At the outbreak of the Civil War he was living in Kalamazoo. He enlisted with the 2nd Michigan Infantry Company I on April 17th (22nd), 1861 at the age of 22.
He entered the field of battle as a Corp. He was demoted to the ranks (Private) January 12th 1862.
He served with the Second Regiment until Dec. 15 (21), 1862 when he got a disability discharge.
He became a Musician with Coy L, 21 New York Cavalry from Dec. 21, 1863 to June 26, 1865.
After the war he moved to South Dakota and belonged to the GAR Ransom Post #. 6 Mitchell, Davison Co and also Edwin M. Stanton Post #. 81, Lead, Lawrence Co., SD.
Lieutenant Charles B. Hayden, 2d Michigan Infantry, written in early January, 1862:"Corpls. Ball & Coleman will be reduced to the ranks to morrow for long continued neglect & ignorance of duty. They have done no one very serious thing but have been deficient in a number of small ones. They could not desist from talking & laughing in the ranks had to be spoken to every day or two about standing at attention at roll call. These things are not allowed in a private, & in a non-commissioned officer, who is expected to be perfection itself in all the minutiae of military affairs, it cannot be endured. *Again they had no control over their squads. They were rolled & tumbled about at the will of the men. Disobedience to Corpls. Is the germ and fountainhead of insubordination in the whole army."For Country, Cause and Leader, Civil War Journals of Charles B. Hayden |
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| Allen, King P. | ||||
| Ball, George H. | ||||
| Benson, William H. | ||||
| Brown, Ammi A. | ||||
| Clark, Oscar F. | ||||
| Foster, Nathan W. | ||||
| Fulkerson, Lewis D. | ||||
| Gregg, John C. | ||||
| Hayden, Charles B. | ||||
| Juckett, Albert J. * | ||||
| Prentice, Sidney R. | ||||
| Robbins, Jerome J. | ||||
Note #1The ones with (1) beside their ranks indicates that they were the First Captain, 1st Lieutenant and 2nd Lieutenant of the Company.
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Table of Abbreviations
Coy = Company
AAE = Age at Enlistment
Rnk = Rank
DLB = Date and Location of Birth
DLE = Date and Location of Enlistment
DLD = Date and Location of Discharge
KIA = Killed in Action
MIA = Missing in Action
POW = Prisoner of War
DIP = Died in Prison
DOW = Died of Wounds
DofD = Died of Disease
TLDD = Type, Location & Date of Death
DOAI = Died of Accidental Injury NOR = Not On Rosters I found
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