A
abolition/ists, 1, 2, 38, 46, 109, 123, 125
Adams, John Quincy, 90
Adrian, Mich., 1, 2, 3, 8, 13, 126, 201, 229, 230–31, 253; rendezvous in, 7, 232
Adrian College, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15. See also Camp Williams
Adrian Volunteers, 3, 6, 8. See also 4th Michigan Infantry, Company B
Akers, George, 51
Anderson, George “Tige,” 159, 160, 162
Ann Arbor, Mich., 4
Appomattox Court House, Va., 244–45
Archer, John, 37
Army of Northern Virginia, 74, 103, 127, 152, 153, 181, 212, 216, 244
Army of the Potomac, 38, 44, 52, 53, 57, 76, 81, 83, 85, 108, 110, 113, 115, 130, 147, 152, 153, 181, 186, 210, 218, 223
Army of Virginia (Union), 98
Austin, Charles, 90
B
Bachelder, John, 173, 260, 261
Baker, Edward, 42
balloon, observation, 45
Bancroft, John M., 10, 11, 14, 15, 18, 19, 23, 27, 43, 65, 74, 75, 77, 81, 86, 93, 95, 100, 102, 104, 107, 109, 111, 116, 124, 129, 138, 139, 140, 141, 143, 146, 148, 152, 153, 179, 180, 181, 188, 196, 199–200, 217, 219, 227–28; assigned to balloon service, 45; criticizes New York Herald account, 172; on fighting near Cold Harbor, 220–21; on fighting at Petersburg, 225–26; on 4th Michigan at Fredericksburg, 120–21; on 4th Michigan at Gettysburg, 160, 162, 163, 164, 165, 175; on Gen. Hooker, 127, 147; on George Lumbard, 182; on Harrison Jeffords, 128, 133; joins Continental Rifles (Company I), 8; at march to Gettysburg, 156; on Mine Run campaign, 192–93; postwar, 261; on reenlistment, 189–90; returns to regiment after leave, 215
Barksdale, William, 162
Barlow, Charles, 11, 21, 23, 25, 80, 81
Barnes, James, 153, 158, 161, 162, 164, 175; records Jeffords's fatal wounding, 168
Barnes, Joel, 44, 125, 126, 186, 219, 243
Barnes, Luke, 58, 125–26, 129, 153, 186
Barrett, Orvey S., 17, 19, 20, 22, 24, 28, 51, 71, 77, 90, 144, 151, 212, 255; death of, 261; in a makeshift hospital, 179–80; removed from battlefield, 170; wounded, 167; writes book, 253; writes to Gettysburg historian, 260
Barry, Robert J., 4
Barry Guards, 4, 9. See also 4th Michigan Infantry, Company D
Bates, James A., 171
Beal, Henry, 125
Belvidere (ship), 98
Bennett, Alexander, 39
Bennett, George, 39
Benson, Adelbert, 39
Bethesda Church, battle of, 218–19
Bird, William, 254
Blair, Austin, 1, 13, 29, 30, 38, 41, 58, 59–60, 87, 110, 111, 128, 148, 197, 215, 230
Bliss, Edmond, 184
Blowers, Martin, 43, 44, 47, 52, 54, 60
Boies, Albert H., 9, 23, 51, 56, 59, 71, 72–73, 77, 80, 90, 129, 233, 242, 254, 255, 258; attends Gettysburg ceremonies, 263, 264; escapes from Confederates, 169, 178; wounded at Malvern Hill, 91; walks to Harrison's Landing, 93–94
Bolles, Seth, 202
Bowen, Nicholas, 63, 64, 65, 66
Boyles, John, 39
Bradley, William, 248
Brockway, George, 39
Brown, Cyril, 191, 192–93, 195
Brown, Ezra, 180
Brown, William C., 64
Brownell, John, 196
Bryan, Herbert, 255
Buchanan, James, 2
Buck, Luman, 107
Bull Run, battle of, 23–25, 26, 28, 99; second battle of, 100–101, 111
Burnett, Tip, 125
Burnside, Ambrose, 106, 112, 115, 120, 123, 126, 127
Burtch, Timothy, 192
Bush, Benjamin, 264
Bush, Ransom, 21
Butterfield, Daniel, 112
C
Camp Cameron, 18
Camp Convalescence, 183
Camp Mansfield, 20
Camp Michigan, 69
Camp Williams, 7, 8, 10, 14, 15
Campbell, Robert H., 107, 129, 134, 150, 155–56, 171, 174, 180, 209; attends Gettysburg ceremony, 263; replaces flag lost at Gettysburg, 174, 187, 208
Caniff, Enos, 200
Carleton, Will, 9
Carpenter, Washington W., 21, 23, 28
Carver, Orville, 58
Case, Henry L., 22
Castle Pinckney, S.C., 36
Catherine Jane (ship), 35
Chamberlain, David P., 7, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 30, 38, 46, 56, 58, 59, 60, 71, 72, 75, 76, 77, 81, 85–86, 87, 89, 105, 107, 108, 112, 129; buries Woodbury at Malvern Hill, 94, 96; goes to Michigan on leave, 96; on McClellan's removal, 114; postwar, 262–63; resigns, 133–34; returns from sick leave, 101; on war effort, 26
Chamberlain, Joshua, 131
Chancellorsville, Va., battle of, 138, 139–46
Chapin, Marshall W., 5, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79–80, 81, 86, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 200
“Chaplin” (regimental correspondent), 236, 238
Chickahominy River, 34, 61, 62, 63–67, 71, 74, 75, 77, 223
Childs, Jonathan W., 7, 22, 29, 30, 41, 67, 79, 95, 106, 107, 108, 110; postwar, 257–58; resigns, 111–12, 113, 114, 131
Clark, James “Jim,” 19, 51, 119
Clark, William E., 38, 58–59, 67, 73, 82, 87, 95, 178
Cleveland, Charles, 11, 231, 233
Cold Harbor, 219; battle of, 220–21
Cole, Albert, 253
Cole, Ambrose, 217
Cole, James H., 3, 6, 18, 29, 50, 56, 61, 65, 73, 95, 181, 255
Conant, John, 144, 165, 184; on Jeffords and capture of regiment's flag, 167, 168
Continental Rifles, 5, 8. See also 4th Michigan Infantry, Company I
Converse, Orrin, 80
Courtright, Levi, 39
Coxe, John, 165
Crapo, Henry H., 249
“Crater, The,” battle of, 244
Crawford, Quimby, 179
Cressey, Noah, 54
Crogan, George, 81
Crosswait, Baldwin J., 3
Cunningham, William J., 186, 210, 216
Custer, George Armstrong, 3, 62–63, 156, 258; at New Bridge skirmish, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67
D
Daniel Webster (ship), 54
Daniels, Harrison, 5, 21, 54–55, 96, 109, 145, 149, 166, 180–81, 210, 225–26, 227, 228, 259
Darrow, Helen, 12
Dauffenbaugh, Isaac, 97
Davis, Enoch, 51, 58, 76, 93, 208
Davis, Jefferson, 74
Day, Adelbert, 178
Dean, John, 253
Decatur, Alabama, 235
DeGolyer, Samuel, 5, 6, 9, 23, 24, 25, 31, 38, 39 41; escapes from prison, 34–35; resigns from 4th Michigan, 50
DePuy, Richard, 9, 20, 25, 40, 41, 80
Detroit, 5, 131, 200, 202, 229
Detroit Free Press, 11, 18, 30, 128, 166, 249; carries an officer's account of Gettysburg, 172–73
Dexter, Michigan, 5
Dexter Union Guards, 5, 9. See also 4th Michigan Infantry, Company K
Dickerson, James B., 200, 254, 259
Dillon, John, 264
Dodge, Alvin, 39
Doolittle, Charles, 50, 56, 57, 73, 76, 93, 103, 200, 235
Duffield, William W., 7, 25, 38, 41, 257
DuPont, Charles, 80
Duryee, Fred, 59
E
18th Michigan Infantry, 200, 235
11th New York, 22
Emancipation Proclamation, 109, 123, 125
Emerson, Josiah, 201, 212, 214
Evans, Heman, 216
F
Fair Oaks-Seven Pines, battle of, 71–72
15th Michigan Infantry, 50
5th Louisiana Infantry, 63, 64, 65 5th New York Infantry, 58, 97 1st Michigan Infantry: “90-day,” 11, 27; remnants of 4th Michigan consolidated with, 231–32, 242, 243, 244, 245, 256, 259
Fletcher, Charles, 124
Forncrook, Frank, 90
44th New York, 129
Fountain, Jabez, 12
14th New York Infantry, 28, 38, 52, 56, 75, 79, 80, 86, 92, 118, 133
4th Michigan Infantry: in Antietam campaign, 103–6; assigned to Fifth Corps, 61; assigned to Third Corps, 52; brigade assignment of, 22, 27, 52; at Bethesda Church battle, 218–19; at Bull Run battle, in reserve, 22–25; casualties from, 2, 66, 76, 81–82, 92–93, 120, 146, 169, 199, 210, 213, 215, 217, 219, 220, 221, 227; in Chancellorsville campaign, 138–46; near Cold Harbor battle, 220–21; Company A, 1, 2, 28, 63, 77, 90, 106, 131, 198, 202, 229; Company B, 3, 8, 12, 28, 64; Company C, 3; Company D, 4, 39, 119, 142, 144, 178, 184; Company E, 4, 117, 124, 230; Company F, 4, 77, 90, 125, 144; Company G, 5, 45, 145; Company H, 4, 39, 93; Company I, 5, 75, 106, 163–64; Company K, 5, 110, 137; composition of, by companies, 7; consolidation of, 179, 182, 231–232, 241, 243, 244–45; departure of enlistees from, 227, 228; formation of companies in, 2–6; “friendly fire” incident and, 42; in Fredericksburg battle, 115–20; in Gaines' Mill battle, 77–82; in Gettysburg campaign, 152, 153–56; in Gettysburg battle (July 2), 157–68; guards Rappahannock fords, 149, 151–52; at Hanover Court House, 69–70; Harrison Jeffords gets command of, 128; hears Fair Oaks-Seven Pines battle, 71–72; illness in, 21, 39, 47, 95, 125, 199, 227; Independent Company (“Van Valer's company”), 200, 205, 214, 215, 220, 224, 239, 242; at Jericho Mills battle, 217; at “Laurel Hill” battle, 211–12, 213; leaves Adrian, 15; leaves Harrison's Landing, Va., 98; Lincoln visits, 38, 135; lithograph of, 126; in Malvern Hill battle, 86–93; on McClellan's removal, 111; in Mechanicsville battle, 75–76; in Mine Run campaign, 191–93; moves out after Gettysburg battle, 181–82; in “Mud March,” 127; in New Bridge skirmish, 63–65; Peninsula campaign and, 54–57; in Petersburg attack, 224–26; at Rappahanock Station, 190–91; reenlistees get leave, 201; reenlistment in, 189–90, 197–98, 200; regiment enrolled/created by state, 2, 7; regiment's flags, 13, 126, 129, 134, 166–67, 170, 172, 173, 174–75, 187, 230–31, 252, 255; remnant joins the reorganized 4th Michigan, 242, 245; rendezvous of, 8, 9; reunions and, 252, 253, 254, 255; in second Bull Run campaign, 98–101; in Shepherdstown Ford skirmish, 106–8; travels to Washington, D.C., 15–20; uniforms of, 11, 12, 28, 182; weapons issued to, 11–12, 19, 20, 28, 51; Wilderness campaign and, 206; at Wilderness battle, 207–10; winter camp of, in 1861–62, 42, 43, 44, 46, 52; winter camp of, in 1862–63, 124, 128, 129; winter camp of, in 1863–64, 195, 200, 202–3; in withdrawal toward Washington, 188–89; at Yorktown siege, 57–60. See also 4th Michigan Infantry, reorganized
4th Michigan Infantry, reorganized, 4, 231, 232; assigned to Army of the Cumberland, 233; casualties from, 236, 237, 249; desertion and dissatisfaction from, 242, 246, 247, 248–49; in grand review, Nashville, 242; illness in, 247, 248, 249; joined by remnants of the old 4th Michigan, 242, 245; leaves Adrian, 233; in Alabama, 236–37, 240; in Tennessee, 238–39, eastern, 241; returns to Michigan, 249; travels to New Orleans, 242; in Texas, 246, 247. See also, 4th Michigan Infantry
Fox, Charles J., 236
Fox, David, 203
Fredericksburg, Va., 98, 113, 115, 121; battle of, 116–20
French, Ebenezer, 205
French, Luther C., 101, 134, 197, 205
G
Gaines' Mill, Va., 74, 76, 77, 87; battle of, 78–81, 82, 85
Gale, Frank, 90
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, battle of, 4, 156, 157, 158–68, 179–80, 182; dedications at, 263, 264
Gibson, William, 175
Gillespie, Samuel, 246
Gilmore, James F., 90,
Goodrich, John V. B., 200
Goodsell, George, 230
Grand Army of the Republic, 251, 252
Grannis, Henry, 17
Grant, Ulysses, 203, 210, 217, 219, 223
Griffin, Charles, 56, 57, 75, 76, 77, 79, 89, 92, 93, 95, 105, 107, 111, 112, 118, 133, 139, 142, 143, 144, 153, 206, 211, 218, 225, 244
Griswold, Joseph, 239, 240, 247
Grosvenor Guard, 4, 8. See also 4th Michigan Infantry, Company H
Gruner, Charles, 126, 138, 179, 208, 227, 253
H
Haberfelder, Theodore, 143
Hadley, Simon, 39
Hall, Jairus W., 4, 142, 147, 148, 172, 173, 182, 187, 200, 201, 208, 236–37, 238, 239, 241, 248, 249; commissioned lieutenant colonel, 185; commissioned colonel, 232; described by Joseph Griswold, 240; postwar life, 259
Hall, Mifflin W., 47
“Hamilton” (Detroit correspondent H. H. Finely), 18, 20, 30
Hamlin, Royal W., 179
Hammond, Lucius, 39
Hampton, Carlos, 239
Hanover Court House, Va., 69–70
Harrison's Landing, Va., 93
Hartson, Charles, 205
Hawks, James E., 205
Heitzelman, Samuel P., 22, 52, 57
Henry, James, 101
Hewitt, John W., 127, 129, 134, 140, 145, 149, 153, 156, 180, 186, 192, 197, 199, 20, 202, 203, 206, 207, 212, 230; detached on hospital duty, 183, 210, 213–14, 215; on Jeffords, 168, 170, 173; on new colors for the regiment, 187
Hill, Harvey, 75
Hillsdale, Mich., 4, 202, 229–30
Hillsdale College, 4, 209, 256
Hillsdale Volunteers, 4, 8. See also 4th Michigan Infantry, Company E
Hooker, Joseph, 111, 112, 127, 129, 130, 135, 138, 139, 142, 145, 147, 153
Houghton, James, 137–38, 140, 141, 143, 144, 149, 152, 154, 156, 159, 161, 162, 167, 175; assists Capt. McLean to hospital, 168, 177–78; on executions, 186; on Rebel attack from Stony Hill, 163, 165
Howell, Michigan, 6
Hudson, Michigan, 4
Hudson Volunteers, 4. See also 4th Michigan Infantry, Company F
I
Ihrig, William, 72
Isler, John, 107
J
Jackson, “Stonewall,” 74, 99, 141, 147
Jackson, William H. 163
Jagger, Joseph, 203
James River, 85, 86, 93, 98, 224
Jeffords, Harrison H., 6, 40, 41, 44, 87, 95, 109, 110, 118, 135, 139, 146, 149, 150, 155, 163; during Chancellorsville battle, 139–41; commissioned captain, 58; commissioned colonel, 112, 128; court-martial of, 131–33; death of, 170, 171, 175; gives away his revolver, 156; memorial for, 252, mortally wounded, 167, 168, 172; presented a horse, 147; remains sent home, 179, 209; symbolic importance of death of, 174, 175
Jericho Mills, Va., 216; battle of, 217
Jones, Abiathar, 209
Jonesville, Mich., 4
Josephine (ship), 35
K
Keating, Loftus, 230
Kinney, George, 254
Kydd, John, 164
L
Ladd, Charles, 164
Laird, David, 26, 27, 164, 188
Lake, Amon C., 198
Langford, Daniel, 201
“Laurel Hill,” 211–12. See also, Spotsylvania Court House, battle of
Lawrence, Henry, 144
Lawson, George, 39.
Lee, Robert E., 74, 76, 98, 103, 139, 188, 207, 212
Lenawee Guards, 4, 9. See also 4th Michigan Infantry, Company F
Lenawee Tigers, 3. See also 4th Michigan Infantry, Company B
Limbarker, William, 23, 25, 27, 44, 49, 51; killed in Confederate prison, 204
Lincoln, Abraham, 1, 2, 21, 26, 35, 38, 44, 52, 67, 95, 109, 110, 135
Little Round Top, 157, 158, 161, 168
Livermore, John, 19
Livingston, James, 39
Longstreet, James, 75, 99, 210
Loveland, William, 80, 82, 91, 189, 196, 200, 202, 205, 208, 209
Lowe, Thaddeus, 45
Lowery, Thomas J., 240
Luce, Moses, 4, 43, 95, 99, 109, 206, 209, 213, 225, 227, 228, 229, 230; postwar, 256, 264
Lumbard, George W., 4, 38, 50, 88, 89, 91, 92, 95, 112, 114, 116, 118, 128, 163, 168, 171, 182, 196–97, 199, 201; commissioned colonel, 185, 202; death of, 208, 209, 210; Harrison Jeffords and, 131, 253; returns from Michigan, 205
M
Magruder, John B., 82
Maltz, George L., 133, 140, 141, 144, 145, 146, 147, 153, 201, 213, 214, 218, 221, 229, 257
Malvern Hill, 86; battle of, 88–92
Marsh, William, 43
Marshall, David D., 5, 148, 212, 228
Martindale, John, 70
McCarty, William F. D., 46, 50, 73, 91
McClellan, George, 25, 26, 38, 44, 45, 46, 52, 57, 59, 70, 73, 74, 76, 81, 98, 103, 105, 109; command of, 101, 110, 156; on 4th Michigan, 66; plan for Peninsula campaign, 53, 54, 61; reaction of soldiers to, 111
McDowell, Irwin, 22, 24, 41, 100
McLain, Samuel, 240
McLean, James B., 168, 177, 201, 205
McQuade, James, 61, 69, 70, 79, 132, 139, 144, 145, 147
Meade, George G., 130, 134, 139, 145, 149, 153, 158, 168, 187, 191, 207, 233
Mechanicsville, 218; battle of, 75–76
Meech, Frederick W., 3, 12, 24, 25, 82
Meridian Hill, 20, 21, 22, 25, 27
Merrimac (Virginia) (ship), 54
Millens, George, 52, 53, 55, 57, 59, 64, 65, 69, 70, 71, 74, 78, 80, 86, 87, 88, 95, 96, 103, 106, 109, 111, 113, 114, 115, 120, 124, 127, 141, 178
Miner, Irvin, 51, 57, 60, 64, 70, 72, 74, 75, 99, 104, 110, 113, 114, 115, 120, 124, 125, 128, 129, 134, 135, 144–45, 148, 149, 153, 156, 254; captured at Gaines' Mill, 82; captured at Gettysburg, 169; in reorganized 4th Michigan, 239–40; returns to regiment, 97–98
Minor's Hill, Va., 43, 50, 52, 101, 103
Monitor (ship), 54
Monroe, Mich., 2, 67, 202, 229
Monteith, George, 11, 13, 22, 25, 26, 28, 30, 39, 50, 54, 70, 76, 101, 134
Morell, George W., 52, 55, 57, 61, 70, 78, 100, 112
“Mud March,” 127
Murphy, James, 44
Murphy, William, 90
Muskets: “buck and ball,” 19, 28; “minnie” (Minié), 12; “Springfield,” 11–12
N
New York Times, 172
Newton, Henry, 142
Newton, Tom, 142
9th Georgia Infantry, 163
9th Massachusetts Infantry, 52, 90, 118, 129–30, 144, 157, 202, 211, 214, 217, 220
Noble, Edgar, 139
North, Mrs. J. D., 252
North Anna River, 216, 217, 218
O
118th Pennsylvania Infantry, 108, 118
Owen, C. W., 243
Owen, George W., 58, 61, 96, 243
P
Palmer, William H., 227
Parson, Charles, 129
Parsons, Alexus, 21
Partridge, Larned, 255
Peeble's Farm, battle of, 244
Pendleton, William, 108
Peninsula Guard, 3, 6, 92. See also 4th Michigan Infantry, Company C
Pennsylvania Reserves, 75, 78, 168
Perine, Jacob H., 163, 164, 243, 259–60
Petersburg, Va., 231, 242; campaign begins, 223; attack on, 225, 226
Phelps, Charles W., 4, 42, 54, 60, 64, 65, 70, 72, 89, 94–95, 98, 100, 105, 107, 108, 110, 114, 119, 120, 129, 144, 146, 149; criticizes Union leadership, 123; killed in action, 166, 175; praised by Edwin Gilbert, 185
Phillips Legion (Georgia), 174
Pierson, William C., 21
Piper, Alanson, 245
Pope, John, 98, 99, 100, 101, 111
Porter, Fitz John, 38, 39, 45, 52, 54, 57, 61, 66, 67, 70, 78, 80, 92, 95, 99, 100, 101, 105, 106, 108; removed from command, 111
Potomac River, 22, 35, 54, 106, 181
Preston, Simon, 23, 24, 25, 33, 50, 79–80
Purdy, Abraham, 185
Q
Quackenbush, James, 179
R
Randolph, John M., 4, 73, 77, 79, 87, 88, 89, 92, 95, 115, 116, 118–19, 120, 148
Rapidan River, 138, 187, 188, 191
Rappahannock River, 34, 98, 114, 116, 124, 138, 145, 149, 183
Rappahannock Station, 190
Rathbun, George, 247
Redfield, James, 28
Reese, Julia, 149
Regan, Tim, 52, 183; on loss of 4th Michigan's flag, 173
Richardson, Jonas, 9, 10, 11, 29, 30, 39, 40, 43, 44, 46, 47, 49, 54, 60, 64, 70, 71, 72, 95, 134, 135, 198, 204; death of, 205; disability discharge and, 199
Richmond, Va., 33–34, 61, 62, 70, 71, 81
Rifles: 4th Michigan, 28; “Springfield pattern,” 51
Rintz (Rentz), John, 255
Ritter, Louis, 44
Robertson, John, 3, 4, 13, 50, 239, 248
Robinson, William F., 24, 25, 33, 43, 44, 53, 59, 64, 70, 111, 112, 113, 118, 120, 172, 179, 184, 196, 197, 212; killed after the war, 258
Roof, J. P., 240
Rose's Woods, 159, 161, 162, 163, 168
Ross, Charles, 164
Rouse, John, 18
Ruffin, Edmond, 95
S
“S.” (regimental correspondent), 232, 242, 243
Sadler, Silas, 49, 51, 54, 59, 71, 104, 108, 110, 198
Salter, Charles H., 142, 143, 175; notes loss of 4th Michigan's flag, 173
Sanders (Saunders), John, 82
Savery, Stephen P., 12
Scott, Winfield, 21
Seage, Henry, 44, 49, 54, 56, 57, 67, 81, 85, 94, 96, 98, 104, 106, 109, 116, 117, 118–19, 124, 125, 127, 137, 138, 139–40, 143, 145, 153, 154, 157, 165, 187, 199, 201, 202, 203, 206, 208, 210, 214, 217, 218, 221, 259; assigned to color guard, 191; carries flag at the Wilderness, 208; as color sergeant, 216; escorts his wounded father, 150–51; on fight for regiment's flag, 166–67, 173; on Jeffords's death, 168, 170–71; on regimental strength, 215; on return to Chickahominy River, 223–24; writes book, 253; writes to historian, 261
Seage, John, 96, 109, 116, 117, 137, 149, 167, 201, 231, 259; postwar, 261; in reorganized 4th Michigan, 232; returns to regiment, 187; shot by Mosby's men, 150–51
Seage, Richard Watson, 91, 94, 96, 109, 147, 166, 259; married, 204; postwar, 261, 263; removed from the battlefield, 170, 179; in reorganized 4th Michigan, 232; wounded in fight for regiment's flag, 167, 173
2nd Michigan Infantry, 4
2nd New Jersey Infantry, 77, 78
“SERGT.” (regimental correspondent), 224
71st Pennsylvania, 42
Sharpshooters, U.S., 89, 92, 107
Shepherdstown Ford, 107
Sherlock, Edward, 132
Sherman, William H., 200
Sherman, William T., 27, 52, 235
Sickles, Dan, 157, 158, 168, 175
62nd Pennsylvania Infantry, 52, 118, 130, 157, 160, 164, 165, 166, 167, 172, 173, 202
slavery and slaves, 1, 2, 34, 38, 46
“Smith,” Heman, 216
Smith, Joseph R., 2, 86, 131, 132
Smith, Oliver, 178
Smith, William (teamster), 192
Smith, William H., 220, 222, 232; tells of Lee's surrender, 244–45
Smith Guards, 2, 3, 8, 9. See also 4th Michigan Infantry, Company A
Spalding, George, 57, 64, 79, 91, 200, 257
Spence, James, 20
Spotsylvania Court House, Va., 4; battle of, 211–14
Stanback, Philip, 125
Stanton, Edwin, 67
Starr, Eli, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 17, 18, 20, 22, 51, 74, 92
Stony Hill, 159, 160, 161, 163
Strong, Henry, 7, 12, 51, 58, 96
Stroud, David, 240
Stuart, J. E. B., 109,
Sturgis, Mich., 3
Sweitzer, Jacob, 115, 118, 131, 132, 157, 159, 160, 161, 164–65, 166, 171, 175, 215, 225
T
Tarsney, Thomas, 166, 191, 205, 256–57
Taylor, Edward H. C. “Ned,” 5, 10, 24, 30, 39, 41, 45, 55, 56, 59, 80, 81, 92, 109, 113, 116, 127, 129, 130, 151, 186, 187, 201; criticizes Burnside, 123; on Fredericksburg battle, 119; on Sheperdstown Ford skirmish, 107; on McClellan, 26, 52, 73, 111; escapes at Gettysburg, 178; on Grant, 203; on Hooker, 146; on Pope, 101; on blacks serving in the army, 73, 134; refuses to re-enlist, 198; wounded, 212, 221; postwar, 260
Teachout, George, 217
Tecumseh Volunteers, 5, 6. See also 4th Michigan Infantry, Company G
10th Georgia Infantry, 65
Terwilliger, James, 208
Terwilliger, Thomas, 204
3rd Michigan Infantry Regiment, reorganized, 236, 241, 242, 247, 248, 249
32nd Massachusetts, 118, 143, 157, 160, 163, 167, 173, 174
Thomas, George, 237
“Thomskins” (Thompkins/Tompkins), Joseph, 56
Todd, Artemas, 116
Tolford, William, 165, 179, 181, 208
“torpedoes” (land mines), 60
Tracy, George, 180
Trenton, Mich., 5
Trenton Volunteers, 5, 8. See also 4th Michigan Infantry, Company I
Tripp, Edwin, 166
Tunnicliff, Joseph, Jr., 7, 19, 29, 30
Tuttle, James G., 10, 20, 23, 25, 30, 33, 35; in prison, 36–38
22nd Massachusetts Infantry, 211, 213, 214, 217, 218, 220, 224
Tyler (Taylor), Samuel, 53
U
Union (U.S. Navy ship), 35
V
Van Allen, Darwin, 44
Van Lew, Elizabeth, 34
Van Olker, John, 12
Van Valer, Cornelius, 200, 205, 215, 231, 244
Veness, Albert W., 255
Vesey, James W., 93, 96, 106, 107–8, 179, 181, 184, 203, 208, 211, 215, 218
“Veteran,” regimental correspondent, 198, 212, 217, 218–19, 221, 246
Veteran Volunteer designation, 197
Vincent, Strong, 132, 133, 158
Virginia (Merrimac) (ship), 54
Vreeland, Michael J., 38, 93, 119, 127, 134, 146–47, 166, 173, 196; commissioned lieutenant colonel, 232, 240; postwar, 261; removed from battlefield, 170; wounded, 163, 167, 179
W
“W.,” regimental correspondent, 17, 18, 19, 149
“W.H.S.,” regimental correspondent, 231
Walker, Samuel, 180
Waller, Francis “Frank,” 153, 203
Warren, Gouverneur, 158, 206, 213, 217
Warren, John B., 18
Watts, John, 114, 134, 156, 197, 201, 230
Webster, Noah, 264
Weikert farm, George, 178
Weir, Andrew, 247
Westfall, Benjamin, 184, 211, 254, 264
Westgate, Albert, 45
Wheatfield, the, 159, 160; Confederates enter, 164; 4th Michigan advances across, 161–62; retreats across, 166, 167, 168
Wheatfield Road (Millerstown Road), 158, 159, 160, 161, 163
White, Walter, 119
Whitney, William A., 15
Wilcox, Josephine S., 13, 230–31, 252, 255
Wilderness, Va., 138, 206; battle of, 207–10
Wildt, Fred, 119
“Wilkenson,” Fred, 39
Wilson, Charles, 185
Wirts, Stiles H., 11, 27, 30, 33, 36; escape attempt of, 37–38
Wistar, Isaac, 42
Withington, William, 36
Woodbury, Dwight, 1, 2, 3, 12, 13, 15, 19, 20, 25, 30, 33, 46, 50, 58, 63, 75, 77, 79, 87, 89, 93; body of, 94, 96, 209, 253; commissioned colone, 1, 7; complains to Austin Blair, 41, 59–60; killed at Malvern Hill, 90; on minors in the regiment, 14; at New Bridge skirmish, 63, 65, 66, 67; orders to arrest deserters, 27; pen name “Volunteer,” 61–62; personal items of, recovered, 92; tells of Lincoln's visit to regiment, 38; wife in winter camp, 49–50; “Woodbury's bridge,” 74
Y
“Y.,” regimental correspondent, 43, 52, 53
Yates, George W. M., 3, 109, 118, 119, 184, 258
Yorktown, Va., 54, 56; siege of, 57–58, 58–60
Young, George E., 12, 22, 23, 202
Z
Zouaves, Ellsworth's, 2