back to near our position of the morning before, and there charged the woods at 10 P. M., and opened communication with the main army. At daylight of the 3d, we were fired into by the enemy, and after a long and severe struggle were forced back one mile to a new position, which we held until the morning of the 6th, when we recrossed the river and occupied our old camps. Our whole loss in this movement was sixty-three killed, wounded and missing."

Berry's division, in which the regiment was serving, was prominently engaged at Chancellorsville, losing its gallant commander, and receiving the following notice in the American Cyclopedia:

* "The Federal line was formed with the division of Gen. Berry on the right, that of Gen. Birney next, on the left, and Generals Williams and Whipple supporting. By half past five Gen. Berry became engaged, and a terrible conflict ensued. The infantry of the enemy were advanced in overwhelming numbers for the purpose of crushing the Federal line, but the force of General Sickles and Slocum held them in check. The contest became desperate, hand to hand, and the carnage great. It continued until 8:45 A. M. without the slightest intermission, when there was a temporary suspension on the Federal side occasioned by getting out of ammunition. The position was, however, held by the bayonet for nearly an hour until a supply was received and an order was given to fall back to the vicinity of the Chancellor House. The contest now raged in this vicinity."

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Breaking camp again on the 11th of June, the regiment marched via Centreville, Edward's Ferry and Frederick City, to Gettysburg, Pa., over dusty roads and during an intense heat. It was engaged in the actions of the 2d and 3d of July, at Gettysburg, where its loss was forty-one killed, wounded and missing. Having followed the retreating enemy to Williamsport, it marched thence to Harper's Ferry, crossed the Potomac and moved to Manassas Gap. It was engaged at Wapping Heights, July 23d, but without loss. On the 17th of August the regiment proceeded to Alexandria, and from there to New York, whither it had been ordered to aid in the preservation of the public peace during the then pending draft. Remaining there some days, it moved to Troy, N. Y., where it was stationed two weeks. It then repaired to its brigade in the Army of the Potomac, arriving at Culpepper September 17th. On the 11th of October, falling back across the Rappahannock by way of Auburn Heights, it had a slight skirmish with the rebels on the 13th, with a loss of one wounded. Moving thence by Manassas and Centreville, it lay at Fairfax Station four days, and thence moved forward to Catlett's Station.

The regiment broke camp at Warrenton Junction, November 7th, and moved with the army to Kelly's Ford on the Rappahannock, where it engaged in the battle at that place, November 8th; then marched to Brady Station, on the Orange & Alexandria Railroad, where it encamped until the 26th, when it broke camp and crossed the Rapidan, taking part in the advance on Mine. Run, and on the 27th became engaged with the enemy at Bartlett's Mills or Locust Grove, losing eight in wounded. On the 28th it marched to Mine Run, having a skirmish on the 29th. On the 30th the regiment charged on the enemy's works, driving them from three lines of rifle pits, but, failing in being supported, had to fall back to its original position. Having fallen back with the army, it again arrived at its camp at Brandy Station, on the 2d of December, having lost during the movement thirty-one killed, wounded and missing.

On the 23d of December, 207 of the regiment reënlisted as Veteran Volunteers. Returning to this State, these veterans were given the usual furlough of thirty days, at the expiration of which they returned to the regiment. Crossing the Rapidan at Ely's Ford, on the morning of the 4th of May, 1864, it advanced and encamped at Chancellorsville. On the three follow

ing days the regiment, in command of Lieut. Col. M. B. Houghton, and then in the Second Brigade, Third Division, Second Corps, participated in the battles of the Wilderness, sustaining a heavy loss, including Captains Andrew Nickerson and Milton Leonard killed on the 6th. It was also engaged at Todd's Tavern, on the 8th.

In the battle of the Wilderness the Third was in Birney's division, 2d corps, which is mentioned in the American Cyclopedia as follows:

* "The next movement of the enemy was to press between the corps of Gen'ls Warren and Hancock on the left centre. Here the contest commenced about 3 P. M. In anticipation of this movement General Hancock's advance had been checked, and his corps was rapidly moving to close the gap between it and the centre. One division of the 6th corps, under General Getty, had been detached and moved to the left, taking position on the right of the Orange Court-house plank road. The advance consisting of the 1st brigade of the 2d division of the 2d corps had scarcely formed a junction with Gen. Getty, when the enemy belonging to Lieutenant General Hill's corps made a powerful attack upon them. The position was held with the utmost obstinacy, meanwhile the remainder of General Hancock's corps arrived and attacked on the enemy's right and front. The divisions of Gen'ls Birney, Barlow and Gibbon took an active part, and the contest became exceedingly bloody. Such was the nature of the undergrowth that there was little opportunity to use artillery. The furious fire of the enemy's musketry was seldom surpassed."

On the 12th, at Spotsylvania, it participated in the successful charge of the 2d Corps, capturing a number of prisoners and 2 rebel battle flags. Prior to this engagement the Third was consolidated temporarily with the Fifth Infantry. The regiment also took part in the engagement on the North Anna River on the 23d and 24th; thence it marched to the Pamunky, which it crossed on the 27th, and advanced toward Coal Harbor, and took part in the fight at that place on June 7th. In addition to the engagements mention, the Third also participated in a number of minor actions and skirmishes. Its loss during the month of May was 31 killed, 119 wounded and 29 missing. On the 9th of June, at Coal Harbor, the regiment, with the exception of the reënlisted men, and such as had joined since the date of original organization, and certain designated officers, were ordered to proceed to this State for the purpose of being discharged. The remaining officers and men were formed into a Battalion of four companies, and attached to the Fifth Michigan Infantry. The order consolidating these regiments was confirmed by special orders of the War Department, issued on the 13th of June, 1864. On the 20th day of June, the organization, which had been one of the first in the field, was formally mustered out of the U. S. service.

This regiment participated in engagements at Blackburn's Ford, Va., July 18, 1861. Bull Run, Va., July 21, 1861. Siege of Yorktown, Va., April 4 to May 4, 1862. Williamsburg, Va., May 5, 1862. Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1862. Savage Station, Va., June 29, 1862. Peach Orchard, Va., June 29, 1862. Glendale, Va., June 30, 1862. White Oak Swamp, Va., June 30, 1862. Malvern Hill, Va., July 1, 1862. Bull Run, 2d, Va., August 29, 1862. Chantilly, Va., September 1, 1862. Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862. Chancellorsville, Va., May 1, 2, 3, 1863. Gettysburg, Penn., July 2 and 3, 1863. Wapping Heights, Va., July 23, 1863. Auburn Heights, Va., October 1, 1863. Kelley's Ford, Va., November 7, 1863. Locust Grove, Va., November 27, 1863. Mine Run, Va., November, 29, 1863. Wilderness, Va., May 5, 7, 1864. Todd's Tavern, Va., May 8, 1864. Po River, Va., May 10, 1864. Spotsylvania, Va., May 12, 1864. North Anna, Va., May 23, 24, 1864. Coal Harbor, Va., June 7, 1864. Petersburg, Va., June 16, 22, 1864. Deep Bottom, Va., July 27, 28, 1864. Strawberry Plains, Va., August 14, 17, 1864.

Poplar Spring Church, Va., September 30, 1864. Boydton Road, Va., October 27, 1864. Hatcher's Run, Va., February 2, March 25, 1865. Boydton Road, Va., April 2, 1865. Sailor's Creek, Va., April 6, 1865. New Store, Va., April 8, 1865. Appomattox Court House, Va., April 9, 1865. Siege of Petersburg, Va., from June 17, 1864, to April 3, 1865.

The total enrollment of this regiment was 1000 officers and enlisted men, while it lost 4 officers, 96 men killed in action, 47 men died of wounds, 2 officers and 75 men of disease.

"They onward pass through blood and flame,

Baptized unto a holier name;

Their eyes have looked within the veil,
And hence their lips are sealed and pale."

NOTES.

From a correspondent: "It will be remembered that after the battle of Chancellorsville General Birney caused to be struck and distributed among the deserving soldiers of his division several hundred bronze medals, patterned somewhat after the Kearney Cross. The medal was awarded only to such non-commissioned officers and privates as especially distinguished themselves in that memorable engagement. Since then the division has performed some of the most remarkable marches on record, and has participated with its usual zeal and heroism in the battle of Gettysburg and the affair at Wapping Heights, on both of which occasions it was noticed that the possessors of these decorations were specially prominent in deeds of bravery and prowess. In view of this fact, and to satisfy himself of the efficacy of medals or other awards of merit, caused an investigation to be made into the fate of these Chancellorsville heroes in their subsequent encounters with the enemy up to and including the Gettysburg campaign. From the report the following facts relative to the Third and Fifth Michigan infantry, the two Michigan regiments in this division:

Third Infantry.-Thirty-five received the original award. Of these one was killed, five wounded, one absent on leave, two absent sick, one dead, and twenty-five were present for duty.

Fifth Infantry.-Thirty-five received the original award. Of these four were killed, ten wounded, two absent on leave, and nineteen present for duty."

General Sickles in a speech delivered in Detroit April 19th, 1864, said:

"I am proud to address the people of a State which does not owe to the Union army a single man. I rejoice in my heart that I stand on soil honored not only by the noble examples of its citizens at home, but by the brilliant reputation on battlefields as I have seen them, of the heroic soldiers of Michigan.

"I have also another desire to pass through this State. In the spring of 1861, I, in common with others of my fellow countrymen, felt it my duty to take up arms, throw out my banner, and call upon them to rally round my standard. With gratitude I remember that from Michigan I received one hundred as gallant man as ever shouldered a musket or followed a leader. They had sought in Pennsylvania and Ohio to attach themselves to a command, and traveled fourteen hundred miles to join the "Excelsior Brigade, in which they have since served. It is my proud privilege to bear testimony to the courage and fidelity of the Third and Fifth regiments which so well corroborates the opinion of the gallant Kearney, who has often said he never commanded troops which came more up to the standard that would do honor to any troops in the world."

From N. Y. Evening Post, June 11th, 1861: "Four men of the Michigan regiment (Third) performed a very shrewd act to-day twelve miles out from Alexandria towards Manassas Junction. They were out prospecting,' and got away too far from camp. The sight of some rebel troopers warned them of their situation. Three of the four concealed themselves in a hedge or thicket, and left one on the highway unarmed. Two rebel troopers soon came up and arrested the Federal soldier. They dismounted and asked the Michigan man who he was. 'I belong to the Michigan regiment of Federal troops,' was his reply. Then you are our prisoner,' said the troopers. At this moment the three concealed Federal soldiers rushed from their ambush, with the exclamation, 'No! you are our prisoners!' Sure enough, the Virginians were taken completely by surprise and surrendered. The Michigan boys are in high glee over the act."

THIRD INFANTRY (REORGANIZED).

The Third infantry having been mustered out of service on the 20th of June, 1863, orders were issued to reorganize the regiment, under the call for troops of July following. Lieut. Col. M. B. Houghton, of the old regiment, was authorized to proceed with this duty, and the camp was fixed at Grand Rapids. On the 15th of October the new organization was completed and mustered in, having 879 officers and men on its rolls. The regiment left Grand Rapids on the 20th, in command of Col. Houghton, proceeding to Nashville, and from thence to Decatur, Ala., where it was stationed on the 31st of October.

During the month of November, 1864, the regiment was stationed at that point. On the 23d its advance picket, on the Moulton and Courtland road, was driven in, when five companies moved out and encountered a small force of the enemy, driving it back, without loss. On the 25th the regiment moved towards Murfreesboro, Tenn., arriving there on the 27th, and was ordered to duty at Fort Rosecrans. While Gen. Milroy was engaged at the Cedars, with the principal part of Forrest's command, Faulkner's brigade of mounted infantry, on the 7th of December, made a dash on the picket line at Murfreesboro, driving in the pickets, and gaining possession of the town, when four companies of the regiment, together with four companies of the 181st Ohio, with a section of artillery, after a spirited engagement of an hour, repulsed the enemy, reëstablishing the picket line, drove him for nearly two miles, when the command was withdrawn and returned to the Fort. On the 9th, while the regiment was on a foraging expedition, it came up with the rear guard of the enemy, consisting of the 7th and 12th Kentucky Mounted Infantry, taking five prisoners. On the 15th it marched to the relief of a supply train, which had been attacked on its way from Stevenson, Ala., and on approaching the point, a skirmish took place, when the force retired, leaving their dead and wounded on the ground. The regiment remained at Murfreesboro until January 16, 1865, when it moved to Huntsville, Ala., and was assigned to the Third Brigade, Third Division, Fourth Army Corps. On the 31st it was ordered, with its corps, to Eastport, Miss., and proceeding as far as Nashville, in that direction, the order was countermanded, and it went into camp at that point, and on the 6th of February again moved to Huntsville, Ala., and remained there until the 16th of March, when, with its brigade, it took up a line of march through East Tennessee, reaching New Market on the 18th; remaining there until the 29th, the march was again resumed; reaching Bull's Gap, it encamped for a week, and then proceeded to Jonesboro, and went into camp at that point April 7th, and was engaged as scouts and on expeditions.

into the surrounding country, pursuing, capturing and driving off numerous guerrilla bands then infesting that section. Information having been received on the 20th of April, of the fall of Richmond, the regiment was ordered back. to Nashville, arriving there on the 28th. Remaining in Nashville until June 15th, it proceeded, with its corps, by rail, to Johnsville, thence by steamer, down the Tennessee, Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, to New Orleans, La., arriving there July 5th, and crossing the Gulf of Mexico, arrived at Indianola, Texas, and then marched to Green Lake, reaching there on the 11th; remaining there until September 12th, it started for Western Texas, and after a fatiguing march of fourteen days, reached San Antonio, and encamped near that place, and on the 6th of November moved into the city, when it was detailed to erect a post hospital, and afterwards engaged on provost guard duty. During the winter two companies were on duty at Gonzales. Early in the spring the regiment was ordered to Victoria, aud was there mustered out of service, May 26, 1866, when it started for Michigan. Marching to Indianola, it took steamer to New Orleans, and thence, via the Mississippi River, to Cairo, where it took rail to Detroit, arriving there on the 10th of June, when it was paid off and disbanded.

The regiment was engaged at Decatur, Ala., October 28, 29, 30, 1864. Murfreesboro, Tenn., November 30 to December 20, 1864.

The enrollment of this regiment was 1109 while its losses were 158, being one man died of wounds and one officer, and one hundred and fifty-six men of disease, a large loss compared with the time of service, but owing much to severe marching in Texas, under a hot sun, and then for a while encamped at Green Lake, a most unhealthy point, where much disease prevailed and where the largest portion of deaths occurred.