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Taylor's regiment and his officers, although less than a month in the field, could scarcely have been excelled by long-tried veterans."
The Twenty-ninth, after this battle, garrisoned Decatur until the 24th of November, when it marched to Murfrees- boro', and reaching there on the 26th composed a part of the defending force at that point during the siege of Nash- ville and Murfreesboro' by Hood, being engaged with a part of the enemy's forces at Overall Creek, December 7th. Ilaving been sent out to escort a railway-train on the 13th, it was attacked at Winsted Church by a superior force of the enemy,-infantry and artillery,-and in the severe action which ensued it sustained a loss of seventeen in killed, wounded, and missing. The track was relaid under a brisk fire, and the regiment brought the train safely back to Murfreesboro' by hand, the locomotive having been dis- abled by a shell. On the 15th and 16th it was attacked by two brigades of the enemy's cavalry on the Shelbyville turnpike, south of Murfreesboro', while guarding a forage- train, and was again slightly engaged at Nolansville on the 17th. On the 27th it moved by rail to Anderson, and was assigned to the duty of guarding the Nashville and Chat- tanooga Railroad. It remained on this duty till July, 1865, when it moved to Decherd, Tenu., and thence to Murfrees- boro', arriving there on the 19th. It was employed there on garrison duty till September 6th, when it was mustered out of the service, and on the 8th left Tennessee for Michi- gan, and was disbanded at Detroit about the 13th of Sep- tember.
SIHIAWASSEE COUNTY MEN IN THE TWENTY-NINTH.
Company A.
David M. Black, must. ont Sept. 6, 1865.
Charles A. Funda, must. out Sept. 6, 1865.
Thomas Graham, must. out May 22, 1865.
Jasper Johnson, must, ont Sept. 6, 1865.
James C. Luce, minst. out Sept. 6, 1865.
Jacob Layer, must out Sept. 6, 1865.
William B. Ormsbee, must. ont Sept. 6, 1865.
David Struble, must. out Sept. 6, 1865.
Company C.
Robert McFarland, must. out Sept. 6, 1865. Ebenezer Tlinsgood, must, ont Sept. 6, 1865.
Company E.
Capt. And. J. Patterson, Owosso ; com. July 29, 1864 ; must. out Sept. 16, 1865. Ist Lieut. Sidney G. Main, Owosso; com. July 29, 1864; must. ont Sept. 16, 1865.
2d Lient. Wmn. F. Close, Byron ; com. July 29, 1864; pro. to Ist lient. Co. K. 2d Lient. John Q. Adams, Owosso; must. out as sergt., Sept. 6, 1865.
Sergt. A. M. Parmenter, Vernon ; enl. Sept. 2, 1864 ; must. out Sept. 6, 1865.
Sergt. J. C. Woodman, Shiawassee; enl. Aug. 25, 1864 ; must. out Sept. 6, 1865. Sergt. Chas. C. Rowell, Bennington, enl. Aug. 26, 1564 ; must. out May 16, 1865. Sergt. Cyrenus Thomas, Owosso ; enl. Aug. 16, 1864; must. ont Sept. 16, 1865. Sergt. Orrin Drown, Owosso; enl. Aug. 16, 1864; died in action at Shelbyville l'ike, Tenn., Dec. 15, 1864.
Sergt. Philetus Waldron, Bennington ; onl. Ang. 22, 1864 ; must. ont Sept. 6, 1865. Sergt. Gen. F. Brownell, Dennington ; enl. Aug. 20, 1864 ; must. ont Sept. 6, 1865. Sergt. Wm. G. Merrill, Burns; enl. Aug. 27, 1864; disch. for disability, April 19, 1865.
Sergt. Theo. Creque, Shiawassee, enl. Ang. 22, 1864; must. out Sept. 6, 1865.
Sergt. Wm. J. Wiswell, Bennington ; enl. Aug. 19, 1864; disch. for disability, June 7, 1865.
Sergt. Edward H. Jones, Antrim; enl. Sept. 4, 1864; must out Sept. 6, 1865.
Corp. James M. Freeman, Woodhull ; enl. Aug. 29, 1864 ; minst. out Sept. 6, 1865.
Corp. John Huffman, Woodhull ; enl. Aug. 29, 1861; must. out Sept. 6, 1865.
Corp. Richard Chenell, Woodhull; enl. Ang. 12, 1864; must. out Sept. G, 1865.
John M. Arthur, died of disease at Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 13, 1864.
William M. Batchelor, must. out Sept. 6, 1865.
Nathan Borem, must. out Sept. 6, 1865.
David Brown, must. out May 30, 1865.
William W. Bennett, must. out Sept. 6, 1865.
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William Budds, must. out Sept. G, 1865. Thomas Cyrenus, must. ont Sept. 6, 1865. Jeremiah Carson, must. out Sept. 6, 1865. Benjamin Codwell, must. out Sept. 6, 1865, Leonard Crouse, umst. out Sept. 6, 1865. Christopher Cook, must. out Sept. 6, 1865. George E. Cole, died of disease at Cowan, Tenn., April 17, 1865. David W. Dunn, must. out June 7, 1865. John A. Drew, must. out June 27, 1865. David Dwight, must, out Sept. 6, 18G5. Ladock Gillett, must, out Sept. 6, 1865. Richard German, must. out Sept. 6, 1865. William P. Hlarer, nonst. ont Sept. 6, 1865. John W. Hagerman, must, out Sept. 6, 1865. Charles E. Harris, must. out Sept. 6, 1865. George Hoag, must. out Sept. 6, 1865. William B. Hendee, inst. out Sept. 6, 1865. Newell Kellogg, must. out Sept. 6. 1865. Charles N. Kilridge, must. ont Sept. 6, 1865. John Klingensmith, must. out June 7, 1865.
William H1. Lavery, must. out July 18, 1865. Weston W. Lamunyon, must. out Sept. 6, 1865. llenry L. Lamunyon, must. ont Sept. 6, 1865. George Lindner, must. ont Sept. 6, 1865. Oscar M. Morse, must. out Sept. 6, 1865. Jacob Mason, must. out Sept. 6, 1865. Enos Osgood, died of disease at Louisville, Ky., April 9, 1865.
Charles E. Perkins, mnst. out Joue 20, 1865.
Austine Phillips, must. out Sept. 6, 1865.
Hiram Platner, must. out Sept. 6, 1865. Leroy Regna, must. ont May 22, 1865. William Sanderson, must. out Sept. 6, 1865.
Sherman Stevensoo, disch. for disability, May 31, 1865. Andrew Vandusen, must, ont Sept. 6, 1865.
John E. Watson, minst. ont Sept. 6, 1865. Seth N. Walter, most. ont Sept. 6, 1865.
Stephen L. Woliver, must. out Sept. 6, 1865. Edward D. Woolcot, died of disease at Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 1, 1864. Dennis Watkins, disch. for disability, March 7, 1865.
Company F.
Godfrey Armaugher, must. out Sept. 6, 1865. George Aldrich, must. out Sept. 6, 1865. Noah G. Berg, must. out Sept. 6, 1865. Thomas Graham, must. out May 5, 1865.
Jacob Muffly, must. out Sept. 6, 1865.
David Martindale, must. out Sept. G, 1865. David Muffy, disch. for disability, June 3, 1865.
Company H.
Isaac Cassada, must. out Sept. 6, 1865. Charles Hempsted, must, out Sept. 6, 1$65.
Alonzo Hunt, must. out Sept. 6, 1863. Charles Long, mnst. ont Sept. 6, 1865. Leonard Robinson, must. out Sept. 6, 1865. William E. Vanpatten, must. out May 30, 1865. Eli Woodward, must. out Sept. 6, 1865.
Company K.
Jst Lieut. William F. Close, Byron ; com. July 7, 1965, 2d lieut., Co. E; must. out Sept. 6, 1865. Vorden 11. Wordeo, must. out Sept. G, 1865.
SOLDIERS OF THE TWENTY-NINTHI FROM CLINTON COUNTY.
Company C.
William Gilman, must. ont Sept. 6, 1865.
Company E.
Salem S. Puffer, most. out Sept. 6, 1865.
Silenus A. Simons, must. out Sept. 6, 1865.
Company F.
Ellis Buckingham, must. out Sept. 6, 1865. James L. Covel, died of disease at Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 26, 1865.
Company G.
Sergt. R. A. Burch, must. out Sept. 6, 1865.
Sergt. Joseph Lathrop, must. out Sept. 6, 1865. Henry C. Atwell, must. out Sept. 6, 1865. Charles Hooker, must. out Sept. 6, 1865. Francis M. Haynes, must. ont Sept. 6, 1565. Alexander Ilovey, must. out Sept. 6, 1865.
Albert Martin, must. out May 23, 1865. Edward N. Pierco, must. ont Sept. 26, 1865. Clinton W. Rose, disch. for disability, March 22, 1865. 12
Albert C. Vredenburgh, must, out Sept. 26, 1865. John S. Wright, must. out Sept. 26, 1865.
Company K. Philo Chappell, must. out Aug. 9, 1865.
THIRTIETH INFANTRY.
On account of the numerous attempts made by the Con- federates to organize in Canada plundering raids against our Northern border, authority was given by the War De- partment to the Governor of Michigan, in the autumn of 1864, to raise a regiment of infantry for one year's service, and especially designed to guard the Michigan frontier. Its formation, under the name of the Thirtieth Michigan Infantry, was beguu at Jackson in November, 1864, and completed at Detroit on the 9th of January, 1865. To this regiment Shiawassee and Clinton Counties furnished a total number of men equal to about three-fourths of a com- pany, the greater part of whom served in the ranks of Company K.
When the organization was completed the regiment was stationed in companies at various points, one company being plaeed at Fort Gratiot, one at St. Clair, one at Wyandotte, oue at Jackson, one at Fenton, three at Detroit Barracks, and one on duty in the city. But the speedy collapse of the Rebellion put an end to Canadian raids, and the regi- ment had no active service to perform. It remained on duty until the 30th of June, 1865, and was then mustered out.
SHIAWASSEE COUNTY MEN IN THE THIRTIETHI.
Field und Staff.
1st Lieut. and Adj. Jerome W. Turner, Owosso; com. Nov. 28, 1864; resigned April 7, 1865. Company C. Corp. James A. Hoyt, Rush ; enl. Nov. 18, 1864; must. out June 30, 1865. Company F. Jerome R. Fairbanks, must. out June 30, 1865.
James Rummer, must, out June 30, 1865.
Johnson Taylor, must. out June 30, 1865.
Charles W. Williams, must. out June 30, 1865. Alfred B. Williams, must. out June 30, 1865.
Company I.
John F. Cartwright, must. out June 30, 1865.
Company K.
Corp. Ora C. Waugh, Owosso; enl. Dec. 16, 1864; must, ont June 30, 1865. Corp. Robert Upton, Owosso; enl. Dec. 7, 1864; must. out 3une 30, 1865. Corp. Oscar Bailey, Owosso; enl. Dec. 2, 1864; most, ont June 30, 1865. Corp. Elnathan Beebe, Caledonia; enl. Dec. 29, 1864; must, ont Jude 30, 1865. Leonard Alger, died of disease at Jackson, Mich., March 28, 1865.
Leander A. Bush, died of disease at Jackson, Mich., Feb. 14, 1865.
Robert F. Buck, must. out June 30, 1865.
Heury Boslaw, must. out June 30, 1865. Edward Bright, must, out June 30, 1865. Ebenezer Chilis, must. out June 30, 1865.
John Crane, Dust, out June 30, 1865. Andrew Case, tuust. out June 30, 1865.
T. Fancheon, must. out June 30, 1865. John Gannon, must. ont June 30, 1865, Lyman E. Ilill, must, out June 30, 1865. George Jolinson, must. out June 30, 1865. Robert Smith, must. out June 30, 1865.
Charles N. Wetmore, must. out June 30, 1865.
CLINTON COUNTY MEN IN THE THIRTIETHI.
Company F.
Elijah E. Baldwin, must. out June 30, 1865.
George E. Bliss, must. ont June 30, 1865.
Henry P. Cutter, must, out June 30, 1865. John W. Day, must, out June 30, 1865. Andrew Jones, must. out June 30, 1865. Albert Jones, must. out June 30, 1865. Wol. B. Owen, must. out June 30, 1866.
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Company K.
Surgt. Sil is E. Losey, Bingham; must. ont Inne 30, 1865. Sergt. Albert II. B. Fitch, Bingham ; must, out June 30, 1865,
Corp. Charles E. Blakeslee, must. out June 30, 1865.
Corp. Juhn G. Hathaway, Bingham; died of disease at Jackson, Mich., May 29, 1865.
Horace Avery, must. out June 30, 1865. Heury HI. Burdick, must, ont June 30, 1865.
John Chandler, must. ont Jan, 9, 1865. John Edwards, minst. ont June 30, 1865. Herbert Estes, umst. ont June 30, 1865. John Hetherington, must, ont June 30, 1865. Franklin Hickox, mist, out June 30, 1865. Nelson Lorenberg, must. ont June 30, 1865. William Lorenberg, must, ont June 30, 1865. Porter Pratt, must. ont June 30, 1865. Scott Starkweather, must. ont June 30, 1865. John W. Spaulding, must. out June 30, 1865. George W. Shuttes, must. ont June 30, 1865. Clark Schram, most, ont June 30, 1865. Charles Sherwood, must. ont June 30, 1865. Charles Travis, must. out June 20, 1865.
M. Vandiet, must, out June 30, 1865. W'm. R. Wilson, must, out June 30, 1865.
FIRST ENGINEERS AND MECHANICS.
The Michigan regiment of Engineers and Mechanics was recruited and organized by Col. William P. Innes (its commanding officer) in the summer and autumn of 1861. It was the intention, in raising this regiment, that it should be largely composed of men skilled in mechanical trades, and that upon entering the field they should be principally employed in the work with which they were acquainted, a great amount of which is always required in the opera- tions and movements of large armies. This implied prom- ise, made to the men at the time of the enlistment, was measurably carried out, though they were always expected to enact the part of fighting-men upon occasion ; and for this purpose they were regularly armed and accoutred as infantry. It can be said of them with truth that they always proved themselves as brave and steadfast in battle as they were skillful and efficient in their own peculiar field of labor, though it was in the latter that their services were by far the more valuable to the government.
The Engineers and Mechanics organization was composed of men from almost every county in the central and southern part of the peninsula, the counties of Clinton and Shiawassee being represented in nearly all its companies, but most numerously in Company E. The regiment was rendezvoused " at Marshall, and was there mustered into the service of the United States, by Capt. II. R. Mizner, U.S.A., October 28 to December 6, 1861, and on the 21st of the latter month left Marshall, one thousand and thirty strong, for Louisville, Ky. On account of the peculiar nature of the service required of them, they were employed in detach- ments, and thus it would be impracticable to trace them through all their numerous marchings and labors. One of the detachments was under Gen. O. M. Mitchell in his ad- vanee on Bowling Green, and among the first Union troops to enter the town after it's evacuation by the enemy. After the capture of Fort Donelson opened Tennessee to the Union forces, the Engineers and Mechanics were speedily at work in that State repairing bridges and railroads and opening lines of communication. For eight weeks imme- diately following the battle of Shiloh they were engaged in constructing steamboat landings, wharves, and ware- houses, and during the spring and summer of 1862 they
were chiefly employed in the repair or reopening of the railroads between Nashville and Chattanooga, Nashville and Columbia, Corinth and Decatur, Huntsville and Stevenson, and Memphis and Corinth, and twice assisted in reopening the road between Louisville and Nashville. In the month of June, 1862, alone, they built seven bridges on the Mem- phis and Charleston Railroad, each from eighty-four to three hundred and forty feet in length-in the aggregate nearly three thousand fect-and from twelve to sixty feet in height.
Serious difficulties existed in the regiment during the first months of its service, owing to a misunderstanding as to the pay the men were to receive, it having been found after their organization that there was no law by which they could receive the pay expected. This trouble was finally remedied by an act of Congress, which act also pro- posed to increase the regiment's strength from ten to twelve companies of one hundred and fifty men each, forming three battalions, each commanded by a major. Half the men, as artificers, drew seventeen dollars per month, and the others thirteen dollars per month.
On the 1st of November, 1862, the regiment was en- camped at Edgefield, Tenn., when the alterations and cas- ualties to that date aggregated as follows : Died of disease, seventy-five ; died of wounds received in action, two ; killed in action, one; wounded in action, seventeen ; discharged, one hundred and twenty-four ; taken prisoners, fifteen ; de- serted, twenty ; recruits received, sixty-seven. Until June, 1863, the regiment was stationed at Edgefield and Mill Creek, near Nashville, at Lavergne, Murfreesboro', and Smyrna, and at a point near Nashville on the Tennessee and Alabama Railroad. During this time the regiment built nine bridges, besides a number of magazines and build- ings for commissary, quartermaster, and ordnance stores, and also repaired and relaid a large amount of railroad track. While at Lavergne, on the 1st of January, 1863, a part of the regiment was attacked by two brigades of the enemy's cavalry, under Gens. Wheeler and Wharton, with two pieces of artillery, but succeeded in defeating them with serious loss.
On the 29th of June the regiment moved south from Murfreesboro', and during the two succeeding months was engaged repairing and opening the railroad from Mur- freesboro', Tenn., to Bridgeport, Ala. Of five bridges completed in July, the one over Elk River was four hun- dred and sixty feet in length ; that over Duck River, three hundred and fifty feet long. During September and Oc- tober detached companies were employed in building an immense bridge over the Tennessee River at Bridgeport, Ala., constructing commissary buildings at Stevenson, Ala., and building and repairing bridges, etc., on the lines of the Nashville and Chattanooga and the Nashville and North- western Railroads ; the headquarters of the regiment being at Elk River Bridge, Tenn. The alterations and casual- ties for the year, to Nov. 1, 1863, were : Died in action or of wounds, six ; died of disease, fifty-eight ; discharged for disability, one hundred and eighty-nine; discharged for other eauses, fourteen ; deserted, twenty-seven; officers resigned, ten ; joined as recruits, three hundred and sev- enty-two; aggregate strength, nine hundred and sixty-five.
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In the months of November and December, 1863, and January and February, 1864, the regiment was engaged in building trestle-work and bridges on the line of the Nash- ville and Northwestern Railroad, and in the construction of store-honses and other buildings at Chattanooga, Tenn., and Bridgeport, Ala., for the quartermaster, ordnance, and other departments of the army. At the same time one battalion was engaged at Chattanooga in refitting saw-mills, where it continued during the months of March, April, and May, employed in running saw-mills, getting out railroad- ties, building hospital accommodations, and working on the defenses.
Detachments from the other battalions were engaged erecting block houses on the lines of the Tennessee and Ala- bama, the Nashville and Chattanooga, and the Memphis and Charleston Railroads. Two companies were at Bridgeport, Ala., building artillery block-houses. Two companies were at Stevenson, Ala., completing its defenses, while another battalion was stationed on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, building block-houses at various points between Decatur and Stevenson. The major portion of the regi- ment was finally concentrated upon the line of the Atlantic and Western Railroad during the summer months of 1864, where it built and repaired railroads, block-houses, etc. The task allotted to this regiment during the campaign of Sherman's army, in 1864, was one of great magnitude, and most nobly did its members fulfill their duty. But for such men as composed the Michigan Engineers and Me- chanics, and the rapidity with which they repaired the rail- road right up to the enemy's skirmish line,* the more than one hundred thousand Union soldiers in front would many times have been compelled to go without their rations.
At the close of the Atlanta campaign, headquarters of the regiment were established in the latter city. The al- terations and casualties for the year were reported as fol- lows : Died of disease, one hundred and twelve; trans- ferred, thirty-six ; discharged for disability, etc., fifty ; re-enlisted as veterans, one hundred and forty-eight.
On the 3Ist of October, 1864, the original term of the regiment expired, and such officers as desired to leave the service were mustered out, as were also the enlisted men whose terms had expired. The re-enlisted veterans, together with the recruits who had joined the regiment, enabled it to maintain its organization entire and nearly its full strength.
From the 1st to the 15th of November, 1864, the regi- ment, with the exception of Companies L and M, was stationed at Atlanta, Ga., being employed in constructing defenses, destroying rebel works, depots, rolling-mills, foun-
dries, gas-works, and other rebel property, and in tearing up and rendering useless the various railroad tracks in the vicinity. After the complete destruction of Atlanta, t the regiment set out on the morning of November 16th with the Fourteenth Army Corps, as part of the engineer force of Gen, Sherman's army, going to Sandersville, Ga., and thence with the Twentieth Army Corps to Horse Creek, where it received orders to join the Seventeenth Army Corps, with which it continued on to Savannah, Ga., reaching there Dee. 10, 1864. During this march the regiment was required to keep pace with the movements of the army, traveling over twenty miles a day, and meanwhile was en- gaged tearing up railroad tracks, twisting rails, destroying bridges, repairing and making roads, building and repairing wagon-bridges, etc. On the 10th and 11th of December the regiment built a dam across the Ogcehec Canal under the fire of rebel batteries.
From that time until after the evaenation of Savannah by the enemy, the regiment was constantly at work tearing up railroad track and destroying the rails of the several railroads leading out of the city, and in constructing long stretches of corduroy-road for the passage of army-trains. On the 23d of December it moved into the city, and five days later commeneed work on the fortifications laid out by direction of Gen. Sherman. These works, constructed by and under the supervision of this regiment, were over two miles in length, and included several strong battery posi- tions and lunettes. The regiment was again put in motion on the 3d of January, 1865, marching to Pooler Station, converting the railroad into a wagon-road, and then return- ing to Savannah.
It embarked on board transports for Beaufort, S. C., Jan- uary 26, 1865, and on the 31st started with the victorious army on its march to Goldsboro', N. C. It moved with the Fifteenth Army Corps to Banbury, S. C., thenee with the Twentieth Army Corps to Columbia, S. C., thence with the Seventeenth Corps to Fayetteville, N. C., and thence with the Twentieth Army Corps to Goldsboro', N. C., where it arrived March 23, 1865. It is estimated that during this campaign, besides making and repairing a great distance of corduroy-road, the regiment destroyed and twisted the rails of thirty miles of railroad track and built eight or ten important bridges and erossings. At Edisto the bridge was constructed under fire from the enemy's sharpshooters. At llughes' Creek and at Little and Big Lynch Creeks the bridges and approaches were built at night. At the last- named stream the men worked in water waist-deep. A foot-crossing was made there in one night nearly a mile in length, and the next day the space was corduroyed for the heavy army-trains and artillery to pass over. The regiment destroyed factories and rebel army-supplies at Columbia, rebel ordnance and stores at Cheraw, and the old United States arsenal at Fayetteville, N. C.
Companies L and M, which had been detached from the regiment early in the summer of 1864 and placed upon the defenses at Stevenson, Ala., having completed those works, which consisted of a system of eight block-houses, were retained in the Army of the Cumberland. They assisted to
* As Johnston's army fell back from one chosen position to another before the fierce attacks and flank movements of Sherman's veterans, the railroad was invariably destroyed by the enemy, and in a man- ner, too, that would seem to require days to repair it. It most have been a matter of great surprise and chagrin to the Confederates when, as was often the case in the course of a very few hours after the de- struction of a road, a locomotive bearing the legend " United States Military Railroad," driven by a greasy Northern mechanie, would dash up almost in their very midst, saluting them with several short, sharp whistles, and then a prolonged scream of defiance. The salute, however, as well as the cheers from the " Yanks," usually, and very quickly too, received a response in the shape of shells from a rebel bittery.
t Afternoon and night of Nov. 15, 1864.
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fortify and defend the line of the Nashville and Chatta- nooga Railroad for some weeks, and ou the 28th of Novem- ber, 1864, were moved to Elk River Bridge. For some time after that, when not interrupted by Hood's rebel army, they were engaged in building block-houses between that bridge and Murfreesboro', Tenn. During the most of the month of December a portion of the Engineers and Me- chanies was engaged in completing and repairing Fort Rosecrans, at Murfreesboro', Tenn., while the rebels, under Ilood, were investing Nashville.
A detachment, consisting of Company L of this regi- ment, with several companies of an Illinois regiment, which had been sent out to bring through from Stevenson, Ala., a railroad-train of supplies, was captured Dec. 15, 1864, after several hours' hard fighting.
On the Ist of March, 1865, Companies L and M left Murfreesboro', Tenn., to rejoin their regiment, and pro- eeeding by rail, via Louisville, Indianapolis, Crestline, Pitts- burgh, and Philadelphia, to New York; they then took steamer to Beaufort, N. C., thenee by rail to Newbern, and finally joined their comrades at Goldsboro', N. C., March 25, 1865.
Gen. Sherman's army began its last campaign April 10, 1865. By breaking eamp at Goldsboro' and moving rapidly to the northward, Johnston's fleeing forees were pursued to, through, and beyond Raleigh. The Engineers and Mechanics marehed with the Twentieth Army Corps, but proceeded no farther than Raleigh, where they remained until after Johnston's surrender .* On the 30th of April the regiment moved out on its homeward march with the Sev- enteenth Army Corps. It erossed the Roanoke River at Monroe, and passing through the eities of Petersburg, Richmond and Alexandria, Va., arrived at Washington, D. C., during the latter part of May, 1865. It partiei- pated in the grand review of two hundred thousand veteran soldiers held at the nation's capital, May 23 and 24, 1865, and then went into camp near Georgetown, D. C. Early in June the regiment was ordered to Louisville, Ky., thence to Nashville, Tenn., where it was employed upon the defenses until September 22d, when it was mustered out of the United States service. It arrived at the designated rendezvous, Jackson, Mich., September 25th, and on the 1st day of October, 1865, was paid off and disbanded.
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