Civil War Soldiers from Hartford Michigan

Andrews, John H. Captain Birge’s Western Sharpshooters Company D In service 10-5-1861 to 6-24-1864 Wounded in action on 5-27-1864 in Dallas GA. Died from effects of wound on 6-24-1864. From Hartford MI	Arbour, James M. Sergeant Birge’s Western Sharpshooters Company D Age 20 In service 18__ to 1-13-1862 +Discharged for disability. From Van Buren Co. MI	Arner, Benjamin W. OR Wilber Arner Corporal Birge’s Western Sharpshooters Company D In service 1861 to 6-20-1862 +Discharged for disability From Van Buren Co. MI
Austin, John Click here to view Civil War Veterans photo in Keeler Cemetery		Baird, Asa d 1-12-1926 in Hartford MI Age 88
Baird, Omer A.	Baird, Walter A. Private Western Sharpshooters Company G Transferred to Birge’s Western Sharpshooters Company D b 5-28-1838 d 1-12-1926 Orangeville NY Hartford MI 87y, 7m, 22d Age 23 – enrolled in service 10-2-1861 at Hartford MI Discharged 10-20-1862 at Detroit MI. Member of Wardsworth Post No. 49 G.A.R. Lawrence MI Wounded in action at Shiloh. Left thigh bone shattered and knee cap destroyed. Discharged for wounds Resided in Hartford MI since 1858 Information from The Day Spring, 1-20-1926 obituary notice.	Balfour, James 1st Corporal Birge’s Western Sharpshooters Company D In service 1861 to 1862 Killed in the Battle of Cornth MS 10-4-1862 From Lawrence MI
Sergeant Birge’s Western Sharpshooters Company D Transferred to Co. H 66th Illinois Infantry Age 20 Enrolled in service 10-2-1861 in Hartford MI Discharged 9-17-1864 at East Point GA Wounded in action Discharged for wounds Born in New York From Hartford MI Photo taken 3-14-1922 at the home of Freeman Stowe. Photo submitted by Laurie Warner Jacobs 5-2007
Barnes, Harlow G. 2nd Corporal Birge’s Western Sharpshooters Company D In service 1861 to 9-24-1862 Discharged at Corinth MS by order of Major Gen. U.S. Grant for disability From Van Buren Co. MI	Beam, John Jordon Sgt Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery Regiment b 1832 d 1906 New Jersey Milwaukee WI Age 74 Died in the Veterans Home in Milwaukee WI Buried in the Veterans National Cemetery Milwaukee WI In service 1861 to 1865 Wounded in action several times + Contracted disease-illness-disability during service In 1856, John moved to Pennsylvania, then relocate to Hartford, Michigan in 1866 after the Civil War. He lived in Hartford until about 1875 and moved to Paw Paw until 1877…then on to Breedsville, where he continued to live until he left for the Soldiers Home (Milwaukee, WI) in 1902. Grandsons, Clare Herbert Beam, Jared Earl Beam, Garth Beam, and Francis Bernard Beam served during WW11. John’s great grandson, Robert (Bob) Beam, served in the Military during Vietnam and his great great grandson, Richard Alan Beam served during the Persian Gulf-Desert Storm. 6-2003 Information submitted by Robert (Bob) Beam – son of Clare Herbert Beam. Photo and updated information in 2006 by Gary A. Beam, son of Jared Earl Beam.	Bidlack, Gerge Birge’s Western Sharpshooters Company D In service 11-16-1862 to 7-11-1865 Honorable Discharge Age 20 From Decatur MI
Bigelow, George M Birge’s Western Sharpshooters Company D In service 9-24-1861 to 10-4-1862 Killed in Action at Corinth MS From Keeler MI	Bovier, Ward b 5-13-1837 d 11-26-1879 Age 42y, 6m, 15d	Bowe, Gilbert S. Birge’s Western Sharpshooters Company D In service 8-18-1862 to 7-11-1865 Honorable Discharge Age 19 From Millburg MI
Bowe, Prosper Birge’s Western Sharpshooters Company D and 66th Illinois In service Fall, 1861 OR 12-23-1863 (?) to 7-7-1865 (Mustered out) Photo taken 3-14-1922 at the home of Freeman Stowe Originally from Coloma MI and settled in Watervliet MI. After the war, he and Freeman Stowe did some developing of an area on Paw Paw Lake known as "Bowe’s Landing" in Watervliet MI. Top photo from the Archives of Michigan. Lower photo submitted by Laurie Warner Jacobs 5-2007.	Branch, Vine Birge’s Western Sharpshooters Company D In service 1861 to 7-9-1862 Wounded in action at Corinth MS Honorable Discharge for disability From Van Buren Co. MI	Breese, Hiram T. 7th Corporal Birge’s Western Sharpshooters Company D In service 1861 to 9-16-1864 Honorable Discharge Age 23 From Keeler MI
Brewster, Dallas 1st Corporal Birge’s Western Sharpshooters Company D In service 1861 to 7-11-1865 Honorable Discharge Age 27 From Hartford MI	Brewster, Samuel F. Birge’s Western Sharpshooters Company D In service 1861 to 7-24-1862 +Sent home on sick leave Feb or Mar of 1862, died 7-24-1862. From Keeler MI	Buchanan, Martin V. Birge’s Western Sharpshooters Company D In service 2-13-1864 to 7-11-1865 Honorable Discharge. Age 25 From Bainbridge
Burdick, William S. Birge’s Western Sharpshooters Company D In service 2-13-1864 to 7-11-1865 Honorable Discharge Age 23 From Millburg	Burnett, Albert Birge’s Western Sharpshooters Company D In service 2-13-1864 to 7-11-1865 Honorable Discharge Age 30 From Hartford MI	Camp, Charles H. Birge’s Western Sharpshooters Company D In service 9-23-1861 to 7-5-1862 Honorable Discharge for disability From Lawrence MI
Carris, Henry A. Birge’s Western Sharpshooters Company D In service 9-23-1861 to 9-17-1864 Honorable Discharge Age 27 From Lawrence MI	Chatfield, Isaac A. Birge’s Western Sharpshooters Company D In service 10-5-1861 to 7-11-1865 Honorable Discharge Age 22 From Hartford MI Photo from Archives of Michigan.	Cheney, Aaron D. Drummer Boy Birge’s Western Sharpshooters Company D In service 1861 to 7-11-1865 Honorable Discharge Age 18 From Keeler MI
Collett, George F. Pvt – Co. G, 15th Michigan V. I, 3d Brig, 2d Div, 15th A.C. In service 9-22-1864 to 7-31-1865 Enlisted at New Buffalo MI at age 24. Honorable Discharge at Harpers Hospital, Detroit MI. +Severely wounded during January in a collision near Cleveland, TN while en route to Nashville TN. Consequence of this injury and typhoid fever, was treated in field hospital near Greensboro NC, Fairfax Seminary VA, Newfort to Harpers Hospital in Detroit MI. In 1864, served as Corp. of Provision Div., also acted as Ord. Sergeant while in Tennessee, Asst. Adjt at Goldsboro NC. His active hostilities were the battles of Strawberry Plains, Dutch Gap, Gum Swamp, Wise’s Forks, and Jacksons Mills. Born in Cambridgshire, England. After the war, he was an insurance agent and resided in Hartford MI.	Combs, John Birge’s Western Sharpshooters Company D In service 8-13-1862 to 6-2-1865 Honorable Discharge Age 21 From Arlington
Conklin, Henry Gotham	Cook, Charles	Cook, James R. Corporal 85th Pennsylvania Volunteers (may have transferred to Company D, 118th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers) b 1822 in Brownsville PA Served abt 4 1/2 years Mustered in 10-31-1861 Mustered out 6-28-1865 Move to Hartford in 1880
b 2-20-1828 d 11-29-1903 Pvt – Co. H, 10th NY Artillery, 3d Brig, 3d Div, 18th A.C. In service 6-26-1862 to 6-06-1865 Honorable Discharge at Saterlee Hospital, Brownsville NY Enlisted at age 34 +March, 1863 was confined in Div hospital 6 months for inflammation of the lungs. Confined again in Campbell hospital, Washington DC, and Saterlee hospital, Philadelphia PA. Granted honorable discharge with granulation of eyelids. Active in engagements at Petersburg, Weldon R.R. and Mine Explosion. Was member of G.A.R. Post in Hartford MI. Born in Jefferson County, NY. Came to Van Buren Co. MI in 1868 Contributed by Mildred Conklin Lightner, daughter of Richard W. Conklin with information from Presidents, Soldiers, Statesmen, Vol 11, 1895 H.H. Hardesty, Publisher	Birge’s Western Sharpshooters Company D In service 8-18-1862 to 7-11-1865 Honorable Discharge Age 23 From Lawrence MI Photo taken 3-14-1922 at the home of Freeman Stowe Photo submitted by Laurie Warner Jacobs 5-2007
Cook, Sullivan b 1835 d 1903 1st U.S. Sharpshooters Company I In service 1862 to 1863 Age 28 From New York Came to Hartford in 1868	Cox, Thomas Birge’s Western Sharpshooters Company D In service 9-21-1861 to 3-7-1862 (unknown) Took furlough at Mettle Landing TN From Van Buren Co. MI
Decker, Jim Click here to view Civil War Veterans photo in Keeler Cemetery	Dedrick, Philip C. Birge’s Western Sharpshooters Company D In service 1861, resigned 4-3-1863 From Van Buren Co. MI	DeLong, Henry b 10-19-1843 d 1-2-1926 In service 9-2-1864 to 6-10-1866 Honorably Discharged Son of Allen and Lydia Delong. Came to Hartford September 1855. Returned to his parents home in Hartford Township after the war. Married Eliza Carter 11-30-1871 The family moved to Bangor MI in 1879. Henry and brother, Silas, bought the furniture business of CL Brown in 1881. After about 18 years, Henry returned to Hartford for 5 years and returned to Bangor in 1905. Henry and Eliza had one daughter, Lissie. In about 1891, she married Maurice F. Russell, editor of the Bangor Advance. Information provided by Eric DeLong, GG grandson of Nathan DeLong.
Delong, Nathan In service 18__ to 18__ Nathan was the grandson of Francis Delong, the only known Revolutionary War soldier to have lived in Hartford.	Dennis, Joseph Birge’s Western Sharpshooters Company D In service 2-19-1864 to 7-11-1865 Honorable Discharge Age 18 From Bainbridge MI	Disbrow, Edward J. Birge’s Western Sharpshooters Company D In service 11-2-1862 to 7-11-1865 Honorable Discharge Age 20 From Bangor MI, former residence was McDonald MI.
Dix, Franklin M. Birge’s Western Sharpshooters Company D In service 2-25-1864 to 7-11-1865 Honorable Discharge Age 19 From Decatur MI	Dix, Percival R. Birge’s Western Sharpshooters Company D In service 10-20-1861 to 7-11-1865 Transferred to Co. H Age 21 From Millburgh, MI	Dowd, Jefferson S. Birge’s Western Sharpshooters Company D Transferred to Co. H In service 9-23-1861 to 9-17-1864 Honorable Discharge Age 26 From Millburgh MI
Doyle, Patrick Birge’s Western Sharpshooters Company D In service 2-22-1864 to 5-27-1864 Killed in Action at Battle of Dallas GA Age 35 From Hartford MI	Draper, Willard E. Musician Birge’s Western Sharpshooters Company D d 2-14-1903 in Detroit MI Age 26 In service Enlisted 3-11-1862, Mustered 3-26-1862 at Dowagiac MI to 7-11-1865 at Goldsboro NC Honorable Discharge From Lawrence MI Photo from Archives of Michigan. *States discharge shown as 4-4-1865.	Duncombe, Stephen W. 1st Lieutenant Birge’s Western Sharpshooters Company D In service 1861 to 7-16-1862 Resigned Buried in Keeler, MI cemetery From Keeler, MI
Dyer, Newcomb Thomas 28th Michigan Infantry Company H b 9-17-1831 d 2-27-1912 +Disabled toward end of war Buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Hartford MI. Thomas Newcomb Dyer is a great grandfather to Nancy Dyer Huffman, Robert Dyer, and William (Bill) Dyer. Robert and Bill served in the Korean War. Other grandchildren are Dorothy Dyer Martelle Helen Dyer Hauck Jack Dyer (deceased) Marge Dyer MacKenzie Lila Dyer Michael Jim Dyer Susan Dyer (married name ?) Mike Dyer Photo and information provided by Bill Dyer in 2002. Additional information provided by Helen Dyer Hauck 5-1-2003
Lorenzo Barker »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. Lorenzo Barker photo is from the Archives of Michigan. Read the entire Lorenzo Barker’s Civil War diary online at http://seekingmichigan.org/ under the Civil War Manuscripts 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." Not all names have been entered to this Civil War site and will be entered as soon as possible.
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