History of Hillsdale county. Michigan, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers.

HISTORY OF HILLSDALE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.

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Ephraim B. Cooper, Co. H; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav.
Cyrus Robertson, Co. H; trans. to 8th Mich. Cay.
Elia M. Cope, Co. H; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav.
William A. Place, Co. H; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav.
George Tuttle, Co. H; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav.
Mons. Davison, Co. I; trans to 8th Mich. Car.
Hiram Young, Co. 1; trans. to 8th Mich. Car.
E. S. Cole, Co. K; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav.
Edgar Davidson, Co. K; trans. to 1st Mich. Sharpshooters.
Edward Rossman, Co. K; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav.
James Odell, Co. K; trans. to 8th Mich. Car.
Francis M. Townsend, Co. K; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav.
Henry Nettage, Co. K; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav.
John H. Beckwith, Co. L; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav.
Frank A. Bacon, Co. L; trans. to 8th Mich. Car.
W. J. McElishine, Co. L; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav.
Adelbert R. Chapman, Co. L; trans. to 8th Mich. Cay.
William C. Gibson, Co. L; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav.
Alanson M. Chapman, Co. L; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav.
Palerman Castle, Co. L; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav.
Henry B. Strickland, Co. M; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav.
Edward G. Taylor, Co. M; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav.
James S. Albro, Co. M; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav.
Jackson Penoyer, Co. M; trans. to 8th Mich. Car.
George W. Asken, Co. M; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav.
Oscar B. Abell, Co. M; trans..to 8th Miclh. Cav.
Delyon C. Allen, Co. M; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav.
Sidney A. Acker, Co. M; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav.
Samuel B. Nixon, Co. M; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav.
James Odell, Co. M; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav.
William Roswell, Co. M; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav.
Theodore E. Regston, Co. M; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav.
George W. Southworth, Co. M; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav.
Daniel B. Shipman, Co. M; trans. to 8th Mich. Cav.
Joseph Milton, Co. K; disch. for disability, Aug. 8,1864.
Samuel Humphrey, Co. L; disch. for disability, July 22,1864.
Charles M. Wade, Co. A; disch. for promotion.
Edwin Smith, Co. A; must. out May 18,1865.
Eliphalet Barber, Co. A; must. out May 29, 1865.
Robert M. Cox, Co. A; disch. bIy order, Aug. 10, 1865.
Garrett W. Carr, Co. A; disch. by order, Aug. 10,1865.
Emery Forbes, Co. A; must. out June 12,1865.
Harvey Hilton, Co. A; disch. by order, Aug. 10, 1865.
Josiah C. Jennison, Co. A; must. out May 15, 1865.
Walter Razell, Co. A; must. out May 15, 1865.
Warren Sprague, Co. A; disch. by order, Aug. 10, 1865.
James E. Caruthers, Co. B; must. out June 16, 1865.
Franklin B. Stevens, Co. B; must. out May 5, 1865.
George A. Webster, Co. D; disch. by order, Aug. 10, 1865.
Webster Cooley, Co.. D; disch. by order, Aug. 10, 1865.
William A. Collins, Co. D; must. out May 18, 1865.
Horace M. Gay, Co. D; must. out May 18,1865.
John H. Ireland, Co. D; must. out Oct. 17, 1865.
Orrin C. Kelly, Co. D; disch. by order, Aug. 10, 1865.
Marcus Young, Co. D; must. out June 23,1865.
Albert Trim, Co. F; must. out May 17, 1865.
Bradley Teachout, Co. G; must. out June 16, 1865.
R. E. Whipple, Co. H; disch. for promotion.
Alfred Boylis, Co. H; disch. by order, Aug. 10, 1865.
Amos D. Olds, Co. I; disch. by order, Aug. 10, 1865.
William A. Keys, Co. I; disch. for promotion, July 12,1864.
Joseph Fisher, Co. K; disch. for disability, Dec. 22,1864.
Dyer Freeman, Co. K; disch. for disability, June 16, 1865.
Joseph Milton, Co. K; disch. Aug. 8, 1865.
Anthony M. Moore, Co. K; disch. by order, June 10, 1865.
Samuel D. Humphrey, Co. L; disch. for disability, July 22, 1865.
G. L. Bartholomew, Co. L; must. out May 22,1865.
Alfred H. Wayne, Co. L; must. out June 15, 1865.
B. F. Foulk, Co. L; must. out June 15, 1865.
Benjamin D. Kingsley, Co. M; disch. by order, July 12, 1865.
Herbert H. Hickox, Co. M; must. out July 15, 1865.
Samuel C. Briggs, Co. M; must. out June 1, 1865.
Oscar G. Hart, Co. M; disch. by order, Aug. 10, 1865.
FIRST LIGHT ARTILLERY.
In the spring of 1861 a battery of artillery was organized at Coldwater, and went to the seat of war as the 1st
Michigan Battery. Four more batteries, numbered according to the date of organization, were formed during the
season, all of which went to the front in December of that

year. Three more were organized in 1862, and still six
others-making twelve in all-in the forepart of 1863. On
the 3d of August of the latter year the War Department,

by special orders, recognized these twelve batteries as a
regiment of artillery, and allowed the usual complement
of field-officers to be mustered in. Each battery was designated by a letter corresponding to its previous number, the
first battery becoming Battery A, the second Battery B,
etc. In fact, however, each battery operated by itself, the
field-officers being usually assigned to staff duty. The
number from Hillsdale County in the whole regiment
during the war was a hundred and sixty-nine, distributed
as follows: ten in Battery A, six in B, ten in C, nineteen
in D, two in E, forty in F, forty-five in G, six in H, thirtyfour in I, and three in L. We can only mention, and
that very briefly, the services of Batteries D, F, G, and I.
Battery D (originally the 4th Michigan Battery) went
to Kentucky in December, 1861, and was in service in
that State and Tennessee in 1862 and 1863. It was in
the battle of Hoover's Gap, Tenn., on the 26th of June,
1863, and was warmly engaged at Chickamauga on the
19th and 20th of September, having nine men wounded in
the latter conflict. In November, 1863, it was furnished
with twenty-pound Parrott guns, with which it shelled the
enemy at Mission Ridge, covering the advance of Hooker
up Lookout Mountain, on the 24th of that month, and the
grand assault on Mission Ridge the following day. The
battery remained at Chattanooga until March, 1864, when
it was ordered to Murfreesboro'. It was on duty with its
heavy guns in forts near that place almost a year and a
half, having, meanwhile, been engaged more or less with
the right of Gen. Hood's army, when he was operating
against Nashville, from the 12th to the 16th of November,
1864. The battery was mustered out at Jackson, Mich.,
on the 3d of August, 1865.
Battery F (originally the 6th Battery) was organized at
Coldwater, and left for Kentucky in March, 1862. At the
battle of Richmond, in that State, its infantry supports
gave way, the artillerists were compelled to flee, and all
their guns were captured. The men were on garrison
duty in Kentucky throughout 1863. In January, 1864,
the battery marched over the mountains to Knoxville,
where it remained until April. In May it joined Gen.
Sherman for the Georgia campaign. In that campaign it
was in the battles of Resaca, Lost Mountain, Kenesaw
Mountain, Decatur, and the siege of Atlanta. Its firing
was at long range, and though it had several men killed
and wounded, it was not cut up as were some of the infantry regiments. The battery was then sent to Tennessee,
and took part in the defense of Nashville against Hood's
army, from the 12th to the 16th of November. In January, 1865, it went, with a force under Gen. Schofield, to
Washington, D. C., and thence to Newbern, N. C. It was
engaged in some minor operations in that State, and in
June was ordered home, being mustered out at Jackson,
Mich.,on the 1st day of July, 1865.
Battery G (originally the 7th) was organized at Kalamazoo, and went to Kentucky in February, 1862. It
served in that State and West Virginia until November,
1862, when it was ordered to the Yazoo River, Miss. It

was warmly engaged in the battle of Chickasaw Bayou,
December 28 and 29, having ten men killed and wounded.
In January, 1863, it went with the army to Arkansas