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TWENTY-THIRD MICHIGAN INFANTRY.
This command was organized at Saginaw under David H. Jerome, then Commandant of camp, and left the rendezvous September 18, 1862, under Col. M. W. Chapin, for Kentucky, with a force of 983 officers and private soldiers. The command was engaged on garrison until the summer of 1863, when it participated in the affair at Paris, Ky., July 29. Subse- quently it took a prominent part in twenty-three engagements, the last at Goldsboro, March 22, 1865; and returning to the State was mustered out at Detroit July 20, 1865.
TWENTY-FOURTH MICHIGAN INFANTRY.
This command was mustered into service at Detroit, August 27, 1862.
Casualties .- Henry Wallace died at Philadelphia, October 17, 1864.
Discharged .-- Peter La Croix, 1865; Joseph Parker, 1865; Christopher Mahon, 1865; James Baker, Jr., 1865; Charles Barney, 1865; Joseph Brabant, 1865; Henry Campbell, 1865; David W. Curry, 1865; George W. Fox, 1865; William H. Warner, 1865; Daniel Herrin, 1865; Thomas Cobbeldick, 1865; Joseph Sampier, 1865; Joseph Quibell, 1865; Thomas Rob- erts, 1865.
TWENTY-FIFTH M CHIGAN INFANTRY.
This command was organized at Kalamazoo, under Commandant H. G. Wells, by Col.
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Orlando H. Moore, and mustered into service September 22, 1862, with a muster of 896 officers and men .. Its first battle was at Munfordville, Ky., December 27, 1862, and its last at Nashville, Tenn., December 16, 1864. The command was mustered out at Salisbury after the surrender of the rebel Gen. Johnson, and, returning to the State, received discharge at Jackson, July 2, 1865. Asahel W. Snyder was the only soldier reported from St. Clair. He was discharged in 1865.
TWENTY-SIXTH MICHIGAN INFANTRY.
This was organized at Jackson, and mustered into service December 12, 1862. It left en route to Washington, under Col. Judson S. Farrar, of Mt. Clemens, December 13, with a force of 903 officers and enlisted men. The regiment was engaged doing provost duty at Alexandria, Va., until April 20, 1863, when it entered on regular service, being present at Suffolk from April 22 to May 14, 1863. The operations of the command were confined to Virginia, in which State it won laurels on no less than twenty-seven fields, concluding a term of brilliant service at Petersburg April 3, 1865. The regiment was mustered out at Bailey's Cross Roads June 4, and returning was paid off at Jackson June 16, 1865. The command was on service in New York City during the riots of 1863. Under its Colonel, it was subsequently a garrison regiment on Staten Island from July, 1863, until October of the same year. Stephen L. Craine was the only St. Clair soldier.
TWENTY-SEVENTH MICHIGAN INFANTRY.
This was organized at Ypsilanti April 12, 1863. The nucleus of the Twenty-seventh was or- dered from Port Huron to the former point, where it was consolidated with the Twenty-eighth, under the name of the Twenty-seventh Infantry. Eight companies, of 108 men each, were mustered in April 12, 1863, and ordered to report at Cincinnati, where organization was completed. This command was stationed at various posts in Kentucky, until the advance of the Ninth Corps, to which it was attached, into Mississippi. From the battle at Jamestown, Ky., June 2, 1863, to that near Knoxville, Tenn., January 23, 1864, its service was confined to Tennessee and Ken- tucky, with the exception of the term passed before Vicksburg, Miss., June 22 to July 4, 1863. It entered the Virginia campaign at the Wilderness May 5, 1864, and closed its service in that State before Petersburg April 3, 1865. The regiment received discharge at Detroit June 30, 1865.
Casualties. - Charles Mawley died at Cincinnati August 31, 1863; William Murphy, killed at Crab Orchard, September 27, 1863; Ira Heminger, at Spottsylvania, June 3, 1864; Henry Card, at Petersburg, July 30, 1864; William Sailbender, at Petersburg, June 27, 1864; George Slone, at Petersburg, August 12, 1864; M. O'Loughlin, at Knoxville, November 29, 1863; D. Buchanan, at Petersburg, June 25, 1864; Adam Baird, at Petersburg, June 18, 1864; Alonzo Dingman, at Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864; George A. Fields, July 24, 1864; George B. Wey, at Petersburg, June 16, 1864; Robert Chambers, April 5, 1865; Byron Hicks, at Salisbury, N. C., February 7, 1865; Thaddeus W. Casler, at Cincinnati, Ohio, August 15, 1863; Charles E. Putnam, at Port Huron, Mich., November 24, 1864; Charles Bishop, at Rich- mond, Va., October 12, 1864; Christian Barsdofer, at Salisbury, N. C., December 16, 1864; Denis Hagan, at Port Huron, Mich., November 28, 1862; Robert Little, at Andersonville, May 22, 1865; Andrew McAuley, at Salisbury, N. C., March 22, 1865; Oliver T. Munn, at An- dersonville, May 13. 1864.
Discharged .- Richard S. Tuttle, 1863; Myron H. Phillips, 1864; Robert H. Ellsworth, 1864; Erastus Fuller, 1864; L. J. Crawford, 1863; John Rooney, 1863; Francis C. Bellinger, 1863; Henry H. Stevens, 1863; Charles D. Herrington, 1862; Lisle B. Harrison, 1865; John Henry, 1865; Henry Eddy, 1865; Archibald McAllister, 1865; William Seward, 1865; James Stewart, 1865; James E. Tacker, 1865; Jerome N. White, 1865; James T. Walsh, 1865; George Brines, 1865; Robert H. Ellsworth, 1865; Charles Lefever, 1865; Zimri Mitchell, 1865; Levi E. McCullen, 1865; Michael McElroy, 1865; Asa Proser, 1865; George Reuhle, 1865; Alexander Stern, 1865; Jesse Wright, 1865; Antoine Valentine, 1865; Josiah S. Pierce, 1865; L. W. Gunney, 1865; David Murphy, 1865; Matthew Craven, 1865; Jerome Burley, 1865; Joseph Cobbledick, 1865; Andrew J. Cole, 1865; Thomas Dunn, 1865; Louis Durette, 1865; George Dingman, 1865; William Johnson, 1865; Elihu Mills, 1865; James McAuley,
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1865; James McDowell, 1865; Michael Murphy, 1865; Andrew Minihan, 1865; James Put- nam, 1865; William Ruddock, 1865; Lester Westover, 1865; George H. Dunn, 1865; Henry Taylor, 1865; Robert Wilson, 1865; John P. Grow, 1865; James Patterson, 1865; Jacob O. Kore, 1865.
TWENTY-EIGHTH MICHIGAN INFANTRY.
This regiment resulted from the consolidation of the Twenty-eighth, rendezvoused at Marshall, under Com. S. S. Lacey, and the Twenty-ninth, rendezvoused at Kalamazoo, Com. W. B. Williams. This organization of ten full companies left Kalamazoo, under Col. Delos Phillips, October 26, 1864, and arrived at Camp Nelson, Ky., November 10, 1864. Its regular service began at Nashville, Tenn., December 12, 1864, and closed at Wise's Forks, N. C., March 10, 1865. The command was mustered out June 5. 1866, and returning received its discharge at Detroit June 8, 1866.
Discharged. - T. Smith, 1865; Andrew Huvel, 1866.
TWENTY-NINTH MICHIGAN INFANTRY.
This command was designated as the Thirty-first Michigan Infantry, in the military orders of 1864. The name Twenty-ninth was, however, given to it, and its organization completed under Com. John F. Driggs, at Saginaw, October 3, 1864, which city it left October 6, en route to Nashville, Tenn., under Col. Thomas Saylor. The command was mustered out at De- troit September 12, 1865.
Casualty .- Theophilus Bonchard, died at Chattanooga June 18, 1865.
Discharged .- Nelson Harvey, 1865; Jacob Diem, 1865; George Aldrich, 1865; Richard King, 1865; Henry Klein, 1865; Henry Parker, 1865; Anthony Poquette, 1865; John Smith, 1865; S. Sturdephant, 1865; Jesse Wynn, 1865; Albert M. Weeks, 1865; E. W. Streeter, 1865; John Jones, Jr., 1865; F. Lipson, 1865; Patrick Tracey, 1865; William Campbell, 1865; James Totton, 1865; William F. Stevens, 1865; Joseph Lombier, 1865; E. R. Sander- son, 1865; James Wilson, 1865; James Pincomb, 1865; Ezra Carter, 1865; John Denny, 1865; Charles Harvey, 1865; Peter Brennan, 1865; Louis Shaw, 1865; Oliver Rock, 1865; P. F. Sullivan, 1865; William Small, 1865; G. A. Warner, 1865; D. M. Hawser, 1865; Walter Johnson, 1865; Alfred C. Smith, 1865; Silas White, 1865; Daniel Williams, 1865; John Wilk, 1865; Clark Watson, 1865; Fred Ross, 1865; James Pollard, 1865; William Cook, 1865; Lanson Phillips, 1865; James B. Newcomb, 1865; F. Destrous, 1865; Erastus Demarse, 1865; John Destrous, 1865; John Betwee, 1865; John Mason, 1865; G. E. Dodge, 1865; William Streeter, 1865; Sealer Simpkins, 1865; David Gano, 1865; Charles Miller, 1865; James Robertson, Jr., 1865; William J. Gardner, 1865; Walter Cartwright, 1865; Brazilla Snay, 1865; John Snav, 1865; Gilbert Thibault, 1865; J. W. Finch, 1865; John Dulac, 1865; Harmon J. Davis, 1865; Richard Lavere, 1865; John Lee, 1865; Martin McHugh, 1865; T. W. Main, 1865; Jacob Dawson, 1865; Charles J. Annes, 1865; Robert Bellan, 1865; William Elliott, 1865; Andrew B. Horton, 1865; John Papineau, 1865; Henry E. Finch, 1865; J. Lesperance, 1865; Joseph Rose, 1865; C. W. Tomlin, 1865; R. S. Towland, 1865; Enos S. Whitcomb, 1865; Patrick McQuinn, 1865.
THIRTIETH MICHIGAN INFANTRY.
This regiment was raised under authority from the War Department, for special service on the Michigan frontier, its term of service being one year; and by orders from this Depart- ment, dated November 7, 1864, its recruitment commenced, under Col. G. S. Warmer, at Jack- son. The organization was completed at Detroit, January 9, 1865, and the command entered on service. , The headquarters were at Jackson first; then removed to Detroit, and ultimately established at Fort Gratiot, where Companies A and B were stationed. Company D was sta- tioned at St. Clair, E at Wyandotte, K at Jackson, H at Fenton, G at Detroit and C, F and I at Detroit Barracks. The regiment performed its duty well, and was mustered out of service June 30, 1865. Of the 1,001 officers and private soldiers belonging to the command, 18 died of disease during the term of sevice.
Discharged .- George A. Wynn, 1865; Benjamin Derr, 1865; Henry Graves, 1865; John
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H. Surline, 1865; Henry Burbank, 1865: Thomas Bailey, 1865; John Goomerly, 1865; Alex- ander Mewperter, 1865; Noah Tompkins, 1865; E. T. Barrows, 1865; William H. Le Roy, 1865; George W. Burgess, 1865; William Clark, 1865; Louis Grifford, 1865; Charles M. In- gersoll, 1865; Samuel Johnson, 1865; John Ryman, 1865; Joseph Tubbs, 1865.
FIRST MICHIGAN CAVALRY.
This command was organized in August, 1861, under Col. T. F. Broadhead, and left Detroit for Washington with a force of 1, 144 officers and private troops September 29. It participated in all the actions along the Upper Potomac, Shenandoah and east of the Blue Ridge Mountains before the close of the year, with the result of losing 30 men killed, 58 wounded, 60 who died of disease, and 170 who were made prisoners. During the early part of the year 1863, this regiment was engaged on guard duty in front of Washington, on a line extending from Edward's Ferry to the mouth of the Occoquan River. The duty was the most arduous and difficult the regiment had to perform, requiring incessant watchfulness and vigilance; but while two cavalry regiments from other States, who were sharing in the service, lost each about two hundred men, the loss of the First was only 30. During the rebel Gen. Stuart's raid in February, a detachment of 56 men of this command was sent forth to watch his movements; near Occoquan, the enemy came within range of this detachment, and was driven back in confusion. On June 27, the regiment took up its line of march northward on the Gettysburg campaign, and engaged in fifteen battles and skirmishes in as many days. It met Hampton's legion July 3, and defeated it in six minutes, losing 80 men and 11 officers of the 300 who went into the fight. The suc- ceeding day it defeated two regiments of rebel cavalry at Fairfield Gap. At Falling Waters, it captured 500 rebels and two stands of colors belonging to the Fortieth and Forty-seventh Virginia Infantry. The number of men carried away by disease during the year was 29.
The operations of the command during 1864, from the expiration of its furlough at Detroit, February 7, was of varied brilliancy. It made the crossing of the Rapidan May 4, 1864, and served in all the battles of the Army of the Potomac during the summer of that year. In August it moved into Virginia, and was attached to the Army of the Middle Division, under Gen. Philip H. Sheridan. The command marched 1,645 miles during the year; lost 82 men in battle; had 102 wounded and 33 who died of disease. During the winter of 1864-65, the regiment participated in the following engagements: Mount Crawford, Va., October 2, 1864; Woodstock, October 9; Cedar Creek, October 19; Madison Court House, December 24, 1864; Louisa Court House, March 8, 1865; Five Forks, March 30 to April 1; South Side Railroad, April 2; Duck Pond Mills, April 4; Ridge's or Sailor's Creek, April 6; Appomattox Court House, April 8 and 9; and Willow Springs, D. T., August 12, 1865.
The command re-enlisted at Fort Bridger in November, 1865, and consolidated with the Sixth and Seventh Cavalry Regiments, forming the First Veteran Cavalry. Here, also, it was mustered out March 10, 1866.
Casualties .- John Dorsey, killed at Appomattox, Va., April 9, 1865.
Discharged .- Jacob Gordon, 1863; Eben Beach, 1864; Collins F. Miller, 1864; Montra . ville Daniels, 1864; Thomas McKenzie, 1864; Barton Tibbitts, 1864; James H. Morrell, 1865; Abram Vanorman, 1865; Matthew J. Cuthers, 1865; Thomas J. Comar, 1865; William Eaton, 1865; Henry Rattery, 1865; Walter F. Reeves, 1865; Martin Stovels, 1865; Eugene C. Weber, 1865; Francis Wright, 1865; Seth Francis, 1865 ;. William Waley, 1865; John R. Jones, 1865; Sheperd D. Jones, 1865; John Mckenzie, 1865; James Ketcher, 1865; Archibald McNeil, 1865; E. W. Buckbridge, 1865; Denis Crickmore, 1865; Sylvester Evans, 1865; Morgan Camp, 1865; John Swoish, 1865; Chancy Whiting, 1865.
SECOND MICHIGAN CAVALRY.
This command was organized under Col. F. W. Kellogg at Grand Rapids, and left for St. Louis November 14, 1861, with a force of 1,163 officers and men. In December and January, it participated in the raid, under Gen. Carter, into East Tennessee, severing the rebel communica- tions and destroying his stores. During this duty, which occupied twenty-two days, the command was engaged in several severe skirmishes. During February and March, 1862, it was stationed at
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Murfreesboro and Franklin. In February, it was engaged, on the 18th, near Milton; on the 19th, at Cainesville; on the 27th, near Spring Hill. On the 4th and 5th of March, it engaged the rebels on the Columbia Pike road, in which affair it lost one killed, four wounded and one prisoner. From the 8th to the 12th, it participated in movements which resulted in driving the rebel force across the Duck River. It encountered the rebels under Stearns and Forest, March 25, inflicting on them severe losses and taking fifty two prisoners, with commissary wagons, etc., etc. Again, between Franklin and Triune, June 4, it lost two killed and three wounded. On the 23d, it was engaged at Rover, the succeeding day pursued the enemy through Middle- town, and on the 27th charged the rebels into Shelbyville. July 2 and 3, it assisted in driving the rebels out of the Elk River position, and through Cowan. During the fall, it participated in the Georgian military enterprises.
From Danbridge, December 24, 1863, to the Alabama battles in October, 1864, it won many honors, During December, 1864, this regiment participated in the battles around Nashville, Pulaski, Richland Creek and Sugar Creek. In 1865, it was engaged at Pricetown Yard, Cor- inth, Tuscaloosa, Triune, Bridgeville and Talladega. After a magnificent service, the command reported at Jackson, and was discharged August 26, 1865.
Casualties .-- Benjamin Allen, died at New Madrid, Mo., March 23, 1862; Leyo Cook, at Corinth, Miss., June 13, 1862; Joseph Hiptemberger, at Rienzi, Miss, August 11, 1862; Charles Heynard, at Farmington, Miss., July 3, 1862; Calvin M. Heynard, at Farmington, Miss., July 5, 1862; John Leonard, at Rienzi, Miss, July 8, 1862; Iris Evarts, at New Albany, Ind., October 26, 1863; Elisha Lewis, at Murfreesboro, Tenn., March 25, 1863; Milton Wash- burn, at Lexington, Ky., March 1, 1863; Oscar Adams, at Sparta, Tenn., November 29, 1863; Hiram Witherell, at Shoal Creek, Ala., September 25, 1864; William Craig, at Madisonville, Ala., February 26, 1864; John T. Myers, at Detroit, Mich., September 15, 1864; Charles Freeland, at Chattanooga, Tenn., May 8, 1864; S. McMillan, at Nashville, Tenn., September 4, 1864; M. H. Beach, at Carter Creek, Tenn., June 19, 1864; James Quant, killed at Franklin, Tenn., December 23, 1864; William Fry, killed at Shoal Creek, Ala., October 30, 1864; George Tell, died in Andersonville May 22, 1864; Alonzo Worden, died at Macon, Ga., June 30, 1865.
Discharged .- Jesse Thorn, 1862; Henry Kingsley, 1862; William H. Eddison, 1862; Solomon Bean, 1862; William Valentine, 1862; Joseph Armstrong, 1862; Noah F. Farr, 1862; George Vanorman, 1862; Joseph H. Smith, 1862; John Davidson, 1862; William N. Cole, 1862; Benjamin Teiple, 1862; Samuel B. Carll, 1863; Levi Lewis, 1863; C. Brockway, 1863; Jack- son Kimball, 1864; Charles Brockway, 1865; Henry Burnham, 1865; John Chambers, 1865; Daniel Fleming, 1865; Joseph Gamble, 1865; Nathaniel Henry, 1865; Archer B. Hunter, 1865; Jerome Inman, 1865; Samuel Jacobs, 1865; Jackson Kimball, 1865; Andrew Kitchen, 1865; Columbus Lewis, 1865; Fernando D. Loop, 1865; Sandford Mills, 1865; Charles Moak, 1865; Charles P. Mills, 1865; Diogenes I. Mallory, 1862; Augustus Minkee, 1865; George I. Milliard, 1865; George Minim, 1865; Nathan Magoonaugh, 1865; R. K. M. McCollogh, 1865; George Parker, 1865; Jacob Rohr, 1865; Adam Reid, 1865; James Sanders, 1865; Albert P. Strimpson, 1865; Henry W. Hopkins, 1862; David Cantine, 1865; John Flinn, 1865; Charles Battmeyer, 1865; John Hunt, 1865; P. A. Dorland, 1865; Augustus Dillmore, 1865; Charles C. Hunt, 1865; Ephraim Kellum, 1865; Eleason B. Mason, 1865; John Olney, 1865; Levi Miller, 1865; James Burt, 1865; Henry Clark, 1865; George W. Tripp, 1865; Henry Hengstebeck, 1865; Horace Plaisted, 1865; Charles Ambrook, 1865; Amos C. Welch, 1865; Henry Sales, 1865; Alfred Sheldon, 1865; Ervin Brown, 1865; Joseph Creamer, 1865; Michael Folts, 1865; George Washburn, 1865; Robert Warren, 1865; Walter Smith, 1865; James Welch, 1865; Richard Welch, 1865.
THIRD MICHIGAN CAVALRY.
This was organized at Grand Rapids, and left for the front under Col. J. K. Mizner, Novem- ber 28, 1861, with 1,163 rank and file. It entered upon field service at New Madrid March 13, 1862, and concluded its first and brilliant series of work at Coffeeville December 5, 1862. Dur. ing the first twelve months its losses were 7 killed, 45 wounded, 104 died of disease, and 57 were
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made prisoners. In 1863, the command was prominent in almost every well-fought field in North- ern Mississippi and Western Tennessee. In the affair at Grenada, the Third Cavalry was in the advance, and gained possession of the town after a sharp engagement. It destroyed at that point over sixty locomotives and 400 freight and passenger cars. The command aided largely in driving the noted rebels, Dawson, Richardson and Cushman from Western Tennessee, together with the numerous bands of guerrillas infesting that district. From November 1, 1862, to the close of the war, the Third Regiment captured 1,100 privates and 50 officers; marched 10,800 miles. August 1, 1864, it was organized as a veteran regiment, and during the succeeding twelve months lost 11 men killed, and 115 who died of disease. It formed Maj. Gen. Canby's escort at the surrender of Gen. Taylor, and was subsequently attached to Sher- idan's army, until mustered out February 16, 1866.
Casualties .- Mark Johnson died at New Madrid, Mo., April 16, 1862; Aaron Springer, in Michigan, June 11, 1862; George Pritchard, at Cincinnati, June 19, 1862; John Price, at Corinth, Miss., October 7, 1863; George Lashbrook, at Duvall's Bluff, Ark., September 28, 1864; John Sayers, at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., January 2, 1865; John Slaght, at Detroit, Mich., March 7, 1865; Denis Smith, at San Antonio, Tex., October 6, 1865.
Discharged .- William H. Ecker, 1863; Henry Bowen, 1863; Welcome Lashbrooles, 1863; William T. Cowles, 1863; Andrew Emerson, 1864; D. H. Valintine, 1864; Charles P. Fish, 1866; Charles P. Lester, 1866; John Diebell, 1866; Stephen T. Bryce, 1864; Elias Galerno, 1866; William Havens, 1866; Joseph Macauley, 1866; Thomas McNett, 1866; Sylvester Apley, 1866; Daniel Cane, 1866; Jacob Edmunds, 1866; Levi Henry, 1866; Robert Meikle, 1866; Charlie Pelkley, 1866; William Valentine, 1866; John T. Leyan, 1866; Mahlon S. Ackerson, 1866; Hiram Clanharty, 1866; John Spears, 1866.
FOURTH MICHIGAN CAVALRY.
This was organized at Detroit, July 21, 1862, under Col. R. H G. Minty, with 1,233 men and officers, fully equipped. The command left for Louisville, September 26, 1862, and entered at once upon that brilliant service which may be said to end with the capture of Jeff Davis. It participated in eight general engagements and over a hundred skirmishes during the war. The command was mustered out at Nashville July 1, and discharged at Detroit July 10, 1865.
Casualties .- George Hiscock died at Chattanooga, Tenn., June 23, 1864; John Gillis, at Andersonville, Ga., August 20, 1864.
Discharged .- John Fleming, 1865; Peter Gallagher, 1865; Regin Wright, 1865; William D. V. Monroe, 1865; Henry Provost, 1865; Charles W. Raymond, 1865; Peter House, 1865; Joseph Lakenow, 1865; Andrew Anderson, 1865; James Burke, 1865; Andrew Bow, 1865; William Brodhagon, 1865.
FIFTH MICHIGAN CAVALRY.
This was organized under Col. J. T. Copeland in August, 1862, and left for Washington De- cember 4. A battery of light artillery was raised in connection with this command. During the first months of its service, it was attached to the Army of the Potomac. Toward the close of 1864, it belonged to the Michigan Cavalry Brigade, then operating against Gen. Early under Gen. Philip H. Sheridan. On November 12, 1864, it advanced to Newtown, and engaged a brigade of rebel cavalry, which it drove through that town, when the enemy being re-enforced the regiment was forced back, losing one killed and three wounded; advancing again in the evening, it charged the enemy's breastworks, and after a sharp fight the regiment was repulsed with a loss of two killed and four wounded, when it returned to camp, where it was employed on the usual camp and picket duties until February 27, 1865, when it broke camp and moved with the Cavalry Corps toward Staunton, Va., being the commencement of Gen. Sheridan's cel- ebrated raid to the James River. On the 8th of March, the regiment became engaged with a portion of Rosser's cavalry near Louisa Court House, assisted in routing the rebel force and capturing the town, in which was destroyed a large amount of property; the railroad depot, with rolling stock and telegraph office, was also destroyed. The regiment also participated in tearing up the track and burning the railroad property along the line of the Lynchburg & Gordonsville Railroad, and in destroying and rendering useless the locks, aqueducts and mills
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on the line of the James River Canal. The command reached White House Landing on the 19th of March, and soon after with the Cavalry Corps joined the Army of the Potomac, and proceeded to the left of the line. On the 30th of March, the regiment became engaged with the rebel cavalry, and assisted in driving them within their works at Five Forks. The 31st of March and 1st of April it was engaged with the enemy at Five Forks, and on the 2d at the South Side Railroad; on the 4th, at Duck Pond Mills; on the 6th, at the battle of the Ridges, or Sailor's Creek, and on the 8th and 9th at Appomattox Court House. After the surrender of Lee, the regiment moved with the Cavalry Corps to Petersburg, Va., where it remained for a short time and then went with the army into North Carolina; from thence it marched to Washington, D. C., and participated in the review of the Army of the Potomac, on the 25d of May and immediately thereafter, with the Michigan Cavalry Brigade, was ordered West, and proceeded by rail via the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. by steamer, to St. Louis, and thence by steamer, via the Missouri River, to Fort Leavenworth, where the men of the regiment having two years or more to serve were transferred to the First and Seventh Michigan Cavalry, and on the 22d of June the organization was mustered out of service, and immediately thereafter proceeded to Michigan. Arriving at Detroit July 1, it was paid off and disbanded. Its record of battles and skirmishes is as follows:
Hanover, Va., June 30, 1863; Hunterstown, Penn., July 2, 1863; Gettysburg, Penn., July 3, 1863; Monterey, Md., July 4, 1863; Cavetown, Md., July 5, 1863; Smithtown, Md., July 6, 1863; Boonsboro, Md., July 6, 1863; Hagarstown, Md., July 6, 1863; Williamsport, Md., July 6, 1863; Boonsboro, Md., July 8, 1863; Hagerstown, Md., July 10, 1863; Williams port, Md., July 10, 1863; Falling Waters, Md., July 14, 1863; Snicker's Gap, Va., July 19, 1863; Kelly's Ford, Va., September 13, 1863; Culpepper Court House, Va., September 14, 1863; Raccoon Ford, Va., September 16, 1863; White's Ford, Va., September 21,1863; Jack's Shop, Va., September 26, 1863; James City, Va., October 12, 1863; Brandy Station, Va., Oc- tober 13, 1863; Buckland's Mills, Va., October 19, 1863; Stevensburg, Va., November 19, 1863; Morton's Ford, Va., November 26, 1863; Richmond, Va., March 1, 1864; Wilderness, Va., May 6 and 7, 1864; Beaver-Dam Station, Va., May 9, 1864; Yellow Tavern, Va., May 10, 11, 1864; Meadow Bridge, Va., May 12, 1864; Milford, Va., May 27, 1864; Hawes' Shop, Va., May 28, 1864; Baltimore Cross Roads, Va., May 29, 1864; Cold Harbor, Va., May 30, June 1, 1864; Travillian Station, Va., June 11, 12, 1864; Cold Harbor, Va., July 21, 1864; Win- chester, Va., August 11, 1864; Front Royal, Va., August 16, 1864; Leetown, Va., August 25, 1864; Shepardstown, Va., August 25, 1864; Smithfield, Va., August 29, 1864; Berryville, Va., September 3, 1864; Summit, Va., September 4, 1864; Opequan, Va., September 19, 1864; Winchester, Va., September 19, 1864; Luray, Va., September 24, 1864; Port Republic, Va., July 26, 27, 28, 1864; Mount Crawford, Va., October 2, 1864; Woodstock, Va., October 9, 1864; Cedar Creek, Va., October 19, 1864; Newton, Va., November 12, 1864; Madison Court House, Va., December 24, 1864; Louisa Court House, Va., March 18, 1865; Five Forks, Va., March 30, 31, April 1, 1865; South Side Railroad, Va., April 2, 1865; Duck Pond Mills, Va., April 4, 1865; Ridge's or Sailor's Creek, Va., April 6, 1865; Appomattox Court House, Va., April 8, 9, 1865.
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