History of Oakland County Michigan a narrative account of its historic progress, its people, its principal interests / compiled from the official records of the county, the newspapers and data of personal interviews, under the editorial supervision of Thaddeus D. Seeley.

CHAPTER XIX
MILITARY MATTERS
OAKLAND COUNTY SOLDIERS OF THE WAR OF 8I2 —NAPOLEONIC SOLDIERS-EARLY MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS-THE MEXICAN WARTHE WAR OF THE REBELLION-FIRST MICHIGAN INFANTRY-SECOND
INFANTRY-GENERAL I. B. RICHARDSON-THE SECOND REGIMENTTHIRD INFANTRY-THE FIFTH INFANTRY-SEVENTH REGIMENTEIGHTH AND NINTH INFANTRY REGIMENTS-THE TENTH INFANTRY
-DEATH OF ADJUTANT COWLES-THE FOURTEENTH INFANTRYTHE FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH-TWENTY-SECOND INFANTRYGOVERNOR MOSES WISNER-TWENTY-NINTH INFANTRY-THIRTIETH
INFANTRY AND "MECHANICS AND ENGINEERS"-CUSTER'S MICHIGAN
CAVALRY BRIGADE-THE EIGHTH CAVALRY —NINTH AND TENTH
CAVALRY REGIMENTS-MICHIGAN LIGHT ARTILLERY-ONE HUNDRED AND SECOND UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS-MILITARY
MATTERS OF LATE.
In Chapter VI has been recorded the careers of those soldiers of the
Revolution who settled in Oakland county, some of whom became prominent in her citizenship. For several years previous to the War of I812
the military spirit of the Revolution had been kept keenly alive by the
campaigns.of the American soldiery against the Indians, inspired and supported by the British, and at the time of the defeat of Tecumseh by
Harrison in November, 18II, a large force of home troops had been collected in Ohio ready for contingencies. They were divided into three
regiments and placed under the command of Colonels McArthur, Findlay and Cass. A fourth regiment under Colonel Miller joined them, and
the entire command was placed under Governor Hull, of Michigan territory. His disgraceful surrender of the American army, so eager to
uphold the native name for bravery and patriotism, is, unfortunately, a
matter of history. So far as the War of 1812 directly affects the record
of Oakland county and her citizens, lies in the fact that a number of
those who participated in its campaigns afterward located within her
limits. In this connection it should be remembered that the county's first
permanent settler did not appear until I817.
OAKLAND COUNTY SOLDIERS OF THE WAR OF 18I2
The list of soldiers of the War of I812 who became citizens of this
county is as follows: Addison township-Derrick Hulich and Jesse
Elwell; the latter died in I874.
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