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.

HISTORY OF OAKLAND COUNTY

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and adjutant (formerly first lieutenant in Fifth Infantry), who was
killed by a Confederate sharpshooter at Farmington, Mississippi, May
26, 1862; John Piersons, first captain of Company H, and promoted to
be lieutenant colonel of the Iogth United States Colored Troops, August
30, 1864; Alva A. Collins, second lieutenant Company C, who was promoted first lieutenant, June 2, I862, and captain of Company H, August
30, 1864; Fred S. Stewart, sergeant major and promoted first lieutenant and adjutant, May 28, I862; Benjamin B. Redfield, first lieutenant;
Sylvan Ter Bush, first lieutenant of Company H, and promoted to captain of Company C, March 31, 1863 (wounded at Jonesboro, Ga., September I, I864), major May 20, I865, and lieutenant colonel June 7,
1865; Joseph E. Tupper, sergeant major, and promoted second lieutenant, May 13, 1863, and major United States Colored Troops, November,
1863; Warren G. Nelson, sergeant Company H, and promoted first lieutenant of Company C, February 24, 1865; Eslie R. Redfield, sergeant
Company C, and promoted first lieutenant Company F, September 3,
I864, and captain Company I, May 20, I865; Charles P. Rice, sergeant,
and promoted second lieutenant June 7, I865; Alex. H. Allen, sergeant,
and promoted second lieutenant June 7, I865; Mark H. Ridley, sergeant
Company C and promoted second lieutenant Company B, June 7, 1865;
and Fletcher W. Hewes, sergeant Company C and promoted first lieutenant Company D, May 8, I865.
The Tenth Regiment first encountered the enemy in battle near Corinth, Mississippi, and among the most marked events in its splendid
history were the engagement at Buzzard's Roost, Georgia, February 25,
I864; the battle of Jonesboro, September I, I864, and the fight at Bentonville, March 19 and 20, 1865.
DEATH OF ADJUTANT COWLES
The death of Adjutant Cowles was a great blow to the Oakland
county boys. In company with other officers of the regiment he was
riding along the picket line at Corinth examining the rebel works. He
dismounted, in order to get a better view, and at first stood behind
a tree. Not satisfied with that position he stepped into the open, remarking as he did so, "I guess they won't hit me." Ie had scarcely
uttered the words when the bullet from the Confederate sharpshooter
struck him in the left breast, passing through the body obliquely and
coming out through the right shoulder. He simply exclaimed, "I am
hit," and expired.
THE FOURTEENTH INFANTRY
The county sent more than ninety into the Fourteenth Infantry, including the following officers: Frank Powell, captain Company I; John
P. Foster, first lieutenant of Company I, who was promoted to be captain January 29, 1863, and wounded at Averyboro, North Carolina,
March i6, I865; Alfred A. Parker, second lieutenant of Company I
and promoted first lieutenant June 20, 1862; Frederick Banks, sergeant
of Company I, and promoted second lieutenant June 20, 1862; New