The 2^nd Michigan Cavalry

The 2^nd Michigan Cavalry was organized at Detroit, Mich., and mustered in October 2, 1861. Left State for St. Louis, Mo., November 14. Duty at Benton Barracks, Mo., till February 21, 1862. Ordered to Commerce, Mo., February 21. Attached to Cavalry Division, Army of Mississippi. to April, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of Mississippi, to September, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. The Regiment served in Siege operations against New Madrid, Mo., March 3-14, 1862. New Madrid March 4. Siege and capture of Island No. 10, Mississippi River, March 15-April 8. Moved to Hamburg Landing, Tenn., April 17-22. Atkins' Mills, Tenn., April 26. Monterey April 28-29. Siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Reconnaissance to Memphis & Charleston R. R. May 3. Farmington, Miss., May 3 and 9. Glendale May 8. Near Farmington May 12. Reconnaissance to Memphis & Charleston R. R. May 15. Expedition to Mobile & Ohio Railroad May 28-29. Booneville May 29. Osborn and Wolf's Creek, near Lackland, June 4. Reconnaissance toward Baldwyn June 6. Baldwyn June 6. Reconnaissance toward Guntown, Baldwyn, etc., June 9-10. Booneville July 1. Rienzi August 26. Ordered to Louisville, Ky., September. Near Louisville September 30. Pursuit of Bragg to Wild Cat, Ky., October 1-7. Near Perryville October 6-7, it was involved in a skirmish near “Pottsville” against Joseph Wheeler’s Cavalry, a few miles west of Peter’s Hill. At the Battle of Perryville on October 8, it had 4 men killed, 13 wounded for a total of 17. They were armed with Colt Revolving Rifles and Allen and Wheelock Revolvers. From the record of co. "M": "October 9, 1862. One horse and equipments complete with one Colt Revolving rifle was lost in a well at Perryville in the night."

Bibliography: Marshall P. Thatcher, A Hundred Battles in the West: St. Louis To Atlanta, 1861-65, The Second Michigan Cavalry (Detroit: Published by the Author), 1884.

Known Casualties of the 2^nd Michigan Cavalry at Perryville

LAST    FIRST  MIDDLE    RANK AGE Co. Date of Death REMARKS

ALDEN   JUSTIN         PVT 19 D  10/08/1862 Stone says “Allden Justin” (CN E-3392)
ALLEN   JOHN M.        PVT   E       Hospital List says “Jarome Allen”
BARROWS  MILO    W.     1LT 39 I       Wounded in Thigh
CAMPBELL  ARCHIBALD P.     COL 29 F&S      Wounded
COAN    CHARLES  W.     SGT 22 D  10/09/1862 Died of Wounds received
EVERTS   IRIS          PVT 45 K  10/25/1862 Died at New Albany, IN; Buried there                                 (Grave 1140)
HITCHCOCK FREEMAN        PVT 31 L       Listed on Hospital List (Farrier)
JONES   ABRAHAM  W.     COR 27 I       Captured on October 9, 1862
McCORMICK JOHN    J.     2LT 32 C       Captured at Perryville
McNAMARA  PATRICK        PVT 21 C       Wounded
MORDYKE  WILLIAM        PVT 21 D       Discharged at Louisville, June 11, 1863
OLIVER   JEROME         PVT 19 A       Discharged from wounds on December 17,                                1862
REYNOLDS  CYRUS   R.     PVT 23 C  10/08/1862 Camp Nelson, E-3391. Stone says                                   “Raynolds”
VanHALTREN BENJAMIN        PVT 25 D  11/17/1862 Died of Wounds received
WATSON   HENRY   G.     PVT 21 C  10/08/1862 Killed in Action Camp Nelson, E-3390
WEATHERWAX JOHN    M.     CAP 33 C       Wounded in Thigh
 

Count:   16

Roster of the 2^nd Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment

(List of men who could have been present for duty at Perryville)

Field and Staff

• Granger, Gordon, 39, Colonel, (Promoted Brigadier General 3/26/1862)
• Sheridan, Philip Henry, 31, Colonel (Promoted Brigadier General 7/1/1862) 
• Lee, George, 32, Regimental Adjutant (Acting AAG on Sheridan’s Staff, 9/62-3/63)
• Campbell, Archibald P., 39, Colonel (WIA at Perryville)
• Fowler, Frederick, 46, Lt. Colonel (Commanding 3^rd Battalion from 10/1862 to 01/1863)
• Alger, Russell A., 25, Major (Led first Charge, was formally Capt. Co. C) 
• Godley, John C., 36, Major (Promoted Major 9/25/1862)
• Brownell, William, 30, Surgeon
• Green, William T, Assistant Surgeon (Listed as working hospitals at Perryville)
• Dunlap, James A., 29, Hospital Steward (New Recruit)
• Taylor, Robert, 24, Chaplain (Enlisted as a Private in Company G)
• Cheesboro, Benjamin F., 26, Chief Bugler (Discharged at Louisville on 1/30/1863)
• Brown, Seymour, 25, Captain/Assistant Commissary of Subsistence
• Lawrence, Erastus W., 51, 1st Lieutenant and Regimental Commissary
• Crawford, John G., 28, 2^nd Lieutenant/Adjutant (Letter in file)
• Booth, William W., 42, Quartermaster Sergeant (Hospital Steward on 11/1/1862)
• Eaton, Frank N., 20, Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant
• Hawley, Truman W., 27, Commissary Sergeant (Discharged at Louisville on 1/30/1863)
• Maurer, Jacob, 29, Sergeant/Saddler (Discharged for disability on 1/23/1863)
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• Company A
• Carter, George, 44, Captain
• Blackmer, Merret H., 40, 1st Lieutenant 
• Walker, William, 29, Veterinary Surgeon
• Loomis, Royal H., 26, Company Quartermaster Sergeant
• Smith, Theodore F., 38, 1^st Sergeant (Promoted to 2^nd Lieutenant 1/1/1863)
• Hale, Albert M., 32, Sergeant (Wife was a Laundress) 
• Jenkins, Hiram J., 28, Sergeant
• Williamson, Martin S. Sergeant (Clerk at Division Headquarters 9/1862-10/1864)
• Whittemore, Walter, 20, Sergeant (Up through the ranks to Major of the USCTs)
• Bartlett, Irwin C., 25, Corporal 
• Bedford, John, 27, Corporal 
• Beyer, Michael, 29 Corporal
• Brown, William S., 30, Corporal (Transferred to Mississippi Marine Brigade 2/16/1863)
• Clement, George C., 28, Corporal
• Fricke, Charles A., 23, Corporal (Discharged at Louisville on 10/20/1862)
• Gordon, Thomas C., 43, Corporal (Would be promoted to Sergeant)
• Kimball, Erastus S., 29, Corporal
• Miller, Rosselle (Roswell) D., 29, Corporal
• Hutchinson, James, 40, Bugler
• Cole, Daniel, 30, Blacksmith/Farrier 
• Hazzard, Thomas, 34, Farrier (Discharged at Louisville on 11/7/1862)
• Anthony, Charles, 40, Private 
• Ballentine, John, 21 Private 
• Bourassa, Barnard, 23, Private
• Boyd, Alexander, 28, Private
• Burling, Augustus, 24, Private
• Cahoon, Washington, 24, Private
• Canfield, Alanson, 43, Private
• Clark, William, 29, Private
• Cole, Jonas W., 45, Private 
• Conklin, John E., 24, Private (New Recruit, Joined Regiment 9/28/1862)
• Davis, James W., 23, Private
• Demaw, Edward, 33, Private
• Dunning, Malcolm, 18, Private (New Recruit, Mustered 8/19/1862)
• Fisher, William, 19, Private
• Foy, Alfred, 25, Private 
• Gaines, Alonzo, 23, Private
• Gibbs, Elijah Wisner, 30, Private (New Recruit, Joined Regiment 9/8/1862)
• Graves, Elias O., 29, Private
• Graves, Ira, 23, Private
• Green, James P., 24, Private
• Griffin, Walter A., 24, Private
• Grover, Eben, 27, Private
• Haag (Haug), Joseph, 35, Private