” Come! come ye braves aye, come! The battle dawn is nigh; And the screaming trump and the thundering drum Are calling thee to die!” The 19th was assigned to the Second Congressional District, to be recruited in the counties of Branch, St. Joseph, Cass, Berrien, Kalamazoo, Van Buren, and Allegan. Its camp was at [...]
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C. Captain, Charles P. Lincoln, Coldwater. First Lieutenant, Smith W. Fisk, Coldwater. Second Lieutenant, Lucius M. Wing, Coldwater. D. Captain, Hazen W. Brown, Constantihe. First Lieutenant, Frank D. Baldwin, Con-stantine. Second Lieutenant, Charles W. Fonda, Centreville. E. Captain, John J. Baker, Sturgis. First Lieutenant, David J. Easton, Sturgis. Sec-end Lieutenant, John F. Clark, Sturgis. F. [...]
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This army having been transferred to the department of the Cumberland, as a “reserve corps, ” the 19th moved with its brigade to Nashville, where it arrived February 7th, proceeding thence to Franklin. On the 4th of March; with 600 cavalry and 200 additional infantry, it took part with its brigade in a recon-noissance in [...]
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The rebel force proved to be the entire cavalry force of Bragg’s army, 18, 000 strong, under General Van Dorn. The 19th went into the action with, 512 officers and men, of which number 113 were killed and wounded. Those of the regiment that had escaped and those that had been left in camp at [...]
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To this request General Gilbert said, ‘Colonel Coburn must be scared!’and wrote the following order; ‘ Your force is sufficient; move forward!’ Colonel Coburn, rather that disobey the order of his superior officer, advanced to meet an enemy said to be ten times greater than the force which he had under his command, which consisted [...]
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They succeeded in driving them from the station. He then ordered them to take the battery in front. The men moved on in good order. To the right of this battery was a stone wall fence, where the rebels were posted in large numbers; from behind this fence they poured in a galling and destructive [...]
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This regiment garrisoned the post of McMinnville until the 21st of April,. 1864. It here built several forts, constructed a railroad bridge, repaired a locomotive which the rebels had attempted to destroy when they evacuated this place, put a steam saw-mill in operation, and got out lumber for blockhouses and other purposes. April 30, the [...]
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On the 19th of May the regiment, in command of Major E. A. Griffin, charged into Cassville, and assisted in driving out the enemy, losing 1 in killed, and 4 wounded. It again engaged at New Hope Church on the 25th of May, where it sustained a loss of 5 killed, and 47 wounded, including [...]
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The loss of the regiment in this battle was 4 killed and 35 wounded, including Captain Baker. During the siege of Atlanta, from July 22d to August 25th, the regiment, in command of Captain David Anderson, constructed several strong lines of works, but although under the fire of artillery and sharpshooters, did not participate in [...]
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passing through Madison, where it assisted in destroying the railroads, bridges, factories, furnaces, mills, and every kind of property in that vicinity which could be made useful by the enemy; then moving to the right, directly towards Milledgeville, reaching there on the 22d, and again resuming the march on. the 23d, passing through Davisboro, Louisville, [...]
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