History of Shiawassee and Clinton counties, Michigan, Part 11

Author: Ellis, Franklin, 1828-1885
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Philadelphia, D.W. Ensign & co.
Number of Pages: 716

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On the 7th of December, while Gen. Milroy was engaged at the Cedars with the principal part of Forrest's rebel com- mand, Faulkner's rebel brigade of mounted infantry made a dash on the picket-line at Murfreesboro', drove in the guard, and gained possession of the town. After a spirited engagement of an hour's duration, four companies of the Third, together with an equal number of companies of the One Hundred and Eighty-first Ohio, with a seetion of ar- tillery, repulsed the rebels and pursued them two miles.

The regiment remained at Murfreesboro' and its vicinity until Jan. 16, 1865, when it was moved to Huntsville, Ala., and assigned to the Fourth Army Corps. On the 31st of January it was ordered to Eastport, Miss., and proceeded as far as Nashville, Tenn., when, the order being counter- manded, it returned to Huntsville, remaining there until the middle of March. With its brigade it then marched to Kast Tennessee, occupying successively positions at New Market, Bull Gap, and Jonesboro', where it was employed

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in pursuing, capturing, and driving off the numerous guer- rilla bands infesting that region. The Third was ordered to Nashville, Tenn., on the 20th of March, arrived there the 28th, and on the 15th of June, 1865, with its corps, pro- ceeded by rail from Nashville to Johnsville, Tenn. ; thence by steamers down the Tennessee, Ohio, and Mississippi Rivers to New Orleans, arriving on the 5th of July. After a short delay the regiment proceeded in vessels to Indian- ola, Texas, and theuce it marched to Green Lake. On the 12th of September it started ont for Western Texas, and, after a fatiguing march of fourteen days' duration, it reached San Antonio. During the following winter two companies were on duty at Gonzales. Early in the spring of 1866 the entire regiment was ordered to Victoria, Texas, and was there mustered out of the service, May 26, 1866. Marching to Indianola, it took steamers to New Orleans, going thence via the Mississippi River to Cairo, Ill., whence it was transported by railway to Detroit, Mich. It arrived there June 10, 1866, and was soon after discharged.

SIHIAWASSEE COUNTY SOLDIERS IN THE THIRD INFANTRY.

Company B.

John N. Foster, died of disease, June 15, 1862. Richard Herrington, disch, for disability, April 1, 1862.

Aaron llerrington, disch, for disability, March 11, 1863. Reuben Hopkins, disch. for disability, March 30, 1863.

Theron Janes, veteran, enl. Dec. 23, 1863; must. out July 5, 1865.

Mortimer Markham, died in action at Fair Oaks, May 31, 1862. Lyman MrCarty, disch. for disability, Aug. 9, 1861.

Ezra Ransom, disch. for disability, Ang. 1, 1862.

Company C.

William Choates, died of disease at Camp Blair, Va., July 1, 1861. Christian Foster, disch. for disability, Oct. 10, 18G1.

Henry Reubelman, veteran, enl. Dec. 21, 1863.

Abijah Sonthard, discb. nt end of service, Juns 20, 1864.

Casper Thener, veteran, enl. Dec. 21, 1863.

Company D.

Willard McKay, discb, for disability, Ang. 8, 1861.

Company F.

James Gunnegal, veteran, enl. Dec. 24, 1864.

Company G.

Charles T. Goodell, veteran, ent. Dec. 24, 1863; died in action at Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864.

Eben D. Jackson, disch. for disability, Nov. 10, 1862.

Patrick Kilboy, disch. for disability, Oct. 21, 1861.

Francis Magnire, disch. for disability, Dec. 21, 1861.

Lemuel Smith, veteran, enl. Dec. 24, 1863; mu-t. ont July 5, 1865.

Charles Shaft, veteran, enl. Drc. 24, 1863; must. out Aug. 23, 1865. Jolin Shaft, veteran, enl. Dec. 24, 1863; died June 22, 1864. James Trimmer, disch, for disability, Aug. 6, 1862.

Arthur Walkins, veteran, enl. Dec. 24, 1863; must. out July 5, 1865, Philo H. Wier, veteran, enl. Dec. 24, 1863; died June 16, 1864.

SOLDIERS IN THE THIRD, FROM CLINTON COUNTY. Company B.

Burnett Hopkins, trans. to 5th Mich. Inf .; minst. out July 5, 1865. Lewis Rogers, trans. to 5th Mich. Inf .; must. out July 5, 1865.

Ebenezer Sweet, trans. to 5th Mich. Inf .; must. out July 5, 1865.

Company C.

Francis Brinnick, died in Andersonville prison pen, July 12, 1864. Herman Hardenburgh, missing in action, June 30, 1862.

Alexander l'arks, trans. to 5tb Mich. Inf. ; dischi, for disability, Sept. 3, 1864.

Company D.

Jerome Briggs, missing in action.

Clinton Corey, veteran, enl. Dec. 24, 1863; trans. to 5th Mich. Inf .; must. out July 5, 1 65.

Edgar Green, disch. for disability, May, 1862. Amos W. Gillott, died in Virginia, Sept. 20, 1862. William H. Hicks, disch. for disability, Feb. 24, 1863. Philander J. Myers, disch, to eul, in regular army, Jan. 18, 1863. Webster Morris, Ovid.

James Reynolds, disch. at end of service, Juno 20, 1864.

Charles Vosburg, disch. for disability, May 20, 1863. Elbridge Wellington, dlisch, for disability, Ang, 5, 1861,

Company F.

Asa B. Daniels, trans. to 5th Mich. Inf. ; must. out July 5, 1865. Elijah Fish, died in action at Groveton (Bull Run), Ang. 29, 1862. Warren Stone, trans. to 5th Mich Inf .; must. out July 5, .865. Charles B. Sauds, trans, to 5th Mich. Inf .; must. out July 5, 1865. Chauncey D. Webster, trans. to 5th Mich. Inf .; must. out July 5, 1865.

Company G.

Sorgt. George M. Cook, Eagle; disch. for disability, Feb. 10, 1863. Corp. John Blanchard, died in action at Seven Pines, May 31, 1802. Corp. Case B. Wickham, died in action at Seven Pines, May 31, 1862. Mus. Dewitt C. Forman, pro. to principal nons.

Angustns Billings, died at Douglas Hospital of wounds, June 17, 1862.

Joshua R. Benson, veteran, en1. Dec. 24, 1863 ; trans. to 5th Inf. ; must. out July 5, 1865.

John Bissell, must. out July 5, 1865.

William Clark, veteran, en1. Dec. 24, 1863 ; trans, to 5th Inf .; must. out July 5, 1865.

George W. Davis, veteran, enl. Dec. 24, 1863 ; trans, to 5th Inf .; must. out July 5, 1865.

William II. Davis, veteran, enl. Dec. 24, 1863; died in action at Wilderness, May 5, 18 4.

Charles Gaskill, died in action at Seven Pines, May 31, 1862.

Calvin D. Holmes, died of wounds, May 18, 1864.

Andrew J. Heth, disch. for disability, March 18, 1863.

Henry W. McRoberts, died of disease at Fort Monroe, March 23, 1862.

Moses F. Newman, trans, to 5th Mich. Inf .; must, ont July 5, 1865.

Heury J. l'atterson, veteran, enl. Dec. 24, 1863; trans. to 5th Mich. Inf .; must. out July 5, 1865.

Charles HI. Rose, disch. for disability, May 25, 1862.

Chauncey Strickland, died of disease at Grand Rapids, June 13, 1861.

Harrison Sickles, died of disease in Virginia, March 24, 1862.

Company K.

Wallace W. Wade, must. out Ang. 13, 1862.

Company C (new Third).

Corp. Benjamin F. Fuller, Westphalia; enl. Sept. 3, 1864; died of disease in Texas, Nov. 5, 1865.

Samuel F. Cranson, must. out May 25, 18GG.

Jolin Gallagher, must. ont Sept. 25, 1865.

John J. Langdon, must. out June 14, 1865.

Jason S. Mershon, must, out May 25, 1866.

Spencer 11. Northrop, died of disease at Cincinnati, Ohio, Ang. 9, 1865.

George Rich, died of disease at Nashville, Feb. 28, 1865.

William S. Stiles, died of disease in Texas, Dec. 7, 1865.

Prescott Vernon, must. out May 25, 186G.

CHAPTER VI.

FIFTH INFANTRY.

Organization at Fort Wayne-Winter Quarters in Virginia-Battles of Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, and Charles City Cross-Roads -- Second Bull Run, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettys- burg-Mine Run-Veteran Re-enlistment-The Wilderness Cam- paign-Consolidation of the Third and Fifth-Spring Campaign of 1865-Close of Service.

ONE of the companies of the Fifth Infantry was raised wholly in Shiawassee County, and two others contained a number of men from that county and Clinton. The Shiawassee company-originally known as the " Ingersoll Rifles"-was the first one raised in the county for actual service, its formation having been commenced in the latter part of April, 1861. On the 4th of May following its strength had been raised to seventy-four, rank and file (as was an- nounced in the Shiawassee American of that date), and not long afterwards its ranks were filled to about twenty men more than the maximum number. This excess of men afterwards joined the Third Infantry at Grand Rapids. The com- manding officer of the " Rifles" was Capt. Louis B. Quack- enbush, who had been principally instrumental in recruiting

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the company. The other two original commissioned officers were First Lieut. William Wakenshaw, and Second Lieut. William K. Tillotson, both of whom had been active in procuring enlistments.

Several weeks passed after the company was full before it was definitely assigned to its regiment. This period was passed in perfecting its organization, drill, and discipline, and on the 10th of August the " Ingersoll Rifles" left Owosso one hundred and ten strong, and proceeded to the regimental rendezvous at Fort Wayne, Detroit, where it lost its recruiting name, and was designated as Company " H" of the Fifth Michigan Infantry. The regiment hav- ing completed its organization was mustered into the United States service on the 28th of August, 1861, with a total strength of about nine hundred officers and men, under command of Col. Ilenry D. Terry.

On the 1Ith of September, at an early hour in the morn- ing, the men of the Fifth Regiment broke camp at the Fort Wayne rendezvous, packed their knapsacks, and pre- pared for their departure to the front. It was a momentous business, and nearly all the day was consumed in the prepa- rations which in their later days of campaigning they learned to accomplish in a half-hour. At a little before four o'clock in the afternoon the several companies were marched to the parade-ground of the fort, and there formed in line for the reception of a flag,-the gift of Messrs. F. Buhl, Newland & Co., of Detroit,-which was about to be presented to the regiment. There were many spectators present, consisting of citizens of Detroit and friends and relatives of the departing soldiers, who had come to say good-by,-many of them for the last time. The crowd was kept back by the unecasing labor of guards stationed along the line. When the swaying to and fro of the people in the vain effort of each one to stand in front of the others had ceased, Marshal Whiting, with Mr. Frederick Buhl on one side and Alderman Backus on the other, stepped for- ward bearing the colors. Approaching to within a few paces of Col. Terry, Mr. Backus made a few well-timed remarks on behalf of Mr. Buhl, which were responded to by Col. Terry in an appropriate manner. The flag, which was of heavy silk, fringed with gold and surmounted by a gilded eagle, was handed to Sergt. Asa A. Rouse, of " E" company, who had been designated as the color-bearer of the regiment. At the conclusion of the ceremony the companies were marched back to the camp-ground for supper ; a few final preparations were made, and between seven and eight o'clock the command was marched to the river and em- barked for Cleveland, en route for the national capital. The journey of the regiment from Detroit to Washington was described in a letter written by an officer of the regiment, from which account the following extracts are given :

" We embarked on Wednesday evening, September 11th, on the steamer 'Ocean,' for Cleveland. Our journey was pleasant but rapid. As the shrill whistle of the steamer gave the signal for our departure, the most intense excitement prevailed, and when she swung round from her moorings cheer after cheer rose from the decks, for our country and her flag, onr homes and the dear ones left be- hind us, and was returned with the same spirit and enthn- siasm by the numerous crowd that thronged the wharves to

witness our departure. About three o'clock in the morn- ing we arrived at Cleveland, where we were detained till nine o'clock, and then took the cars for Pittsburgh. As the bell rang to warn us of our departure, crowds of people gathered round the cars to bid the Wolverine boys good- by. Nor was Cleveland behind in giving us a warm re- ception. The whole line as far as Pittsburgh was crowded with people of all grades, from the aged grandparent to the lisping child, to see us pass. At nine o'clock the same evening we arrived at Pittsburgh, where we took supper, changed cars, and resumed our way for Washington by the way of Harrisburg. We arrived in the latter place be- tween two and three o'clock the next morning. There we were numbered off and stowed away in cattle-ears of the most old and dilapidated kind, and in this wretched way we proceeded to Baltimore, where we were again furnished with good coaches. We arrived in Washington on Sunday morning, somewhat fatigued from our long journey. We remained there till night, when we received orders to march,-to what place we did not know. We were soon prepared for the journey, and after a march of some three or four miles we arrived at Meridian Hill, where we learned we were to encamp."

' Meridian Hill is in the northwest part of the city of Washington, and at this place the Fifth remained until the morning of Wednesday, September 18th, just one week from the day of departure from Detroit. It then broke camp and marched down through the city to the arsenal, where the men were furnished with indifferent Springfield muskets. Thence the regiment moved across the Long Bridge into Virginia and out to Arlington, where it bi- vouacked for the night, and on the following day marched about two miles farther from the river to Hunter's Chapel, where it halted and pitched a camp, named Camp Richard- son, in honor of Col. Richardson, to whose brigade (of Heintzelman's division) it had been assigned for duty. On the 22d a part of the regiment was placed on picket some two miles farther to the front. This was the first time the men of the Fifth stood in front of the enemy, and here it was that they first heard the crack of hostile rifles.

On Saturday the 28th of September, six companies of the regiment moved to Munson's IIill, Va. The remainder of the regiment came up immediately afterwards, and to Col. Terry's command is due the credit of first occupying this position in the front where an attack was hourly looked for, though none was made. At this place the regiment was without tents, and constantly engaged on fatigue duty, felling timber, and, with the Thirty-seventh New York, constructing substantial earthworks on the hill. On the 12th of October the Fifth moved to Hunter's Creek, two miles south of Alexandria, and the men were put on similar duty in the construction of Fort Lyon, and remained so occupied at that place for about two months.

In the early part of December the regiment moved about three miles farther down the Potomac, to " Camp Michi- gan," where the men were supplied with Sibley tents, and set about preparing winter quarters. The enemy was in their front, though not in much force, and the.regiment remained here in comparative comfort through the winter of 1861-62, and until the general movement of the Army

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of the Potomac, in March. The first of the operations of that campaign was a feint made by nearly the whole army in the direction of Manassas, which was immediately fol- lowed by the transportation of the immense host down the Potomac to Fortress Monroe. The Fifth embarked at Al- exandria, and moved with the army to the Virginia Penin- sula, when, on the 4th of April, 1862, it marched with its division towards Yorktown, arriving in front of that strong- hold on the following day.

The Fifth, as a part of the investing force, remained in front of Yorktown until Sunday, the 4th of May, when the Union army was electrified by the announcement that the hostile works had been evacuated during the previous night, and that the enemy was retiring towards Richmond. The forces of Gen. MeClellan were at onee put in motion to pursue, and the Fifth Michigan, with its brigade, moved from camp on through the evacuated intrenchments at about three o'clock P.M., taking the road towards Williamsburg, but bivouacking for the night a short distance beyond York- town. At two o'clock in the morning of Monday, the 5th, the men were turned out in the pouring rain to prepare for marching; but the regiment did not move until about ten A.M. Then forward over the almost bottomless roads, which were clogged and blockaded by artillery, eavalry, and army wagons, the men of the Fifth pressed on towards the field where the battle had been in progress since the early morning. For hours they struggled on through the mud and rain, and as they approached Williamsburg the thun- der of artillery and the continuous roar of volleys told too plainly of the work on which they were about to enter. Order after order came from the front to hurry up the brigade, and about the middle of the afternoon the Fifth stood in line of battle, about five hundred strong, in front of the enemy's position, the Thirty-seventh New York joining its line, the Third Michigan being in support of a battery, and the Second Michigan being held in reserve. These four regiments formed the Third (Berry's) brigade, of Gen. Phil. Kearney's division.

It was not until between three and four o'clock that the Fifth delivered its first fire, but from that time it was kept up without intermission till nearly dark. The ammunition being then nearly exhausted, the order was given to charge with the bayonet. It was obeyed with alacrity. The reg- iment charged, carried the rifle-pits in its front, and occu- pied them through the night. The rain ceased and the sky cleared during the night, and the morning of the 6th of May opened bright and beautiful; but the enemy had retreat- ed, and was then some miles away on the road to Richmond.

Williamsburg was the first battle-field of the Fifth Michigan, and a wild initiation it was. The regiment went in with about five hundred men, and out of this force its loss was one hundred and fifty-three in killed and wounded. The heroism of the Fifth and its companion regiments of the brigade in this battle is attested by the following order of Gen. Berry, the brigade commander, viz. :

"SPECIAL ORDER.

" HEADQUARTERS TRIRD BRIGADE, KEARNEY'S DIVISION, " WILLIAMSBURG BATTLE-FIELD, May 8, 1862.

" The commander of the brigade takes great pleasure in making this official communication to his command : That

they by heroic fortitude on Monday last, by making a forced march through mud and rain, each vying with the other to see who could most cheerfully stand the hardships the time called for, making thereby a march that others shrank from; coming into a fight at double-quick, made doubtful to our side by the overwhelming mass of the enemy poured upon our centre; by a rapid deploy and quick formation, and by coolness, precision, and energy beat back the enemy, recapturing our lost position and artillery, and also by a heroic charge took a stronghold of the enemy, and thereby dislodged him and drove him on the plain beyond his well-chosen position, have done them- selves great honor, have honored the States of Michigan and New York, and have won a name in history that the most ambitious might be proud of.

" R. G. BERRY, " Brig .- Gen. commanding Third Brigade."

In the advance from Williamsburg the Fifth moved with its brigade up to and across the Chickahominy, and took its place in the lines confronting Richmond. Again, on the 31st of May, it fought in the battle of Fair Oaks, and again it suffered terribly ; its loss in killed and wounded being one hundred and forty-nine out of about three bun- dred men who entered the fight,-this being proportion- ately much greater than its loss at Williamsburg. Among the killed of the Fifth at Fair Oaks was Capt. Louis B. Quackenbush, commanding the Shiawassee company.

During the "Seven Days'" battles which accompanied the " change of base," or more properly the retreat, of the army from the Chickahominy to the James, the Fifth Michigan fought bravely at Charles City Cross-Roads, losing thirty-three killed and wounded and eighteen miss- ing. It was also engaged at Malvern Hill, July Ist, with slight loss. After the evacuation of Harrison's Landing the regiment was moved with its command and other troops up the Potomac, and thence to the succor of the sorely-pressed Army of Virginia under Gen. Popc. In this duty it was engaged, but without severe loss, at Manassas, August 30th, and at Chantilly (where the gal- lant Kearney fell) on the 2d of September. Later in the fall, when the Army of the Potomac under its new com- mander, Gen. Burnside, marched towards Fredericksburg, the Fifth Michigan, as part of the force, marcbed from Leesburg, Va., on the Ist of November, moved down the Rappahannock, and eucamped on the left bank of that stream near Falmouth.

When the operations were commenced against the strong position of the enemy on the heights of Fredericksburg, the regiment crossed the Rappahannock with the attacking col- umn on the 12th of December, and took gallant part in the disastrous battle of the following day, in which it lost its commanding officer, Lieut .- Col. John Gilluly. The story how the men of the Fifth fought on that bloody day is briefly told in the official report of Maj. Sherlock, who assumed command when his superior officer fell. It is as follows :

" HEADQUARTERS FIFTH MICHIGAN VOLUNTEERS,

" BIVOUAC ON THE BATTLE-FIELD, Dec. 15, 1862. " CAPT. WILSON, A. A. A. Gen.

"SIR,-In accordance with a circular from headquarters, I have the honor to submit the following report of the part

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which this regiment sustained in the action of the 13th instant. The regiment, under command of Lient .- Col. John Gilluly, came upon the field at half-past one o'clock, and after shifting from place to place, occupying different positions, constantly exposed to a furious fire of shot aud shell. was at length detailed to support Randolph's Battery, which was in rather a precarious situation, on account of the falling back of some regiments thrown out in front of it. At this juncture the regiment was ordered forward, and opened an effective fire upon the enemy, who were sheltered by a brush fence, and after a brisk conflict drove them to the woods. Lieut .- Col. Gilluly fell mortally wounded while cheering on the men, and I assumed command. The regiment remained on the scene of action till evening. when the First New York relieved us, and we retired in perfect order, carrying with us our dead and wounded. The regiment numbered two hundred and seventy-two, rank and file, and our loss is nine killed and seventy-four wounded. The officers and men behaved nobly throughout the short but sharp confliet, and it would be an act of injustice to par- tienlarize where all demeaned themselves so well ; yet I can- not forbear mentioning Color-Sergt. Bergher, who stood up bravely, waving the colors defiantly in the face of the foe. " I am, very respectfully. your obedient servant.

" R. T. SHERLOCK. " Major Commanding Fifth Michigan Infantry."

On the 15th of December the regiment reerossed the river from the battle-field. and returned to its old camp at Falmouth. In January it took part in the historie " Mud March" up the Rappahannock to Banks' Ford, and on the abandonment of that expedition returned again to its camp. where it passed the remainder of the winter. Ou the 1st of January. 1863, it numbered less than seventy men fit for duty. but this number was soon after increased by re- eruitment and returns from hospital.

On the opening of the spring campaign, under the new commander of the army,-Gen. Hooker .- the Fifth moved up the Rappahannock, crossed the river on the 1st of May. was engaged at the Cedars on the 2d, and took part in the great battle of Chancellorsville on the 3d. where it again lost its commanding officer. Lient .- Col. Sherlock, killed in action. The losses of the regiment in the engagement of the 2d and 3d were fifty killed and wounded and thirty-one missing. On the 6th of May it recrossed the river to its north bank, and marching twenty-eight miles in twelve hours, reoccupied its winter quarters at Falmouth.

Immediately after the battle of Chancellorsville the Con- federate commander marched northward with the intention of invading Maryland and Pennsylvania, and as soon as the object of this movement became apparent the Army of the Potomae was put in motion to intercept him. On the 11th of June the Fifth Michigan moved northward with the column, and in that day marched eighteen miles in seven hours. On the following day the same distance was made, through intolerable heat and dust, in six hours. The march was exceedingly rapid and laborious through all the distance. On the 25th of June the regiment marched twenty-eight miles in eleven hours, though the day was ex- cessively sultry. In the evening of the 1st of July it

hivonacked at Emmettsburg. Md., within six hours' march of the field of Gettysburg.

The regiment with its brigade left Emmettsburg at four o'clock in the morning of the 2d, and marched with the greatest possible rapidity to Gettysburg, where it arrived at ten o'clock A.M., having made the last ten miles of the dis- tance in three hours. The regiment was placed in position on the field near the left centre of the line, where it re- mained till about two o'clock, when the brigade was moved to the front. Between three and four o'clock three com- panies-A, B. and HI-of the Fifth. under Capts. Waken- shaw and Generous, were deployed as skirmishers, and moved forward across a ravine, up a steep, rocky hillside, and through an open wood to the edge of a wheat field ; the remainder of the regiment moving up over the same ground to a position partly sheltered behind trees and rocks. Soon a battery opened on them directly in front, but soon changed position about one hundred rods farther to the left and again opened, but soon ceased firing, when a heavy body of Confederate infantry moved out in close column from the cover of the woods, and charged furi- ously with the peculiar rebel yell. They were received with a fire which drove back their first line, but they re- formed and again charged with greater desperation than before. Simultaneously the enemy charged also on the centre and drove it back. thus exposing that part of the line in which was the Fifth Michigan to a murderous cross- fire and the danger of being assaulted in flank. This eir- cumstance, with the furious charge in front, compelled the regiment and its brigade to fall back for nearly half a mile, which they did in good order, and fighting over every rod of the lost ground. Soon after this the regiment was re- lieved by another. and was not again engaged, though the battle continued till darkness closed the carnage of the day. The Fifth had been engaged less than one hour, but in that brief time it had lost one hundred and five men killed and wounded, and five missing. On the 4th of July it was held in reserve and not engaged, except slightly in skirm- ishing. In the evening of that day the Confederate retreat commeneed.

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History of Shiawassee and Clinton counties, Michigan, Part 11

Author: Ellis, Franklin, 1828-1885 Publication date: 1880 Publisher: Philadelphia, D.W. Ensign & co. Number of Pages: 716

Author: Ellis, Franklin, 1828-1885
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Philadelphia, D.W. Ensign & co.
Number of Pages: 716