History of the Twenty-fourth Michigan of the Iron brigade, known as the Detroit and Wayne county regiment, Part 41

Author: Curtis, O. B. (Orson Blair), 1841?-1901
Publication date: 1891
Publisher: Detroit, Mich., Winn & Hammond
Number of Pages: 504


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When Captain Gibbon was promoted to the command of what afterwards was known as the Iron Brigade, Lieutenant Joseph B. Campbell took command of the Battery which was recruited to its full complement by men from the regiments in that Brigade and thus this Brigade and Battery became closely allied to each other, it being virtually a part of the Iron Brigade. In 1851, Sergeant James Stewart, left New York City for duty with this Battery in Texas. In 1861, he was promoted to a Second-Lieutenant in the Battery. On August 28, 1862, it did good service at the battle of Gainesville and again at Groveton, August 30. It was heavily engaged at the South Mountain Pass, September 14; and was also severely engaged at Antietam. Here, after its commander and men had rapidly fallen, within thirty paces of the enemy, and the working of the guns thus became impeded, General John Gibbon, in full uniform, acted as gunner himself and drove the enemy under cover. The Battery lost forty out of 100 men in this action. Lieutenant James Stewart now became its commander and it was henceforth known as Stewart's Battery and ranked among the very highest in that branch of the service until the close of the war. It proved worthy of association with the Iron Brigade. And why not? Were not its men detailed from the ranks of the several regiments of that Brigade and made up of the same western pluck? The enemy learned early to respect and fear it, for its work was unerring and deadly. Its deep mouthed belchings gave tone and confidence to the Brigade on many a field. Its music cheered the men on to the combat in many a bloody , struggle, and when the records of the war were sifted and sorted, like the Brigade with which it was associated it stood first. Colonel William F. Fox, has thus written of this Battery :


The "Cannoneer" is correct in claiming for his Battery the greatest aggregate losses of any light Battery in the service. There is no doubt but that more men fell at Stewart's guns than in any other Battery in the Union Armies.


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We shall attempt no extended allusions to the records of this celebrated Battery. The above brief testimony from the accepted Statistician of the Civil War is evidence that a history of said Battery must prove interesting and we are pleased to say to all who would like, in imagination, to ride down through the awful battles of the Army of the Potomac on a cannon without getting injured, send one dollar and a half to the National Tribune at Washington, D. C., for a copy of the "CANNONEER" which is a full and complete history of


James theevent


this celebrated Battery and contains also a vast amount of invaluable war reading, written by Augustus Buell of Washington, D. C.


There was one "comrade" in this Battery to which we have promised our readers to make reference here-Old Tartar, Lieutenant Stewart's horse, or "Old Bobtail" as he was called after his caudal annex had been shot off in battle. We give below "Old Bob's" biography from the pen of Captain Stewart of Carthage, Ohio, to the author of the "Cannoneer":


DEAR COMRADE :- You ask for Tartar's "biography." His military record is as follows : He entered the service at Fort Leavenworth in July, 1857, just before Battery B started on the Utah expedition, and was then four years of age. Before reaching Utah, he was taken sick with distemper of a malignant type, so we had to


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abandon him when we left Green River Camp, Salt Lake. The following spring, General Albert Sidney Johnston offered $30 apiece for abandoned horses branded "U. S." I was at the tent of Major Fitz John Porter one morning when two Indians came in with a couple of horses, one of which was Tartar. I had him taken over to the Battery. In the summer of 1860 the personnel of the Battery was formed into Cavalry to keep open the mail and pony express between Salt Lake and Carson City, during which Tartar's average work was from forty to fifty miles a day. Early in 1861 the Battery marched from Utah to Fort Leavenworth, whence by rail to Washington. At the Second Bull Run Tartar was struck by a shell, carrying away his tail, and wounding both hips, or hams. At first I thought I could not use him any more and turned him into a small field. The next morning he jumped the fence and followed the Battery.


Sometime after this President Lincoln reviewed the army in front of Fredericks- burg. After I had passed in review riding Tartar, I was sent for, to allow the President to look at the horse's wound. As soon as Mr. Lincoln saw it he said: "This reminds me of a tale !" which he proceeded to relate with great amusement. His little son "Tad," mounted on a pony insisted on trading horses. He persisted in telling me that his papa was the President and would give any horse I wanted in trade for Tartar. I had a hard time to get away from the little fellow.


Tartar was again wounded at Fredericksbug and after that it was difficult to get him to stand under musketry fire. The day before we reached Gettysburg he was lamed by running a nail into one of his fore feet, and did not go into the battle. In pursuit of Lee he could not keep up and I left him with a farmer on the road. About a month afterward a friend informed me that he had seen him over in Kilpatrick's Cavalry tied up. I went over and got him. This was in August, 1863. He served through the war and was at Appomattox. In 1866 I left Tartar with the Battery, in the tenth year of his service.


DOC. C. B. AUBERY, IRON BRIGADE NEWSBOY.


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CHAPTER XXIV.


OUR LAST MARCH.


K NAPSACK we shoulder now for a tramp to our last camp- ground. Many months the author has devoted to this compilation. The time has arrived when the result of all this labor must go to the type-room. From the first axe- stroke against the mighty forest oak to the launch of the ship, much good material accumulates which must be left behind. And so with this work. Narratives of each member of the regiment would be interesting, but they would require many volumes. And a full history of all the regiments of the Iron Brigade would also require a volume for each. Such task must be deferred to others. There has been a determination to exclude, as far as the truth of history would allow, all reflexive matter, as well as everything that could not strictly stand the test of good authority and sincere account.


The foregoing recital should accord to every regiment of the Iron Brigade that full measure of praise which each has won for itself. While members of the Twenty-fourth Michigan pride themselves upon its glorious record, written in blood-its wealth of sacrifice which has contributed to the enrichment of Michigan history, they ever accord a full meed of praise to all other Michigan troops, mindful that every soldier, with pardonable pride, loves his own regiment the best. And so, while it is our special delight that we belonged to the " Twenty-fourth " and to the IRON BRIGADE, we are also proud that we belonged to a Michigan regiment. For, were not Michigan's troops the honor of every branch of the service where they served ? Did not their blood moisten over 800 battle-fields of the war? Did not their praises fall from the lips of generals? Did not the command of General Phil Kearney-" Put a Michigan Regiment on guard


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to-night and then I can sleep," express the confidence of commanders in Michigan's soldiery? Were they not selected to lead " forlorn hopes " and perform most dangerous and difficult tasks ?


Thirty years have intervened since began the great struggle for national life. Since then a new generation has been born-a generation has passed away, while the magnitude of the struggle and the momentous questions at issue-those lost and those preserved- are fast passing beyond comprehension. The war cost the North alone 360,000 lives, 300,000 wounded, and over one million widows and orphans. No less could have been the casualties of the south. The North alone, and the South alone, lost each, more men in four years, than England lost in all her wars from its Invasion by William the Conqueror to Queen Victoria, a period of 800 years !


The sword settled that the United States are indivisible. State rights remain, but not State sovereignty. Sovereignty belongs exclusively to the Nation. The war taught the nations of earth and traitors at home that this nation cannot be destroyed without costly and bloody protest. It taught that majorities must govern, and so govern as to preserve inviolate the equal rights of all ; that a lawfully elected President shall serve his constitutional term ; that a minority oligarchy cannot permanently control this Republic. May the sacrifices of this war never be forgotten. May future generations note its awful scope and keep clear of the rocks on which it so nearly stranded. May the treasonable sophistries of Calhounism be extirpated from the text books and literature of the South, whose rising generation is being taught its deadly heresy, else other occasions may be sought to revive the "Lost Cause." Let a caution prevail in the discussion of internal questions of polity, nor admit too freely within our gates the objectionable and ignorant stranger; and when enlarging our domain, that we annex not enemies of our institutions, customs and form of government. May the blood- bought experience of this generation preserve for all time this noblest of human organizations, "of the people, by the people and for the people."


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IN MEMORIAM.


The following comrades of the Twenty-fourth Michigan are known to have passed over to the silent majority since their resignation or discharge :


Lieutenant-Colonel MARK FLANIGAN, at Detroit, Oct. 4, 1886.


Major HENRY W. NALL, at Long Branch, N. J., July 10, 1863.


Major WILLIAM HUTCHINSON, drowned on Stm. Morning Star, sunk on Lake Erie, June 19, 1868.


Lieutenant and Quartermaster DIGBY V. BELL, at Detroit, Feb. 8, 1890.


Surgeon JOHN H. BEECH, at Coldwater, Oct. 17, 1878.


Assistant Surgeon CHARLES C. SMITH, in Redford, April 18, 1890.


Assistant Surgeon ALEXANDER COLLAR, at Wayne, Sept 4, 1883.


Assistant Surgeon EDWARD LAUDERDALE, at Detroit, April 16, 1883.


Captain RICHARD S. DILLON, at Detroit, March 3, 1886.


Captain ISAAC W. INGERSOLL, at Detroit, April 9, 1881.


Captain EDWIN E. NORTON, at Detroit, March 9, 1873.


Captain WILLIAM A. OWEN, at Detroit, July, 26, 1887.


Captain GEORGE A. Ross, at Detroit July 28, 1885.


Captain GEORGE C. GORDON, in Redford, Aug. 27, 1878.


Captain JOHN WITHERSPOON, killed in cyclone at St. Edwards, Nebraska, Aug. 4, 1887.


Captain EDWARD B. WILKIE, Nov. 8, 1875.


Captain ANDREW J. CONNOR, at Dayton Home, in 1890.


Lieutenant FREDERICK AUGUSTUS BUHL, at Annapolis, Md., Sept. 15, 1864, of wounds received in cavalry fight.


Lieutenant AUGUSTUS F. ZIEGLER, at Detroit, Jan. 2, 1870.


Lieutenant HUGH F. VANDERLIP, at Pontiac, Feb. 19, 1884.


Lieutenant CHARLES A KING, in Missouri, soon after the war.


Lieutenant JOHN J. LENNON, of consumption, in March, 1865.


Lieutenant GEORGE W. CHILSON, at Las Vegas, New Mex., Jan. 18, 1881.


Lieutenant IRA W. FLETCHER, at Wayne, May 9, 1883.


Lieutenant MICHAEL DEMPSEY, at Detroit, in March, 1890.


SULLIVAN D. GREEN (N. C. S.), at Berlin Falls, N. H., Dec. 29, 1889.


DANIEL B. NICHOLS (N. C. S.), soon after the war.


Company A-Peter N. Girardin, John Happe, James Murphy, Nelson Oakland; John Schubert, 1890; Francis Wright, 1889; and John S. Coy, 1891.


Company B-Andrew J. Arnold, 1891 ; James S. Booth, Willett Brown; George F. Higbee, 1878; Richard Maloney, 1869; Joseph E. McConnell, 1886 ; Patrick Shannon, 1872; Lafayette Veo, 1890 ; James Grills (Recruit).


Company C- James M. Loud, Daniel McPherson, James S. Seeley.


Company D- John D. Cameron (R.); Henry D. Chilson, of wounds received in another regiment, 1865 ; Clark Chase, Oliver Herrick, Frank Heig, killed on railroad; Conrad Kocher, James Lindsay ; Robert Polk, 1890; William M. Ray, 1879 ; Melvin H. Storms, Wm. Walter Sands; George P. Roth, 1880; John B. Turney ; Allen Brown (R.), 1889; George Dolan (R.), 1890.


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Company E-John Frank; Thomas Gibbons, 1890; John Hogan, James D. Jackson, Frank Kendrick, Patrick W. Nolan, William Powers, Frank Schneider, Thomas Stackpole.


Company F-Abraham Akey; August F. Albrecht, 1890; Edward Burkham; William Bullock, 1875 ; William W. Graves, William H. Ingersoll, Charles E. Jenner, George Krumback, William Kalsow; John G. Klinck, 1886; Frank H. Pixley, Eugene Sims by gunshot accident soon after the war; Albert I .. Schmidt, John J. Sullivan; Andrew Wagner, 1867; Myron Murdock, 1879 ; Herman Krumback.


Company G-William A. Armstrong, John Broombar; John Butler, 1872 ; Peter Euler ; William R. Graves, 1888; Garrett Garrison; George Hinmonger, 1889 ; Peter T. Lezotte, Jeremiah Sullivan, Charles Martin ; Charles Stoflet, 1890; Joseph J. Watts, 1886 ; William G. Weiner, 1870; Douglas M. Page, Benjamin W. Pierson.


Company H-Barney J. Campbell, 1881 ; Michael Cunningham, 1864 ; Michael Donavan ; August Gilsbach; 1889 ; Theodore Grover, 1890 ; Van Renselaer W. Lemm, A. Wilder Robinson, killed by falling out of a high story window while asleep ; Andrew J. Stevens, 1872 ; Jacob Whyse ; Abram Hoffman.


Company I-Peter Brink, Richard M. Fish, Francis Hynds, Alpheus Johnson, Cornelius Veley, Roswell Van Kuren, Levi McDaniels (R.) ; William H. Morton.


Company K-Robert A. Bain, Andrew Bruthaumpt, George W. Fox, Abner A. Galpin, Artemas Hosmer, 1872 ; Frank Kellogg, David J. Kellar, James Leslie; Elijah Little, 1889 ; Barney J. Litogot, Jerome B. Stockham, Frederick Smoots, Enoch A. Whipple.


DEATH OF GENERAL HENRY A. MORROW.


It is with deep sorrow that we must record the death of our beloved Colonel which occured at Hot Springs, Arkansas, January 31, 1891. We had hoped he would survive to read this volume in which he had a great interest. Upon learning of his death the Survivors of the Twenty-fourth Michigan in Detroit, the Bar Association of this City and his regiment, the Twenty-first U. S. Infantry, passed suitable resolutions of respect. Of his war services this volume makes record, and it is one of the most brilliant.


After the war, he was appointed Collector for the Port of Detroit, which he resigned to become Lieutenant-Colonel of the Thirty-sixth Regiment, U. S. Infantry, February, 1867. After entering the Regular Army he was assigned to important positions which he filled most satisfactorily. President Grant ordered him to Louisana where he assisted in the process of re-construction acceptably to the people. Later, he was sent to Utah to quell the Mormon disturbances in 1872-3, where his conciliatory methods were successful. In 1877, during the railroad riots at Scranton, Pennsylvania, his discreet conduct


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won the special commendation of General Hancock. He subsequently became Colonel of the Twenty-first U. S. Infantry.


He was a soldier, orator and jurist of the highest excellence in each. His address was affable and courteous. Meanness and injustice he despised. His own Twenty-fourth loved him, believed in him and would always follow where he led. No braver man ever drew a sword and he was ever regardful of the welfare of his command, every soldier in which could lay before him any grievance. His name in history is secure and deserves to be preserved in the choicest amber. He ever had a warm remembrance for the old Twenty-fourth and among his last letters was the following to Captain Geo. W. Burchell written at Fort Sidney, Nebraska, July 30, 1890 :


"What I desire above all things in this world is to hear of the health and prosperity of the remnant of the dear old comrades who stood with me, elbow to elbow, in the battle's storm of those horrible but splendid years when the Nation's life was saved by the Nation's valor. Your letter recalls many a scene. How quick come back the camp-fires, the weary marches, the dreadful preparation for battle, the long lines, the glittering bayonets, the inspiring cheers, the awful roar of musketry, the deep thunder of the cannon, the sickening carnage, the cries of the wounded, the ambulances, the mounds of fresh earth ! Alas ! Alas! God has been good to spare us so long to witness the glorious fruits of the sacrifices of the patriots of 1861-5. Perhaps we are not happier in our lots than the gallant men who fell fighting in the cause of freedom and humanity. May God be kind to those who are still spared, strengthen their failing limbs, and temper the winds to their declining vigor."


On September 8, 1890, Colonel Morrow wrote as follows to Colonel A. M. Edwards :


"I have just returned from the G. A. R. encampment, where I had a pleasant time, but you know I am all shattered in health. At present I cannot speak above a whisper. I do not pretend to give commands on the field. But I did not intend to tell you that your Colonel has been for a year and more, stricken by a fatal disease and will, in all human probability, be on the side of the majority to welcome you when your form shall appear on the opposite shore."


His remains were conveyed to Niles, Michigan, the girlhood. home of Mrs. Morrow, where they laid in state in charge of "Frank Graves Post," G. A. R. until the funeral. The services were held in the Episcopal Church and the burial was under the auspices of said Post. As soon as the time of the funeral was learned in Detroit, several members of the old Twenty-fourth hurriedly arranged to attend and were present as mourners. The remains of our dear Colonel were laid away beneath the oaks of Silver Brook Cemetery with the honors of war. He has reached his last camp ground.


INDEX.


Numbers Indicate Pages. See Illustration List for Portraits.


A.


Abolitionism,


12


Alexandria, 52


Anderson, Maj. Robert, IC


Army Balloon, 68


Army Cabins, 106


Archer's Brigade, I57


Arsenal, Dearborn, 20


Ages of Members, 44


Allotments of Pay, 38


B.


Bagley, John J., 54


Badges, II7


Ballou, Thomas B., 165


Battlefield Duel, 167


Barns. James J.,


39, 42, 359


Battery B., 58, 68, 91, 95, 469-473 Battles : Antietam, 58, 69; Bull's Run, 20; Second Bull's Run, 58; Bethesda Church, 256; Cold Harbor, 256; Chantilly, 58; Chancellorsville, 131; Dabney's Mill, 289; Fredericksburg, 86; Fitzhugh Crossing, 125; Five Forks, 301; Gainesville, 57; Gettys- burg, 155, etc .; Hatcher's Run, 277; Laurel Hill, 238, 239; Mine Run, 210; North Anna, 250, 251; Peters- burg, 260; Salient or Bloody Angle, 241, 242, etc .; Tolopotomoy, 255; Weldon Railroad, 271, 272; White Oak Road, 298; Wilderness, 229, etc .; Appomattox, 303


Beech, Dr. J. H., 42, 270, 359 Bell, Digby V., . 42, 75, 84, 101, 359


Bellore, Charles, 164


Birrell, David, 40, 43, 95, 127, 367


Bird, Peter C., 119, 186


Bivouac and Camp-fire, 198


Blair, Gov. Austin; 29, 56, 142


Blair, Mrs. Gov., 29


Brooks, Preston S., I5


Brooks, Adjt. E. P., . 209


Bragg, Gen. E. S., 258, 263, 465


Brown, John, . 15, 16


Breaking Camp, 204


Brooks' Expedition, 267


Buhl, F. & Co., . 40, 364


Buhl, Frederick A., 43, 159, 210, 364


Buchanan, James,


13, 18, 19


Bucklin, Andrew J., 368 Burchell, Geo. W., 43, 261, 285, 287, 362 Burnside, Gen. A. E .. 74, 77, 86, 110, 112 Burns, John, 182, 416


Battalions for Field Duty,


92, 258


C.


Camps: Barns, 37; Blair, SI, Bucklin, 208; Beech, 214; Butler, 297; Clark, 62; Comfort, 71; Chandler, 83; Chilson, 270; Crawford, 284, 287; Crapo, 313; Duncan Stewart, 73; Dickey, 210; Flanigan, 77; Har- baugh, 65; Hickey, 71; Hennessy, 73; Isabella, 105; Morrow, 52; Misery, 71; Merritt, 201; Meade, 216; Nall, So; O'Donnell, 205; Pen- niman, 69; Peck, 204; Shearer, 55; Speed, 200; Towers, 74; Wayne, 54; Ward, 83, Way, 137; Wallace, 207


Civil War and its Cause, 9


Call for 300,000 Men. 2.4


Campaign of Maneuvres, 205


Campbell, Judge J. V., 41, 225


Cass, Hon. Lewis, 26, 31


Capitol Park, . 60


Chrouch, George W., . 46


Chilson, Seril, 93, 258, 264, 359


Chilson, George W., 270, 365


Chuck-or-Luck,


138


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INDEX.


Chope, Charles H., . 251, 368


Chope, Edward B., 369


Chamberlin, L. A.,


270, 292, 359


Church, Samuel W., 366


Churchill, Owen,


370


Cleary, Patrick,


46, 188


Compliments to the Twenty-fourth :


118, 124, 126, 134, 136, 144, 168,


169, 186, 187, 287, 289, 293, 412,


452, 466, 469


Comparative Losses,


172, 464


Confederate Prisons, 428, etc.


Color Guard,


164, 165, 227, 284


Congdon, Arthur S.,


370, 409


Connor, Andrew J.,


363


Congdon, David,


360


Commanders of 24th Michigan, 315


Commanders of Iron Brigade, .


465


Cotton Gin,


IO


Collar, Dr. Alex.,


35, 42, 84, 359


Crosby, Calvin B.,


42, 83, 84, 360


Cullen, James,


· 34, 42, 103, 360


Curtiss, Roswell B.,


SI


Curtis, O. B.,


81, 99, 264, 386, 408


Cutler, Gen. Lysander,


97, 238, 465


Century,


445


Cowards, Drumming out,


114, 119


D.


Davis, Jefferson,


19, 306, 444, 450


Democratic Party,


I3


Departure from Home,


46, 47, 48


Dead of 24th Michigan : Killed, 371 ;


died of wounds, 374; in prison, 376; coming home, 377 ; of disease, 378 ; Spr. R., 380.


Dedication of Monuments, 408


Dempsey, Michael, . 365


Devotion to the Flag,


163


Deserted Home,


76, 77


Destroying Railroad,


283


Dillon, Richard S., .


40, 42, 361


Dickey, Gilbert A.,


160, 181, 367


Dingwall, George,


.


368


Discipline,


113, 217


Dodsley, Wm. R, 56, 128, 181, 25I,


275, 362, 4II


Doubleday, General,


93, 100, IOI, 102


Drill, . 66


Dress Parade,


66


Drill on Battlefield,


94


Drumsticks, 317, 318


Deserters, 392


Discharged,


. 382 to 387


E.


Earnshaw, Abraham,


.


365


Eaton, Alonzo,


257, 270,


366


Edwards, Albert M., 39, 141, 149, 152,


163, 165, 181, 185, 191, 231, 239,


244, 255, 258, 263, 270, 273, 284,


285, 291, 312, 314, 315, 358


Election,


280


Emancipation Proclamation,


105


Ernest, August,


165


Errata,


7


Ewell, General,


187


Explanation of Map,


I73


Execution of Deserter,


144


F.


Farland, John M.,


40, 42, 270, 361


Fairchild, Gen. Lucius,


208


Fitzhugh Estate,


I37


Fischer, E. Ben.,


369


Flag Presentation, 40, 201, 202, 203,


225, 226, 296


Flanigan, Mark, 25, 32, 40, 41, 75,


107, 113, 118, 122, 123, 157, 315, 357 Fletcher, Ira W., 369


Fort Lyon,


52


Fort Baker,


56


Fords in Rapidan, etc., I24


Fremont, John C.,


14, 56


Frederick City, Md.,


62


Franklin, General,


97


Funeral in Camp,


108


Fugitive Slave Law,


II


Furloughs,


II3


Flowers at Gettysburg,


415


G.


Gibbon, Gen. John, 58, 63, 65, 66,


68, 69, 75, 471


Gibbons, Robert,


. 279


Gordon, George C.,


42, 360


Gordon, John M.,


43, 103, 367


Grant, Gen. U. S., 21, 221, 241, 256,


266, 310


481


INDEX.


Grace, Newell, 43, 128, 181, 364


Green, S. D.,


·


93, 144, 184, 313, 370


Guarding Wagon Train,


75


.


Guarding Railroad, . 83, 209


Grand Review, . 310


H.


Haigh, George W.,


270, 362


Harbaugh, David E.,


2, 40


Harper's Ferry Raid,


I6


Halleck, General,


57, 58


Hattie, Louis,


94


Harrison, Edward B.,


ISI, 373


" Hell's Half Acre,"


258


Hendricks, B. W.,


363


Hill, Gen. A. P., . 100, 187


Hoyt, Charles A.,


42, 103, 361


Hooker, General, 52, 66, 86, 96, 131,


133, 134, 152


Home Souvenirs,


. 107


Howard Jr., J. M.,


· 43, 83, 366


Howard, Shepherd L.,


281, 366


Hospital Experience,


318


Houston, A. J.,


437


Humphreyville, R. H., 367


Hussey, Augustus,


.


369


Hutchinson, Wm.,


42, 263, 270, 315, 358


Hutchinson, Wm. B.,


365


Hutton, George,


181, 361


I.


Ingersoll, I. W.,


40, 42, 103, 360


Incidents, 181, 247, 251, 257, 273, 282, 292


Inspection of Regiment,


221


Intrenchments, value of, 194


Irish Brigade.


96, 134


Iron Brigade, 59, 65, 88, 89, 91, 93, 94, 58, 59, 65, 74, 75, 77, 78, 452


97, 102, 117, 126, 127, 134, 135, 149, 157, 160, 162, 167, 201, 275, 452, 459-462


J.


Jennison, Wm.,


40


Journeys,


.


49, 60, 294


Joy, James F.,


32


K.


Kelley, William,


165


Kimmell, E. A.


366


King, Gen. Rufus, 57, 58


Kinney, H. P., IIO, 364


King, Charles A., 368,


L.


Ladd, Henry H.,


391, 432


Lafayette, General,


IO


Lauderdale, Dr. E., 359


Lee, General, 22, 57, 59, 81, 86, 133,


196, 302, 303


Left Flank Movement, .


238


Lennon, John J.,


42, 103, 364


Lincoln, Abraham,


17, 19, 58, 62, 304


Losses of Twenty-fourth Michigan, in


battles, 99, 100, 128, 131, 134, 175-


180, 236, 237, 246, 247, 252, 257,


263, 264, 274, 293


Louisiana Purchase,


II


Loyal Village,


196


Log Huts,


214


M.


Mail in Camp,


216


Marches, 51, 52, 54, 55, 62, 69, 71, 74,


75, 134, 147, 149, 193, 196, 202, 204. 207, 209, 212, 218, 230, 238, 242, 245, 248, 253, 258, 259, 276, 278, 282, 290 Maryland Invasion, 58


Marye's Height,


86, 96, 133


Merritt, John C.,


42, 361


Meade, General,


84, 153


McNoah, Wm. M.,


369


McConnell, Charles H.,


370


McDowell, General,


56, 57


McClellan, General, 20, 22, 23, 56, 57,


McPherson's Woods,


157


Meredith, General, 83, 97, 100, IOI,


115, 159, 186, 458


Medicine Rations,


289


Memoriam, In,


476


Military Road,


274, 281


Michigan at Gettysburg,


403, etc.


Monuments,


404 to 408, etc.


Mine Run Campaign,


210


Miscellaneous Features of 24th,


46


Missouri Compromise,


11, 13


482


INDEX.


Morrow, Henry A., 25, 30, 35, 37, 40,


41, 52, 60, 69, 72, 75, 77, 84, 88, 89,


113, 134, 135, 140, 159, 160, 162,


163, 165, 187, 189, 191, 194, 200, 207, 216, 219, 227, 231, 280, 285, 287, 307, 357, 474, 477


Mount Vernon, 54


Mud March, IIO


Morton, Gov., II7


Material of Regiment,


41


Medals of Honor, 289


Mutinous troops,


200


N.


Nagle, Wm. J., 165


Nall, Henry W., 41, 103, 358


Nation unprepared, . 20


National Road, 58, 62


Residences of Members, 45


Regiment of Relatives, 46


Renton, John, 46


Reynolds, General, 66, 121, 124, 125, 422


Resolutions,


115, 116


Review of Army,


I18


Resignations,


210


Recruits,


346 to 356


Richmond Evacuated, 302


Riot on Campus, . 25


O'Donnell, Malachi J.,


39, 43, 181, 362


Original members, 321 to 345


Order of Companies, 83


" Old Bob Tail," 121, 239, 472


Owen, Wm. A.,


40, 42, 360


P.


Parsons, George B., 55


Paul, General, . 62, 135


Peck, Abel G., 40, 46, 157, 164, 18I


Seventeenth Michigan,


55, 59, 63


Petersburg Mine, 269


Peeble's Farm, 276


Peninsular Campaign, 22


Pickett's Charge, 170


Pinkney, George H., 365


Platforms, 16, 17


Pope, Gen. John, 56, 57, 58


Porter, Fitz John, 58, 473


Port Royal Expedition, I2I


Poetry,


49, 175, 226, 371, 38[


Pomeroy, Augustus,


368


Presidential Elections, . 13, 16


Presentations,


. 38 to 41


Profanity, 80, 81


Promotions, 107, 204, 217, 270, 281


Progress of the War, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23,


56, 57, 58, 103, 204, 266, 284, 298, 305 Pursuit of Lee, 193


R.


Raccoonville Raid, 218


Raiding, 73


Raising the Regiment, 24 to 51


Rain Storm March, 71


Raymond, Francis Jr., 370


Raymond, James F.,


109, 370


Raid to Meherrin River, 281


Republican Party,


I3


Relief Fund, 38


Rexford, Wm. H., 40, 42, 157, 360


National Cemetery, . 404


Nineteenth Indiana, 160, 458


Nativities of Regiment, 43, 44


Norton, Edwin E., 361


Nowlin, James, 46, 84


0.


Occupation of men, 45


Robinson, Col. W. W., 159, 238


Root, Roswell L., 276


Roster of Officers, 256, 357


Ross, George A., . 363


S.


Safford, W. S., 43, 364


Sedgwick, General,


133


Secession Doctrine, I7


Seventh Michigan,


86


Shearer, James F., 368


Sham Battles, 56


Short Rations,


77


Shoddy Contractors,


107, 109


Shattuck, Lucus L., .


367


Slave-holders' Rebellion, 9-23


Slavery,


9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18


Spaulding, L. A., 165


Speed, Wm. J., . 35, 40, 42, 83, 160, 360 Stowe, Mrs. H. B., 12


" Stonewall Jackson," General, 22, 57, 131, 133


INDEX. 483


Stewart, Duncan, 26, 32


Southern Confederacy, 18, 19


Shelter Tents,


67


Soldier's Knapsack,


Soldier's Menu,


74


80


Soldier's Letter,


IJ9


Second Wisconsin,


453


Sixth Wisconsin,


457


Seventh Wisconsin,


457


Stewart, James,


471


Survivors, Records of,


· 382-392


Sumner, Charles,


13


Sumter, Fort,


Smith, Dr. C. C., .


42, 359


Sprague, A. W., .


42, 364


Stevens, Alex. H.,


19


301, 302


Wagner, Andrew,


165, 182


Wallace, Elmer D.,


-


367


Welsh, John W.,


181


Welton, E. B ..


165, 181, 258, 364, 411


Welch, Norvell E.,


276


Welton, F. E.,


367


Westmoreland Expedition,


.


140


The War Meeting,


33


Tree Cut Down, . 2.44


Towar, Dr. Geo. W., 359


Trials of the March,


76


U.


Uncle Tom's Cabin,


I2


Underground Railroad,


12


Uprising of People, . 19, 20


Unaccounted for,


V.


Vanderlip, Hugh F., 369


V. R. C.,


.


382-384


Veteranizing,


205


Visitors,


. 142, 360


Virginia Winter,


.


II4


Vinton, Warren G., 35, 39, 42, 103,


360, 415


W.


War Meetings,


24, 29, 33-37


Ward, Eber B ..


. 26, 37


Walker, C. I.,


33. 37


Way, Rev. Wm. C., 42, 72, 88, 102-


103, 110, 118, 155, 181, 183, 185, 214,


264, 270, 289. 360


Wallace, Walter H.,


.


37, 42, 162, 364


Washington's Slaves,


10, 55


Wadsworth, General, 126, 136, 168, 235


Warren, General G. K., 133, 169, 213,


South Mountain,


58, 63


Stafford Heights, 86


Start for Gettsyburg, I.42


Suggett, Thomas, .


165, 182


Sunday in Camp,


. 220


T.


Whiting, H. Rees,


43, 75, 363


Wight, E. B., 35, 39, 42, 102, 103, 118,


160, 162, 210, 359, 420


Wight, W. W., 35, 42, 220, 239, 248,


251, 258, 270, 315, 357


Wight, Sergt. W. W.,


95, 127


Wight, Stanley G.,


102


Witherspoon, John,


128, 181, 362


Wilderness, .


230


Wilford, Albert,


270, 366.


Wilkie, E. B.,


363


Whig Party,


13


Winter Quarters.


.


106, 214, 287


Whiskey Rations, 259


Wheeler, Wm. T.,


367


Wheelhouse, Demain,


370


Woodbury, General,


56


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