Troops sent to the Front; Particulars of the Draft; Military Census; Appeal from Governor Blair; Report from Adjutant General Robertson; Gratitude of the Legislature; Michigan Cavalry; Enrollment of Districts; A new Draft; Another Report from the Adjutant General; Veteran Troops; Another call for Troops; Proclamation of Governor Blair; Continued Organization; Troops furnished by Counties; Action of Legislature; Valedictory Message of Governor Blair; Legislature thank the Retiring Govern or; Governor Crapo's Inaugural; Soldiers thanked by Legislature; Total number of Michigan Troops by Counties; Conscription; End of the War; Proclamation of thanks from Governor Crapo; Governor Baldwin comes into Office; Nativities of Michigan Volunteers; Analysis of Volunteers; Table of Casualties; Table of Dates and Places when and where the Troops of the State were mustered in, and mustered out of the Public service.... Financial Statistics.-Amount of the money expended by State for Enlisting Troops; Amounts paid by Counties; Appropriation by Legislature for Soldier's Home; Disbursements by Colonel George W. Lee.................. Sanitary Operations.-Michigan Soldier's Relief Association; Report of James M. Edmunds; Operations of the Association; The Christian and Sanitary Commissions; The Ladies' Aid Society of Kalamazoo; State Sanitary Fair; Appeal from Citizens to the Ladies; Response of the Ladies, and their Appeal to the People; Success of the Fair; The Christian Commission and Delegates to the Commission........

Volunteer Surgeons.-Bright Array of Names.......

Soldier's Vote in the Field.-Letter of the Executive; Commissions for Army of the Potomac; For Army of the Cumberland; For Army of the Tennessee; and for Army of the Gulf; Result of the Vote for Presidential Electors and Governor......

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Reception of Troops.-Committee of Reception; Committee of Finance; Courte-
sies of Railroad and Steamboat Companies
Presentation of Colors.-Adjutant General's Report; Letter of Major John H.
Knight; Attendance of Soldiers; A War Poem; Number of Flags Present-
ed......

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The Harper Hospital.-Its Success and final Transfer into a Soldier's Home........ The Soldier's and Sailor's Monument.-Measure Inaugurated; Board of Directors; Officers and Committees, Adoption of Design by Randolph Rogers; Plan of Monument; Corner Stone laid by the Masonic and Odd Fellow Fraternities; Oration by Governor Blair..

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Cemeteries at Gettysburg, Sharpsburg, and Andersonville.-Appropriation by Legislature; Appointment of T. W. Ferry as Commissioner; Appointment of John I. Bagley as Trustee ; Andersonville......

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Rebel Raid from Canada.-Adjutant General's Report; Action of the Confederate
Secretary of the Navy; Manifesto of the Confederate President; Tele-
grams and Letters from Lieutenant-Colonel B. H. Hill and Commander J.
C. Carter; The Steamers Philo Parsons and Michigan..

The Michigan Contingent.-Heroism of Michigan Troops; Various Campaigns;
Their Motto.........

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Regiment of Engineers and Mechanics.-Colonel William P. Innes; Engagement at
Lavergne; Opinions of Greeley and Rosecrans; Services in the Atlanta
Campaign; Colonel John Yates......

The Cavalry Brigade.-First Regiment; Colonel T. F. Broadhead; Colonel Charles
H. Town; Fifth Cavalry, Colonel J. T. Copeland, Colonel Freeman Nor-
vil, Colonel R. A. Alger; Sixth Cavalry, Colonel T. W. Kellogg, Colonel
George Gray; Seventh Cavalry, Colonel W. D. Mann; General A. S. Wil-
liams; Operations of the Michigan Cavalry Brigade; Justice granted by
Congress; Michigan Senators and Representatives; Report on Conduct of
Michigan Troops at Gettysburg by General Custer; The Michigan Cavalry
in Maryland; Report of Colonel C. H. Town; Report of General Kilpat-
rick; Report of Colonel Alger; Report of General Custer on Virginia
Campaign; Raid of General Kilpatrick; Another Report by General Cus-
ter on operations around Richmond; Losses during Campaign; Additional
Reports of Colonels Alger and Kidd; Report of Colonel Peter Stagg; Gen-
Custer's Report of Winchester Campaign; Services of Staff Officers; Cap-
tors of Battle Flags; Heroic Deaths; Final Actions of the Brigade.........................
The Second Cavalry.—Colonel F. W. Kellogg; Colonel Gordon Granger; Point
Pleasant in Missouri; Colonel P. H. Sheridan, Boonville; Operations in
Mississippi, Kentucky, and Tennessee; Colonel Archibald Campbell;
Battle of Chicamauga; Further Operations; Colonel Thomas Johnson;
Continued Engagements......

The Third Cavalry.-Colonel J. K. Mizner; New Madrid, in Missouri; Battle of
Iuka; Report of Captain L. G. Wilcox; Tribute of General Rosecrans;
Services in Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi; Arkansas Cattle; Michi-
gan City; Escort to General Canby; On duty in Texas.......

The Fourth Cavalry.-Colonel R. H. G. Minty; First Battle at Stanford, in Ken-
tucky; Numerous Engagements in Tennessee and Mississippi; Its Fight-
ing Reputation; Major F. W. Mix; Battles of Chicamauga and Missionary
Ridge; Minty's Report; Lieutenant J. H. Simpson; Major Horace Gray;
Death of Lieutenant Edward Tucker; Death of Lieutenant Randolph ;
Rebel Testimony; Death of Lieutenant T. W. Sutton; General Kilpatrick's
Raid; Operations near Jonesboro; Famous Charge Under Minty; Private
William Bailey's Exploit; Operations Around Atlanta; Corporal C. M.
Bickford; Colonel B. F. Pritchard; Attack on Selma and its Capture;
Capture of Jefferson Davis; Official Notes and Names of Officers and
Men at the Capture; Distribution of the Reward......................................................................................................
The Eighth Cavalry.-Colonel John Stockton; Its Bright Record; Lieutenant-
Colonel G. S. Wormer; Capture of General Morgan; Major Edgerly; Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Mix; Operations Against the Forces of General Hood......
The Ninth Cavalry.-Colonel James I. Navid; Pursuit of General Morgan and his
Further Fighting Operations in Tennessee and Kentucky; With General
Sherman on his March from Atlanta to the Atlantic; Morgan's Escape.....
The Tenth Cavalry.-Colonel Thaddeus Foote; Colonel L. S. Trowbridge; Affair
at Watauga River; Death of Captain Weatherwax; Service with General
Stoneman; Affair at Abbott's Creek; Incident at Strawberry Plains;
Further Operations in that Vicinity..

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The Eleventh Cavalry.-Colonel S. B. Brown; Operations at Saltville and Marion,
in Virginia; Captain E. C. Miles; Death of Colonel Mason and Lieuten-
ant Davis; Lieutenant-Colonel Charles E. Smith; Subsequent Services
in North Carolina........

The "Merrill Horse" Cavalry.-Captains James B. Mason, Jabez H. Rogers and
Almon E. Preston; Services in Missouri, Arkansas, and Georgia

The Light Artillery.-Colonel C. O. Loomis; The Brave Boy McIntire; Report of
General Rousseau; Guenther's Battery; Death of Lieutenant Van Pelt;
Captain W. S. Bliss; Fittsburgh Landing; With General Sherman at
Atlanta; Murder of Lieutenant Bliss; Siege of Corinth; Captains A. W.
Dees; George Robinson; L. R. Smith; John C. Schultz; J. W. Church;
John J. Dennis; John S. Andrews; Paddock and C. H. Lamphere; Oper-
ations in the South-west; Charles J. Thompson; Edward J. Hillier; Death
of Captain S. De Gobyer at Vicksburg; Captains J. J. Daniels, C. H.
O'Riordan, Charles Dupont, and Charles Heine........................... .......

The Sharp-shooters.-Colonel C. V. DeLand; Battle of the Wilderness; Civilized
Indians; Major Levant C. Rhines; Corporal B. F. Young; Death of T.
H. Gaffney; of Lieutenant G. A. Graveraet; Captain G. C. Knight and
Lieutenant Martin Wager; Before Petersburg; Operations in Front of
Petersburg; Colonel W. A. Nichols; The Fall of Petersburg and Rich-
mond; Michigan Troops the First to Enter Petersburg; Report of Gen-
eral O. B. Wilcox..............

The First Infantry.-Colonel O. B. Wilcox; Opportune Arrival in Washington ;
Colonel John C. Robinson; Colonel H. S. Roberts; Death of Captain O.
C. Comstock; Second Battle of Bull Run; Report of Chaplain Arthur
Edwards; Death of Captains Wendell, Alcott, Whittlesey and Pomeroy ;
and Lieutenants Arnold, Garrison and Bloodgood; Colonel Franklin W.
Whittlesey; Operations in Maryland and Virginia; Death of J. B. Ken-
nedy; At Gettysburg; In the Wilderness under Colonel W. A. Throop;
Death of Captain James H. Wheaton; Major George Lockley; Death of
Captain L. C. Randell and Lieutenant W. S. Woodruff; Report of Gen-
eral Wilcox on Operations in Virginia................

The Second Infantry.-Colonel J. B. Richardson; Colonel Q. M. Poe; In Penin-
sula Campaign; Bull Run; Colonel Louis Dillman; In Mississippi Cam-
paign; Report of Colonel W. Humphrey; Battle of the Wilderness and
Army of the Potomac; Order of General R. G. Berry; Testimony of Cor-
respondents; Rebellion Record; Death of Lieutenants Sherman, Fletcher,
and Williams; Report of General Wilcox; Colonel Ralph Ely...
The Third Infantry.-Colonel Daniel McConnell; In Battles of the Peninsula;
Report of Colonel A. A Stevens; Colonel B. M. Pierce; His Report of
Operations; Colonel M. B. Houghton; In Virginia and at Gettysburg; In
the South-west

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The Fourth Infantry.-Complimented by General McClellan; Death of Colonel Woodbury; Report of Captain J. F. Randolph; Colonel H. H. Jeffords and his Death; Colonel Lombard; His Death; Death of Captain W. H. Loveland; Reorganized and again in the Field under Colonel J. W. Hall; General Griffin

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The Fifth Infantry.-Colonel H. D. Terry; Numerous Officers killed in the Vir-
ginia Campaign; Death of Colonel John Gilluly; Colonel E. T. Sherlock;
His Death; Colonel Pulford; at Gettysburg and in Virginia; Numerous
Casualties among Officers and Men; Testimony of General Berry and Gen-
eral Kearney; Letter from Colonel Sherlock................ ........................... ........................... .................
The Sixth Infantry.-Its Isolation; Colonel F. W. Curtenius; Services at Balti-
more and New Orleans; On Lower Mississippi; Captain Charles E. Clark;
General T. Williams at Baton Rouge; Colonel Thomas S. Clark; His Re-
port; Exploit of Private Charles Dustin; Complimented by Generals But-
ler and Banks; Transfer to Artillery arm of Service; March on Mobile
and its Surrender; Reports of General Butler and Weitzel; Miscellaneous
Testimony.

The Seventh Infantry-Colonel Ira R. Grosvenor; Heavy Losses at Antietam; In-
cluding Captains A. H. Zacharias and J. H. Turrill, and Lieutenants J. P.
Eberhard and John A. Clark; Death of Baxter; His Heroism at Freder-
icksburg; Pennsylvania Campaign; Death of Colonel A. E. Steele and
Lieutenant Slafter; In Command of Major S. W. Curtis; Operations in Vir-
ginia; Sergeant A. Smith's Exploit and Reward; Colonel Lapointe; Par-
ticulars respecting Captain A. H. Zacharias; Death of Lieutenant John J.
Brown......

The Eighth Infantry.-Colonel W. M. Fenton; Called the Wandering Regiment;
Death of Adjutant N. M. Pratt and Lieutenant F. M. Badger; Nine Battles
in four States; James Island; Death of Captains S. C. Gould and B. B.
Church; At Bull Run; In Maryland; Mississippi and East Tennessee;
Siege of Knoxville; Wilderness; Death of Colonel F. Graves; Colonel R.
Ely; Cold Harbor; Death of Lieutenant E. A. Nye, Major W. E. Lewis,
and Lieutenant T. Campbell; Weldon Road; Death of Major Belcher at
South Mountain; Major R. N. Doyle at Petersburg; Report of Colonel W.
M. Fenton of Operations at Wilmington Island; Report of General Ste-
vens; Tribute to Major Belcher by General J. D. Cox.........
The Ninth Infantry -Colonel W. W. Duffield; Defence of Murfreesboro; Death
of Lieutenant A. Chase; Battle of Stone River; Colonel W. Wilkinson;
Operations in Georgia; Death of Lieutenant C. F. Fox................................ ...........................
The Tenth Infantry.-Colonel C. M. Lum; Services in Georgia; Buzzard's Roost;
Jonesboro; Bentonville......

The Eleventh Infantry.-Colonel William L. Stoughton; His Report of Stone
River; Colonel Melvin Mudge; Chicamauga; Death of Captain C. W.
Newbern; Mission Ridge; Death of Major B. G. Bennett; Loss of a Leg
by Colonel Stoughton; Death of Lieutenant E. Catlin ...................................................... .................. .......
The Twelfth Infantry.-Colonel W. H. Graves; His Report of Operations at Mid-
dleburg; Complimented by General Grant; Services in Arkansas.....
The Thirteenth Infantry.-Colonel Charles E. Stuart; Colonel Michael Shoemaker;
Operations in Tennessee; Report of Colonel J. B. Culver; Death of Cap-
tain C. C. Webb; Report of Colonel Shoemaker; Report of Colonel Har-
ker; Services in Georgia; Exploit of Julius Lillie, Orderly Sergeant......
The Fourteenth Infantry-Colonel Robert P. Sinclair; In Alabama and Georgia;
Jonesboro; Bentonville; Colonel H. R. Mizner; Colonel G. W. Drummond;
March to Savannah; Capture of Flags.........

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The Fifteenth Infantry.-Colonel J. M. Oliver; At Shiloh; Death of Captain G. A.
Strong and Lieutenant M. W. Dresser; Corinth; In Mississippi; Alabama;
In Georgia Campaign; Colonel F. S. Hutchinson; Numerous Engage-
ments and extensive Marching; Death of Captain C. H. Barnaby at
Atlanta....

The Sixteenth Infantry.—Colonel T. B. W. Stockton; Gaines' Mill; Major N. E.
Welch; Death of Captain T. C. Carr and Lieutenants B. McGraw and R.
Williams; Captain R. W. Ransom; Death of Lieutenants M. Chittick and
J. Ruby at Malvern Hill; Colonel N. E. Welch at Middleburg; Death of
Captain J. M. Mott and Lieutenants Brown, Jewett, and Borden at Gettys-
burg, and R. T. Elliott at the Wilderness; Captains G. H. Swan and Guy
Fuller; Major B. F. Partridge; Death of Colonel Welch ; Incidents....
The Seventeenth Infantry.—General James E. Pittman; Colonel W. H. Withington;
South Mountain; Death of Lieutenant George Galligan; Report of Colonel
F. W. Swift; Colonel C. Luce in Mississippi; Death of L. L. Comstock;
Army of the Potomac; Death of Captain J. S. Vreeland and Lieutenant
A. E. Canfield; Reports of General Wilcox and General McClellan.........................
The Eighteenth Infantry.—Organized by Hon. Henry Waldron; Colonel Charles C.
Doolittle; In Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama; Colonel Hulbard; Cap-
tain Moore; Exploit......

The Nineteenth Infantry.-Colonel Henry C. Gilbert; In Department of the Cum-
berland; A Surrender; Tribute from a Confederate Officer to Colonel
Gilbert; In Atlanta Campaign; Death of Colonel Gilbert and Captain C.
H. Calmer; Major E. A. Griffin; His Death, and that of Lieutenant Charles
Mandeville, and Captains C. W. Bigelow and John J. Baker; Atlanta to
the Sea; Report of Colonel David Anderson; Death of Captain L. Gibbon
and Lieutenant C. G. Purcell; Note respecting Lieutenant Baldwin.........
The Twentieth Infantry.-Tidus Livermore, Commandant; Colonel A. W. Wil-
liams; Services in Kentucky; Colonel W. H. Smith; Interview with Gen-
eral Morgan; Death of Lieutenant W. M. Green; Commended by General
Burnside; In Tennessee; Death of Colonel Smith; Major Byron M.
Cutcheon; At the Wilderness; Major George C. Barnes; Casualties at
Spottsylvania; Alexander Bush and Frank Philips; Colonel C. B. Grant;
Casualties in Peninsula Campaign.....

The Twenty-first Infantry.-J. B. Welch, Camp Commandant; Colonel Ambrose A.
Stevens in Kentucky; Colonel W. B. McCreery at Stone River; Report of
General Sheridan; Death of Colonel McCreery; Colonel L. K. Bishop in
Georgia and South Carolina; Captain A. C. Prince........

The Twenty-second Infantry.—Hon. and Colonel Moses Wisner; Colonel Heber Le
Favour at Chicamauga; Brave Sergeant and Corporals; Death of Cap-
tains W. A. Smith and E. Snell; In Note; Story of Johnny Clem..........
The Twenty-third Infantry.—Colonels David Jerome and M. W. Chapin; In Ken-
tucky and Tennessee; Colonel O. S. Spaulding; Hard fought Battles;
Major W. W. Wheeler; At Campbell's Station; Spaulding's Report; Death
of Lieutenant W. C. Stewart at Resaca; Death of Captain David M. Ave-
rill at Franklin; Service in North Carolina.................

The Twenty-Fourth Infantry.-The "Iron Brigade;" Colonel Henry A. Morrow;
Battle of Gettysburg; Heroism of Privates William Kelly and Silburne

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