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.

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HISTORY OF OAKLAND COUNTY

Brigadier General Berry complimented the Second, Third and Fifth
(all of which regiments were in his brigade), most highly when he said
of them: "A nobler set of men never lived. Any man can win fights
with such material."
THE SEVENTH INFANTRY
More than one hundred men from Oakland county joined various companies in the Seventh Infantry, Francis Daniels of Company H being
promoted from a sergeantcy to second lieutenant in December, 1864. The
regiment was organized under the direction of Colonel Ira R. Grosvenor
at Monroe, and served through the Peninsula campaign, one of its greatest services being performed as the rear guard of the Army of the
Potomac on the retreat to Harrison's Landing. It was also engaged in all
the Maryland actions, and at Antietam it lost more than half its forces
engaged, including Captains Allen H. Zacharias and J. H. Turrill and
Lieutenants J. B. Eberhard and John A. Clark. The regiment passed
through the Wilderness campaign under Major S. W. Curtis, especially
distinguishing itself at Hatcher's Run by the capture of an important
Confederate command five hundred strong with a force of only eighty-five.
The Seventh continued in active service until the surrender of Lee, April
9, 1865, being finally mustered out on the 5th of the following July.
THE EIGHTH AND NINTH INFANTRY REGIMENTS
Only about sixty men from Oakland were with these commands. The
former, raised by Colonel W. M. Fenton, of Flint, was engaged in nine
battles in four states-South Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, and Marylandand afterward served in the several campaigns of the Ninth corps in Tennessee and Mississippi until the close of the war in Virginia. The only
officer from Oakland county was William A. Clifford, who entered the
service as sergeant major of Company B; was promoted to be first lieutenant October 5, 1864, and adjutant of the regiment, April 25, I865.
The Ninth Infantry was chiefly noted for the part it took in the brilliant defense of Murfreesboro, July 13, I862, and its participation in
the battle of Stone River, in January, I863. It was mustered out of the
service September I5, 1865. Officers from Oakland county: C. C. Starkweather, who joined Company I, as sergeant, was made second lieutenant May 14, 1863, first lieutenant (Company E), September 20, 1864,
and Captain of Company B, April 20, 1865; John B. Gunning, sergeant
of Company I, promoted to second lieutenant Company D, April 20,
I865; and William Wilkinson, Jr., who was mustered out as a non-commissioned staff officer,' September 15, 1865.
TIE TENTH INFANTRY
The Tenth Infantry, organized at Flint by Colonel Charles M. Linn,
contained a large element of Oakland county soldiers, and its officers
were well represented among the citizens of this section of the state.
The latter include the following: Sylvester D. Cowles, first lieutenant