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Henry Goldsmith, Hugh Gamble,
William F. Henry, Andrew J. Holmes,
Daniel C. Holmes,
George W. Hanna,
Emmet D. Harman,
Henry H. Hunt,
Selah F. House,
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HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH MICHIGAN.
John G. Kettler,
Charles Dobson,
COMPANY C.
William Kent,
Win. H. Emmons,
Charles H. Kipp,
Joseph French,
Charles Avery,
Henry E. Alton,
Joel O. Lyon,
Alex. P. McManoney,
William Hamilton,
Franklin Billings,
James C. Moore,
Christian Hopp,
M. Burke, * Samuel T. Babbitt,*
Thomas A. Moore,
Anthony Hawkins,
Job W. Boyce,
Lester McKnight,
Darius K. Irwin,
James Brain,
Andrew Miller,
Lyman Knapp,
Harrison Bump,
George F. Niles,
Andrew F. Kipper,
Frank Baker,
Henry Patno,
Patrick Kealy,
Henry H. Calkins,
William Powers,
William J. Keagle,
Robert H. Collins,
Winfield S. Preston,
Peter Lacroix,
Elmer E. Cooper,
Watson P. Reed,
'Henry A. Leming,
Thomas Checken,
Nathan Rhinehart,
Peter Lapier,
Henry Delessee,
Hugo Rhodick,*
Jacob Lightner,
George G. Everett,
Warren S. Stearns,
Samuel P. Lockwood,
Francis M. French,
William A. Story,
Arthur E Martin,
George Fox,
Milton S. Story,
James McCabe,
Joel S. Fessenden,
Joshua L. Sutton,
Henry Miller,
Thomas Genderson,
Jacob Saltsman,
Clifford Montgomery,
Michael Greening
Hubert C. South worth,
Christian Metzer,
John Greening,
Greenville M. Smith,
Henry McWithey,
George Glover,
George W. Sullivan,
Augustus Note,
Edward Haven,
Llewellyn Smith,
John Newman,
George Horn,
John W. Sutton,
Francis O'Niel,
Thomas Hastings,
Stephen S. Stout,
Abram J. Pierce,
Myron Holden,
James O. Smith,
Edward Pope,
Hiram Hilton,
Seldon D. Sperry,
Jerome Pierce,
John J. Hart,
Zadock P. Thornton,
Joseph Parker,
Davis L. Hurlburt,
Augustus O. Taylor,
William H. Parker,
John Haines,
George Ventile,
Henry Pope,
Anselm H. Jessup,
Henry P. Vannetta,
William C. Pope,
Henry W. Jones,
Rollin G. Wood,
James E. Parker,
Joseph C. Kyle,
Charles H. Wliliams,
David L. Reynolds,
Alonzo R. Kyle,
William H. Weaver.
Andrew Smith,
Erastus Kidder,
William White, Calvin Ward.
Levi Shumway,
Richard Kern,
George K. Smith,
Peter G. Kelley,
John F. Tuthill,
Peter S. Green,
Lyman Thornton,
Nelson Lemon,
Joseph Wagner,
William Lawrence,*
August Arlin,
Calvin W. Aiken,
John H. Alley,
Darius J. Benjamin,
Horace M. Bockway,
David Walters,
Henry P. Odell,
James Cheeseman,
Charles Welch,
James O'Brien,
E. Cross,*
Frank Willis,
John Reynolds,
Edward Dompier,
Albert Watson,
Marcus Morton,
John Whitehouse,
Walter S. Mizner,
Owen Walters,
Benjamin F. McNitt, James M. Noell,
Daniel Walters,
George S. Warren.
Thomas Stapleton,
William Loughburn,
Gotlieb Gebhardt,
Carlton Greenleaf,
Henry Ashdown.
Josiah M. Milburn,
James Hogan,
COMPANY B.
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RECRUITS.
Thomas Shannahan. Frank Varbaum, George White, Eli Whiley.
COMPANY D.
James Adams,
Malcolm Angel,
William Burlingame,
Oscar Blakesley,
George E. Walcott,
Henry Brown,
John H. Beleon,
William Welch,
Nelson Barcume,
Ezra Brainard,
James E. Whalon,
Chas. A. Champion,
Israel Buzzard,
Duane Witherell,
Philip Cornell,
Manly M. Boyington,
Julius M. Ward,
John Cameron,
Levi Bankman,
Henry O. Wheaton,
William Cummings,
Andrew J. Buck,
Hollis A. Ward,
Orrin Dodge,
James Baker, jr.,
Erskine Wood.
John Downing,
Charles Barney,
Owen Carrack,
COMPANY F.
William Ayling,
Chas. E. Armstrong,
Nelson Burch,
August Farland,
Clarence D. Case,
Adam Burwell,
Edward A. Herrick,
James Caffrey,
James C. Bruce,
Charles Jones,
William Carter, William Campion,
William H. Bailey.
John F. Jackson,
Augustus S. Denton,
James Canary* Gideon Chilson,
David J. Kendall,
Harrison M. Dickey,
Angus Campbell,
Joseph Labadeaux,
John M. Davis,
Jeremiah Crawley,
Joseph Ladue,
Charles E. Durfee,
John G. Collins,
William Millard,
Fred'k H. Esenhart,
William L. Congell,
Michael S. McNamara,
George Frear,
William B. Cox,
William McLane, Basil Martin,
Jerome B. Frasier,
Orson J. Davis, Charles Davis,
Isaac Mennor,
James S. Gouder,
George R. Doxey,
Robert Martin,
William H. Giles,
Henry De Rosslyn,
Thomas McMann,
Rudolph E. Hammond,
Rodney Enos,*
Samuel Perry,
Daniel Harrington,
Almeron Fuller, John French,
Isaiah Pegram,
John H. Hawkins,
Stewart W. Perry,
Hiram Kenyon,
John Forest,
Charles N. Smith,
Melvin G. Lincoln,
Charles M. Failing,
Martin Stewart,
Charles Leigh,
John A. Fisher,
Philip Sage,
Lyman W. Liscomb,
Joseph Gravel,*
Henry Varsop,
Charles McKenstry,
Charles Gildea,
Edward Webster,
Frederick C. Moore, John M. Marlow,
Ezekiel P. Gee,
William White,
Lewis Metcalf,
·Charles W. Goodrich,
Daniel B. Wisener,
William. H. Parker,
Alonzo W. Hozner,
Wm. R. Whitman. (24)
COMPANY E.
O. M. Armstrong,
Pliny T. Averill,
Joseph Booth,
Charles B. Salsbury,
Hosea Birdsall,
John Sixby,
Bradford Blanchard,
Townsend Trombley,
Clark Bailey, Newton Belden,
George Vandine,
W. C. Wilmarth,
John A. Devoe,
James C. Dancer,
Edward Crow,
Thomas Feagan,*
Jonathan W. Crawford,
Peter H. Fryer,
Milo Crawford,
Lewis Fisher,
Chauncey T. Carpenter,
George Brookleback,
Eli Jacobs,
George Kuyle,
William Deal,
James W. Goodfellow,
Games Jaffley,
John Weid,
Augustus N. Parker,
Joshua Herrington.
Nathan Penrod, Patrick Quickley, Owen Riley, C. Sidman,*
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HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH MICHIGAN.
Amos Jarey,
Wm. B. Flanigan,
Thomas Iddles,
Benj. F. Lamoyne,
Joseph Forester,
Frank Joslyn,
Henry Miller, *
Patrick Hayes,
William Johnson,
Robert Milburn,
Harvey B. Hall,
Thomas Kane,
Joseph Mallette,
Hub Lull,
James H. Kennicut,
David Mitchell,
John Lyon,
Francis Little,
Peter Munanson,
John Miller,
Bernard Lucke,
Charles A. Moore,
John McLeod,
Daniel McGraw,
Andrew Moore,
James McGowan,
Angus Matherson,
Joseph Mott,
William Reeves,
Alvin H. Martin,
Francis McArthur,
James Smith,
Benjamin Montville,
William H. Marsh,
Mathus Shinners,
Edward Newberry,
Thomas O'Neal,
Henry A. Smith,
Adolphus Nollett,
David O'Hara,
Frederick Shieck,
James H. Owens,
James B. Purdy,
William A. Stone,
James W. Parker,
Samuel Piper,
Edward R. Smith,
John Rickel,
Luther S. Pelham,
John R. Stevenson,
William F. Rogers,
Edward Phillips,
William H. Warner.
John Rhea,
Joseph H. Reed,
William Steele,
Joseph J. Roberts,
COMPANY H.
Edwin C. Stevens,
William Reynard,
Timothy Sullivan,
Edward S. Rodgers,
G. W. Brockinshaw,
Levi Clark,
Archibald Shotwell,
Thomas W. Rutledge,
Henry H. Connor,
Dewain Sweezy,
John B. Tutton,
Joseph Chutter,
Chauncey W. Stevens,
Orin L. Vreeland,
John W. Coverstone,
William W. Studley,
William Wallace,
Thomas Cobbeldick,
Alfred Turner, Andrew Timis,
William Woodley,
Wilmot Wooleven.
John V. Dobson,
Frank Whipple,
Porter A. Dean,
Charles F. Wickwire,
Charles Weed .*
COMPANY G.
Henry S. Barrett,*
COMPANY I.
Sylvanus A. Bennett,
Thomas Belknap,
Andrew Fetchelon,
Franklin Bichard,
Joseph Brabau,
George Gottwald,
Mathew Black,
Alfred Casgrain,
William Gibbons,*
George Brown,
Michael Cassedy,
Philo Hallett,
James Blythman,
August Chaplin,
John B. Hill,
Emery O. B. Chadwick,
Henry Campbell,
Daniel Horning,
Day Cudderback, John M. Chapman,
Stephen A. Carpenter,
Frank E. Higbee,
Martin Conners,
Eleazer B. Howard,
Michael Donohue,
David W. Curry,
Caleb G. Howell,
Edward N. Davie,
Robert Davis,
Frederick W. Holmes,
Thomas Delano,
Benjamin H. Hodge, John Hogan,
William Davaney, William Davis, Thomas Evans,
Horace Dean,
James H. Dewer,
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Richard Hannis,
Henry Franklin,
Richard Eanser,
George W. Fox,
Edward D. Hoisington, Mader Isabell,
James Fancheon, William Graham,
Edward S. Staples,
Alexander Reed,
Leander G. Cutting,
Morris J. Smith,
Jacob Thompson,
William Welch,
Almond S. Cook,
Edward Calkins,
Henry Turner,
James Edwards, Edward English,
Sharon Elrick,* Christopher H. Fetzmire,
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RECRUITS.
William Graham, Jr., William Gault, Sylvester R. Holden, Theodore Hiller, John Hollingworth, William Hagarty, Robert Johnson, Henry Jeffrey, James Jeffrey, James Kelley,* John Louw, Ezra Lewis,
COMPANY K.
James Anderson,
George W. Annis, William H. Ames, Thomas Brown,
William Burke, George G. Barre,
George H. Barnum,
William Breen,
George M. Coy,*
William Carmon,
John Cook,
Spencer Langdon, Cornelius Locker, John McGlenchy,
Edward Major,
Wm. H. Dennison,
Wm. H. Morton,
George S. Engle,
James H. Nortrand, Garrett N. Nieland,
John O'Connor,
John Hewins,
Bela Ames,
William H. Ames,
Orison C. Pierson,
Jacob Hamp,
James A. Armstrong,
Amos H. Palmer,
William Haywood,
Richard H. Blodgett,
Solomon Phagon,
John Hasley,
William L. Pattison,
Owen King,
Edmund Little,*
John Quinn,
Ira Lucas,
Joseph Quibell,
Seymour A. Long,
Peter Riley,*
Robert Miller,
George A. Bidwell,
Everett Russell,
Andrew McBride,
Jackson Robertson,
William Morse,
Robert Burton, Ezra C. Crane,
James Roe,
Oliver G. Meacham,
George R. Chapman,
John Ryan,
Henry L. McCarthy,
George Cornwell,
Richard Rone,
Ezra McVay,
Moulton H. Canfield,
John Rooney,
Archibald McLean,
James S. Cole,
Charles M. Richeson,
Charles Millimine,
Jacob Cole,
Thomas Roberts,
George W. McGlenn,
William E. Craig,
Joseph Sharpless,
Bela HI. Morrow,
Marshal B. Dunlap,
William W. Sly,
Simon B. Meade,
James Daama,
Harvey Smith,
Charles F. Marble,
Theodore Dickinson,
Job W. Sexton,
Charles E. Morgan,
Dexter Davis, Peter Frey,
Richard Somers,
Thomas Newton,
Evert R. Nickerson,
John R. Fowler,
Joseph Sampler, John Scrivan, John K. Taylor, William H. Thomas.
Samuel O. Phelps, Isaac F. Parrish, Dexter B. Proper,
Henry Griffith,
William Utley, William D. Warner,
Albert H. Reed,
Edwin M. Huntington,
Samuel Walters,
Sylvester Riggs,
Henry J. Haight,
William Hartranft,
Jacob Walters, Homer Watson.
Elijah J. Rhinehart, John Shoemaker,
William A. Smalley, Edson Sherman,
Timothy Shein, Peter Shewfelt,
James K. Thompson,
Stephen Underhill,
Henry H. Van Est, John Vandercruk,
William C. Voorhies,
J. Wickham,* Albert O. Williams, James H. Webb, Richard A. Ward, Luther White, George H. West.
UNASSIGNED.
James Ackley,
John W. Norris,
James K. P. Heath,
Austin Birch,
David Boyd,
Thomas E. Paver,
Morris Cummings, Byron Crittenden,
Andrew J. Gallery,
William Gordon,
Charles F. Beardsley, Detzel Bradford,
James Brooks,
Elmore Gates,
Peter D. Gibson,
Henry J. Philleo,
James A. Gould,
William E. Hunt,
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HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH MICHIGAN.
Samuel A. Hubbard,
John Niblas,
Emery D. Still,
Michael Hartigan,
Mathew Notier,
Richard Scarritt,
George Hett,
Edwin C. Noyes,
James Thomas,
John Harris,
John Preston,
John F. Tidd,
Robert Harding,
Jasper Perry,
Gardner A. Terry, Henry G. Thompson,
William Havens,
Charles Pike,
William Hollister,
Frank S. Popplewell,
Jos. T. Van Amburg,
Nelson Hendershot,
William A. Peavey,
David R. Wood,
Edward Harrison,
Amos W. Rogers,
Ira Wayland,
George S. Johnson,
Richard R. Root,
Robert Wycoff,
John Jones,
George Reese,
Henry White,
Edward Leeland,
Otis Reed,
William Wright,
Lewis Lebeaux,
B. J. Reeves,
James W. Whittaker,
Lewis Mapes,
David R. Ragan,
Wm. W. Woodford,
Jackson R. Myres,
Maxwin Robedeaux,
Christopher A. Walker,
Jacob Munshaw,
Edward Robinson,
William Weir,
Jerome Moekma,
David B. Shannon,
Hamilton Walker,
William H. Mitchell,
Charles H. Safford,
Wm. H. Wright.
William W. Lewis,
The "unassigned " enlisted before the close of the war, but most of them arrived in Camp Butler for the Twenty-fourth Michigan, a few days after its maximum number was made up. They were organized into a company by themselves and Lieut. Augustus F. Ziegler was detailed by Col. A. M. Edwards to command them. They were discharged with the regiment.
CHAPTER XVIII.
ROSTER OF THE OFFICERS.
OLLOWING are the records of the officers of the Twenty- fourth Michigan Infantry. The star (*) signifies : " Mustered out with the Regiment at Detroit, Michigan, June 30, 1865."
FIELD AND STAFF.
HENRY A. MORROW. Colonel, Aug. 15, 1862. Brevet Brig .- Gen'l U. S. Vols. by the President on recommendation of Gen. Meade, Dec. 2, 1864, to rank from Aug. I, 1864, " for gallant and distinguished services during the present campaign before Richmond." Brevet Major-Gen'1, U. S. Vols., to rank from Feb. 6, 1865, " for conspicuous bravery and general good conduct at the battle of Dabney's Mills, Va."-On leaves of absence from Feb. 12 to 16, from March 24 to April I, from June 1 to 5, 1863 ; from March 7 to II, and Sept. 20 to Nov. 12, 1864. On sick leaves from July 14 to Ang. 7 and Oct. 10 to Dec. 6, 1863. On Recruiting Service in Michigan from March 21 to May I and Aug. 2 to Sept. 20, 1864. On Court of Inquiry at Columbus, Ohio, from Oct. 5 to Nov. 7, 1864 .- Commanded Iron Brigade from Nov. 4 to 6, 1862 ; from June 7 to 13 and Aug. 21 to 23, IS63 ; from Jan. 3 to Feb. 28, 1864 ; and from Dec. 22, 1864 to Jan. 20, 1865 .- In battles of Fredericksburg, Fitzhugh Crossing, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness and Dabney's Mill. On Mud March and Raid on Weldon Railroad to Hicksford on the Meherrin River. In command of Port Royal and Westmoreland Expeditions and jointly with Col. Bragg of the 6th Wis. at Fitzhugh Crossing ; also, on Raccoon Ford recon- noissance. - Wounded at Gettysburg July 1, 1863, and taken prisoner. Escaped without parole on July 4. Wounded severely in leg at Wilderness, May 5, 1864 ; also wounded at Dabney's Mill, Feb. 7, 1864 .- Left Regiment permanently at Springfield, Ill., April 14, 1865, to command the Iron Brigade, until June 22 In command of Provisional Division (including Iron Brigade), at Louisville, Ky, from June 22 to July 19, 1865, when he was mustered out. Lieut .- Colonel 36th U. S. Inf. July 28, 1866. To 15th U. S. Inf. March 15, 1869. Colonel 21st U. S. Inf. April 27, 1879.
MARK FLANIGAN. Lieut. - Colonel, Aug. 15, 1862. In command of Regiment from Nov. 4 to 6, 1862 ; Feb. 9 to 16, March 24 to April 1, June 1 to 5 and 7 to 13, 1863 .- In battles of Fredericksburg, Fitzhugh Crossing, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. On Mnd March, Port Royal and Westmoreland Expeditions. Wounded at Gettysburg, losing a leg. Discharged for wounds Nov. 21, 1863. Brevet Colonel, U. S. Vols .. March 13, 1865, "for gallantry in action at Fredericksburg, Va." Brevet Brig .- Gen'l, March 13, 1865, "for meritorious conduct in the campaign of Gettysburg, Pa., and for services in that engagement."
WILLIAM W. WIGHT. Captain of K, July 26, 1862. Lieut .- Colonel, Feb. 1, 1864 to rank from Nov. 22, 1863. In command of Regiment from Feb. I to 28 ; from March
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8 to 11; from March 21 to May 1; from May 5 to 9 and from May 23 to June 9, 1864. In battles of Fredericksburg, Fitzhugh Crossing, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Locust Grove, Wilderness (May 6 and 7, 1864), + Laurel Hill (May 8),+ Jericho Ford, } North Anna, } Tolopotomoy and Bethesda Church.+ On Port Royal and Westmoreland Expeditions, Campaign of Maneuvers and Mine Run; also, Raccoon Ford Reconnoissance. -On sick leaves from Jan. I to Feb. 8 and from Aug. II to Oct. 6, 1863. In Field Hospital from May 9 to 23, 1864. Wounded at Gettysburg. Resigned for disability, June 9, 1864. Left the Regiment behind their works near Bethesda Church.
ALBERT M. EDWARDS. Captain of F, Aug. 15, 1862, to rank from July 26. Major, Feb. 1, 1864, to rank from Nov. 22, 1863. Lieut .- Colonel, July 17, 1864, to rank from June 9. Acting Assistant Inspector General from June 11 to 13, 1863. Brevet Colonel, March 13, 1865, "for gallant and meritorious services during the war."-In command of Regiment from 4.30 P. M. July I to July 4, 1863; from July 14 to Aug. 9, from Aug. 21 to 23 and Oct. 10 to Dec. 6, 1863: also, from Jan. 3 to Feb 1, May 9 to 23 and June 9 to Nov. 13, 1864; also, from Jan 17 to 20, from Jan. 24 to March 31, from April 14 to 22, on May 4 and from June 17 to 30, 1865 .- To Alexandria for 1, 300 convalescents, June 25 to 29, 1863. On leave of absence from Feb. 10 to 25, 1864; also from Dec. 22, 1864, to Jan. 16, 1865. To New York with recruits from April 5 to 12, 1865. In command of Camp Butler, Ill., from April 14 to 25, 1865. President of General Court Martial at Springfield, Ill., from April 24 to June 17, 1865. On Guard of Honor over President Lincoln's remains, May 3, 1865 .- In battles of Fredericksburg, Fitzhugh Crossing, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg (in command after 4.30 P. M. July 1,) Locust Grove, } Wilderness, Laurel Hill, (May 9 to 12), + Salient at Spottsylvania, + Jericho Ford, North Anna, Tolopotomoy, Bethesda Church, Cold Harbor,t Petersburg, } Siege of Petersburg, } Weldon Railroad,} Hatcher's Runt and Dabney's Mill.+ On Mud March, Port Royal and Westmoreland Expeditions, Campaign of Maneuvers, + Mine Run, + Reconnoissances to Raccoonville, Yellow Tavernt and Vaughn Road, t and Raid to Meherrin River .* Never wounded-In every battle and march of the regiment.
HENRY W. NALL. Major, Sept. 4, 1862. Appointed to try cases in Regimental Court Martial offenses, Sept. 25. In battle of Fredericksburg. On sick leave from Dec. 18, 1862, until honorably discharged for sickness, April 17, 1863. Left Regiment in bivouac near Falmouth, Dec. 20, 1862.
EDWIN B. WIGHT. Captain of A, July 26, 1862. Acting Major from Dec. 18, 1862, to June 22, 1863, when he was mustered as full Major to rank from June I. Appointed Dec. 24, 1862, to try cases in Regimental Court Martial offenses. In battles of Fredericksburg, Fitzhugh Crossing, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. On Mud March, Port Royal and Westmoreland Expeditions and Campaign of Maneuvers. Wounded at Gettysburg July 1, 1863, losing an eye, while acting as Lieutenant-Colonel. Returned to Regiment Sept. 23 while it was at "Camp Peck " near Culpepper, Va. Honorably discharged for wounds, Nov. 17, 1863, being pronounced by his Division and Corps. Surgeons unfit for further duty in the field. Left Regiment near Beverly Ford, Nov. 20, 1863.
WILLIAM HUTCHINSON. Ist Lieutenant of G, July 26, 1862. Captain, April 20, 1863, to rank from March 10. Major, July 17, 1864, to rank from June 9. Brevet Lieut .- Colonel, March 13, 1865, "for gallant and meritorious service during the war." In command of the Regiment from Dec. 22, 1864, to Jan. 17, 1865, and from April 22 to June 17. In battles of Fredericksburg, Fitzhugh Crossing, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Locust Grove, Siege of Petersburg, Weldon Railroad and Hatcher's Run. On Mud March,
+ In command of Regiment.
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Port Royal and Westmoreland Expeditions, Campaign of Maneuvers, Mine Run, Reconnoissances to Yellow Tavern and Vaughn Road and Raid to Meherrin River .- On detached service in Michigan from Feb. 5 to June 19, 1864. Wounded at Gettysburg and behind works before Petersburg, June 19, 1864, a few minutes after his return to Regiment from Michigan. On leave of absence from Jan. 20 to Feb. 22 and from March I to April 22, 1865. Served a tour as Guard of Honor over remains of President Lincoln, May 3, 1865 .*
DR. JOHN H. BEECH. Surgeon, Aug. 24, 1862, to rank from. Aug 15. With wounded at Gettysburg until Aug. 19, 1863. Acting Brigade Surgeon Dec. 31, 1863, Surgeon-in-Chief of Iron Brigade from July, 1864, to March, 1865. Returned to Regiment at Camp Butler, Ill., March 12. Resigned for ill health, April, 4, 1865.
DR. CHARLES C. SMITH. Ist Assistant Surgeon, Aug. 15, 1862. Honorably discharged on tender of resignation, Feb. 14, 1863. Left Regiment at Belle Plain, Va., Feb. 16, 1863.
DR. ALEXANDER COLLAR. 2d Assistant Surgeon, Aug. 18, 1862, to rank from Aug. 14. Left with wounded at Gettysburg until honorably discharged for ill health, Sept. 18, 1863.
DR. GEORGE W. TOWAR, jr. Joined Regiment at Belle Plain, as Assistant Surgeon, April 5, 1863, to rank from March I. On duty with sharpshooters connected with the Iron Brigade, during autumn of 1863 till Nov. Ist. With wounded after Wilderness from May 5 to May 29, 1864. Returned to duty with Regiment .*
DR. EDWARD LAUDERDALE. 2d Assistant Surgeon, April II, 1865, to rank from March 30. Joined Regiment at Camp Butler, Ill .*
JAMES J. BARNS. Ist Lieut. and Adjutant, Aug 15, 1862. On sick leave from Oct. 25, 1862, to Feb. 5, 1863. In battles of Fitzhugh Crossing and Chancellorsville. On Port Royal Expedition. Resigned for disability May 9, 1863. Left Regiment at "Camp Way" near Fitzhugh.
SERIL CHILSON. Enlisted in D, Aug. 5, 1862. To 4th Corporal Jan. 25, 1863. Brigade Quartermaster's Clerk from Jan. 10 to Aug, 27, 1863. Ist Lieut. and Adjutant, Sept. 15, 1863. On leave of absence from Dec. 19, 1863, to Jan. 5, 1864. Acting Aide on General Cutler's Staff, at Division Headquarters, June 5, 1864. In battle of Fredericksburg, Campaign of Maneuvers, Locust Grove, Mine Run, Reconnoissance to Raccoonville, battles of Wilderness, Laurel Hill, Spottsylvania, Jericho Ford, North Anna, Tolopotomoy, Bethesda Church, Cold Harbor and Petersburg. Killed in battle before Petersburg, June 18, 1864.
LEWIS H. CHAMBERLIN. Enlisted Aug. 12, 1862, in F. To 4th Sergeant Aug. 15. On detached service at Ist Army Corps Headquarters from May 17 to Sept. 9, 1863. To Ist Sergeant, May 1, 1864. Ist Lieutenant, July 6, 1864, to rank from Nov. 22, 1863. (Not mustered.) Ist Lieutenant and Adjutant, July 28, 1864 to rank from June 19 .- On detached service at Grand Rapids and Jackson, Mich., from Feb. I to Aug. 13, 1864. Returned to Regiment Aug. 14, 1864. - In battles of Fredericksburg, Fitzhugh Crossing, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Locust Grove, Siege of Petersburg, Weldon Railroads Hatcher's Run, and Dabney's Mill. On Mud March, Port Royal Expedition, Campaign of Maneuvers, Mine Run, Reconnoissances to Yellow Tavern, Vaughn Road and Raid to Meherrin River .- Wounded at Dabney's Mill, Feb. 7, 1865. To New York with 300 conscripts from Camp Butler, Ill, in March, 1865 .*
DIGBY V. BELL, jr. Ist Lieut. and Regimental Quartermaster. July 28, 1862. Acting Brigade Commissary, Nov. 4 1862. On leave of absence from Feb. 25 to
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March 15, 1863. Acting Commissary of Subsistence for Iron Brigade, Oct. 18, 1863. Honorably discharged on tender of resignation, Nov. 3, 1863. Left Regiment near Beverly Ford, Va., Nov. 17.
DAVID CONGDON. Enlisted in H, Aug. 8, 1862. Quartermaster's Clerk, October, 1862. Ist Lieut. and Regimental Quartermaster, Jan. 27, 1864, to rank from Nov. 3, 1863 .*
REV. WILLIAM C. WAY. Chaplain, Aug. 19, 1862, to rank from July 26. With wounded several weeks after Gettysburg. Returned to Regiment, Sept. 13, 1863. On duty in Field Hospital of 4th Division, 5th Corps, from July 4 to Sept. 23, 1864, and for two weeks from Nov. 15. Correspondent of Detroit Tribune while in the service. Only Chaplain of a Michigan Regiment who remained in the service from the muster-in to the muster-out of his regiment .*
LINE OFFICERS- CAPTAINS.
ISAAC W. INGERSOLL. Captain of B, July 26, 1862. In battle of Fredericksburg. Resigned for old age and disability, Dec. 20, 1862. Left Regiment on march from Falmouth to Belle Plain, Dec. 22, 1862.
CALVIN B. CROSBY. Captain of C, July 26, 1862. Resigned for ill health, Dec. 5, 1862. Left Regiment at Brooks' Station, Va., Dec. 9.
WILLIAM J. SPEED. Captain of D, July 26, 1862. Division Judge Advocate of General Court Martial, October, 1862. On Sick Leave from Jan. 3 to Feb. 7, 1863. In battles of Fredericksburg, Fitzhugh Crossing, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg. On Port Royal and Westmoreland Expeditions. Killed at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863, while Acting-Major of his Regiment.
JAMES CULLEN. Captain of E, July 26, 1862. In battle of Fredericksburg. Resigned for disability, Dec. 20, 1862. Left Regiment on march from Falmouth to Belle Plain.
WILLIAM A. OWEN. Captain of G, July 26, 1862. Wounded at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862, by concussion of spine by shell. Absent in General Hospital from Dec. 16, 1862, to March 7, 1863. Discharged March 14, 1863, at Belle Plain, Va., for injury received in action at Fredericksburg.
WARREN G. VINTON. Captain of H, July 26, 1862. In battle of Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862. Honorably discharged for ill health upon advice of surgeons, Dec. 29, 1862. Left Regiment at Belle Plain, Va.
GEORGE C. GORDON. Captain of I, July 26, 1862. In battles of Fredericksburg, Fitzhugh Crossing, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. On Mud March, Port Royal and Westmoreland Expeditions. Prisoner at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863. Confined in Libby, Andersonville and Millen, Ga., and Columbia, S. C. Escaped three times and twice re-captured. Final escape, Feb. 14, 1865. Returned to Regiment at Camp Butler, Ill., May I. Nominally in command of Regiment, June 16, 1865 - one day. Brevet Major, March 13, 1865, "for gallant and meritorious services during the war."*
WILLIAM H. REXFORD. Ist Lieutenant of B, July 26, 1862. Captain, Dec. 20, to rank from Dec. 13. Acting Adjutant from May 9 to July 1, 1863. In battles of Fredericksburg, Fitzhugh Crossing, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. On Mud March, Port Royal and Westmoreland Expeditions. Wounded at Gettysburg, July I, 1863. Honorably discharged for wounds, Nov. 21, 1863.
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ROSTER OF THE OFFICERS.
CHARLES A. HOYT. Ist Lieutenant of C, July 26, 1862. Captain, Dec. 13. On Sick Leave from March 18 to May 10, 1863. In battles of Fredericksburg and Gettysburg. On Mud March and Westmoreland Expeditions. Wounded at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862, and severely at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863. Honorably discharged for wounds, Nov. 21, 1863.
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