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Submitted by Laurie Warner Jacobs on 5-31-07:
From the Record First Michigan
Sharpshooters, First and Second U.S. Sharpshooters, Company D Western
Sharpshooters Civil War 1861-1865 published by the
State of Michigan, as pertains to the dress of the Western
Sharpshooters:
"It was armed with the American Deer and Target Rifle.
The accoutrements were not of the kind prescribed by army regulations,
but consisted of a bullet pouch of bear skin covering and a powder horn
or in some cases a flask. In the bullet pouch was a compartment where
the soldier carried his screw drivers, bullet moulds and patch cutter,
singular implements for a soldier; but Birge's boys moulded their own
bullets, greased them and patched them with as much care as an old
hunter would, and used them as effectively. It was the design of General
Fremont to give them a complete hunter dress, but this was vetoed by
Halleck, and the only thing peculiar about the dress was the hat, which
was a gray sugar loaf shaped affair, with three squirrel tails running
from both back and front and meeting at the apex of the crown in an
undescribable knot."
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Easton, Pulaski
28th Mich. Infantry
Company G
Easton was also a 49er
US Army
b 1826
d 4-22-1901
Oswego NY
Hartford MI
Age 74
Buried in
Pioneer Cemetery
Section 1, Lot 460
Interment #639
Hartford MIIn service
1864 - 1865
Resided in Hartford
1849 - 1901
Married to
Sarah Carleton Easton
Pulaski also went to CA for
the Gold Rush in 1849
11-1-2011 Information submitted by great-great-grandson,
Grant Shafer |
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Ellis, Daniel
Birge's Western
Sharpshooters
Company D
In service
2-25-1864 to 7-11-1865
Honorable Discharge
Age 40
From Keeler MI
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Erwin, John T.
Birge's Western Sharpshooters
Company D
In service
2-24-1864 to 7-11-1865
Honorable Discharge
Age 24
From Hartford MI |
Foster, Morris B.
Birge's Western
Sharpshooters
Company D
In service
9-24-1861 to 9-17-1864
Honorable Discharge
Age 20
From Keeler |
Fulgham, Jesse W.
Birge's Western Sharpshooters
Company D
In service
4-8-1862 to 4-14-1863
+Died
during active duty.
Taken sick and died
at Pulaski TN.
Age 30
From Bainbridge MI
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Gleason, Billy
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view Civil War Veterans photo in Keeler Cemetery |
Goodenough, Calvin C.
Birge's Western Sharpshooters
Company D
In service
10-11-1861 to 2-5-1862
+Discharged
for disability
Age 37
From Van Buren Co.
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Goodenough, Daniel E.
5th Corporal
Birge's Western Sharpshooters
Company D
Killed in Battle
of Corinth MS
In service 1861 to 10-4-1862
In service 1861 to 18__
Age 21
From Hartford MI |
Gould, Edwin G.
Birge's Western Sharpshooters
Company D
In service
2-22-1864 to 8-4-1865
POW
Taken prisoner at Laurel Hill SC
on 3-22-1865
Honorable Discharge.
Age 25
From Decatur MI
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Grimes, Milford D.
Birge's Western Sharpshooters
Company D
In service
2-25-1864 to 7-11-1865
Honorable Discharge
Age 23
From Decatur MI |
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Hammond, Luther H.
Birge's Western Sharpshooters
Company D
In service
10-3-1864 to 5-24-1862
+Discharged
for disability
at Monteray MS.
Died 5-30-1862
From Van Buren Co. |
Hardy, Eben
Birge's Western Sharpshooters
Company D
From Eagle NE
Age 18
In service
2-27-1864 at Kalamazoo MI
to 7-11-1865
Mustered out 7-7-1865
Honorable Discharge
Wounded in action on
5-27-1864 near Dallas, GA.
From Hartford MI
Photo submitted by
Fendon Dankert 1-2003. It is from
the Michigan History Magazine,
Jul-Aug 1998, Vol 82, #4 |
Harris, Charles A.
Birge's Western Sharpshooters
Company D
Age 40
In service
2-24-1864 to 7-11-1865
Honorable Discharge
From Lawrence MI |
Harris, David
Birge's Western Sharpshooters
Company D
Age 20
In service
6-4-1863 to (no record)
From Lawrence MI |
Harris, Isaac J.
Birge's Western Sharpshooters
Company D
Age 22
In service
8-27-1862 to 3-4-1864
Honorable Discharge
From Lawrence MI
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Hartman, Henry
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Union Army
21st Ohio Infantry
Company B
b 8-24-1848 d 2-4-1939
Stark Co. OH Fenton MI
Age 90y, 5m, 12d
Buried in Maple Hill Cemetery
Hartford MI
The photo above is of Henry Hartman with is wife,
Catherine Beal Hartman, circa 1890.
In service
8-19-1864 to 6-5-1865
Age 15
+
Contracted disease-illness-disability during
service
Took part in Sherman's March to
the Sea and witnessed
the capture of Jefferson Davis. At the end of the war, he marched
in the Grand Review at Alexandria VA.
Henry came to Covert to visit his sister in 1870. In 1875, he
married Catherine Beal of Covert. They lived on a farm east of Hartford where all their children were born. He lived on Shepard
St. in Hartford for 33 years at the time of his death.
Henry Hartman was Hartford's last Civil War Veteran.
Information and photo submitted 7-29-2003
by his Great-Great Granddaughter,
Diane Taylor Pawling. Henry is the Great-Grandfather of
Verl A. Taylor, who served during the Korean War,
and Frances Hartman Cade of Hartford. |
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Hazard, Asa D.
Birge's Western Sharpshooters
Company D
In service
3-10-1862 to 7-13-1862
+Taken
sick and discharged
at Corinth MS.
From Van Buren Co. |
Henry, William
Birge's Western Sharpshooters
Company D
In service
9-26-1861 to 5-13-1863
Wounded in action
at
Corinth MS. Discharged because of wounds 5-13-1863
From Van Buren Co. |
Hill, Frederick
Birge's Western Sharpshooters
Company D
In service
8-23-1862 to 10-4-1862
Killed in Action
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Hill, John D.
Wagon Master
Birge's Western Sharpshooters
Company D
In service
18__ to 7-11-1865
Honorable Discharge
Age 22
From Bainbridge MI
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Hill, Oscar P.
Birge's Western Sharpshooters
Company D
In service
9-24-1861 to 4-29-1862
Died during active duty. In Battle of Shiloh TN 4-6&7-1862, after
which was taken sick and died at
Camp Owl Creek TN.
From Keeler MI
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Hoover, Marion F.
US Army
Guard
7th Ohio Infantry - Company L
"Fighting Seventh
Infantry"
b 6-22-1839 d 1929
Buried in
Maple Hill Cemetery
Section 8, Lot 5
Hartford MI
In service
Wounded in action
10-18-1861 to 10-26-1864
In 1862, Marion was shot through the
knees at the battle of Port Republic, Virginia and spent a year in the
hospital. He was then transferred to the invalid corps and later to
brigade headquarters where he completed his service as a guard.
From New Lisbon OH
Resided in Hartford from
1872 until death.
Marion opened a wagon shop on East Main St. and ran it for 45 years.
He retired from business in 1917.
Married to Flora A. McNitt (Hartford) for over 51 years, they had 4
children, of which 2 survived infancy.
Son-in-law, Daniel Dudly Lightner,
served during WW1, Keith Hoover Lightner served in the Army during WW11,
Great Grandson,
Daniel Keith Lightner
served in the Army during Vietnam and
Great-Great Grandson, Matthew Lightner, served in the Marines during Iraq.
7-28-2007 - Information submitted by Great Grandson, Lyle H. Lightner. |
Horton, Jr., William
Lieutenant - Co. I, 12th Michigan Volunteer Infantry, 2d, Brig,
6th Div, 7th A.C.
Built forts, military roads and on several boards of survey.
b 7-4-1840 d -
Enlisted on
12-11-1861 in Niles MI
at age 21
Honorable Discharge 6-13-1865
at Little Rock AR.
POW/MIA
April 6, 1862 - captured at Shiloh and held at Montgomery, Macon, and
Libby for about 7 months.
+August,
1863, received sunstroke while on forced march from Yazoo City to Haines
Bluff, MS. Treated at field hospital and returned to his regiment in
Little Rock AR. Sept 1864, was sent home as a
recruiting officer and ordered to rejoin his regiment
at Little Rock.
Fought at Shiloh, Clarendon, Siege of Vicksburg, Little Rock, AR and
several skirmishes.
Was a farmer before the war. After war, he was a barber by trade and
lectured on Seven Months in the Rebel Prisons.
Resided in Hartford
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Hurlbut, Albert D.
Birge's Western Sharpshooters
Company D
Age 21
In service
2-18-1864 to 7-11-1865
Honorable Discharge
From Hartford MI
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Irish, Robert D.
Corporal
Birge's Western Sharpshooters
Company D
d 2-20-1900 at Free Soil MI
Age 33
In service
10-21-1861 to 7-11-1865
Honorable Discharge
From Hartford MI
Photo from Archives of Michigan |
Jaquay, Willard F.
Birge's Western Sharpshooters
Company D
Age 19
In service 1861 to 18__
From Bainbridge MI |
Jones, Francis M.
Corporal
Birge's Western Sharpshooters
Company D
In service
9-18-1861 to 10-8-1862
+Honorable
Discharge
for disability at Corinth MS.
From Van Buren Co.
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Jones, Orrin
Corporal
Birge's Western Sharpshooters
Company D
66th Regt of Illinois Volunteers
b 11-19-1843 d 4-16-1914
Montezuma NY
Age 70y, 4m, 28d
Enlisted at age 23
In service
2-10-1864 to 7-11-1865
Honorable Discharge
From Montezuma NY*
Lived in Decatur MI
Photo from Archives of Michigan. *States former residence as Fosterville.
NY |
Kennedy, James H.
Birge's Western Sharpshooters
Company D
d 5-31-1888
Age 26
In service
2-23-1864 to 7-11-1865
Mustered out at Louisville KY.
Honorable Discharge
From Hartford MI
Photo from Archives of Michigan. |
Kittring, Samuel
Birge's Western Sharpshooters
Company D
Age 18
In service
2-20-1864 to 7-11-1865
Honorable Discharge
From Bainbridge MI
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Klett, John
Co. F, 5th NY
Heavy Artillery
Pvt-Cplborn in Germany
+
Contracted disease-illness-disability during
service.
Mustered in
2-4-1862
Discharged
7-18-1865
(Surgeon's Cert. Disability)
G.A.R.
10-5-1881 (age 58)
Suspended
12-31-1885
Dropped
3-21-1886
Resided in Keeler MI
Occupation was as a farmer
Click here to view
Civil War Veterans photo in Keeler Cemetery
Photo provided by
Bernice Matrau Rudell 1-2003
Transcribed from original G.A.R. book by George H. Thomas Post, #014,
Benton Harbor MI 1880-1937
Submitted by
Carolyn Kasischke in 2008
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Klett, Martin
In Service
18__ to 18__
From Keeler
Click here to
view Civil War Veterans photo in Keeler Cemetery
Photo provided by
Bernice Matrau Rudell 1-2003
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Koch, William
Co. I, 47th Ind. Inf.,
Pvt-Pvt
b
d 9-17-1924
Stark Co. OH Hartford MI
Mustered in
2-20-1864
Discharged
10-23-1865 (expiration of term)
G.A.R.
12-7-18__ (age 42_
Reinstated
1-12-1913 (age 66)
Suspended
12-21-1922
Reinstated
3-15-1923
Resided in
Benton Harbor-Benton Twp
Transcribed from original G.A.R. book by
George H. Thomas Post, #014, Benton Harbor MI 1880-1937
Submitted by
Carolyn Kasischke in 2008 |
Lee, George
US Army - Pvt.
b 11-11-1822 d
5-11-1906
Pen Yan NY
Keeler MI
Age 99y, 5m, 23d
Buried at
Keeler Cemetery
Keeler MI
+
Contracted disease-illness-disability during
service
Resided in Keeler 1857-1909
Click here to view
Civil War Veterans photo in Keeler Cemetery
Information submitted by
Leandra B. Peak |
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Lewis,
Cyrus H.
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Col. Bissel's
1st Missouri Engineers Co. E
In service
7-31-1861
to 8-22-1865
Enlisted at Adrian MI
Honorable Discharge
at Lionville, PA
Wounded in action
From Troy, OH and
Woodbridge, MI.
Moved to Covert MI in 1875
and later to Coloma MI
Information submitted by
William (Bill) Dyer,
who is a great nephew by marriage of his
Aunt Louisa Holmes to C.H. Lewis.
(note: The volume listing the
Army Engineers in the Mich. State Library, quotes:
"Cyrus H. Lewis
(veteran) Woodbridge, MI, enlisted in Co. E. - 1st Missouri Engineers at
Adrian, MI for 3 years. Reenlisted Jan. 4th, 1864 at Nashville TN.
Mustered out Feb 16, 1864")
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Letter
C.H. Lewis wrote
on Christmas Day 12-25-1864 describing the Civil War
scene at that time:
Participated in the engagements at New
Madrid at Siege of the Island No. 19, Battle of Corinth, on gunboat train
that traveled in front of an engine that cleared the way for completion of
the Nashville and New York Railway in the Battle of Jonesboro, and in the
march to the sea in Georgia. |
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Note of interest:
August 2004, the webmaster was contacted by publishers of
ProvidenceWorks regarding possible inclusion of C.H. Lewis' letter into an
upcoming publication. In November 2004,
Coming Home,
a devotional journal offering inspiration and hope to the men and women
serving in the military, was published and included C.H. Lewis' Christmas
Day letter of 1864. ProvidenceWorks did sent a copy of the publication
to Bill Dyer and to the webmaster. |
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Lightner, Daniel D.
12th Regiment
Union troops
In service 1862 to 1863
+Discharged
with disabilities,
a disease of the spine contracted in the Army. Born in Coshocton County
(?) Ohio Relocated to Hartford MI in 1863. Daniel, age 42, died in
Hartford on April 29, 1878 and was buried in Pioneer Cemetery, Hartford MI
Daniel is the grandfather of
Daniel Keith Lightner, who served during Vietnam.
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Lobdell, Willis
Co. H, 1st Michigan Engineers
and Mechanics
d 1929 in Hartford MI
at age 83 years.
Age 18
In service
8-22-1864 at Grand Rapids MI
to 6-6-1865 at Washington DC
From Buck Creek MI,
was a farmer by occupation.
Resided in Hartford after the war. |
Long, William W.
Birge's Western
Sharpshooters
Company D
Age 27
In service
2-22-1864 to 7-22-1864
Killed in Action at
Battle of Knicker Jack Creek.
From Keeler MI
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WEBMASTER NOTE:
»The
communities of Hartford, Keeler, Decatur, Lawrence, Bangor, Millburg,
Bainbridge, and Arlington have been added to the Civil War Veterans listed
above because of the close proximity to the Hartford-Keeler area. The
Birge's Western Sharpshooters listed above were from a "History
of the Regiment" by Sergeant Ren
Barker, of Company D." and were
found listed on the internet site
http://www.michiganinthewar.org/sharpshooters/western.htm.
Many of the names show "Van Buren Co." as the hometown; some were
definitely from the Hartford area, but the actual home town of others are
unknown. This is the reason for inclusion of the Van Buren Co. names.
Other local communities in Van Buren and Berrien Counties are also listed
at this site.
»Updated
information is from
With The Western Sharpshooters Michigan Boys of Company D 66th Illinois
by Lorenzo A. Barker 1905. New edition information with additional
material, 1994, was provided by William (Bill) Dyer in August, 2002.
»As
the Michigan men who volunteered exceeded Michigan's quotas, many men
joined units in other states.
»The Michigan Calvary Brigade was made up of the 1st,
5th, 6th, and 7th units under the command of Brigadier General George
Custer of Monroe Michigan. At the conclusion of the war, some of
these regiments were kept in federal service against their will to
suppress the Indian uprisings in the west.
Submitted by Laurie Warner Jacobs on 5-31-07:
From the Record First Michigan
Sharpshooters, First and Second U.S. Sharpshooters, Company D Western
Sharpshooters Civil War 1861-1865 published by the
State of Michigan, as pertains to the dress of the Western
Sharpshooters:
"It was armed with the American Deer and Target Rifle.
The accoutrements were not of the kind prescribed by army regulations,
but consisted of a bullet pouch of bear skin covering and a powder horn
or in some cases a flask. In the bullet pouch was a compartment where
the soldier carried his screw drivers, bullet moulds and patch cutter,
singular implements for a soldier; but Birge's boys moulded their own
bullets, greased them and patched them with as much care as an old
hunter would, and used them as effectively. It was the design of General
Fremont to give them a complete hunter dress, but this was vetoed by
Halleck, and the only thing peculiar about the dress was the hat, which
was a gray sugar loaf shaped affair, with three squirrel tails running
from both back and front and meeting at the apex of the crown in an
undescribable knot." |
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