tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-375986782024-02-20T13:20:50.688-05:00The 3rd Michigan InfantryHistory of the 3rd Michigan Infantry and its men Steve Soperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805054068549522404noreply@blogger.comBlogger1468125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37598678.post-2530331875103447542024-01-19T10:01:00.006-05:002024-01-19T10:01:47.068-05:00Harlan Colby essay on Grand Rapids 1855Description of Grand Rapids, written by H. P. Colby, March 13, 1855 [<i>found</i> <i>in the Grand Rapids Historical Collection No. 013, Grand Rapids Public Library</i>)<br /><br />
Teachers in the high school were --E. W. Chesebro, principal Geo. Chesebro , assistant Miss Winslow, Recitation rooms Miss E. Snow,
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City of Grand Rapids Grand Rapids, the county seat of Kent co., lies on [the] Grand River, about forty miles above the confluence with the water of Lake Michigan. The different parts of the town are connected by a bridge, some 900 feet long. Till the year 1831, the site which the city now occupies, was an unbroken wilderness inhabited only by the red men of the forest. In that year, a few french families leave out from the eastern part of the state, and commencing a settlement, laid the foundation of a city destined at no distant day, to become second to none in Michigan.
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Up to the year 1836, the population increased very slowly, consisting at that time, of about a dozen families.
<br /><br />
Actuated by a spirit of speculation, this year beheld a large addition to the number of inhabitants, many of whom found to their sorrow and great disappointment that “all is not gold that glitters", that paper cities require a great deal of hard work before they become cities in reality. From that time till the present, it has steadily advanced in size and prosperity, numbering last year [1854] about 6,000 souls. The city received its charter in 1800 [?], the first mayor being the late H. R. Williams, succeeded by R. W. Cole, W. H. Withey, T. B. Church, and W. D. foster. There are five wards each of which is entitled to one alderman.
<br /><br />
The people are generally emigrants [sic] from the east, the natives coming from New England, New York and Ohio, the foreigners from Ireland and Holland, composed of such discordant materials, society presents a very different appearance from that found in older settled countries [counties] at the eastern end of the state]. A stranger would find a great want of social feeling absorbable everywhere in communities composed of less antagonistic elements.
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The site of the city comprises four square miles, lying the one half in the township of Grand Rapids, and the remaining in the township of Walker. The ground upon which the city is built is very uneven, being composed of sand bluffs, excepting a narrow strip along the river which is interspersed with swamps, and cut up by ravines and water courses. Although the situation of the town is so unpromising in this particular yet in consequence of its contiguity to an excellent water power, property commands a very high price. Within the bounds of the city the river falls about 19 feet affording mill privileges scarcely inferior to the Genesee at Rochester. Within the limits of the corporation there are 25 machine shops and mills driven principally by water which is directed from its course by a dam thrown across the river and a canal which conducts the water to points where it can be conveniently used.
<br /><br />
To show the size of and importance of the town, it may be proper to give the following statistics:
<br /><br />hardware stores: 6
<br />dry goods stores: 15
<br />clothing stores: 8
<br />hat and cap stores: 4
<br />furniture stores: 4
<br />curiosity shops: 1
<br />drug stores: 6
<br />book stores: 4
groceries: 30
<br />meat markets: 5
<br />baker shops: 2
<br />wheel wright: 9
<br />confectionary: 1
<br />engine companies: 3
engines: 3
<br />hose company: 1
<br />firemen: 150
<br />hotels: 8
<br />liveries: 4
<br />steamboats: 6
<br />barges and tows: 8
<br />saddle & harness 4
<br />shoe shops: 8
<br />streets: 100
<br />jewelry stores: 4
<br />printing offices: 2
<br />private schools: 4
<br />public schools: 3
<br />physicians: 12
<br />lawyers: 23
<br />clergymen: 8
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In the number and character of its professional men, Grand Rapids stands proudly prominent.
<br /><br />
Our physicians are polite, attentive and skillful, one dosing you allepathecally another hydropathecally and a third homeopathecally, while each attempts to convince you that he is not treating you hobbypathecally. The legal fraternity ranks among its members some of the ablest men of the state, men distinguished for learning and patriotism, men who would do honor to any profession in any country. Nor are the clergy less noted for piety than the lawyers for patriotism. A band of men more devoted to the interests of those over whom it is their duty to
watch, cannot be found.
<br /><br />
"Go search the land of living men,
Where will you find their like again?"
<br /><br />
The churches are distributed among the different denominations as follows:
<br /><br />
Episcopal, Rev. D r. Cumings, 400 members
<br />Congregational, Rev. Mr. Hammond, 184 members
<br />2nd Congregational, Rev. Mr. Ballard<br /> Catholic, Rev. Mr. Van Pelmel and Rev. Mr. Van Erb 150 families
<br />Methodist, Rev. Mr. Tappes, 250 families
<br />Baptist, Rev Mr. Prescott, 108 families
<br />Dutch Reformed, Rev. Mr. Klyme
<br /><br />
The Episcopal which is the largest and most costly in the city, is built of limestone taken from the bed of the river just below the dam, as are also the Catholic and Old Dutch churches. The new Dutch edifice is of brick while the congregational, Methodist and Baptist houses are of wood. The county jail and an old building used sometimes as a church, and sometimes as a court-house, are situated on the west side of the river.
<br /><br />
Although Grand Rapids is of such recent origin, yet its founders have neglected no effort to secure to their children the blessings arising from a good education. The greater part of the city limits divided into two school districts, the one lying on the east side and the other on the west side of the river.
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The Union school on the east side of the river is situated on the summit of one of the noble hills which environ the city, and commands an extensive view of the delightful plains and hillsides forming the Grand River valley. Its dimensions are 64 by 44 feet, three stories in height, and surmounted by a cupola from which may be had a most delightful view of the city and surrounding country. This cupola also contains a bell which chimes most disagreeably upon the ear of the tardy schoolboys as
<br /><br />
"With sachel and shining morning face,
He creeps like a snail, unwillingly to school"
<br /><br />
In all its interior arrangements and divisions, excepting its desks which are an instrument of barbarism yet most excruciating to the luckless scholar who is obliged to be jammed down to them all day, it [is] well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed. There are three large study rooms, six smaller recitation rooms, and two rooms the one used as a dressing room by the girls, and the other as a library and apparatus room. The city library comprising about 150 volumes and the mineralogical cabinet of the Grand Rapids Lyceum of Natural History, now in process of being collected, are kept here.
<br /><br />
The "Faculty" consists of eight female and two male teachers. The school is divided into three departments, in the first of which are taught the alphabet, Reading, Arithmetical Tables, and Primary Geography. In the second department, Spelling, Reading, Writing, mental and written Arithmetic and Geography. In the third department are taught all the commonly in Union schools.
<br /><br />
In summing up the character of the school, we may say that the buildings are substantial, its divisions good, its internal fixtures decidedly bad, and its teachings such as might be vastly improved did not a perverted public taste prevent a more strict and energetic government.
<br /><br />
The school on the west side of the river is in a very flourishing condition under Mr. Milton S. Littlefield [successor to Col. Robert Shaw of the 54th Mass.] formerly of Syracuse, New York assisted by Misses Hyde and Chubb. It numbers about 100 pupils with a list constantly. The old hovel now occupied by this school might be supplanted during the coming summer, by a neat brick building, 40 by 70 feet, and two stories in height. "A consummation most devoutly to be wished". We can but wish them God-speed.
<br /><br />
Situated in the midst of a fertile and rapidly populating country, remote from all other cities and large villages, cosily nestled in the Grand River Valley, secure from the chilling blasts which howl with such relentless fury across the great part of the western country, possessing a water power unrivaled in the state, and enjoying a locality healthy to a proverb, Grand Rapids bid fair, ere long, to become the first, as it is now the second town in Michigan. What shall prevent her?
<br /><br />
We may confidently assert that it will not be far lack of superior advantages for she possesses them; it will not be on account of the envy or jealousy of her sister towns or villages in other parts of the state, for she has the power to render herself independent in a great measure of them all, but it will be on account of that excessive greed, that ardent desire, that burning thirst for riches which would bring down the golden shower like an avalanche from the mountain regardless of its blighting effects upon all the finer feelings of the soul. May the time be far distant when our citizens shall loose [sic] their public spirit in the inordinate love of self, when they shall clutch for the dross that perisheth unmindful of the privileges of their social position.
<br /><br />
May Grand Rapids be carried forward on the swelling tide of prosperity, retaining ever a safe pilotage in the intelligence and virtue of her citizens, till she changes her anchorage from the "Valley City" to the "Empire city" of Michigan.
<br /><br />
H. P. Colby March 8, 1855
Description of Grand Rapids, written by H. P. Colby, March 13, 1855
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Teachers in the high school were --E. W. Chesebro, principal Geo. Chesebro , assistant Miss Winslow, Recitation rooms Miss E. Snow,
<br /><br />
City of Grand Rapids Grand Rapids, the county seat of Kent co., lies on [the] Grand River, about forty miles above the confluence with the water of Lake Michigan. The different parts of the town are connected by a bridge, some 900 feet long. Till the year 1831, the site which the city now occupies, was an unbroken wilderness inhabited only by the red men of the forest. In that year, a few french families leave out from the eastern part of the state, and commencing a settlement, laid the foundation of a city destined at no distant day, to become second to none in Michigan.
<br /><br />
Up to the year 1836, the population increased very slowly, consisting at that time, of about a dozen families.
<br /><br />
Actuated by a spirit of speculation, this year beheld a large addition to the number of inhabitants, many of whom found to their sorrow and great disappointment that “all is not gold that glitters", that paper cities require a great deal of hard work before they become cities in reality. From that time till the present, it has steadily advanced in size and prosperity, numbering last year [1854] about 6,000 souls. The city received its charter in 1800 [?], the first mayor being the late H. R. Williams, succeeded by R. W. Cole, W. H. Withey, T. B. Church, and W. D. foster. There are five wards each of which is entitled to one alderman.
<br /><br />
The people are generally emigrants [sic] from the east, the natives coming from New England, New York and Ohio, the foreigners from Ireland and Holland, composed of such discordant materials, society presents a very different appearance from that found in older settled countries [counties] at the eastern end of the state]. A stranger would find a great want of social feeling absorbable everywhere in communities composed of less antagonistic elements.
<br /><br />
The site of the city comprises four square miles, lying the one half in the township of Grand Rapids, and the remaining in the township of Walker. The ground upon which the city is built is very uneven, being composed of sand bluffs, excepting a narrow strip along the river which is interspersed with swamps, and cut up by ravines and water courses. Although the situation of the town is so unpromising in this particular yet in consequence of its contiguity to an excellent water power, property commands a very high price. Within the bounds of the city the river falls about 19 feet affording mill privileges scarcely inferior to the Genesee at Rochester. Within the limits of the corporation there are 25 machine shops and mills driven principally by water which is directed from its course by a dam thrown across the river and a canal which conducts the water to points where it can be conveniently used.
<br /><br />
To show the size of and importance of the town, it may be proper to give the following statistics:
<br /><br />
Hardware stores: 6
dry goods stores: 15
clothing stores: 8
hat and cap stores: 4
furniture stores: 4
curiosity shops: 1
drug stores: 6
book stores: 4
groceries: 30
meat markets: 5
baker shops: 2
wheel wright: 9
confectionary: 1
engine companies: 3
engines: 3
hose company: 1
firemen: 150
hotels: 8
liveries: 4
steamboats: 6
barges and tows: 8
saddle & harness 4
shoe shops: 8
streets: 100
jewelry stores: 4
printing offices: 2
private schools: 4
public schools: 3
physicians: 12
lawyers: 23
clergymen: 8
<br /><br />
In the number and character of its professional men, Grand Rapids stands proudly prominent.
<br /><br />
Our physicians are polite, attentive and skillful, one dosing you allepathecally another hydropathecally and a third homeopathecally, while each attempts to convince you that he is not treating you hobbypathecally. The legal fraternity ranks among its members some of the ablest men of the state, men distinguished for learning and patriotism, men who would do honor to any profession in any country. Nor are the clergy less noted for piety than the lawyers for patriotism. A band of men more devoted to the interests of those over whom it is their duty to
watch, cannot be found.
<br /><br />
"Go search the land of living men,
Where will you find their like again?"
<br /><br />
The churches are distributed among the different denominations as follows:
<br /><br />
Episcopal, Rev. Dr. Cumings, 400 members; Congregational, Rev. Mr. Hammond, 184 members; 2nd Congregational, Rev. Mr. Ballard; Catholic, Rev. Mr. Van Pelmel and Rev. Mr. Van Erb, 150 families; Methodist, Rev. Mr. Tappes, 250 families; Baptist, Rev Mr. Prescott, 108 families; Dutch Reformed, Rev. Mr. Klyme.<br /><br />
The Episcopal which is the largest and most costly in the city, is built of limestone taken from the bed of the river just below the dam, as are also the Catholic and Old Dutch churches. The new Dutch edifice is of brick while the congregational, Methodist and Baptist houses are of wood. The county jail and an old building used sometimes as a church, and sometimes as a court-house, are situated on the west side of the river.
<br /><br />
Although Grand Rapids is of such recent origin, yet its founders have neglected no effort to secure to their children the blessings arising from a good education. The greater part of the city limits divided into two school districts, the one lying on the east side and the other on the west side of the river.
<br /><br />
The Union school on the east side of the river is situated on the summit of one of the noble hills which environ the city, and commands an extensive view of the delightful plains and hillsides forming the Grand River valley. Its dimensions are 64 by 44 feet, three stories in height, and surmounted by a cupola from which may be had a most delightful view of the city and surrounding country. This cupola also contains a bell which chimes most disagreeably upon the ear of the tardy schoolboys as
<br /><br />
"With sachel [sic] and shining morning face,
He creeps like a snail, unwillingly to school"
<br /><br />
In all its interior arrangements and divisions, excepting its desks which are an instrument of barbarism yet most excruciating to the luckless scholar who is obliged to be jammed down to them all day, it [is] well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed. There are three large study rooms, six smaller recitation rooms, and two rooms the one used as a dressing room by the girls, and the other as a library and apparatus room. The city library comprising about 150 volumes and the mineralogical cabinet of the Grand Rapids Lyceum of Natural History, now in process of being collected, are kept here.
<br /><br />
The "Faculty" consists of eight female and two male teachers. The school is divided into three departments, in the first of which are taught the alphabet, Reading, Arithmetical Tables, and Primary Geography. In the second department, Spelling, Reading, Writing, mental and written Arithmetic and Geography. In the third department are taught all the commonly in Union schools.
<br /><br />
In summing up the character of the school, we may say that the buildings are substantial, its divisions good, its internal fixtures decidedly bad, and its teachings such as might be vastly improved did not a perverted public taste prevent a more strict and energetic government.
<br /><br />
The school on the west side of the river is in a very flourishing condition under Mr. Milton S. Littlefield [successor to Col. Robert Shaw of the 54th Mass.] formerly of Syracuse, New York assisted by Misses Hyde and Chubb. It numbers about 100 pupils with a list constantly. The old hovel now occupied by this school might be supplanted during the coming summer, by a neat brick building, 40 by 70 feet, and two stories in height. "A consummation most devoutly to be wished". We can but wish them God-speed.
<br /><br />
Situated in the midst of a fertile and rapidly populating country, remote from all other cities and large villages, cosily nestled in the Grand River Valley, secure from the chilling blasts which howl with such relentless fury across the great part of the western country, possessing a water power unrivaled in the state, and enjoying a locality healthy to a proverb, Grand Rapids bid fair, ere long, to become the first, as it is now the second town in Michigan. What shall prevent her?
<br /><br />
We may confidently assert that it will not be far lack of superior advantages for she possesses them; it will not be on account of the envy or jealousy of her sister towns or villages in other parts of the state, for she has the power to render herself independent in a great measure of them all, but it will be on account of that excessive greed, that ardent desire, that burning thirst for riches which would bring down the golden shower like an avalanche from the mountain regardless of its blighting effects upon all the finer feelings of the soul. May the time be far distant when our citizens shall loose [sic] their public spirit in the inordinate love of self, when they shall clutch for the dross that perisheth unmindful of the privileges of their social position.
<br /><br />
May Grand Rapids be carried forward on the swelling tide of prosperity, retaining ever a safe pilotage in the intelligence and virtue of her citizens, till she changes her anchorage from the "Valley City" to the "Empire city" of Michigan.
<br /><br />[signed] H. P. Colby March 8, 1855
<div><br /></div><div>See his <a href="https://thirdmichigan.blogspot.com/2008/04/harlan-page-colby.html" target="_blank">biographical sketch</a>. 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Thought you'd like to meet them.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9_tDoctoSDc4YZLjQrTMbzL9siQ0u9S0LbQ-0IdZy_QN3Jq-gvMsgY3Wib5k1QXq8DUQhNqBjNO2PSyUHBonLEcR-v3SaUT2GQGsptCNLHWDxrmVl08kZ267QfpksRhEybohSSkGD7lg1ozsCNdXRzTk_ArMIM4zJI8XVu5Vw-FZkrHZNrw/s1500/IMG_8594.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1179" data-original-width="1500" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9_tDoctoSDc4YZLjQrTMbzL9siQ0u9S0LbQ-0IdZy_QN3Jq-gvMsgY3Wib5k1QXq8DUQhNqBjNO2PSyUHBonLEcR-v3SaUT2GQGsptCNLHWDxrmVl08kZ267QfpksRhEybohSSkGD7lg1ozsCNdXRzTk_ArMIM4zJI8XVu5Vw-FZkrHZNrw/w640-h504/IMG_8594.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">George Otto, 126th Infantry, died in France</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga_5nNn2YTyYESfpNJ06-KlosuTPwuVyD2deQ9OOc0DLHmrtpDNdevvcftxuGFyU61y_0m81Rpydy7cE1_aqVnDt9i_PvuIu0lS5xTK54fNqgg8hsFaHtRzB-NOmILTE_OPHbx7C666R0zR86Ovv4LrRMMMmV8z7q0czc4XBdmVs_It8AKYw/s1743/IMG_8598.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1743" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga_5nNn2YTyYESfpNJ06-KlosuTPwuVyD2deQ9OOc0DLHmrtpDNdevvcftxuGFyU61y_0m81Rpydy7cE1_aqVnDt9i_PvuIu0lS5xTK54fNqgg8hsFaHtRzB-NOmILTE_OPHbx7C666R0zR86Ovv4LrRMMMmV8z7q0czc4XBdmVs_It8AKYw/w550-h640/IMG_8598.jpg" width="550" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Levi Higby, 6th Michigan Heavy Artillery, died in New Orleans, LA</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSNZKUp_2b7BSWXn6pAP9a04gyBvW2MANYyaUKWs9gETseGzGHhbMroCBB-uIjRFa3gG3r2YWAiWiP3-nQj-TQ4PSd60i7Jz_L127AfswtxU213NBi57b7ZGKrEl_-Pyk1WzxyZ-5O56B-0sxKQzkgwo3lJyi2iXknQhiSntq8WbB2KvStgw/s1500/IMG_8605.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1405" data-original-width="1500" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSNZKUp_2b7BSWXn6pAP9a04gyBvW2MANYyaUKWs9gETseGzGHhbMroCBB-uIjRFa3gG3r2YWAiWiP3-nQj-TQ4PSd60i7Jz_L127AfswtxU213NBi57b7ZGKrEl_-Pyk1WzxyZ-5O56B-0sxKQzkgwo3lJyi2iXknQhiSntq8WbB2KvStgw/w640-h600/IMG_8605.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">James A. Burwell, 126th Infantry, killed in the Argonne Forest, France, buried in France</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>Steve Soperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805054068549522404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37598678.post-89712261042512615512021-08-19T17:13:00.001-04:002021-08-19T17:13:50.308-04:00John E. Spalding 3rd reorganized<p>John E. Spalding was 24 years old when he enlisted in Company E, 3rd Michigan Reorganized Infantry on September 3, 1864, at Grand Rapids, for three years and was mustered on September 9. He was discharged at Benton Barracks, MO, on September 28, 1865. </p><p>He eventually returned to Michigan and settled in Grand Rapids township. He is buried in Mason Cemetery.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0tj8WsjprjaBXmAT29wH1VBNkR_HJqEz_gTpTqXulmOp0tvxM77wU3RFbQxVtGU4zBRB7xtR_1Vp1t0vkiKb9tfo-Pq1Xoto88Z15dObiTKgAf4OpKd_xl6w2rdRxLSqevlfa/s1500/IMG_4115.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1500" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0tj8WsjprjaBXmAT29wH1VBNkR_HJqEz_gTpTqXulmOp0tvxM77wU3RFbQxVtGU4zBRB7xtR_1Vp1t0vkiKb9tfo-Pq1Xoto88Z15dObiTKgAf4OpKd_xl6w2rdRxLSqevlfa/w640-h480/IMG_4115.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW6ozREKasckvv9MKqbFKSe-A5vU5ygO8jQ5EL62n5V-xMIb0HxbUHgeuSEFqlpSWpcWo3_SYp-SB9BhCM-LrDcuNRqses1ybM57Ffe_RAuTH0Wky3rn38F6AOuOJjoC5dAIgq/s1500/IMG_4116.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1500" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW6ozREKasckvv9MKqbFKSe-A5vU5ygO8jQ5EL62n5V-xMIb0HxbUHgeuSEFqlpSWpcWo3_SYp-SB9BhCM-LrDcuNRqses1ybM57Ffe_RAuTH0Wky3rn38F6AOuOJjoC5dAIgq/w640-h480/IMG_4116.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Steve Soperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805054068549522404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37598678.post-73126474584322733192021-04-05T01:00:00.004-04:002021-04-05T01:00:00.270-04:00Wounded<p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQfSz99U-IDkQbS-IMRq0OF8UXsv92TmqZfPuoychDBeRNZk2kkDjX_G75X7qQ8u58J8Rdp7Wc3p5Iz-Jo_5Fkc03QHLLNALKrfi7ZUli4vZsrHkqIAS5hepYrsW2_qotgXxDb/s748/P0451+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="506" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQfSz99U-IDkQbS-IMRq0OF8UXsv92TmqZfPuoychDBeRNZk2kkDjX_G75X7qQ8u58J8Rdp7Wc3p5Iz-Jo_5Fkc03QHLLNALKrfi7ZUli4vZsrHkqIAS5hepYrsW2_qotgXxDb/w270-h400/P0451+copy.jpg" width="270" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Theodore Castor, Company C</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Of 388 men who were wounded while serving in the 3rd Michigan, 335, or more than 86% of the total wounded, suffered gunshot wounds. (<i>pictured: Theodore Castor, lost a leg at the Wilderness on May 5, 1864</i>)</p><p><b>Wounds</b><br />Very few were wounded by cannon fire and there were no reports of men being wounded by bayonet although hand-to-hand combat did happen. </p><p>Company I had the highest number of men wounded (48), while Company A had the lowest number (28). </p><p>By engagement: </p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Fair Oaks, May 31, 1862 - 92</li><li>Groveton (Second Bull Run), August 31, 1862 - 100</li><li>Chancellorsville, May 5, 1863 - 41</li><li>Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863 - 22</li><li>Mine Run, November 30, 1863 - 9</li><li>Wilderness , May 6, 1864 - 62</li><li>Spotsylvania, May 12, 1864 - 24</li></ul><p></p><p>In the week of May 5-12, 1864, alone, the Old 3rd Michigan suffered 88 wounded (or nearly 23% of the total wounded). </p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>First man wounded was Henry Kampe of Company C, at Germantown, Virginia, on July 17, 1861, the day before the Regiment was engaged at Blackburn’s Ford, near Bull Run.</li><li>
Last man wounded in the regiment was Philo Wier of Company G on June 10, 1864; he subsequently died of his wounds on July 1</li><li>Last man wounded in wartime was George D. Hill, while serving as a member of the 1st Michigan cavalry, on April 9, 1865</li></ul><p></p><p><b>
Disabilities </b><br />During the war 434 men were discharged and 40 officers resigned from the 3rd Michigan on account of a disability of one type or another. </p><p>Another 65 men from the Old 3rd who had been consolidated into the 5th Michigan were discharged for disability. </p><p>Altogether some 539 or more than 38% of the total enrolled were discharged for disability. </p><p>At least 42 men suffered the loss of a limb.
Some of the more common disabilities reported were:
Asthma, bronchitis, consumption, deafness, dysentery, epilepsy, gunshot, heart disease, hemorrhoids, hernia, measles, pneumonia, rheumatic fever, rheumatism sunstroke, trauma or accident, typhoid fever, varicose veins and venereal disease </p>Steve Soperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805054068549522404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37598678.post-50437477168897150242021-04-04T01:00:00.002-04:002021-04-04T01:00:00.240-04:00Additional service<p><b>Reenlistees</b><br />Between late December of 1863 and March of 1864, 206 men reenlisted for three more years of service. Company G had the highest number of reenlistments, 24 (or 13.4% of the total reenlisted). Company B had the lowest with 11 (6.1%). The average reenlistment was 18 per company. </p><p><b>Transfer and Second Units </b><br />Aside from the 362 men who transferred into the 5th Michigan Infantry following consolidation in June of 1864, some 357 Old 3rd Michigan men were either transferred or discharged and reentered the military. </p><p>Of that number 57 would join a third unit. </p><p>At least 195 men entered a second Michigan unit. </p><p>If we add the 357 men who reentered a second unit to the 362 men who were transferred to the 5th Michigan infantry, we arrive at a grand total of 719 men who served in a second unit, or 51% of the overall total of men who served in the Old 3rd Michigan.</p><p>Former Old 3rd Michigan soldiers also enlisted in units of other states as well as the federal armed forces:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>3 in Illinois</li><li>
1 in Indiana</li><li>
1 in Massachusetts</li><li>
1 in Minnesota</li><li>
1 in Missouri</li><li>
1 in New Jersey</li><li>
19 in New York</li><li>
5 in Ohio</li><li>
3 in Pennsylvania</li><li>
3 in Wisconsin</li><li>
47 in the U.S. Army, including 5 in various United States Colored units</li><li>
1 in the U.S. Marine Corps</li><li>
6 in the U.S. Navy</li><li>
90 in the Veterans Reserve Corps</li></ul><p></p><p> </p>Steve Soperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805054068549522404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37598678.post-56068858425730738052021-04-03T01:00:00.002-04:002021-04-03T01:00:00.256-04:00Promotions<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6q-My77BoqQ/YGR5lXORwjI/AAAAAAABxc0/_HINvNv-qFsI0H4E6f7MHrNWF7SDOpTlwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/P009%2B%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1491" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6q-My77BoqQ/YGR5lXORwjI/AAAAAAABxc0/_HINvNv-qFsI0H4E6f7MHrNWF7SDOpTlwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/P009%2B%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></div><br />Five men who began their military career in the 3rd Michigan ended the war as brevet generals: <p></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Brigadier General Stephen Champlin began the war as Major</li><li>Brigadier General Moses Houghton began as Captain of Company D</li><li>Brigadier General Israel Smith began as a lieutenant in Company F</li><li>Brigadier General Ambrose Stevens began as Lieutenant Colonel</li><li>Major General Byron R. Pierce began as Captain of Company K (pictured above)</li></ul><p></p><p>Of these five, only Champlin did not survive the war. </p><p><b>Of the original Field & Staff</b>:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Colonel Dan McConnell remained a Colonel</li><li>Lieutenant Colonel Ambrose Stevens became a Brevet Brigadier General</li><li>Major Stephen Champlin became a Brevet Brigadier General</li><li>Quartermaster Robert Collins ended the war as a Captain of Subsistence</li><li>Dr. D. W. Bliss ended the war as a Colonel</li><li>Dr. Zenas Bliss finished the war as Lieutenant Colonel</li><li>Drum Major Valentine Rebhun was discharged for disability and reentered the 19th Michigan infantry </li></ul><p></p><p><b>Of the Musicians who served in the Old 3rd Michigan: </b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>2 would become Captains</li><li>2 became First Lieutenants</li><li>1 became a Second Lieutenant</li></ul><p></p><p><b>Of the 10 original Captains: </b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Samuel Judd of Company A died a Captain</li><li>Adolph Birkenstock of Company C ended the war a Sergeant</li><li>Byron Pierce of Company K became a Brevet Major General</li><li>Moses Houghton of Company D became a Brevet Brigadier General</li><li>the rest remained captains</li></ul><p></p><p><b>Of the 10 original First Lieutenants: </b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>5 became Captains</li><li>3 remained First Lieutenants</li><li>Charles Spang of Company H ended the war a Private</li><li>Fred Worden of Company F became a Lieutenant Colonel</li></ul><p></p><p><b>Of the 9 original Second Lieutenants: </b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Israel Smith of Company E became a Brevet Brigadier General</li><li>William Ryan of Company H became a Major
2 became Captains</li><li>2 became First Lieutenants</li><li>2 remained Second Lieutenants</li><li>George Phillips of Company D ended the war a Sergeant</li></ul><p></p><p><b>Of 48 Sergeants:</b> </p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Dan Root of Company K ended the war a Lieutenant Colonel</li><li>Homer Thayer of Company G became a Major</li><li>George Remington of Company F became an Adjutant</li><li>13 became Captains</li><li>5 became First Lieutenants</li><li>6 became Second Lieutenants</li><li>10 remained Sergeants</li><li>1 ended the war a corporal</li><li>9 came out of the war as Privates</li></ul><p></p><p><b>Of 78 Corporals: </b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Don Lovell of Company A became a Major</li><li>Peter Weber of Company A became a Major</li><li>Milton Leonard of Company F a Captain</li><li>8 became Lieutenants</li><li>8 ended the war as Sergeants</li><li>27 remained corporals</li><li>17 ended the war as Privates</li></ul><p></p><p><b>Four Privates would become Majors:</b>
Emery Moon, Dan Kennicutt, George Nairn, and Michael Long</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>8 privates would become Captains</li><li>11 became First Lieutenants</li><li>3 became Second Lieutenants</li><li>1 was a Naval Ensign.</li></ul><p></p><p>Curiously, not one man who enlisted in the Old 3rd Michigan after June of 1861 became a commissioned officer.
</p>Steve Soperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805054068549522404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37598678.post-2777051565957640752021-04-02T01:00:00.002-04:002021-04-02T01:00:00.518-04:00Prisoners of war<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW1pU6WBUR5ai6TUdlPdt2SY59w4NZYhB9hvYItYfaERi2BHLE1wpKkWMAvq_GiYmkGzEIjfoN7d-9RZPid6yVCqi_M3NjJ7CgGyN7ow7TL99hwcYt4844x9akBYk804fyNL6B/s748/P0451+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="506" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW1pU6WBUR5ai6TUdlPdt2SY59w4NZYhB9hvYItYfaERi2BHLE1wpKkWMAvq_GiYmkGzEIjfoN7d-9RZPid6yVCqi_M3NjJ7CgGyN7ow7TL99hwcYt4844x9akBYk804fyNL6B/w270-h400/P0451+copy.jpg" width="270" /></a></div>From June of 1861 until April of 1865, and including all other units in which former members of the Old 3rd Michigan served, 135 men were taken prisoner. <p></p><p>By far the highest number of men in the 3rd Michigan captured was 27 (nearly a quarter of them from Company K) reported for the week between May 5 and May 12, 1864, during the Wilderness-Spotsylvania campaign. </p><p>The next highest number was 19 taken on July 1-2, 1862, at White Oak Swamp and Malvern Hill, Virginia.
Ten men were taken on May 3, 1863, at Chancellorsville. </p><p>Nine soldiers were captured on November 30, 1863, at Mine Run, Virginia (with Company C losing 7 men or 77% of the total). </p><p>The regimental average was 10 men per company captured during the war, and the high scorer was Company C with 20.
Company G suffered the lowest number of men taken prisoner (3). </p><p>Following consolidation with the 5th Michigan on June 10, 1864, some 24 former members of the 3rd Michigan were taken prisoner on October 27, 1864, at Boydton Plank road, Virginia.
</p><p>(<i>pictured above: Theodore Castor of Company C, was wounded in the leg and taken prisoner at the battle of the Wilderness on May 5, 1864</i>.)</p>Steve Soperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805054068549522404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37598678.post-46642999139384744112021-04-01T01:00:00.002-04:002021-04-01T01:00:00.419-04:00Misconduct<p><b><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Vz6dhrF1L1k/YGR122osz-I/AAAAAAABxck/dxX4ORRO11oDO8tmA8dEk5gtV0yQ0YFVACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/bennett_jas_P0203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1401" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Vz6dhrF1L1k/YGR122osz-I/AAAAAAABxck/dxX4ORRO11oDO8tmA8dEk5gtV0yQ0YFVACLcBGAsYHQ/w274-h400/bennett_jas_P0203.jpg" width="274" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">LT James D. Bennett</td></tr></tbody></table>Desertion</b><br />During the war at least 131 men were charged with desertion. Nine of those, however, were as a result of the chaos which ensued in wake of the fiasco at First Bull Run, July 21, 1861. </p><p>Straggling probably also accounted for another 44 men who were charged with desertion on or about September 21, 1862, at Upton's Hill, Virginia. (Many of those charges were removed after the war.) </p><p>Of the number charged with actually having deserted we know: </p><p>53 were discharged for disability
<br />5 mustered out of service
<br />3 died of disease
<br />4 listed as No Further Record
<br />21 transferred to the 5th Michigan infantry upon consolidation of the two regiments in June of 1864
<br />3 transferred to U.S. regular army units
<br />6 transferred to the Veterans Reserve Corps (also known as the Invalid Corps)</p><b>
Court-Martial</b><br />During the war 34 men of the Old 3rd Michigan Infantry were court-martialed:<br />
James Ayes<br />Joseph Badger - sent to the penitentiary<br />Ambrose Bell<br />LT James Bennett - cashiered (pictured above)<br />Charles Birkenstock (while serving in the 5th Michigan Infantry)<br />John Bissell<br />LT Almon Borden - cashiered<br />George Bridgman*<br />CAPT Emery Bryant<br />George Clay*<br />George Cook*<br />Charles Corey*<br />Zara Cotton*<br />George Decker<br />Charles Finch<br />Sylvester Gay Charles Henderson Edwin Hoard (while serving in the 5th Michigan Infantry)<br />Abram Ketchum<br />Ozias Martin<br />Abram Martindale<br />ames Maury - sent to prison<br />Ben Nestle - branded with a "D" on his hip and drummed out of the army<br />Moses Newman<br />Andrew Nickerson<br />Henry Parker<br />William Payne*<br />Abram Shear - sent to the penitentiary<br />Amos Stockwell<br />John H. Sumner (while serving in the Reorganized 3rd Michigan Infantry)<br />William Van Dyke*<br />William Von Wagner<br />Elijah Warner<br />Charles Wright (while serving in the 5th Michigan Infantry)
*Probably court-martialed.Steve Soperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805054068549522404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37598678.post-39327512282268062312021-03-31T08:55:00.002-04:002021-03-31T10:00:19.547-04:00Personal background<p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG7z7JCBkq3uzmmW0Qd_nVnvi0WQYWxN4Jigk1D_RP4w3jRVmhkz9lWNv2Qhe3v0BUm-QiAb3JDcMu0AuqH4FfCeD2UAwsgXfnAdkftA1GPl8bLp6n0F9mIk-M9ZHkh8oAOu-I/s2048/cuming_P020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1333" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG7z7JCBkq3uzmmW0Qd_nVnvi0WQYWxN4Jigk1D_RP4w3jRVmhkz9lWNv2Qhe3v0BUm-QiAb3JDcMu0AuqH4FfCeD2UAwsgXfnAdkftA1GPl8bLp6n0F9mIk-M9ZHkh8oAOu-I/w260-h400/cuming_P020.jpg" width="260" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rev. Francis Cuming</td></tr></tbody></table><b>Age</b><br />The men of the 3rd Michigan Infantry were born between 1798 (Rev. Francis Cuming) and 1850 (Jacob Rebhun). </p><p>Not including the six men for whom we do not have a birth year, more than three-quarters of the total 1,411 enrolled were born after 1830 and one in five born after 1842: </p><p>11-16 years of age: 31
<br />17-19 years: 275
<br />20-29 years: 811
<br />30-39 years: 204
<br />over 40 years: 72
<br />over 50 years: 10
<br />over 60 years: 3 </p><p>If we combine the numbers of all those men under 30, that group comprised nearly 80% of the total enrolled in the Regiment (1,412). </p><p><b>Height </b><br />Of the 922 reported physical measurements, four men were <br />5 feet or less: Tommy Byers, John McPherson, Albert Pelton and Jacob Rebhun. At the tall end, we have George Korten at 6'10, George Randall and Robert Swart at 6'6", Sam Aldrich and Ben Waite were 6'4", and Alex French and Calvin Wilsey 6'3".
Over half of the men were between 5’6’” and 5’11”. </p><p><b>Education</b><br />At least 679 men were reported as able to read and write and 38 were listed as illiterate; both numbers were probably higher. We also know that at least 40 men attained “higher education” degrees in architecture, law, medicine, education and the ministry. </p><p><b>Religion </b><br />In religious matters the men were overwhelmingly Protestant, although this remains measured speculation.
Of the 116 reported religious preferences we know that 84 were Protestant, 29 Catholic, 2 were Universalist, and 1 was Jewish. </p><p><b>Occupations </b><br />At least 788 (or more than 56%) of the 1,405 reported prewar occupations were directly related to the farm, and if one adds the 161 laborers, nearly 68% of the men who joined the Old 3rd Michigan Infantry were either farmers or laborers (and quite often both).
The next highest represented occupation was carpentry with 67 men who had worked in that trade before the war, followed by 59 in the lumber industry, 35 clerks, 24 blacksmiths and 23 shoemakers. </p><p>If we add the farmer/laborer group to the next five occupations, more than 82% of the regiment fell into seven occupational categories. </p>Steve Soperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805054068549522404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37598678.post-10107692398334448222021-03-28T01:00:00.002-04:002021-03-31T10:00:29.759-04:003rd Michigan Infantry Association<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbwZr2-mIzRQQjiBoh5OXu76oL-z0gY_MuYhM5OuqYeo07jakOQTot9By3Zft2ktd94ClFuFMFbl9CnrkY8r20mvd2NkielEvXOxaxPfnTAUtLzOd1DuRNdxmZHK7Smzs0GQOO/s1500/P036+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1212" data-original-width="1500" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbwZr2-mIzRQQjiBoh5OXu76oL-z0gY_MuYhM5OuqYeo07jakOQTot9By3Zft2ktd94ClFuFMFbl9CnrkY8r20mvd2NkielEvXOxaxPfnTAUtLzOd1DuRNdxmZHK7Smzs0GQOO/w400-h324/P036+%25281%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Between 1870 and 1927, 368 former members of (both 1st and 2nd organizations) of the Third Michigan Infantry, along with at least 120 family and friends (honorary members) joined together in a fraternal association. <p></p><p>They met annually for a reunion, which included a business meeting of association, followed by a banquet. For many years these reunions were held on the first Wednesday after the anniversary of the battle of Fredericksburg of December 13, 1862. Beginning in 1904, annual association meetings fell on or near June 13, the day the regiment left Grand Rapids in 1861. </p><p>The 1885 reunion was held in Grand Rapids in conjunction with the reunion of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland, which was also held in Grand Rapids. And while the records are unclear, the reunions of 1924, 1925 and 1926 were presumably held in Grand Rapids. </p><p>No reunions were held in 1873, 1875 or 1880 while the 1913 reunion was held in conjunction with the 50th anniversary celebration of the Battle of Gettysburg. </p><p>The 55th and final reunion was held at the Pantlind Hotel (today the Amway Grand) in Grand Rapids, Michigan in June of 1927; six of the fourteen remaining Association members attended.</p><p>(<i>photo above: 1921 reunion</i>)</p>Steve Soperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805054068549522404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37598678.post-40898672175732412582021-03-27T01:00:00.004-04:002021-03-31T10:00:39.511-04:00Relationships and family<p><b></b></p><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jNQ4Qrengec/YFngpjU6UKI/AAAAAAABxYg/StwQU-D2Z54fNdDswiH_soeFLiEB_l0IwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/P0199.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1372" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jNQ4Qrengec/YFngpjU6UKI/AAAAAAABxYg/StwQU-D2Z54fNdDswiH_soeFLiEB_l0IwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/P0199.jpg" /></a></div>Marriage</b><br />At least 957 men were married either before, during or after the war. Of that number 266 men married a second time, and 11 men married four times.<p></p><p>We know that 107 men were divorced or separated from their wives, 11 were divorced twice, and 3 men were divorced three times.</p><p>At least 291 men were reported at death as widowers, and at least 19 were widowers twice.</p><p><b>Families </b><br />At least 765 men had children and 20 of them had 10 or more children. Andrew Kirschman, Theodore McClain and Elam Moe tied for the record: each man had at least thirteen children. In Elam's case, two of his sons, Daniel and Robert also served in the Old 3rd Michigan, and all three survived the war.</p><p><b>Related to each other<br /></b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Of the 1,411 men enrolled in the regiment, at least 289 were related in one way or another. (This does not include the many relationships by marriage or distant family connection such as first cousins, brothers-in-law, etc.) There were at least 10 known father-son combinations,<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">2 uncle-nephew combinations: Stephen and Clarence Lowing and Ezra and Dennis Guernsey, and at least 154 brother combinations.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">(<i>photo above: Warren Wilkinson and his wife Alice Foster</i>)</span></p><p></p>Steve Soperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805054068549522404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37598678.post-76495154620982678822021-03-26T01:00:00.001-04:002021-03-26T01:00:05.348-04:00Association Roster<div style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The following list is actually made up of at least two lists of Old 3rd Michigan Infantry Association members found in the Association records in Grand Rapids Public Library: a list from c. 1905 and one of honorary members. </span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It would appear from the records that at least one other list had been kept as a running record of members but this remains unclear.</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Amos H. Abbott - 1905 roster; possibly Clarkson Abbott.<br />Roderick Ackley<br />Charles H. Adams<br />George Adams - 1905 roster<br />Miles Adams<br />Charles Althouse<br />A. B. Ames - 1905 roster<br />E. L. Anderson<br />George W. Arms<br />Richard E. Arthur<br />James Austin<br />N. L. Avery - honorary<br />Albert Babcock<br />James Babe<br />George W. Bailey<br />Henry Bailey<br />Mrs. Nora M. Barnum - honorary; possibly related to Andrew Barnum<br />John Bassett - honorary<br />Philip Bayne<br />William H. Baird<br />Benjamin Baker - 1905 roster<br />George Ball<br />Simon P. Barnhard<br />John Barnhard<br />George Barnier<br />Robert G. Barr<br />Robert Barry<br />Hiram Bateman<br />Alfred Bates - 1905 roster<br />Martin Beebe - 1905 roster<br />Capt. C. E. Belknap - honorary<br />Ambrose D. Bell<br />Harley C. Bement<br />George Bennett<br />Jonas Bennett<br />William W. Bennett<br />Daniel Benton<br />Danel E. Birdsall<br />Charles Birdsell - honorary<br />Dennis Birmingham<br />John Bissell<br />George W. Blain<br />Dr. Zenas E. Bliss<br />Mortimer Bonner<br />Mrs. Mortimer Bonner - honorary<br />Henry Booth<br />Baker Borden<br />Charles Bouton - 1905 roster<br />Hugh Boyd<br />Frank Bracelin - Old Third status unknown<br />Simon Brennan<br />Nelson Brashaw - probably Nelson Bressan<br />Joseph Brewer<br />Harvey S. Briggs<br />John Broad<br />Dan Bronson - honorary; Colonel Dan McConnell's "servant "and the only known African-American member of the Association<br />Eli W. Brown - 1905 roster<br />Harvey Brown - probably Henry Brown<br />Hiram Brown<br />Joseph Brown<br />Isaac Burbank - 1905 roster<br />John Henry Burke - 1905 roster<br />Thomas Byers<br />Charles Calkins - 1905 roster<br />Henry S. Calkins - 1905 roster<br />John Calkins<br />Adolphe Campau<br />George Carlisle<br />Albert Carpenter - 1905 roster<br />Benjamin Carpenter<br />John G. Carpenter<br />A. X. Cary - honorary<br />Edward Case<br />Theodore Castor<br />James Cavenaugh<br />Alex. G. Champlin - honorary<br />John W. Champlin - honorary<br />Mrs. Mary Champlin - honorary<br />Albert Chase- 1905 roster<br />Edward Chase<br />George Childs<br />Hobart H. Chipman<br />C. Christler - Old Third status unknown<br />A. L. Chubb - 1905 roster, Old Third status unknown<br />Leonard Church<br />Edgar W. Clark<br />Harlan P. Colby<br />Burnett C. Collins<br />Robert J. Compton<br />William Courser<br />J. H. Covert - honorary<br />David C. Crawford<br />Daniel G. Crotty<br />G. F. Crotty - honorary<br />Lawrence Croy<br />Noah Culver - 1905 roster<br />B. Cunningham - 1905 roster, Old Third status unknown<br />Calvin Curler<br />John J. Cutler<br />Henry Cutler<br />Emerson Danforth - 1905 roster<br />Mrs. John Dart - honorary<br />C. Davis - honorary<br />David L. Davis<br />Edward P. Davidson<br />David L. Davis<br />George W. Davis<br />James Davis - 1905 roster<br />John Davis - Old Third status unknown<br />John C. Davis - Old Third status unknown<br />Washington Davis<br />Mrs. Washington Davis - honorary<br />Martin De Boe<br />Meerweis De Kraker<br />John Dennis<br />John H. Dennis - honorary<br />Ezekial H. Dewey<br />Austin P. Dibble<br />John Dibble<br />Wallace W. Dickinson<br />Mrs. W. W. Dickinson - honorary<br />Andrew E. Dinsmore<br />George W. Dodge<br />William H. Drake<br />Joseph Dunn - 1905 roster<br />Samuel Duram<br />Aaron Durfee<br />Albert Durfee<br />Edward Earle<br />John D. Earle - honorary<br />Abraham Eddy<br />Charles Eddy<br />Charles Ellet<br />Charles Elliott - Old Third status unknown<br />Miner J. Emlaw<br />David Emmons<br />Anne Etheridge - honorary<br />Joseph Evered<br />Julius Faenger<br />Joseph C. Feheley<br />W. N. P. Ferris<br />Washington K. Ferris<br />Sanford Fish<br />Leonard Fleck<br />John Foulks - 1905 roster<br />Dewitt Foreman<br />Francis Forman<br />John Fortier - honorary<br />Oscar Foster<br />Roy Foster - honorary<br />Charles Fox - Old Third status unknown<br />J. R. Free - Old Third status unknown<br />George French<br />William S. Gallup<br />Alfred A. Garlock<br />Samuel S. Garrison<br />John Garrison - honorary<br />Israel Geer<br />Benjamin Gilden<br />Mrs. Benjamin Gilden - honorary<br />James Gillespie - 1905 roster<br />William H. Goff<br />Benjamin Gooch<br />Robert Graham<br />Lycurgus E. Granger<br />Samuel Greenwood - 1905 roster<br />Dr. James F. Grove<br />William E. Grove - honorary<br />Dennis Guernsey<br />Peter H. Haight - Old Third status unknown<br />Ralph Hanley<br />James Hanna<br />Charles Harris<br />George W. Harris<br />Albert Hayes<br />Don Henderson - honorary<br />Charles Henry<br />Byron Hess - 1905 roster<br />Levi Heth<br />August Heyer<br />Ira Hiler<br />Warren G. Hill<br />Henry H. Himelberger<br />Moses B. Houghton<br />Mrs. Moses B. Houghton - honorary<br />Theodore Houk<br />George Houseman<br />Ransom Howe<br />Ransom Howell - 1905 roster<br />George Hubbard<br />O. P. Huntley<br />William A. Hyde - honorary<br />Orvil C. Ingersoll<br />Geo. H. Irwin - honorary<br />John Jackson - honorary (R)<br />Samuel Jason - 1905 roster<br />Zeph Jeffries<br />Eli D. Johnson<br />Ira G. Johnson<br />Oscar Johnson<br />Nelson Jones - Old Third status unknown<br />Wilson Jones<br />William J. Jubb<br />George Judd<br />Samuel Judd - honorary<br />Louie Kanitz - honorary<br />Patrick Kearney<br />Lee Kelley<br />John A. Kellogg<br />Abram Ketchum<br />Jerome Kibbe<br />George B. Kibbee<br />Andrew J. Killpatrick<br />Henry E. Kingsbury<br />Mrs. Henry E. Kingsbury - honorary<br />Mrs. S. G. Kinkaid - honorary<br />Andrew Kirshman<br />John Frederick Klink<br />George Koch<br />William Koch<br />Conrad Kritzer<br />Herman Kusig<br />Mrs. Herman Kusig - honorary<br />Mrs. George Lamb - honorary<br />Lorenzo D. Lamphere<br />Charles Land<br />John Laraway<br />David C. Leach<br />Joseph Ledbeter<br />Edwin Lewis<br />Oliver Lewis<br />Smith K. Lewis<br />Henry Lindemeier - 1905 roster<br />John Lindsey<br />Mrs. John Lindsey - honorary<br />Stephen Longyear<br />Don G. Lovell - 1905 roster<br />Charles B. Lovrien<br />Charles Luce - honorary<br />Gregory Luce - honorary<br />Hiram Luce<br />Mrs. Hiram Luce - honorary<br />Ransom B. Luce - honorary<br />Charles D. Lyon<br />Hiram Madden - honorary<br />Henry Magoon - 1905 roster<br />Edwin H. Mallory<br />Frank Mallory - Old Third status unknown<br />C. B. Mann<br />William H. Marlett<br />John H. Martin - honorary<br />Frank Martig<br />Burdette Mason - 1905 roster<br />Mike McCarthy<br />Orange McClure<br />Daniel McConnell<br />Allen McKee<br />Joel McLenithan<br />W. A. McMann<br />John McNab<br />A. T. McReynolds - honorary<br />J. E. Messmore - honorary<br />A. J. Meyers<br />Alvah M. Miller - Old Third status unknown<br />Charles Miller<br />James Miller - Old Third status unknown<br />John Miller<br />George W. Mills<br />James Misner - 1905 roster<br />Robert Misner<br />Daniel S. Moe<br />Emery Moon<br />Wilbur H. Moon<br />E. Moore - Old Third status unknown<br />H. M. Moore - Old Third status unknown<br />Walter B. Morrison<br />Webster Morris<br />Allen D. Morse - honorary<br />Benjamin Morse<br />Edwin Morse<br />Henry M. Morse<br />Lewis P. Morse - honorary<br />M. W. Morse - honorary<br />Wilberd Morse - honorary<br />Frank Muhlberg<br />Walter Mundell<br />Samuel D. Murray<br />Robert Musgrove<br />Andrew T. Myers<br />Nicholas Myers - Old Third status unknown<br />Richard Myers - Old Third status unknown<br />George K. Nairn<br />Carlton Neal<br />Lucius J. Neal<br />John Nelthorpe<br />Judge R. L. Newham - honorary<br />Moses S. Newman<br />Edwin Nickerson<br />Willard Olds<br />King R. Olmstead<br />John B. Osgood - 1905 roster<br />Fernando Page<br />Heman Parish<br />A. A. Parker - Old Third status unknown<br />Albert C. Parker<br />Henry Parker - 1905 roster<br />James Parm - 1905 roster<br />Henry J. Patterson<br />William Paustle<br />Dayton S. Peck<br />Freling W. Peck<br />Robert H. Peck<br />Aldrich Pelton - honorary<br />Mrs. Albert Pelton - honorary<br />Alfred Pelton<br />Andrew J. Pelton<br />Mrs.Andrew J. Pelton - honorary<br />Silas M. Pelton<br />Lewis Perkins<br />Lewis Pettit<br />Charles Philbrick - honorary<br />Esquire C. Phillips<br />Byron R. Pierce<br />Edwin S. Pierce<br />H. W. V. Pierce - honorary<br />Silas K. Pierce - member 6th Michigan cavalry<br />Arthur A. Place<br />Ira Poats<br />George Powers<br />Mrs. Dr. George Powers - honorary<br />George Prescott<br />Rev. J. S. Preston - honorary<br />S. Preston - honorary<br />John R. Price<br />Samuel E. Pryor<br />Walter Quigley<br />Reuben Randall<br />Levi C. Rathbun<br />James Reed<br />Merrick D. Reed<br />James Reeves<br />George W. Remington<br />L. C. Remington - honorary<br />James Renwick<br />William Renwick<br />W. H. Reynolds - 1905 roster, Old Third status unknown<br />James Rhodes<br />J. B. Richardson - honorary<br />Franklin S. Robins<br />Daniel S. Root<br />Charles Rose<br />Charles W. Rose<br />E. O. Rose - honorary<br />Orlando Rowe - 1905 roster<br />Albert Rudolph - Old Third status unknown<br />Geo. Rutherford - honorary<br />William Ryan<br />Mrs. Wwilliam L. Ryan - honorary<br />S. S. Sampson - Old Third status unknown<br />Truman Sawdy<br />Chas. H. C. Scaddin<br />George Schermerhorn<br />Mrs. Georeg Schermerhorn - honorary<br />August Schmidt<br />Mrs. August Schmidt - honorary<br />Christian Schmidt<br />Ludwig Schmidt - 1905 roster<br />Michael Schmidt<br />George Schwegler<br />Job Scott<br />Wilbur C. Scott<br />Albert H. Scranton<br />George P. Scranton<br />George Shadduck<br />Allen S. Shattuck<br />Nelson Shattuck<br />John Shaw<br />Zeph Shaw - Old Third status unknown<br />D. O. Shaver - honorary<br />Mrs. Elmira Shear - honorary<br />R. G. Shear - Old Third status unknown<br />D. O. Sheres - honorary<br />Oscar M. Sherburn<br />Frederick Schriver<br />Isaac Sigler - honorary<br />Rufus W. Skeels<br />S. Skeely - Old Third status unknown<br />W. S. Slasson - Old Third status unknown<br />Charles W. Smith<br />Israel C. Smith<br />Mrs. Israel C. Smith - honorary<br />James V. Smith - 1905 roster<br />Nathan J. Smith<br />Riley Smith<br />Mrs. Riley Smith - honorary<br />Sidney B. Smith<br />Wm. A. Smith<br />Thomas Somerset<br />Ahira D. Southard<br />Minor P. Spaulding<br />Samuel J. Spaulding<br />John A. Stanton<br />Simond P. Stanton<br />Charles Starks<br />Sylvanus Staring<br />Ambrose A. Stevens<br />Elisha O. Stevens<br />Joseph Stevens<br />William F. Stevens - honorary<br />Ezra Stewart - 1905 roster<br />Warren Stone<br />Frederick A. Stowe<br />Geo. F. Stowe - honorary<br />R. F. Stowe - honorary<br />N. J. Streeter - honorary<br />John T. Strong<br />John H. Sumner<br />Joseph Sutton<br />Charles Swain<br />Charles Sweet - 1905 roster<br />Herbert S. Taft - 1905 roster<br />Levi Tanner<br />Alfred Tate<br />Thomas Tate<br />Mrs. Phebe Tate - honorary<br />Chauncey B. Taylor<br />Guilford D. Taylor<br />John A. Taylor<br />James M. Taylor<br />Martin V. Taylor<br />Edgar F. Teele<br />Mrs. E. E. Ten Eyck - honorary<br />A. A. Tewksbury<br />Homer Thayer<br />Bartlett Thompson - 1905 roster<br />Stephen D. Thompson<br />Thomas Thompson<br />Frederick Teadt<br />Horace Tompkins - Old Third status unknown<br />Albert B. Towne<br />Capt. Townsend, U.S.A. - honorary<br />Benjamin C. Tracy<br />Mrs. Ben C. Tracy - honorary<br />Franklin Tubbs<br />Andrew Tuttle<br />Charles H. VanDusen<br />N. H. Vincent - honorary<br />Charles H. Vosburgh<br />C. H. Wagner - 1905 roster, Old Third status unknown<br />Benjamin F. Waite<br />Isaac Waite<br />John N. Wait<br />Thomas Waite<br />William Waldig - 1905 roster<br />Isaac Walker<br />David Warner<br />Archibald Washburn - 1905 roster<br />Thomas Waters<br />Arthur Watkins - 1905 roster<br />E. C. Watkins - honorary<br />E. S. Watkins - Old Third status unknown<br />Andrew J. Webster<br />William H. H. Wells<br />D. M. Wetzell - honorary<br />Stephen Wheaton<br />Frank Wheeler<br />John Wheeler<br />Edward C. Wheelock<br />Mrs. F. H. White - honorary<br />James White - 1905 roster<br />Samuel White, Jr<br />Thomas White<br />Abraham J. Whitney<br />Warren G. Wilkinson<br />A. L. Williams - Old Third status unknown<br />James Williams - member 21st Michigan infantry<br />Thomas Williams<br />William L. Williams<br />William W. Williams - Old Third status unknown<br />Daniel E. Wilson<br />William P. Wilson<br />William Winegar - honorary<br />George Wiselogel - 1905 roster<br />J. H. Wood41 - 1905 roster, Old Third status unknown<br />William E. Woodruff<br />Abram Woodard<br />Caleb Woolpert<br />Frederick Worden<br />William Wright<br />Albert Wustrow<br />George Young - honorary<br />William Zilkey</span></div><br />Steve Soperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805054068549522404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37598678.post-56815179014122166472021-03-25T01:00:00.001-04:002021-03-25T01:00:04.252-04:00No Further Record<p>At least 30 men are listed as "no further record" in regimental documents and with the exception of Henry Smith, Thomas Henfry and Virgil Hamilton all were listed in an "Unassigned" company. </p><p>Clarkson Abbott<br />Charles Brown, substitute<br />Joseph Cantor, substitute <br />Edward Grayson, substitute <br />Edward Hall <br />Charles Hamill <br />Virgil Hamilton <br />John Hamilton, substitute<br />Gilbert Hansen<br />John Harper <br />John Harris<br />Thomas Henfry <br />Henry Jones <br />Nathaniel Lenning <br />John Marsh <br />Christy Martin <br />John Miller (2), substitute<br />William Monroe (2)<br />Edwin Moucham <br />Edward New, substitute <br />John Otto, substitute <br />Charles Palmer <br />Samuel Sikes<br />Henry Smith, substitute <br />Robert Smith <br />Alfred Spencer <br />Calvin Strain <br />Franz Sumner, substitute <br />Henry Ward, substitute <br />Charles White, substitute</p><p>Only Henfry and Hamill appear to have ended up in several different units: Henfry served in the 17th US infantry and Hamill served in the 12th Michigan infantry, the 1st US cavalry and in fact stayed in the army after the war serving out west for some years. </p><p>Eleven of the 30 were substitutes for men drafted. </p><p>Five of the 30 are known to have survived the war. </p><p><b>Enlisted in but never joined the regiment </b><br />Another seven men never joined the 3rd Michigan in Virginia: Rendel Fisher, William Sayles, Martin Bates, John Lucas, George Runyan, Edmund Bement and Preston Chaille.
Aside from Fisher the other six joined a different Michigan unit: Sayles in the 6th cavalry, Bates in the 3rd cavalry, Lucas in the 10th cavalry, Runyan in the 5th infantry, Bement in the 12th infantry and Chaille in the Light Artillery. All but Fisher are known to have survived the war (what became of Fisher remains unknown). </p>Steve Soperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805054068549522404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37598678.post-52474096906013887072021-03-24T01:00:00.007-04:002021-03-24T01:00:09.040-04:00Forgotten<p><b> <br />Left out of the "Brown Book" Regimental Record of Service </b></p><p>For reasons which are today unclear, 35 men were not listed in the official state-sponsored regimental record of history of service of the Old 3rd Michigan Infantry. </p><p>The so-called "Brown Book" series underwritten by the Michigan State Adjutant General's Office under the direction of then Adjutant General George Brown, consisted of one volume for each regiment listing each soldier's name followed by the company letter. "Unassigned" refers to a soldier who was never assigned to a company in the 3rd Michigan, often as the result of being assigned or transferred to another unit but that was not always the case. Unfortunately the record remains unclear on this.</p><p>Given their well-known reputation and status int he local West Michigan community, some of the missing names, such as Adolphe Campau, Edwin Pierce, Don Lovell and Daniel Littlefield are indeed surprising.</p><p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--etroRtGNVA/YFiTCSf41iI/AAAAAAABxXs/DGa4TpXxc58wR18l5fywCImTVDUiEu3MQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1300/P016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1300" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--etroRtGNVA/YFiTCSf41iI/AAAAAAABxXs/DGa4TpXxc58wR18l5fywCImTVDUiEu3MQCLcBGAsYHQ/w308-h400/P016.jpg" width="308" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Daniel Littlefield</td></tr></tbody></table>BELLOWS, George W. - E
<br />BENSON, John - D
<br />IGGS, Solomon D. - D
<br />BRADFORD, James H. - C
<br />BURBANK, Isaac - F
<br />BURGESS, Maynard E. - Unassigned
<br />CAMPAU, Adolph T. - A
<br />CHAILLE, Preston - Unassigned
<br />CLAY, George S. - E
<br />DIBBLE, Austin P. - K
<br />DRAPER, Charles S. - I
<br />EBERLY, Antony - C
<br />FISHER, Rendel - Unassigned
<br />FOOTE, Allen Ripley - B
<br />GARLOCK, Alfred A. - E
<br />HAMILL, Charles O. - Unassigned
<br />HARKER, John - Unassigned
<br />HARRIS, John - Unassigned
<br />KILBY, Patrick - G
<br />LITTLEFIELD, Daniel W. - A
<br />LOVELL, Don G. - A
<br />LUCAS, John - Unassigned
<br />MONROE, William - Unassigned
<br />MOUCHAM, Edwin - Unassigned
<br />NEAL, Carlton - K
<br />OWEN, William M. or Marvin - D
<br />PARM, James - I
<br />PAUSTLE, Austin - H
<br />PERRY, Silas S. - G
<br />PIERCE, Edwin S. - E
<br />SAYLES, William G. or R. - B
<br />SEELAND, Edward - C
<br />SHELDON, George W. - E
<br />STRONG, John J. - G
<br />TAYLOR, Lyman A. - H</p><p>Another 7 were listed only in the 5th Michigan Infantry regimental history:</p><p>
BARKER, Fred - K <br />BISSOT, Henry - Unassigned
<br />CHAMBERLAIN, Charles -Unassigned
<br />KENNICUTT, Daniel - K
<br />KORTEN, George - Unassigned
<br />MONTAGUE, Charles - Unassigned
<br />STEELE, Peter - G</p>Steve Soperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805054068549522404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37598678.post-72779837485947909402021-03-23T01:00:00.007-04:002021-03-31T10:00:57.721-04:00Deaths<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizHTW0pu9ZyLK7BZE5LUR9N9uBoQFxYIvpZJicsS8eifpXrbsoCVrxXGIcN0ihq9o-e2iNHt5-GDZPvtcD62aQmdy6gIoubxvMj68Wr4xy6CM6RayazLN8VXag9_PyfJoz7Fnr/s2048/PhotoDrawingMysteries04061709.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1602" data-original-width="2048" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizHTW0pu9ZyLK7BZE5LUR9N9uBoQFxYIvpZJicsS8eifpXrbsoCVrxXGIcN0ihq9o-e2iNHt5-GDZPvtcD62aQmdy6gIoubxvMj68Wr4xy6CM6RayazLN8VXag9_PyfJoz7Fnr/w640-h500/PhotoDrawingMysteries04061709.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">unburied dead at the Rose Farm, Gettysburg, July 1863, by Timothy O'Sullivan</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Of 1,411 men enrolled in the 3rd Michigan Infantry, we have death dates for 1,241.
<br /><br />From the middle of June of 1861 until the regiment was mustered out of federal service on June 10, 1864, 260 men of the Old 3rd Michigan died: </p><p>103 men killed in action<br />49 from wounds<br />97 of disease4 in accidents<br />1 suicide1 murdered<br />5 unknown cause </p><p>This represents a nearly 18% casualty rate (based on a total enrollment of 1,411).<br /><br />
When we take into account men consolidated into the 5th Michigan Infantry, transferred to other regiments or discharged from the 3rd Michigan and who subsequently reentered the military, another 90 men died by the time the war ended on May 6, 1865. Another 11 men did not live to see 1866.
From the spring of 1861 until the end of 1865 at least 361 men of the 3rd Michigan infantry perished. As a group, the 3rd Michigan suffered a 25% casualty rate, or one of every four men who enrolled in the 3rd would not survive the end of 1865.<br /><br /><b>
First to die </b><br />The first man to die was probably Joseph Proper or Propier, on May 8, 1861, at Cantonment Anderson in Grand Rapids. He was buried about one mile away from the camp in what is now Oak Hill (north) cemetery, at the corner of Eastern and Hall streets in Grand Rapids. (Note: Joseph is not included in the calculations here since he was never mustered into state, let alone federal service.)<br /><br />
Of those men mustered into service with the regiment Chauncey Strickland was the first to die. He perished of lung fever at camp in Grand Rapids on June 18, 1861.<br /><br />
His remains were returned to his family home in Clinton County.
The first man to die after the regiment arrived in Virginia was probably William Choate of Company C; he died of disease at Camp Blair, Virginia, near the Chain Bridge and presumably buried near the camp.
Homer Morgan of Company B was the first to die by violence, on July 20, 1861, allegedly a suicide.<br /><br /><b>
Last to die <br /></b>Originally in Company E Moses Monroe transferred to the 5th Michigan Infantry in June of 1864 when the regiments were consolidated. He was wounded on April 6, 1865 at Sayler’s Creek, Virginia, near Appomattox and died of his wounds on April 23.<br /><br />
Eleven other former members of the 3rd Michigan died in April of 1865, and another three in May. For example, Casper Thenner, sick from disease, had just returned to his home in Grand Rapids when he died on May 27, and was interred in what is now an unmarked grave in Oak Hill (south) cemetery.
The last to die in 1865 was probably Asa Daniels, who had recently returned to Clinton County, Michigan when he died of unknown causes on December 13.
Perhaps the last man to die as a direct consequence of the war was Samuel Thurston of Company C. According to the Grand Rapids Herald of February 9, 1897,
“After carrying a rebel bullet in his right lung for over thirty years” Thurston, who was an inmate of the Michigan Soldiers' Home “has given up the fight. The bullet had for over thirty years been ploughing its way downward through the tissues of the lungs, and yesterday afternoon dropped out, death being almost instantaneous. The ball was covered with a linen patch, just as it had left the rifle of some rebel soldier, the patch and bullet being firmly connected. At 2 o'clock yesterday morning Thurston was taken to the hospital, having been in usual good health up to a short time before that. In the afternoon he complained to his nurse that his heart pained him, and while she was gone to secure a hot water application Thurston died.”<br /><br /><b>
Last man standing. . . </b><br />The last known survivor of the Old 3rd Michigan Infantry, was probably Edward McArdle of Company E. He died on October 15, 1937, at the Pacific Branch, National Military Home, Los Angeles, California, and was buried in the National Cemetery in Los Angeles.
</p>Steve Soperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805054068549522404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37598678.post-71750034861388243832021-03-22T01:00:00.002-04:002021-03-31T10:01:09.185-04:00Burial places<p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f3iwKL6C2JU/YFdqRqEhbmI/AAAAAAABxVc/WJ6RjN0-E0QVFlqSUTIfG5domyt_otPggCLcBGAsYHQ/s709/G764.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="709" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f3iwKL6C2JU/YFdqRqEhbmI/AAAAAAABxVc/WJ6RjN0-E0QVFlqSUTIfG5domyt_otPggCLcBGAsYHQ/w339-h400/G764.jpg" width="339" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> eight men of the Old Third are buried in <br />Dayton National Cemetery, Ohio.</td></tr></tbody></table>Of the 1,411 men enrolled in the 3rd Michigan Infantry, we have burial locations for 1,265. </p><p>The men of the Old 3rd Michigan Infantry died literally all over the United States and Canada. They are buried as far west as California and British Columbia, as far south as Key West, Florida and as far north as Montana and Maine.</p><p>
The great majority are buried in Michigan and Virginia, followed by Pennsylvania, New York and Ohio. In fact, at least 884 men who served in the Old 3rd Michigan Infantry, or nearly 62% of the total enrolled, died and were buried in Virginia or Michigan.</p><p>
Of the 684 men reportedly buried in Michigan, by far the largest number (208) are found in Kent County, and of that number 43 are buried in the “Michigan Soldiers’ Home” Cemetery in Grand Rapids.</p><p>
After Kent, the Michigan counties with the next highest number of burials are Ottawa (53), Ionia (50), Barry (37), Muskegon (27) and Newaygo (23).</p><p>
Unknown Many of the 195 men buried in Virginia are probably interred in unknown graves scattered throughout the state, like so many thousands of soldiers.
For example, it is likely that of the estimated 35 men who died at Fair Oaks, Virginia, on May 31, 1862, all are interred in Seven Pines National Cemetery, although we know exact locations for only a fraction of that number. And the men who died at Groveton on August 29, 1862, their remains were reportedly brought to Arlington National Cemetery and interred in a mass grave very close to the Custis-Lee mansion.</p><p>
The fact that so many men who died in prison camps remain listed as "unknown" is well-established. However, it is also quite likely that several of the Old 3rd soldiers who returned to Michigan during the war and died at home today rest in unmarked graves. This is particularly true for Samuel Camp in Lamont, Ottawa County, Francis Barlow, Henry Kampe and William Gibson in Grand Rapids, as well as Chauncey Strickland probably in Clinton County.
</p>Steve Soperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805054068549522404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37598678.post-64237138129338136772021-03-21T01:00:00.005-04:002022-09-22T11:51:51.754-04:00Birth places - updated 22 September 2022<p>Of the 1,285 reported birthplaces of the men of the Old 3rd Michigan Infantry 217 were born in Europe, and 74 in Canada, or some or more than 22% of the reported places of birth. Another 998 in the United States.</p><p>From Europe the highest number came from present-day Germany (107), followed by England (39), Scotland (14) and Ireland (35). </p><p>In the United States, the overwhelming number of men were born were born in New York State (497), accounting for nearly39% of the total reported. Next was Michigan with 225 or about 18% of reported birthplaces; of that number 31 men were born in Kent County (the point of origin for the regiment). Third highest was Ohio (131). </p><p>Taken together, New York, Ohio and Michigan accounted for more than two-thirds (66.4%) of all reported birthplaces.</p>Steve Soperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805054068549522404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37598678.post-13679027945638445852021-03-20T09:27:00.007-04:002021-03-31T10:01:30.884-04:00Dwight Merrill grave update<p><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Dwight Merrill, Company E, 3rd Michigan Infantry. Buried in Whipple Cemetery, Newaygo County. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gsJBA_y_rvM/YFX4AwIgzrI/AAAAAAABxTY/I9tvo3zDQysG6pE5tHKUr3byI0K6nx1SwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1500/P9590725.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1126" data-original-width="1500" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gsJBA_y_rvM/YFX4AwIgzrI/AAAAAAABxTY/I9tvo3zDQysG6pE5tHKUr3byI0K6nx1SwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/P9590725.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq0wFUBKLYUKDjjIZ1Q8W2gQ-atGgx4VCBGPjJ21qg_AjEMbIGtNOwodpCYVen-adWr0471myyMpmxgNDNOZzq6xwwOmVYv1h0gYs2E3LOKbHylXNw9dVERShy5tg6_7dHobLn/s2048/P9590726.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1334" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq0wFUBKLYUKDjjIZ1Q8W2gQ-atGgx4VCBGPjJ21qg_AjEMbIGtNOwodpCYVen-adWr0471myyMpmxgNDNOZzq6xwwOmVYv1h0gYs2E3LOKbHylXNw9dVERShy5tg6_7dHobLn/w416-h640/P9590726.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-liezcocmtuQ/YFX4A-MmXlI/AAAAAAABxTc/Jnp5k-KRstwlUpgNnwrgnKlvzYh1aauIQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1500/P9590727.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1126" data-original-width="1500" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-liezcocmtuQ/YFX4A-MmXlI/AAAAAAABxTc/Jnp5k-KRstwlUpgNnwrgnKlvzYh1aauIQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/P9590727.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p>Steve Soperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805054068549522404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37598678.post-64926275362343104852021-03-08T01:00:00.004-05:002021-03-31T10:01:39.583-04:00Allen Shattuck update<p><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Matt VanAcker, Director, Tour, Education and Information Service for the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing, and curator of Save the Flags, recently shared with me two fascinating bits of information regarding Allen Shattuck, formerly of Company G: the first is Shattuck’s </span><a href="/s/clipping_11761762.pdf" style="white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">climb up the capitol dome</a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> and the second concerns </span><a href="/s/LSJ-April-5-1942-Mail-Carriers-Photo.pdf" style="white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">his role as a delivery person</a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> in Lansing after the war. Shattuck, along with his two brothers Daniel and Nelson, served in Company G, 3rd Michigan during the Civil War. See the </span><a href="https://www.oldthirdmichigan.org/thirdmichigan-news/2010/08/allen-s-daniel-w-and-nelson-t-shattuck.html" style="white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">sketches of the three Shattuck brothers</a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">If you’d like to know more about Save the Flags please contact Matt at <a href="mailto:MVanacker@legislature.mi.gov?subject=Save%20the%20Flags">MVanacker@legislature.mi.gov.</a></p>Steve Soperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805054068549522404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37598678.post-29998413682782728912021-03-01T01:00:00.002-05:002021-03-31T10:01:54.628-04:00Books on the 3rd Michigan Infantry<p> <b style="font-size: 24px;">The History of the 3rd Michigan Infantry<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p><p class="p2" style="font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Based on over 30 years of research and thousands of pages of primary and contemporary source materials, the history of the first infantry regiment to leave Grand Rapids, Michigan for the war in Virginia, is available in two volumes:</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><span class="s2" style="color: #0000e9; font-kerning: none; text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/steve-soper/history-of-the-3rd-michigan-infantry-revised-edition/hardcover/product-21551019.html">History of the 3rd Michigan 1855-1865</a></span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The story of the regiment from its beginnings in the mid-1850s when western Michigan was a frontier to its final mustering out of federal service. in June of 1864 More than 450 pages long with a detailed chronology, rosters, numerous appendices, an extensive bibliography and exhaustive surname index.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><span class="s2" style="color: #0000e9; font-kerning: none; text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="http://www.lulu.com/content/hardcover-book/history-of-the-3rd-michigan-infantry-association-revised-edition/14556102">History of the 3rd Michigan Infantry Association 1870-1927</a></span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"> Recounts the creation of the Old 3rd Michigan Infantry Association in the early 1870s and describes each of the 55 annual reunions. Based on newspaper accounts and association records, also comes with an extensive surname index and membership roster.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Also available is <a href="http://www.lulu.com/product/hardcover/the-generals-of-the-3rd-michigan-infantry/18704402"><span class="s3" style="color: #0000e9; font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">The Generals of the 3rd Michigan Infantry</span></a> Provides comprehensive biographical sketches of the five men who were awarded the rank of brevet general during the American Civil War; four brigadier generals: Stephen G. Champlin, Moses B. Houghton, Israel C. Smith, and Ambrose A. Stevens; and one major general Byron R. Pierce.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-size: 24px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 16.1px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b>The Biographies of the Men who served in the 3rd Michigan Infantry<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Now available in print the biographies of every one of the 1,411 men who served at one time or another in the 3rd Michigan Infantry, 1st organization.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>In four volumes, on Amazon:</span></p><p class="p3" style="color: #0000e9; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><span class="s4" style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08978X1DP/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_M1zeFbDQRDC6H">Abbott to Cutler</a></span></p><p class="p3" style="color: #0000e9; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><span class="s4" style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0898ZY31Z/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_N2zeFbCAP2BWG">Dailey to Kusig</a></span></p><p class="p3" style="color: #0000e9; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><span class="s4" style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08928L8NZ/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_C3zeFbA39K3T3">Lacey to Ryan</a></span></p><p class="p3" style="color: #0000e9; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><span class="s4" style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08928L8CD/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_n4zeFb2HADHS2">Salisbury to Zoll</a></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">And thanks for the support!</span></p>Steve Soperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805054068549522404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37598678.post-39263368571549761352021-02-27T09:46:00.000-05:002021-02-27T09:46:28.118-05:00Back in action<p>The 3rd Michigan Infantry research Project website has migrated back to blogger so be sure to subscribe and get the latest updates. </p><p>Over the coming weeks I'll be posting information from the old website so it will still be accessible.</p><p>Thanks for your support!</p>Steve Soperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805054068549522404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37598678.post-83025715296801486342018-07-24T14:35:00.004-04:002018-07-24T14:35:57.412-04:003rd Michigan blog has movedHi to all you who have been faithfully following this blog for the past I-don't-know-how-many years, well it's moved to my Old 3rd Michigan website. 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SteveSteve Soperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805054068549522404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37598678.post-89204520440991792302017-12-04T07:13:00.001-05:002017-12-04T07:13:55.697-05:00Leonard PartelloLeonard was 44 years old, married with six children and probably from Lyons, Ionia County, when he enlisted for three years at Lyons on October 11, 1864, in Company C, 3rd <i>reorganized</i> Michigan Infantry.<br />
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He died of disease on January 8, 1868, at Murfreesboro, TN, and was buried in the National Cemetery at Stones River plot F, grave no. 2505.
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<br />Steve Soperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805054068549522404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37598678.post-72639053737347871452017-11-06T18:18:00.003-05:002017-11-06T18:18:37.851-05:00Peter Myers - updated 11/6/2017Peter Myers was born in 1841 in Chatham, Ontario, Canada, the son of Ontario, Canada natives Hiram Myers (1814-1900) and Barbara Traxler (1819-1895). <br />
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Peter’s parents were married in 1834 in Chatham, Ontario, Canada (where Barbara had been born), and resided in Chatham until sometime between 1843 and 1845, when they settled in first Sparta then Alpine Township, Kent County, Michigan. In 1847 and 1850 Hiram and his family were living in Plainfield, Kent County, and back in Sparta by 1854. By 1860 his father owned and operated a substantial amount of land in Sparta, Alpine Township. That same year Peter was attending school, working as a farm laborer and living with his family in Sparta. <br />
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He was 20 years and probably still living in Sparta when he enlisted with his parents’ consent in Company C on May 13, 1861. (His younger brother Andrew would join Company F in 1864. Peter’s sister Elizabeth married the brother of Allen Thayer would also join Company F, 3rd Michigan about the same time as Andrew Myers.) <br />
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Peter was shot in the shoulder on August 29, 1862, at Second Bull Run, and admitted to Bellevue hospital in New York City on September 12, 1862, from the steamer Bellevue. He remained hospitalized through January of 1863. He was awarded the Kearny Cross for his participation in the battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia on May 3, 1863, and was again absent sick in the hospital in August. <br />
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Peter eventually recovered and rejoined the Regiment. He was taken prisoner on November 30, 1863, at Mine Run, Virginia, and reportedly confined at Andersonville prison along with a brother who had joined the 1st Michigan cavalry (who allegedly died around August 1, 1864, at Andersonville). By the end of 1864 Peter was a prisoner in Blackshire, Georgia. He was paroled at Jacksonville, Florida on April 28, 1865, admitted to the hospital at Annapolis, Maryland on June 20, and discharged the same day. <br />
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After he left the army Peter returned to Sparta.<br />
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He married Canadian-born Henrietta Emmons (b. 1846) on July 4, 1865 in Sparta, and they had at least five children: Euphemia Barbara (1866-1929), George (b. 1874), Ethel (b. 1876), Grace (b. 1878) and Eugene (b. 1880). Henrietta was the sister of David Emmons who had served in Company K. <br />
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By 1870 peter was working a large farm and living with his wife and daughter in Sparta, next door to his parents and siblings. By 1880 the family had moved out west and living in Creighton, Knox County, Nebraska. The family eventually returned to Michigan.
Peter may have been a member of the Old 3rd Michigan Infantry Association. <br />
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In 1870 he applied for and received a pension (135407).<br />
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Peter reportedly died in April of 1883, probably in Sparta, and was buried in Meyers cemetery, Sparta: 0-123-1. <br />
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In August of 1883 Henrietta was living in Michigan when she applied for and received a widow’s pension (no. 885766). She eventually married Charles Marsh and in 1891 (?) she applied on behalf of one or more minor children for a dependent child’s pension which was granted (no. 354965).Steve Soperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805054068549522404noreply@blogger.com0