History of Ottawa County, Michigan with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers.

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was ordered to Fort Slemmer, D. C. On July 11th and 12th it assisted in repelling the attack of Early on Fort Stevens.
GRAND HAVEN.
In Grand Haven and Ottawa County generally, a sustained
feeling of the most ardent patriotism existed throughout the contest
with tile Southern Confederacy. and many were the noble and generous deeds that might be recorded. Senator Ferry, the late C. B.
Albee, and many others, were~ liberal of their means, and attentive
to the wants of the soldier and those near and dear to him.
Capt. Elmer H. Dicey, then a machinist in the city, and now of
Chicago, raised a company at the opening of the war, Co. B of the
1st Michigan Sharpshooters, which left sixty strong and rendezvoused at Kalamazoo, entering the Army of the Potomac, in Burnside's 9th Corps. On the 30th of June, 1864, at the explosion of
the mine before Petersburg, all the commissioned officers of the company were either killed or wounded, and Orderly Sergeant D. P.
Sanford became the leading officer, and the company was the first to
enter Petersburg.
Co. G, 21st Michigan Infantry, rendezvoused at Ionia under
Capt. Horace Albee, Isaac Hunting, of Grand Haven, Major, and
this company was raised chiefly at Grand Haven, Alderman Isaac
H. Sanford, the clothier, and others, taking an active part in organizing it, and also a company in the 3d Michigan Infantry.
There was one company of the 14th Michigan Infantry, composed chiefly of men from Grand Haven and vicinity; and there
were many Ottawa men in the Mechanics and Engineers.
Grand Haven never was behind in the tally of men required, and
when the war was over, the city had overpaid its quota by 106 years
service, which, divided by three, would give nearly 35 men over, as the
term of enlistment was for three years. The city was always liberal
in entertaining and banqueting the men in passing through the
city. Although the majority was always democratic, they were war
Democrats.
There were a number of Grand Haven men in Loomis' Battery,
among others John Miller, one of the youngest in the battery, which
was raised in Coldwater.
H. C. Akeley was in the 2d Cavalry, as was also Lieut. G. H.

Osgood. James A. Stephenson was in the 3d Cavalry. Among
the other veterans, either from the city or now residents, may be
mentioned Major B. D. Safford, Capt. S. C. Moore, Capt. Glover,
John Thornton, Senator Farr, Major N. H. Ferry, and three of the
Sandford family, G. D., H., and D. P.
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
In 'the County of Muskegon there are two "posts" of this
benevolent and patriotic order, which is intended to keep alive in
the breasts of the survivors the memories of their stirring campaigns,
to aid their needy comrades, to assist their widows and orphans, and
to broaden and deepen the patriotic feeling in the hearts of all.
In Montague there is a post known as the " Major N. H. Ferry
Post" No. 3, G. A. R., which was organized May 27, 1877, with the
following charter members: Dallas Johnson, L. F. Thompson. Dr.
J. H. Johnson, H. M. Bigelow, F. Yeomans, Samuel Durham, J. W.
Austin, G. H. Carr, J. Bordwell, and George Burdick. The officials
for 1881 were T. S. Watson, Colonel Commandant, and Dallas Johnson, Adjutant. The first Colonel Commandant was Dallas Johnson,
and the first Adjutant, H. M. Bigelow. They meet monthly in
summer, and semi-monthly in winter. There are about thirty members. Initiation fee, $1; annual dues, $2. The organization does
not allow politics to be discussed, or in any way to be brought into
play in its workings. It demands of its members their clear record
in the army or navy.
PHIL KEARNEY POST, No. 7, Deparment of Michigan, has been
for a number of years in successful operation in Muskegon City, and
in January, 1882, had the honor of entertaining the State Grand
Commandery. Their hall is in Gustin's Block, and they meet twice
a month. Their first Post Commander was Major W. L. Ryan, and
the next was Capt. Samuel D. Murray. -Those actively engaged in
organizing the society were Messrs. Ryan, Murray, Moon, H. J.
Bradford, L. Kanitz, J. G. Campbell, L. A. Waldron, D. G. Crotty,
W. Jones, Sheriff Waters, etc. The present officers are: Post
Com.-L. D. Lochlin; S. V.-A. Eddy; J. V.-D. G. Crotty; Surgeon-F. Olney; Chaplain-James Sprague; Officer of the DayT. Cady; Quartermaster-S. D. Murray; Delegates-L. J. Warner
and W. F. Wiselogel.

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