x Frederick H. Hackeman CAMP 85 July 2020

Commander’s Ramblings Brothers,

“May you live in interesting times” is an English expression that purports to be a curse. While seemingly a blessing, the expression is normally used ironically; life is better in “uninteresting times” of peace and tranquility than in “interesting” ones, which are usually times of trouble. Well, we surely are living in interesting times These interesting times affect practically everything that we do ei- ther within our families, our social circles (Church, groups, towns, etc), or business activities.

What we need to do within our small grouping is find a way to re- War engage each other and provide brotherhood and support in whatever manner is needed. I challenge each of us to think about what we as individuals can bring to our camp brothers that will fulfill this concept. What can I do to support my camp brothers? To do that we need to communicate with each other you can send your experi- ences of the last 4 months to Ray (Secretary) or me. Ray and I can then pass this chat to everyone in the same manner that we would be chatting in our meetings. You can basically tell us what you’ve been Commander to doing, where you might have gone (traveled if at all), what you have Page 5

In this Issue Page 1 - Commander’s Ramblings

Veterans of the Civil Page 2 - Battle Of Malvern Hill Page 4 - Ancestor Benjamin F Yaw Page 4 - National & Department Events Page 5 - Civil War Time Line Page 12 - Commanding Generals Page 13 - Member Ancestors List Page 14 - Berrien County in Civil War Sons of the Union

Camp Communicator Next Camp Meeting **TBD**, 2020 - 6 p.m.

Location - Lincoln Twp Library, 2099 W John Beers Rd, Stevensville

Page 1 Camp Training Aids As located on the Department of MIchigan web site. It is.recommended that Camp members visit these URLs and familiarize themselves with the information contained within these documents.

Handbook of Instruction for the Department Patriotic Instructor https://www.suvcwmi.org/hq/Department%20PI%20Handbook.pdf

Handbook of Instruction for the Camp Patriotic Instructor Missing link

Handbook of Instruction for the Civil War Memorials Officer https://www.suvcwmi.org/hq/Michigan%20CWM%20Handbook.pdf Meeting Department Membership Initiative Schedule https://www.suvcwmi.org/hq/DeptMemInitiative.pdf

Department of Michigan Member Recruitment & Retention Report https://www.suvcwmi.org/hq/Dept%20of%20Michigan%20Member%20Recruit- Our meeting ment%20&%20Retention.pdf schedule is Al- National Chaplain’s Handbook ternate months https://www.suvcwmi.org/hq/Dept%20of%20Michigan%20Member%20Recruit- between ment%20&%20Retention.pdf September Recommended Education & Additional Department Officer Duties through May https://www.suvcwmi.org/hq/Department%20Orders/Series%202017-18/Recommend- ed%20Ed%20&%20Add%20Dept%20Officer%20Duties.pdf meeting on the 2nd Thursday of every month except as not- ed. At 6:00 PM.

Location - Currently - Lincoln Twp Public Library

This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author’s life plus 100 years or fewer. Battle of Malvern Hill

The Battle of Malvern Hill, also known as the Battle of Poindexter’s Farm, was fought on July 1, 1862, between the Confederate Army of North- ern Virginia, led by Gen. Robert 7th corps Kepi patch E. Lee, and the of the Potomac under Maj. Gen. George Malvern Hill to page 6 Page 2 Commander from Page 1 Michigan’s G.A.R. Memorial Hall been unable to do/go, etc.

& Museum Reopening The following is the latest information for our meeting lo- cation: Given the Governor’s Executive Order 2020-110, museums Lincoln Twp Public Library - Building Reopening with may reopen as of June 8. Consequently, Michigan’s G.A.R. Precautionary Measures Memorial Hall & Museum will be open on our normal 2nd We’ve been waiting for this day for months! Our build- Wednesday of the month (June 10th) (the Order missed our 1st ing will reopen on Monday, June 8th with new measures in Wednesday) and of course, always by appointment - just call place. us (517-922-6427) or email us at [email protected] and we will arrange to open up the museum for you. We have hand One way Entry & Exit: The library’s original entry sanitizer but bring your face masks. located outside the Lawrence Room will be the new en- Thanks. trance into the building. Patrons will exit through the cur- Keith G. Harrison rent main entrance. Signage, directional arrows, and a staff Board President greeter will be happy to help guide you. Michigan’s G.A.R. Memorial Hall & Museum Occupancy: The library’s capacity will be limited to 224 South Main, Eaton Rapids, Michigan 48827 25% of normal occupancy. Patrons will be able to enter as others exit when we reach that capacity. Meeting Rooms: As all of our meeting room spaces are otherwise designated (for storage, quarantine, and curb- Donations to side service), meeting room reservations are unavailable for the time being. Applications for use will not be accepted SUVCW until a date is determined for room availability. Can you write off donations to a 501 C 4? As you see the meeting rooms will be off limits until they develop a plan to allow their use. We can tread water until Contributions to civic leagues or other section 501(c)(4) or- we hear something positive about re-starting our meeting ganizations generally are not deductible as charitable contri- schedule or look for something in the interim. butions for fed- eral income tax So, with little chance of having any likelihood of being purposes. They able to have a Camp picnic any time soon or any family trip may be deduct- to LaPorte to visit the museum, there is left the planning for ible as trade or the next camp meeting. As you can see from the informa- business expens- tion from the Lincoln Twp library that venue seems like an es, if ordinary outside chance for this fall. and necessary in the conduct of NEXT MEETING ? ? ? the taxpayer’s business. What we may be able to do is use an online application like GoToMeeting or Zoom to have a Virtual meeting. That would solve the issue of physical distancing and the wearing of masks which some object to. As we work through July and August we’ll have a better idea of what we will have to do . One of the paramount things to accomplish this Fall is Camp officer nominations and election. Once that has been accomplished then we have to work with the Depart- ment for the installation of the elected officers. Some of our new brothers can take over some of the Appointed of- fices: Chaplain, Color Bearer, Counselor, Guard, Guide, Historian, Patriotic Instructor, Graves Registration Offi- Ancestor Bi- cer, Civil War Memorials Officer, Eagle Scout Certificate Coordinator, Signals Officer, Quartermaster, Recruiting ographies Officer, and the Welfare Committee. I would like to see the red text positions filled by a new member. SO please consider stepping into one of these positions before I corner Needed you - ;O) Certainly one of our brothers with longevity can Whatever you may have on your ancestor’s hold one of these positions but we need to get new members life story submit for inclusion of future issues. involved, too. It can be short or long as it takes to tell us about your ancestor’s life, i.e., what he did before the Yours in Fraternity, Charity, and Loyalty war, where he served, and if he survived, what he did after the war - farmer, merchant, politi- Steve Williams, cian, etc. And if your family history has a pho- Frederick H. Hackemann, Camp 85 Commander tograph submit that, too.

Page 3 Upcoming Events National

Stay tuned for information about the 2020 National Encampment being hosted by our Brothers in the Department of Georgia and South Carolina. Atlanta Marriot Buckhead Hotel and Convention Center 3405 Lenox Road North East, Atlanta, GA 30326 Dates: August 13 – 16, 202 Officers 2020 - 2021 Camp . Camp Commander: Steven Williams • September TBD 2020 Camp meeting TBD SVC: Rex Dillman

JVC: Charles L Pfauth Sr Benjamin F(ranklin) Yaw Secretary :Ray Truhn Ancestor of Brother Rex Dillman Treasurer : Ray Truhn

Benjamin F. Yaw of Galien, Berrien County, enlisted in Company G. 26th Michigan [see page Council 1: Charles L Pfauth Jr 13 for Regimental history]on August 14, 1862, at the age of 28. He was mustered and was discharged for disability on December 12, 1862. He was still living in Galien in 1905 and was Council 2: Keith Chapman listed as Benjamin T. Yaw on his 1911 Civil War Pension. He is buried in the Galien Cemetery. His brother, Jonathan, also in Company G, would die of disease during the war. (His son, Council 3: Charles L Pfauth Sr Benjamin, later moved to California.) Benjamin was a Carpenter. He died at Age 77y 1m 4d with the Cause of Death (COD)listed Patriotic Instructor: as Uremic poisoning. Married Ted Chamberlain Father: Pardon Yaw b. Whitenham VT and his Mother: Sylva Bliss b. Whitenham VT Chaplain : Steven Williams Birth 3 Dec 1834, Berkshire County, , USA Graves & Memorials: Rex Dillman Death 7 Jan 1911 (aged 76 Galien, Berrien County, Michi- gan, USA Historian: Rex Dillman

Buried in Galien Township Signals Officer: Cemetery, Galien, Berrien County, Michigan, USA Steven Williams Guide: Jeff Chubb

Guard: Jeff Chubb

Color Bearer: Rex Dillman

JROTC contact: Unassigned

Editor Steve Williams [email protected]

Page 4 The purpose of this newsletter is to inform the members of Frederick H. Hackeman Camp 85 of activities and events related to the mission of the SUVCW and its interests. Civil War Time line: If you wish to place a civil war article or SUVCW item please submit to the Editor at [email protected]

The Editor reserves the right to censor and/or edit all July in the Civil War material submitted for publication to the Camp Com- July 1, 1861 Federal War Department begins mobilization municator newsletter without notice to the submitter. of troops in Kentucky and Tennesee. July 4 – Special Ses- sion of Federal Congress. July 5 – Engagement at Carthage MO. July 11 – Engagement at Rich Mtn w VA. July 13 Confederates Defeated at Corrick’s Ford in w VA. July 17 – Confederate General PT Beauregard received news from spy Camp Website Mrs. Rose Greenhow in Washington that the Federals were Be sure and visit our Camp Website at advancing towards Manassas VA. July 18 – Engagement at http://www.suvcwmi.org/camps/camp85.php. Blackburn’s Ford VA. July 21 – Battle of First Bull Run at Manassas VA. July 26 – Federals surrender Fort Fillmore, NM Terr. July 27 – Gen’l McClellan assumes command Sutler Links of Division of the Potomac. July 31 – State convention of Link to list of vendors for any items to fill out Missouri formally elected Hamilton R Gamble as Pro-Union your uniform and re-enactor accessories. Governor.

http://www.fighting69th.org/sutler.html http://www.ccsutlery.com/ http://www.crescentcitysutler.com/index.html http://www.regtqm.com/ July 1, 1862 – Battle of Malvern Hill; Federal Income http://www.cjdaley.com/research.htm Tax and Railroad Acts approved. July 2 – Educational Land http://www.fcsutler.com/ Grant Approved a.k.a the Morrill Act for Land Grant agri- https://www.militaryuniformsupply.com/ cultural colleges in every state. July 4 – Confederate raider civil-war-reenactment-clothing-gear John Morgan begins first raid into Kentucky. July 15 – CSS Arkansas attacks on River north of Vicksburg. July 17 – (2nd) Confiscation Act approved. July 22 – Presi- Department of Michigan Officers dent Lincoln presents Emancipation Proclamation to cabi- net. John Morgan returns to TN after raid into Kentucky. Commander - Terry McKinch, PCC Former President Martin Van Buren, 79, dies in Lindenwald Senior VC - Nathan Smith, CC NY. July 29 – CSS Alabama leaves Liverpool Eng unarmed Junior VC - David Ramsey fro ‘trial’ run. Belle Boyd arrested in Warrenton VA as Con- Members of the Council - federate spy but released for lack of evidence only to con- Charles Worley, PDC tinue to spy. Steven S Martin, CC David S. Smith Secretary - Dick Denney,CC Treasurer - Bruce S.A. Gosling Chief of Staff Donald Shaw July 1, 1863 – , First Day. Vicksburg Counselor - James B. Pahl, PCinC Siege continues. July 2 - Battle of Gettysburg, Second Day. Chaplain - Steve Williams, CC Vicksburg Siege continues. July 3 - Battle of Gettysburg Patriotic Instructor - David Kimble, CC ends with Pickett’s Charge. Surrender Conference at Vicks- Color Bearer - Edgar J. Dowd, PCC burg. July 4 – Vicksburg Surrenders; Lee Retreats from Signals Officer - Robert R. Payne, PCC Gettysburg. July 8 – Surrender of Port Hudson LA; Mor- gan’s Raiders cross the Ohio River into Indiana. July 10 – Editor, “Michigan’s Messenger” - Siege at Battery Wagner, Charleston Harbor begins. Morgan Richard E. Danes, PCC continues though Indiana towards Ohio. July 11 – First As- Historian - Keith G Harrison, PCinC sault on Battery Wagner. July 13 – Draft Riots in NYC and Guide - L. Dean Lamphere, Sr. elsewhere; Lee retreats to VA. Morgan crosses into Ohio Guard - Gene Taylor towards Hamilton/Cincinnati area. July 16 – Capt. David Graves Registration Officer- Richard E. Danes, PCC Stockton of the USS Wyoming took on Japanese vessels GAR Records Officer- Gary L. Gibson, PDC in defiance of Japanese orders to expel all foreigners from Civil War Memorials Officer- John H. McGill Japanese territories. July 18 - Second Assault on Battery Eagle Scout Coordinator - Nathan Tingley Wagner. This was the assault by the 54th MA Colored In- Camp-At-Large Coordinator - L. Dean Lamphere, Jr., PDC fantry as depicted in the Movie Glory. Morgan’s raiders Camp Organizer James B. Pahl, PCinC in trouble in Ohio. July 19 - Morgan turns north away from Ohio River crossing. July 23 – Federal Failure at Manassas Military Affairs Officer - Edgar J. Dowd, PCC Gap. July 26 – Capture of John Hunt Morgan and 64 men Aide-de-camp Keith Harrison at Salineville OH near the PA border; all sent to Ohio State Page 5 Penitentiary in Columbus.

July 4, 1864 – Reconstruction Controversy. July 8 – Reconstruction Proclamation and backing of constitutional amendment abolishing . July 9 – Battle of Monocacy MD. July 11 – Confederates invade Washington suburbs (Silver Spring MD). July 12 - Confed- erates withdraw from Washington. July 14 – Battle of Tupelo or Harrisburg MS. July 17 – Hood replaces Johnston in GA. July 20 – Battle of Peachtree Creek GA. July 22 – Battle of Atlanta. July 24 – Second Battle of Kernstown VA. July 28 – Battle of Ezra Church GA. July 30 – Petersburg Mine Explosion and Assault; Capture of Chambersburg PA.

Source: The Civil War Day by Day, An Almanac 1861-1865, E B Long, 1971, Doubleday. Source: Military Order of The Civil War Day by Day, An Almanac 1861-1865, E B Long, 1971, Doubleday. the Loyal Legion of the Malvern Hill from page 2 Hereditary membership in the B. McClellan. It was the final battle of the during the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS) is , taking place on a 130-foot (40 m) elevation of land open to men who are descendants known as Malvern Hill, near the Confederate capital of Richmond, Vir- (e.g., great great grandson, great ginia and just one mile (1.6 km) from the James River. Including inactive grand nephew, etc.) of commis- reserves, more than fifty thousand soldiers from each side took part, using sioned officers of the Union forces more than two hundred pieces of artillery and three warships. during the Civil War. Web site - http://suvcw.org/mollus/mbrfrm. The Seven Days Battles were the climax of the , htm during which McClellan’s Army of the Potomac sailed around the Con- federate lines, landed at the tip of the Virginia Peninsula, southeast of Please Note: Non-hereditary Richmond, and struck inland towards the Confederate capital. Confeder- membership (Associate Compan- ion) may be available in some ate general Joseph E. Johnston fended off McClellan’s repeated attempts (but not all) of the Commander- to take the city, slowing Union progress on the peninsula to a crawl. When ies. Associate affiliation is based Johnston was wounded, Lee took command and launched a series of coun- on a percentage of the number of terattacks, collectively called the Seven Days Battles. These attacks cul- hereditary members in each Com- minated in the action on Malvern Hill. mandery. Consequently, move- ment to elect Associates may be The Union’s V Corps, commanded by Brig. Gen. Fitz John Porter, delayed until such time as there took up positions on the hill on June 30. McClellan was not present for the are enough hereditary Compan- initial exchanges of the battle, having boarded the ironclad USS Galena ions present in the particular and sailed down the James River to inspect Harrison’s Landing, where he Commandery. intended to locate the base for his army. Confederate preparations were hindered by several mishaps. Bad maps and faulty guides caused Con- federate Maj. Gen. John Magruder to be late for the battle, an excess of caution delayed Maj. Gen. , and Maj. Gen. Stonewall Jackson had problems collecting the Confederate artillery.

The battle occurred in stages: an initial exchange of artillery fire, a minor charge by Confederate Brig. Gen. , and three suc- cessive waves of Confederate infantry charges triggered by unclear orders from Lee and the actions of Maj. Gens. Magruder and D. H. Hill, respec- tively. In each phase, the effectiveness of the Federal artillery was the deciding factor, repulsing attack after attack, resulting in a tactical Union victory. After the battle, McClellan and his forces withdrew from Malvern Hill to Harrison’s Landing, where he remained until August 16. His plan to capture Richmond had been thwarted. In the course of four hours, a se- ries of blunders in planning and communication had caused Lee’s forces to launch three failed frontal infantry assaults across hundreds of yards of open ground, unsupported by Confederate artillery, charging toward firmly entrenched Union infantry and artillery defenses. These errors pro- vided Union forces with an opportunity to inflict heavy casualties. In the aftermath of the battle, however, the Confederate press heralded Lee as the savior of Richmond. In stark contrast, McClellan was accused of be- ing absent from the battlefield, a harsh criticism that haunted him when Page 6 he ran for president in 1864. and splitting the Federal army in two across the Chickahominy. In the subsequent Battle of Seven Background Pines, Confeder- ate general-in- Military situation chief Joseph E. Johnston sought In spring 1862, Union to capitalize on commander Maj. Gen. the bifurcation George B. McClellan de- of McClellan’s veloped an ambitious plan army, attacking to capture Richmond, the the half of the Confederate capital, on Union Army that the Virginia Peninsula. His was stuck south 121,500-man Army of the of the river. John- Potomac, along with 14,592 ston’s plan fell animals, 1,224 wagons and apart, and Mc- ambulances, and 44 artillery Clellan lost no batteries, would load onto ground. Late in 389 vessels and sail to the the battle, John- tip of the peninsula at Fort ston was hit in the Monroe, then move inland right shoulder by and capture the capital. The a bullet and in the bold and sweeping landing chest by a shell was executed with few inci- fragment; his dents, but the Federals were command went to delayed for about a month Maj. Gen. Gus- in the Siege of Yorktown. tavus W. Smith. When McClellan’s army fi- Smith’s tenure as nally did attack on May 4, commander of the the defensive earthworks Army of North- around Yorktown were ern Virginia was undefended. After some short. On June 1, hours, the Army of the Po- after an unsuc- tomac pursued the retreat- cessful attack on ing Confederates. When Union forces, Jef- Union troops encountered ferson Davis, the the Confederate rearguard President of the at Williamsburg, the two Confederacy, ap- armies fought an incon- pointed Robert clusive battle. The Con- E. Lee, his own federates continued their military adviser, withdrawal that night. To to replace Smith stymie the Southerners’ re- This map of the Malvern Hill battlefield labels the Willis as the command- treat, McClellan sent Brig. Church Road as “Quaker Road”. Magruder’s “Quaker Road” er-in-chief of Gen. William F. “Baldy” branched off of the Long Bridge Road, which appears in the the Confederate Smith to Eltham’s Landing upper left corner Robert K. Sneden (d. 1918); Sneden was the armies. by boat, resulting in a bat- mapmaker for Samuel P. Heintzelman’s III Corps. - Library of tle there on May 7. When Congress First published in Robert Sneden’s personal diary. The subse- the Union Army tried to at- quent two weeks tack Richmond by way of the James River, they on the peninsula were mostly quiet. On June 25, were turned back at Drewry’s Bluff on May 15. though, a surprise attack by McClellan began a All the while, McClellan continued his pursuit of series of six battles over the next week Confederate forces, who were withdrawing quick- near Richmond—the Seven Days Battles. On the ly towards Richmond. first day, as Lee led the Army of Northern Virgin- ia toward the Union lines, McClellan preempted The lack of decisive action on the Virginia Pen- him with an attack at Oak Grove. Lee’s men suc- insula spurred President to or- cessfully warded off the Union assault, and Lee der McClellan’s army to move into positions close continued with his plans. The next morning, the to Richmond. By May 30, McClellan had begun Confederates attacked the Army of the Potomac moving troops across the Chickahominy River, at Mechanicsville. Union forces turned back the the only major natural barrier that separated his Confederate onslaught, inflicting heavy losses. army from Richmond. However, heavy rains and After Mechanicsville, McClellan’s army with- thunderstorms on the night of May 30 caused the drew to a position behind Boatswain’s Swamp. water level to swell, washing away two bridges There, on June 27, the Union soldiers suffered another Confederate attack, this time at Gaines’s

Page 7 Mill. In the resulting battle, the Confederates Michigan’s launched numerous failed charges, until a final concerted attack broke the Union line, resulting Messenger in the only clear Confederate victory during the Seven Days. The action at Garnett’s and Gold- is a quarterly publication of and for the mem- ing’s Farm, fought next, was merely a set of skir- bership of the Department of Michigan, Sons of mishes. Lee attacked the Union Army at the Battle Union Veterans of the Civil War. of Savage’s Station on June 29 and the battles of Current Spring Issue is at Glendale and White Oak Swamp June 30, but all three battles were inconclusive. After this series https://www.suvcwmi.org/messenger/2019/V28_N2.pdf of conflicts that inflicted thousands of casualties on both armies, McClellan began to position his forces to an imposing natural position atop Mal- vern Hill. National Officers Battle Commander-in-Chief Edward .Norris, PDC [email protected] Senior Vice CinC Brian C. Pierson, PDC [email protected] Lee orders artillery crossfire Junior Vice CinC Michael A. Paquette, PDC [email protected] National Secretary Jonathan C. Davis, PDC [email protected] Lee surveyed the left flank himself for possible artillery National Treasurer D. Michael Beard, PDC [email protected] positions. After a reconnoitering expedition on the right flank, National Quartermaster James L. Lyon [email protected] returned to Lee; the two compared their results and concluded that two grand battery-like positions would be established at the left and right sides of Malvern Council of Administration Hill. The converging artillery fire from the batteries, they rea- Council of Admin (20) Kevin P. Tucker, PDC [email protected] soned, could weaken the Union line so a Confederate infantry Council of Admin (21) Bruce D. Frail, PDC [email protected] attack could break through. If this plan did not work out, Lee Council of Admin (21) Peter J. Hritsko, Jr, PDC [email protected] and Longstreet felt the artillery fire would buy them time to Council of Admin (22) Harry W.Reineke IV, PDC [email protected] consider other plans. Council of Admin (22) Kevin L. Martin, PDC [email protected] Council of Admin Donald W. Shaw, PCinC [email protected] With a battle plan in order, Lee sent a draft to his lieuten- ants, written by his chief of staff, Col. Robert Chilton (see Non-voting right box). The orders were not well-crafted, however, since they designated the yell of a single charging as the Banner Editor James B. Pahl, PCinC [email protected] only signal of attack for a full fifteen . Amid the tu- National Signals Officer James P. McGuire, PDC signalsofficer@ mult and clamor of battle, this was bound to create confusion. suvcw.org Moreover, Chilton’s draft effectively left the attack solely at the discretion of Lewis Armistead, who had never before held command of a brigade during battle. The draft also did not trated Union artillery fire. Moreover, they engaged the Union note the time it had been written, which later caused confusion artillery later than the guns of the left flank, so the desired for Magruder. crossfire bombardment was never achieved.

Failed Confederate barrage In all, the Confederate artillery barrage on both flanks completely failed to achieve its objectives. Confederate fire Beginning around 1 pm, Union artillery fired first, initial- did manage to kill Capt. John E. Beam of the Union’s 1st New ly upon infantry in the woods, and later upon any Confederate Jersey Artillery, along with a few others, and several Feder- artillery that attempted to move into firing position. On the al batteries (though none that were actually engaged) had to Confederate left flank, two batteries from Whiting’s division move to avoid the fire. Although the barrage by Lee’s forces and one from Jackson’s soon began firing from their position did claim a few lives, Union forces remained unfazed and con- upon Darius Couch’s division of the IV Corps, who were near tinued their fearsome barrage. Indeed, Union Army Lt. Charles the center of the Union line. This began a fierce firefight, with B. Haydon supposedly fell asleep during the artillery fight. the Union’s eight batteries and 37 guns concentrated against On both the left and right flanks, several of the batteries that three Confederate batteries and sixteen guns. The Union fire did engage lasted no more than minutes before being rendered silenced the Rowan Artillery and made their position unten- incapable of fire. Moreover, in a failure of command that, ac- able. The other two Confederate batteries, placed by Jackson cording to historian Thomas M. Settles, must ultimately be himself, were in somewhat better positions, and managed to placed on Lee’s shoulders, the movements of the two flanks keep firing. Over a period of more than three hours, a total of were never coordinated with each other. D. H. Hill found the six or eight Confederate batteries engaged the Union Army failure of the Confederate artillery discouraging and later dis- from the Confederate left flank, but they were usually engaged missed the barrage as “most farcical”. only one at a time. Meanwhile, the Union artillery fire was planned and di- On the Confederate right flank a total of six batteries[d] rected nearly flawlessly. As historian Jennings Cropper Wise engaged the Federals, but they did so one-by-one instead of in notes, Col. Hunt, McClellan’s chief of artillery, continuously unison, and each was consecutively cut to pieces by concen- refocused Union fire on various fronts, in an “enormous sheaf

Page 8 of fire of more than 50 superior pieces, disabling four of Huger’s and several of Jackson’s batteries almost the instant Believing himself bound by Lee’s order to charge, but they came into action”. This severely hampered the Confed- with his own brigades not yet in attacking position, Magrud- erates’ ability to respond effectively to the Federal barrage. er mustered some five thousand men from Huger’s brigades, The Union artillery subdued a number of the Southerners’ including those of Ambrose Wright and Maj. Gen. William batteries; those few that remained attacked piecemeal, and Mahone and half of the men from Armistead’s brigade who failed to produce any significant result. were caught in the open battlefield. Magruder had also sent for Brig. Gen. Robert Ransom, Jr., also under Huger’s com- Confederate infantry assaults mand, who noted that he had been given strict instructions to ignore any orders not originating from Huger, and apolo- Intense Confederate and especially Union artillery fire getically said he could not help Magruder. Magruder ad- continued for at least an hour, slackening at about 2:30 pm. ditionally ordered men under his personal command—three At about 3:30 pm, Lewis Armistead noticed Union skirmish- of Brig. Gen. Howell Cobb’s brigade, plus Col. ers creeping towards his men where the grand battery on ’s full brigade—to the attack. Because the Confederate right flank was, nearly within rifle range of the confusion regarding Quaker Road, however, these of them. Armistead sent three regiments (about half of his brigades were not yet near enough to do more than move brigade) from his command to push back the skirmishers, into supporting position, and Magruder wanted to attack thus beginning the infantry part of the battle. The skirmish- immediately. Despite this, under Magruder’s order at about ers were repelled quickly, but Armistead’s men found them- 5:30 pm, Wright’s brigade with Armistead’s, then Mahone’s selves in the midst of an intense Union barrage. The Con- brigade, started darting out of the woods and towards the federates decided to nestle themselves in a ravine along the Union line. The artillery of the Confederate left flank, un- hill’s slant. This position protected them from the fire, but der Jackson’s personal command, also renewed their bar- pinned them down on the slopes of Malvern Hill, unsupport- rage with the late arrival of two batteries of Richard Ewell’s ed by either infantry or artillery. They did not have enough division. The Confederates were initially engaged solely men to advance any further and retreating would have put by Union sharpshooters, but the latter quickly fell back to them back into the crossfire. give their own artillery a clear field of fire. Antipersonnel canister shot was employed with deadly effect. Wright’s Magruder’s charge men were pinned down in a small depression on the rolling hillside, to the right of Armistead’s; Mahone’s were driven Not long after the advance of Armistead’s regiments, back into retreat in about the same area. At some point dur- John Magruder and his men arrived near the battlefield, al- ing the first wave of assaults, Cobb moved into close sup- beit quite late because of the confusion regarding the names porting position behind Armistead. Barksdale’s men were of local roads—by this time, it was 4 pm. Magruder was told also supporting, to the left of Armistead. at that morning’s war council to move to Huger’s right, but he was unaware of Huger’s position, and sent Major Joseph The firefight also alerted the three Union boats on the L. Brent to locate Huger’s right flank. Brent found Huger, James—the ironclad USS Galena, and the gunboats USS who said he had no idea where his brigades were. Huger Jacob Bell and USS Aroostook—which began lobbing mis- was noticeably upset that his men had been given orders by siles twenty inches (510 mm) in length and eight inches someone other than himself; Lee had told Huger’s two bri- (200 mm) in diameter from their position on the James gades under Armistead and Ambrose Wright to advance to River onto the battlefield. The explosions and impacts of the right part of the Confederate line. Upon hearing of this, the gunboat fire impressed the Confederate troops, but the Magruder was quite confused. He sent Capt. A. G. Dickin- guns’ aim was unreliable, and the large shells did consider- son to find Lee and inform him of the “successful” charge ably less damage than might have been expected. of Armistead’s men and request further orders. Contrary to this message, Armistead was in fact pinned down half- Hill’s charge way up Malvern Hill. At the same time, Whiting sent Lee an incorrect report that Union forces were retreating. Whit- D. H. Hill had been discouraged by the failure of the ing had mistaken two events for a Federal withdrawal—the Confederate artillery, and asked Stonewall Jackson to movement of Edwin Sumner’s troops, who were adjusting supplement Chilton’s draft. Jackson’s response was that their position to avoid the Confederate fire, and the relax- Hill should obey the original orders: charge with a yell ing of Union fire on his side, which was actually the Union after Armistead’s brigade. No yell was heard for hours, artillery concentrating their firepower to a different front. and Hill’s men began building bivouac shelters to sleep in. Whiting and Magruder’s erroneous reports led Lee to send Around 6 pm Hill and his five brigade commanders had as- a draft of orders to Magruder via Dickinson: “General Lee sumed that the lack of a signal meant their army would not expects you to advance rapidly”, wrote Dickinson. “He says attempt any assault. They were conferring together about it is reported that the enemy is [retreating]. Press forward Chilton’s order when they heard yells and the commo- your whole line and follow up Armistead’s success.” Before tion of a charge from their right flank, roughly where Ar- Dickinson returned with these orders, Magruder was belat- mistead was supposed to be. Hill took the yell as the signal edly handed the order sent out three hours previously (at and shouted to his commanders, “That must be the gen- 1:30 pm) by Chilton. Since no time was affixed to the text eral advance. Bring up your brigades as soon as possible of the orders, Magruder was unaware that these orders had and join in it.”D. H. Hill’s five brigades, with some 8,200 been rendered meaningless by the failure of the Confeder- men, had to contend with the dense woodlands around the ate artillery during the past few hours, and believed he had Quaker Road and Western Run, which destroyed any or- received two successive orders from Lee to attack. der they may have had. Men advanced out of the woods

Page 9 towards the Union line in five separate, uncoordinated attacks, the woods to the Confederate right, march double-time and each brigade charged up the hill alone: “We crossed one a half a mile in a hook to the right around all the other fence, went through another piece of woods, then over another Confederate units and attack the far Union western flank. fence [and] into an open field on the other side of which was a While Ransom was angling west, Jackson responded to long line of Yankees”, wrote William Calder of the 2nd Regi- a request for reinforcement from D. H. Hill by sending ment, North Carolina Infantry. “Our men charged gallantly at forward brigades from his own command to move from them. The enemy mowed us down by fifties.” Some brigades the east into the area where D. H. Hill had attacked. in Hill’s division made it close enough to exchange musket fire From his own division Jackson sent Brig. Gens. Alex- and engage in hand-to-hand combat, but these were driven back. ander Lawton and Charles S. Winder, and from Ewell’s The artillery response on the Federal side to Hill’s charge was division, Brig. Gen. Isaac R. Trimble and Cols. Leroy A. particularly withering, and soon, Hill’s men needed support Stafford and . Brig. Gen John R. Jones was just to hold their ground. In Extraordinary Circumstances: The wounded in the hand and command of his brigade went Seven Days Battles, Brian K. Burton called Hill’s charge “un- to Lt. Col Richard Cunningham of the 48th Virginia, necessary and costly.” The successive who had commanded the assaults of Hill’s brigades on the well- brigade a few days ear- entrenched Federals were short-lived, lier while Jones was on and achieved little. sick leave. Final assaults Ransom’s men man- aged to come closer to Preceding attacks by Lee’s army the Union line than any had done barely anything to accom- Confederates that day, plish Confederate objectives, but this guided by the flash- did not deter Magruder, who rode ing light of the cannons back and forth across the battlefield, amidst an encroach- calling for reinforcements and per- ing darkness; however, sonally launching unit after unit into ’s artillery a charge of the Union line. At this repelled that attack. The point, men who had always been di- brigades of Kershaw and rectly under Magruder’s command be- Semmes, sent earlier gan to join the battle. Magruder first by Lee, arrived to the Minnesota Historical Society - http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/dis- front while Ransom encountered some units of Brig. Gen. play.php?irn=10430259&websites=no&brand=cms&q=civil%20war%20 Robert Toombs. With Toombs’s bri- shot&startindex=1&count=25 was moving to attack gade widely dispersed, the individual Artillery shot-canister for a 12-pounder cannon. The canister has a wood in another position. units Magruder found were not with sabot, iron dividing plate, and thirty-seven cast-iron grape shot. The grapeshot Semmes and Kershaw Toombs himself. Magruder personally all have mold-seam lines, and some have sprue projections. The cylindrical were quickly sent in; canister has a soldered seam up one side and is nailed to the sabot, which is led the men in a short-lived charge, cut with two encircling grooves. A second plate inside the canister is loose. A they too were repulsed followed by a disordered retreat. Other second plate inside the canister is loose. An iron disc divider is also present. not long after. Semmes units nominally under Toombs’s com- was west of the junc- mand appeared, charged and retreated tion of Carter’s Mill at various times throughout the next few hours, with little or Road and Willis Church Road, in the vicinity of Barks- no organization.The brigades of Col. George T. Anderson and dale, Mahone and Wright. Semmes made the final charge Col. William Barksdale emerged from the woods to the right of of the day west of these roads, and like the charges be- Toombs, but as they did so, Anderson’s men also became sepa- fore, it was to little effect. Kershaw angled east, in the rated, as the left side outpaced the right. This created an advance area where Toombs, Anderson and Cobb had attacked. with two of Anderson’s regiments on the far Confederate left This was an area of great confusion. Kershaw’s troops next to Toombs, Barksdale’s men in the middle, and three more arrived ahead of all the reinforcements sent by Jackson, Anderson regiments on the far right, near the remnants of Wright and took fire from both friendly and hostile forces: from and Mahone. Anderson’s right flank charged, but made it no far- Confederates behind them firing wildly and Federals ther than the foot of the hill before breaking and retreating un- in front firing effectively. Kershaw’s men retreated in der a hail of antipersonnel artillery. Anderson’s left flank never rout. The brigades behind Kershaw charged incoher- charged. Barksdale’s brigade charged at roughly the same time, ently, with some men pushing forward, and others get- and made it considerably farther up the hill, engaging the Union ting separated from their units or confused when they infantry of Brig. Gen. Daniel Butterfield in a firefight that lasted encountered groups of retreating Confederates. Disor- more than an hour. ganized, retreating soldiers from various units were so numerous they slowed Jackson’s men to nearly a stand- Lee received Magruder’s calls for reinforcement and in- still. Jackson’s unit commanders attempted to organize structed Huger to let Ransom go support the men trapped on the their various regiments and rally the retreaters to join field of battle. He also sent orders to the brigades of Brig. Gens. in, but it was all to very little effect. A few units fought Joseph B. Kershaw and Paul Jones Semmes, in Maj. Gen. La- fiercely against Union infantry and artillery. In particu- fayette McLaws’s division within Magruder’s command. Robert lar, three regiments of Barlow’s brigade made it close Ransom’s unit, after they finally showed up with Huger’s permis- enough to Union lines to engage in hand-to-hand combat sion, first attempted to charge straight up the hill, following the with the troops of Brig. Gen. before being path of other Confederate brigades attempting to aid Magruder. driven back. As the sun was starting to go down, Brig. When this proved useless, Ransom ordered them to regroup in Gen Isaac Trimble began to move his brigade forward.

Page 10 Stonewall Jackson asked him what he was planning to do. “I am wounded at Malvern Hill were as a result going to charge those batteries, sir!” Trimble answered. “I guess of artillery fire. Two Confederate generals you’d better not try it. General D.H. Hill has just tried with his were wounded, Brig. Gens George B. An- entire division and been repulsed. I guess you’d better not try it.” derson and John R. Jones. No Union offi- Jackson replied. cers above the regimental level were killed or wounded. Night was falling, however, and eventually all these troops were or- Sources dered to merely hold their positions without charging. In the end, the Abbott, John Stevens Cabot (2012) [1866]. The history of the charges of Semmes and Kershaw Civil War in America: comprising were the last coherent Confederate a full and impartial account of the actions, and neither was successful. origin and progress of the rebel- Brig. Gen. Porter summed up the lion, of the various naval and Confederate infantry charges at Mal- military engagements, of the he- roic deeds performed by armies vern Hill this way: and individuals, and of touching scenes in the field, the camp, the As if moved by a reckless dis- hospital, and the cabin. Charles- regard of life equal to that displayed ton, South Carolina: Gale, Sabin Americana. ISBN 978-1-275- at Gaines’ Mill, with a determination 83646-4. to capture our army, or destroy it by Burton, Brian K. (2010). driving us into the river, brigade af- Extraordinary Circumstances: ter brigade rushed at our batteries, The Seven Days Battles. but the artillery of both Morell and The Malvern House Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana The original uploader was Ser Amantio di Nicolao University Press. ISBN 978-0- Couch mowed them down with shrap- 253-10844-9. nel, grape, and canister, while our in- at Wikipedia. This is an image of a place or build- ing that is listed on the National Register of Historic Dougherty, Kevin (2010). The Peninsula Cam- fantry, withholding their fire until the Places in the United States of America. enemy were in short range, scattered paign of 1862: A Military Analysis. Jackson, Missis- the remnants of their columns, some- sippi: University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-60473-061-6. times following them up and capturing prisoners and colors. Eicher, David J. (2002). The Longest Night: A Military His- tory of the Civil War. London: Simon and Schuster. ISBN 0-7432- With the infantry part of the battle over, Union artillery contin- 1846-9. ued to boom across the hill. They stopped firing at 8:30 pm, leav- Freeman, Douglas S. (1936). R. E. Lee: A Biography, Vol- ume 2. New York: C. Scribner’s Sons. ISBN 0-6841-5483-8. ing a wreath of smoke upon the crest’s edge, and ending the action Freeman, Douglas S. (2001). Lee’s Lieutenants: A Study in on Malvern Hill. Command. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-6848-5979-3. Hattaway, Herman (1997). Shades of Blue and Gray: An In- troductory Military History of the Civil War. Columbia, Montana: Aftermath University of Missouri Press. ISBN 0-8262-1107-0. Roland, Charles P. (1995). Reflections on Lee: A Historian’s Casualties Assessment. Mechanicsburg, : Stackpole Books. ISBN 0-8117-0719-9. The human toll of the Battle of Malvern Hill and Rollyson, Carl E.; Paddock, Lisa O.; Gentry, April (2007). the Seven Days Battles was shown clearly as both Critical Companion to Herman Melville: A Literary Reference to His Life and Work. New York: Infobase Publishing. ISBN 978- capitals, Washington and Richmond, set up numerous 1-4381-0847-6. provisional hospitals to care for the dead, wounded Salmon, John S. (2001). The Official Virginia Civil War and missing. Ships sailed from the Peninsula to Wash- Battlefield Guide (illustrated ed.). Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: ington carrying the wounded. Richmond was nearest Stackpole Books. ISBN 0-8117-2868-4. Sears, Stephen W. (1992). To the Gates of Richmond: to the battlefields of the Seven Days, and the immense The Peninsula Campaign. New York: Ticknor & Fields. ISBN number of casualties overwhelmed hospitals and doc- 0-89919-790-6. tors. People from about the Confederacy descended Sears, Stephen W. (2003). Landscape Turned Red: The Bat- upon Richmond to care for the conflict’s casualties. tle of Antietam (reprint ed.). New York: Houghton Mifflin Har- Graves could not be dug quickly enough. court. ISBN 0-618-34419-5. Settles, Thomas M. (2009). John Bankhead Magruder: A Military Reappraisal. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State The Confederates counted some 5,650 casualties. University Press. ISBN 978-0-807133-91-0 – via Project Muse. Some 30,000 Confederates engaged that day, though Snell, Mark A. (2002). From First to Last: The Life of Major several thousand more endured the Union shelling. General William B. Franklin (illustrated ed.). New York: Ford- ham University Press. ISBN 0-8232-2149-0. Whiting’s unit suffered 175 casualties in the Malvern Sweetman, Jack (2002). American Naval History: An Illus- Hill conflict, even though they had limited involve- trated Chronology of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, 1775– ment in the assaults. Charles Winder’s brigade of just present (illustrated ed.). Annapolis, : Naval Institute over 1,000 men suffered 104 casualties in their short Press. ISBN 1-55750-867-4. involvement in the battle. D. H. Hill spent days re- Wise, Jennings Cropper (1991). The Long Arm of Lee: The History of the Artillery of the Army of Northern Virginia, Volume moving the wounded, burying the dead and cleaning 1: Bull Run to Fredricksburg. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of up the battlefield, with help from Magruder and Hug- Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-9733-5. er’s units. One of D. H. Hill’s brigades lost 41% of its strength at Malvern Hill alone. He later estimated that more than half of all the Confederate killed and

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George Brinton McClellan (December 3, 1826 – October 29, 1885) was an American soldier, civil engineer, railroad executive, and politician who served as the 24th Gover- nor of New Jersey. A graduate of West Point, McClellan served with distinction during the Mexican–American War (1846–1848), and later left the Army to work on railroads until the outbreak of the American Civil War (1861–1865). Early in the conflict, McClellan was appointed to the rank of major general and played an important role in raising a well-trained and organized army, which would become the Army of the Potomac in the Eastern Theater; he served a brief period (November 1861 to March 1862) as general-in- chief of the Union Army.

Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was an American Confeder- ate general best known as a commander of the Confed- erate States Army during the American Civil War. He commanded the Army of Northern Virginia from 1862 until its surrender in 1865 and earned a reputation as a skilled tactician.

A son of Revolutionary War officer Henry “Light Horse Harry” Lee III, Lee was a top graduate of the United States Military Academy and an exceptional officer and military engineer in the for 32 years. During this time, he served throughout the Unit- ed States, distinguished himself during the Mexican–American War, and served as Superintendent of the United States Military Academy. He was also the husband of Mary Anna Custis Lee, adopted great- granddaughter of George Washington. When Virginia’s 1861 Rich- mond Convention declared secession from the Union, Lee chose to follow his home state, despite his desire for the country to remain intact and an offer of a senior Union command. During the first year of the Civil War, he served in minor combat operations and as a se- nior military adviser to Confederate President .

Fitz John Porter (August 31, 1822 – May 21, 1901) (sometimes written FitzJohn Porter or Fitz-John Porter) was a career United States Army officer and a Union gen- eral during the American Civil War. He is most known for his performance at the Second Battle of Bull Run and his subsequent court martial.

Although Porter served well in the early battles of the Civil War, his military career was ruined by the contro- versial trial, which was called by his political rivals. Af- ter the war, he worked for almost 25 years to restore his tarnished reputation and was finally restored to the army’s roll.

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mond, on Staten Island, there receiving orders Berrien County in the to report to the Army of the Potomac, being assigned to the 1st. Brigade, 1st. Division of American Civil War the 2nd. Corp, to which it belonged for the remainder of the war, being recognized as the 26th Michigan skirmish Regiment of the division. Volunteer Infantry After being shipped to Warrenton Junction on November the 7th., it crossed the Rappa- 1862-1865 hanock River, proceeding to Stevensburg en- The organization of the Twenty Fifth Regi- camping there until the 26th., at which time it ment having failed to supply places for all of the proceeded, with the army, on the advance to companies offered to the Congressional District Mine Run, crossing the Rapidan River at Ger- regiments, the surplus companies were organized mania Ford, advancing to Robertson’s Tavern into the Twenty Sixth Regiment, being ordered on the 27th. Reaching Mine Run on the 29th., to report to a rendezvous at Jackson. In order they skirmished with the Confederates, suffer- to complete the Regiment, two additional com- ing 9 men wounded. panies, which was speedily accomplished, after which the Regiment was total on the 12th. of De- The Regiment went into winter camp at cember 1862. Stevensburg, remaining there until the onset of spring, venturing out only once, on Febru- On the 13th. of December the Regiment left ary 6th. and 7th. of 1864, to do its usual picket its camp for Washington, under the command of duty. On the 4th. of May, under the command Farrar, having on its muster roll 903 of- of Major Saviors, they crossed the Rapidan ficers and men. River at Ails Ford, deployed, covering the flank of its division in the march to Chancel- Soon after its arrival in Washington it was or- lorsville, where they bivouacked, resuming the dered to do provost duty at Alexandria until April march the afternoon of the 5th., the Confeder- 20,1863, at which time it was ordered to proceed ates were encountered on the road to Orange to Suffolk,VA, to assist in the defence of that Court House. The Regiment, being deployed place against a suspected assault by the Confed- as skirmishers did not become engaged in the erates under General Longstreet. The Regiment fight that ensued, as they were held in reserve. was engaged in heavy fatigue duty , constructing defenses and occupying the trenches for 2 weeks, On the 8th. the Regiment moved to Todd’s when the threat was ended with the withdrawal Tavern, when after constructing earthworks, of Longstreet’s forces. On May 23rd. the Regi- moved out towards Corbin’s Bridge, there ment made an expedition into the Black Water to to meet some Confederates, losing 1 man region of the Potomac River to Windsor where a wounded. On the 9th. they crossed the Po brief skirmish took place resulting in the death of River, then advanced to within 2 miles of John Culver. the Confederate lines at Spottsylvania Court House. In the following morning the Southern On June 20th., the Regiment moved to Yor- men attacked in force, causing the withdrawal ktown, forming part of the command of General of the union forces, the 26th. covering its re- Keyes, which marched to Bottom’s Bridge, on treat. On the 12th. of May the Regiment, ad- the Chickahominy River, then returned to York- vanced again, participating in a charge upon town, the Regiment being ordered to New York the Confederates, along with the whole of the City to help quench the Draft Riots that were 2nd. Corp., where after a severe hand to hand threatening to destroy the city. The 13th. of Oc- contest, the Regiments flag was carried into tober found the Regiment stationed at Fort Rich- the Confederate line. The Regiment captured

Page 14 a large number of guns, flags and prisoners, but Killed in Action 62 paid a price for them in 27 men killed, 98 wounded Died of Wounds 39 and 14 missing. Died of Disease 158 Total Casualty Rate 25.9% Leaving Spottsylvania Court House on the 20th., they crossed the North Anna River at Jerico Bridge, COMPANY G under heavy fire, losing 5 killed and 9 wounded. Ad- OFFICERS vancing, they crossed the Pamuncky in the advance on Hawes Shop, reaching the Tolopotomy Creek on RANK NAME HOME AGE the 29th., there to meet with skirmishing Confeder- Capt Dailey, Asa G. Niles 29 ates on the 30th. losing 1 killed, 3 wounded. ENLISTED MEN On the 2nd. of June, the Regiment was at Cold Harbor, and advanced as skirmishers near Gaines NAME HOME AGE Mill, drove the Confederates from their works, then Barber, Uri M. Galien 30 at midnight crossed the James River, arriving in front Baxter, Selah New Buffalo 36 of Petersburg to take part in several charges against Bradley, Charles E. Galien 21 the defending forces. On the 26th., they took part in repulsing a Confederate charge near the Williams Brightman, Milford -or-New Buffalo 22 House, on the Weldon Railroad, then a general ad- Brightman, Wilford L. vance was made by the Corp, flanking the whole Bryant, David Niles 25 southern position. Davidson, John A. Weesaw 28 From the 1st. of April to the 6th., under the com- Day, George St. Joseph 19 mand of Captain Ives, the Regiment pursued the De Armond, William Bertrand 26 Confederate army fleeing Petersburg, until on the Espy, John F. Weesaw 40 9th., it was through their line that General Grant, un- der a flag of truce, accepted the surrender of General Ewen, Albert O. New Buffalo 23 Lee’s army. Green, Turner J. Buchanan 29 Grooms, Joseph F. Galien 29 On May the 2nd., the Regiment proceeded by rail Hames, William Niles 39 to Washington, there to take part in the Grand Re- view, then on June 4,1865, was mustered out of ser- Happy, Joseph -or- St. Joseph 32 vice, proceeding to Michigan, arriving at Jackson, to Happe, Joseph be paid off and disbanded on the 16th. Harris, Daniel Galien 29 During their term of federal service, they were Kinney, Gilbert T. Weesaw 37 engaged at: Suffolk, Va, Windsor, Va, Wilderness, Kinny, Nelson Weesaw 23 Va, Corbin’s Bridge, Va, NY River, Va, Po River, Va, Lavell, James Bertrand 26 Spottsyvania, Va, North Anna, Va, Tolopotomy, Va, Needham, John W. Bertrand 21 Cold Harbor, Va, Petersburg, Va, Deep Bottom, Va, Strawberry Plains, Tn, White Oak Swamp, Va, Ream’s Newhouse, John F.W.New Buffalo 41 Station, Va, Peebles’s Farm, Va, Hatcher’s Run, Va, Parish, Elkana A. Bertrand 30 Boydon Road, Va, White Oak Road, Va, Sutherland’s Pettee, Edgar Weesaw 18 Sta., Va, Amelia Springs, Va, Deatonsville, Va, Sail- Price, James M. Weesaw 31 or’s Creek, Va, High Bridge, Va, Farmville, Va, Ap- pomatox Court House, Va Rice, Reuben H. Galien 43 . Ross, James R. Bertrand 29 ORGANIZATION Sackett, Hiram A. Weesaw 18 • Organized at Jackson, Mich., September 10 to December 12, 1862. Spangenburg, George W. -or- Galien 33 • Mustered in December 12, 1862. Spengenburch, George W. • Left State for Washington, D.C. December 13. Spencer, Ambrose L. Weesaw 33 • Attached to District of Alexandria, Defences of Stoner, David Galien 25 Washington, D.C. to February, 1863. • Slough’s Brigade, Garrison of Alexandria, Va., Stoner, John W. Galien 30 22nd Army Corps to April, 1863. Wilson, Franklin E. Bertrand 23 • Ferry’s 1st Brigade, Corcoran’s 1st Division, 7th Wilson, Sylvester K. Galien 22 Army Corps Dept. of Virginia to July, 1863. W Galien 18 • New York, Dept. of the East to October 1863. ilson, Winfield • 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army Wiltfong, Eli Galien 20 of the Potomac to June, 1865. Yaw, Benjamin F. Galien 28 1862-1865 Yaw, Jonathan Galien 32 Total Enrollment 998

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