First Lieutenant. June 9. 1865; and was mustered out as Second Lieutenant June 4, 1865.
Seymour Brownell, Utica, commissioned Battalion Quartermaster. Second Cavalry. September 2, 1861; received his discharge June 1. 1862, and on October 28 of the same year, was commissioned Captain and Assistant Commissary United States Volunteers: this position he resigned October 15, 1864.
Sylvanus Baehelder, Clinton, entered service with Fourteenth Michigan Infantry : was promoted Second Lieutenant December 29, 1864: First Lieutenant, March 14, 1865. and served in that position to the close of the war.
William Beekman, Clinton, promoted from the ranks to a Second Lieutenancy July 3, 1865, and to a First Lieutenancy July 31. 1865; was mustered ont with the command.
Albert D. Benjamin, Fowlerville, was promoted Second Lientenant, Thirtieth In- fantry, November 28, 1864, and served until the elose of the war.
Charles L. Bissell, Chicago. was commissioned First Lieutenant and Adjutant, Twelfth Michigan Infantry, October 10. 1861. This soldier died at Bolivar, Tenn .. Oe- tober 26. 1862.
William Brownell, Utiea, was commissioned Assistant Surgeon, Second Cavalry, Sep- tember 2, 1861, and Surgeon October 20. 1862. which position he oceupied when the com- mand was mustered out, November 3. 1864.
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Augustus H. Canfield, Mt. Clemens, was appointed Sergeant Company I, Ninth Michigan Infantry, August 15, 1861: commissioned Second Lieutenant September 23, 1862; First Lieutenant April 25, 1863; Adjutant, October 14, 1864, in which position he was serving when the regiment was mustered ont.
f Stephen B. Cannon, Disco, Sergeant Company B. Twenty-second Infantry, August 9, 1862; commissioned Second Lieutenant October 14, 1864; was mustered out June 26, 1865.
TJQEdwin C. Chubb, Romeo, Sergeant Company A, Ninth Infantry, August 13, 1861; was commissioned Second Lieutenant October 13, 1862; First Lieutenant, May 14, 1863; and mustered out November 25, 1864.
William H. Clarke, Jr., Armada, Sergeant Company G, Eighth Michigan Cavalry, November 10, 1862; was commissioned Second Lieutenant April 23. 1863; wounded at Sweetwater JOctober 26, 1863, and resigned on account of disability February 8, 1864.
John L. Cline, Romeo, Sergeant Company L, Eighth Michigan Cavalry, March S, 1863; was commissioned Second Lieutenant September 14, 1864, First Lieutenant De- eember 27, 1864; and mustered out with the command September 22, 1865.
Daniel W. Cole, Romeo, Sergeant Major, Ninth Infantry, August 13, 1861; was com- missioned Second Lieutenant July 15, 1865, and mustered out September 15, 1865.
Owen W. Cotton, Mt. Clemens, Sergeant Company B, Fifth Infantry, August 28, 1861; commissioned Second Lieutenant September 12, 1862; First Lieutenant, October 21, 1862; was wounded at Chancellorsville, Va., in the action of May 3. 1563, and resigned August 19 following.
Martin Conley, New Baltimore, appointed Sergeant Company B, Third Infantry, Sep- tember 27, 1864; was commissioned Second Lieutenant March 12, 1565; First Lientenant November 28, 1865; and mustered out with the re-organized Third Infantry June 10. 1866; he served with Fifth Infantry at the beginning of the war, and now, as a member of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Union, is in charge of the old colors of the Fifth.
John M. Crawford, Ray Center, was commissioned Captain, Eighth Michigan Cavalry, November 1, 1862, which position he resigned on account of disability June 16, 1864.
Lyman G. Crawford, Romeo, commissioned Second Lieutenant, Third Infantry, July 29, 1864; First Lieutenant January 8, 1865; Captain, February 25, 1866; was mustered out as First Lieutenant June 10, 1866.
Charles D. Culver, MIt. Clemens, was commissioned First Lieutenant Battery MI, First Light Artillery, April 1, 1863, which position he resigned October 26 following.
Augustus Czizek, Mt. Clemens, commissioned Second Lieutenant, Twenty-second In- fantry, July 31, 1862; resigned December 3. 1862.
Crawley P. Dake, Armada, was commissioned Captain, Fifth Michigan Cavalry, Au- gust 14, 1862; Major, December 31, 1862; and resigned August 9, 1864.
Lewis P. Davis, Romeo, Sergeant Major, Twenty-second Infantry, August 9, 1862; was commissioned Second Lieutenant November 7, 1864, and mustered out June 26, 1865.
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Jonathan E. Davis, Macomb, was commissioned Assistant Surgeon, Twenty-seventh Infantry, December 23, 1862; resigned January 4, 1864.
George W. Davenport, Sergeant Company F, Fifth Cavalry, August 15, 1862; was commissioned First Lieutenant, Eighth Michigan Cavalry, January 28, 1864, and mus- tered out April 30 following.
Alanson P. Dickenson, Romeo, was commissioned Second Lieutenant, Ninth Infantry, October 12, 1861; First Lieutenant, June 23, 1862; and resigned with the rank of Second Lieutenant, January 17, 1863.
Augustus Ditman, Romeo, Sergeant Company A, Ninth Infantry, August 13, 1861; Second Lieutenant, November 23. 1864: and First Lieutenant, April 20, 1865; mustered out with the command September 15. 1865.
Charles B. Donaldson, Roseville, Sergeant Company K. Eighth Michigan Cavalry. February S. 1863: was commissioned First Lieutenant January 22, 1864, and resigned, on account of disability. June 21, 1864.
Winchester T. Dodge. Orange, commissioned Second Lieutenant, Tenth Michigan Cavalry, October 15, 1862; resigned February 22, 1864.
William H. Dunphy, Memphis, was commissioned First Lieutenant, Tenth Infantry, October 1. 1861: Captain, March 31. 1563: Lieutenant Colonel, February 24, 1865: Colonel, June 7, 1865; and was mustered out July 19. 1865, with the rank of Lieuten- ant Colonel.
Arthur L. Eastman, Mt. Clemens, was commissioned First Lieutenant, Eighth Mich- igan Cavalry, November 1, 1862; wounded at Sweetwater October 26, 1863; he received his discharge on account of disability. February 9, 1865.
Henry C. Edgerly, Mt. Clemens, commissioned Second Lieutenant, Fifth Michigan Infantry, January 19, 1862; was wounded at Charles City Cross Roads. Va .. June 30, 1862; transferred to Eighth Cavalry.
Henry C. Edgerly, Mt. Clemens, was commissioned Major, Eighth Michigan Cav- alry, November 17, 1862; served throughout the war, and resigned on account of disability January 8, 1865.
Marcus D. Elliott, Roseville, Sergeant, Battery H. First Light Artillery, October 22, 1861; was commissioned Second Lieutenant March 15, 1863; First Lieutenant, August 8, 1863; Captain. January 8, 1864; and was mustered out December 27, 1864.
Judson S. Farrar, Mt. Clemens, was commissioned Captain, Fifth Michigan Infantry. June 19, 1861, and received the commission of Lieutenant Colonel, Twenty-sixth Infantry, September 16, 1862.
Amos Finch. commissioned Lieutenant January 22, 1865 : discharged July. 1865.
Judson S. Farrar, Mt. Clemens, was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel, Twenty-sixth Infantry, September 16. 1862: Colonel, October 9, 1863; and discharged on account of disability March 29, 1864.
Uriel S. Farrar, Mt. Clemens, commissioned First Lieutenant, Twenty-sixth Infantry,
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October 12, 1863. and Captain. June 9, 1864: was mustered out with the rank of First Lieutenant June 4, 1865.
Thomas A. Fisher, New Baltimore. Sergeant, First Engineers and Mechanics, Novem- ber 26, 1861: was commissioned First Lieutenant January 1, 1864, and mustered out Oc- tober 26, 1864.
Edwin Fishpool, New Baltimore, was commissioned Second Lieutenant. First Mich- igan Cavalry, August 22. 1861. and resigned January 30. 1862.
Peter Generoux, Mt. Clemens, commissioned First Lieutenant, Fifth Michigan In- fantry, September 12, 1862; Captain. September 16, 1862: was killed in the action of Gettysburg. Penn., July 2. 1863.
Joseph Goetz, Mt. Clemens, Captain, Twenty-second Infantry, July 31. 1862: was discharged on account of disability May 17. 1865. after a period of almost three years. service.
Jacob Goodale. Ray Center, Sergeant. Eighth Michigan Cavalry, November 1. 1862; Second Lieutenant, January 5, 1864: First Lieutenant, June 21. 1864: was mustered out at the date of consolidation with the Eleventh Cavalry, July 20, 1865.
Alexander Grant, Utica, commissioned Second Lieutenant, Second Cavalry, Septem- ber 2. 1861: resigned June 4, 1862.
Cyril S. Hicks, Richmond, was promoted First Lieutenant. Ninth Michigan Infantry, September 27, 1864, and served until the close of the war.
David K. Halsey, Richmond, Sergeant, Fifth Infantry. August 28, 1861: was com- missioned Second Lieutenant June 10, 1863.
Edgar B. Harris, Shelby. Sergeant Company C. Eighth Cavalry, December 18, 1862; was commissioned Second Lieutenant April 25. 1865, and mustered out September 22, 1865.
Delos L. Heath. Ridgeway, commissioned Assistant Surgeon, Seventeenth Infantry, November 18, 1862; was transferred to Twenty-third Infantry.
Delos L. Heath, Ridgeway, commissioned Surgeon, Twenty-third Michigan Infantry, May 1, 1863: was discharged for disability December 27, 1864.
Matthew M. Hedges. North Branch, entered the Tenth Infantry as Sergeant. Decem- ber 22. 1861: was commissioned Second Lieutenant June 7, 1865, and discharged July 18, 1865.
Matthew Holmes, Baltimore, commissioned Second Lieutenant, Twenty-eighth In- fantry. August 15, 1864; was killed at Wise Forks, N. C., March 8, 1865.
Henry H. Houghtalin, New Baltimore, mustered into service with the Eighth Cavalry: was commissioned Second Lieutenant June 17, 1864; First Lieutenant, January 8, 1865; and was mustered out September 22, 1865.
Irving D. Hanscom. Romeo, commissioned officer Eighth Michigan Cavalry: for pro- motions, see biographical sketch.
Henry W. Howgate, Armada, commissioned Second Lieutenant. Twenty-second In- fantry, July 31. 1862; First Lieutenant, December 31. 1862: Captain, June 7, 1864: was
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