Rally, men and brothers, rally! ‘ T is the time for you and me We will stand by one another Round the standard of the free. ” The 4th regiment of infantry was recruited mostly on a line running from Monroe county along through the southern tier of counties westward, including St. Joseph county, and [...]
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War Department, Washington, May 11, 1861. Governor Austin Blair, Lansing, Michigan: Dear Sir, —I have the honor to forward you, enclosed herewith, the plan of the organization of the volunteers for three years, or during the war. Three regiments are assigned to your State, making in addition to the one regiment of three months’ militia [...]
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A camp of instruction for the officers and non-commissioned officers of these regiments will soon be established at such time and at such points as shall be hereafter designated. The camp of instruction will be under the command of the Brigadier General of State troops. Officers, non-commissioned officers and musicians detailed as above when rendezvoused [...]
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FOURTH REGIMENT INFANTRY By order of the Commander-in-Chief, JNO. ROBERTSON, Adjutant General. Immediately following the publication of the order the Governor decided to; make the number of regiments three in place of two, and the 7th was ordered organized for the Camp of Instruction. MILITARY DEPARTMENT, MICHIGAN, Adjutant General’s Office, Detroit, June 10, 1861 General [...]
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The colonels of regiments will have the power to grant certificates of merit to non commissioned officers or to drop them from the regiment for incapacity. The officers and non-commissioned officers will be paid only during active service, according to General Order No. 25, and the camp will break up at the discretion of the [...]
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The course of instruction adopted was the same as that practiced in the regular army, which was followed up with ability and energy, bringing about most beneficial results, not only in these particular regiments, but which became apparent in many others by appointment and transfer. The measure received the approval of the State as a [...]
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Captains of companies will forthwith report by letter to Colonel D. A. Woodbury at the regimental headquarters, Adrian. As soon as the quarters are ready at Adrian the colonel will order the companies to rendezvous at that point. By order of the Commander-in-Chief. JNO. ROBERTSON, Adjutant General. Captain Stoughton did not enter the service with [...]
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To no inferior force shall it ever be surrendered, and sooner than be trailed to treason it shall become the pall of the regiment. ” Patriotic speeches were also made by C. M. Croswell, Esq., and the Hon. Zachariah Chandler. The organization of the 4th having been completed, it was mustered into the service of [...]
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G. Captain, David D. Marshall, Tecumseh. First Lieutenant, George Monteith, Adrian. Second Lieutenant, Jeptha W. Beers, Tecumseh. H. Captain, Moses A. Funke, Jonesville. First Lieutenant, Simon B. Hadly, Jonesville. Second Lieutenant, William H. McConnell, Hillsdale. I. Captain, David A. Granger, Trenton. First Lieutenant, Marshall W. Chapin, Detroit. Second Lieutenant, Francis S. Earle, Grand Rapids. K. [...]
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A correspondent writes, on the arrival of the 4th at Harrisburg: “the question came from many of its citizens, Has Michigan sent another regiment equipped? and in fact the troops now in Camp Curtain declared that ‘if Pennsylvania would only clothe her men like that, she would not have a single citizen left at home. [...]
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