Below is the roster of Co. “C”, showing a total of 158 men. Where information was available, I have corrected the spelling of the ages and names (ie; James I. Vandeburg - 21), and added information as to whether they were wounded, killed, disease, or discharged. My questions are: 1) Does anybody know the final dispositions of the remaining men on the roster? I have almost 100 men unaccounted for. 2) Approximately how many men were on the Company C Roster at the beginning of the Peninsula Campaign? And what was the disposition of those who did not make the trip? I realize disease, especially measles, took a lot of them, but how many I am not sure of. 3) The Regimental History by Stevens lists the original captain as being Benjamin Duesler, who was discharged before the Peninsula Campaign, with Giroux being the captain at the Seven Days Battle. How did that happen? Was Giroux a 1st Sergeant and got promoted rapidly? How did he leapfrog Baker, who was originally a 2nd Lieutenant? 4) In a letter dated September 20th, 1862 by James I. Vandeburg he states: “One captain has resigned and both the lieutenants have been promoted to captains in new regiments from Michigan. C. A. Stevens lists “Captain” James Baker being wounded at 2nd Bull Run on Aug. 30, ’62, so he was Captain Baker by then.. Did Giroux resign (as indicated), or resign because he was wounded or taken sick, because he was discharged on Oct. 15, ’62? Vandeburg was away from the Regiment, and in a hospital in Philadelphia, from the middle of August until the middle of September, so he came back to the regiment with these officer changes already in place. It makes sense Baker was promoted to captain, and it must have been Giroux who resigned. The other Lieutenant must have been Willett who went to the other Michigan Company, but I see no mention of his name in the Regimental History….Unless Stevens has a misprint and the name Captain A. “Milan” Willett, discharged Nov. 1, 1862 is the same man as Floyd A. Willett. Thanks, Ed Kunze Roster Berdan's 1st Regiment United States Sharpshooter's (Note: A full company consisted of 100 enlisted men. The original company “C” had enlisted 158 men. However, with disease in camp, accidents, and men being relocated to other companies, Company “C” probably went on their first Campaign with less than a full compliment of men, and was rapidly reduced from there.- Ed K) COMPANY "C" OFFICERS Rank Name Home County Age Captain Duesler, Benjamin Hillsdale 39 Discharged 18 Oct, 1861 1st Lieutenant Willett, Floyd A Kalamazoo 27 2nd Lieutenant Baker, James H. Lansing ? Captain - Wounded, Left wrist, Groveton, Aug. 30, ‘62 Wounded – Left Foot –Wapping Heights, July 23, 1863 Discharged? -Captain – March 21, 1864 Enlisted Men Anderson, Robert B. Ashton, OH 1 22 Armstrong, Almeron D. Hudson 2 37 Axtell, Jehiel Clayton 3 30 Baker, Albert L. Ingham County 4 18 Ball, Oscar M. Hudson 5 23 Ballard, Alonzo Lansing 6 18 Barker, Harvey Wayne 7 22 Barker, Porter W. Nankin 8 25 Chancellorsville – Sgt. – Leg amputated - mortal Barnes, William P. Wheatland 9 18 Beach, George Hudson 10 21 Bean, Sidney B. Marshall 11 19 Beebe, Lewis M. Hudson 12 22 Wounded – Locust Grove, Mine Run Killed – Battle of the Wilderness Bissell, Leonard Nankin 13 28 Chancellorsville – Corp. – Abdomen - Mortal Blakeslee, Eliakim R. Detroit 14 21 Discharged Oct. 7, 1864 – 1st Lt. Booth, John M. Ingham County 15 21 Captured – Petersburg- Deep Run , 4 Mile Creek Brewer, Byron Detroit 16 23 1st Sgt. – Wounded – Left side Chancellorsville – 1st Lieut. – killed – Cannon ball Briggs, William N. Calhoun County 17 26 Brookins, Morton C. Calhoun County 18 38 Brown, George R. Hudson 19 25 Chancellorsville - Wounded Brown, John Jr Wheatland 20 21 Brown, Osmer C. Wheatland 21 23 Gettysburg - missing Buchanan, William T. Hillsdale County 22 28 Buck, Rolston A. Detroit 23 30 Button, Charles Hillsdale County 24 32 Carter, Benjamin Bronson 25 18 Clark, Gardner B. Kent County 26 26 Lt. – Gettysburg, leg, not serious Discharged Sept. 9, 1864 - Captain Cobb, Frank H. Hudson 27 20 Sgt. Wounded and captured 4 months Battle of Wilderness – Orange Road Cole, John S. Hudson 28 24 Killed – Chickahominy Swamp – Peninsula Campaign Colwell, Calvin C. Hudson 29 32 Gettysburg – leg, broken bone Colwell, William G. Lenawee 30 18 Cooley, Rupert G. Lenawee 31 18 Catlett Station- prisoner Cox, Hugh Alpine 32 26 Crammer, John Ingham County 33 18 Crittenden, Carlton P. Wheatland 34 27 Cronkite, William G. Ionia County 35 22 Wounded – Mechanicsville – 7 Days Battle Curtis, James Bronson 36 29 Davenport, George W. Hudson 37 19 Delbridge, James B. Genesee County 38 24 Devinney, Elisha L. Calhoun County 39 28 Dillabaugh, James Ingham County 40 21 Chancellorsville - shoulder Doty, Jacob Hillsdale County 41 25 Doty, Travis T. Hillsdale County 42 24 Gettysburg- slight in hand and arm Killed – Locust Grove, Mine Run Doyle, William Ransom 43 30 Dwight, John H. Hudson 44 21 Edgerton, Frank Marshall 45 18 Killed – Hancock’s charge at Spotsylvania Edmonds, Andrew J. Marshall 46 32 Edmonds, Edwin E. Marshall 47 21 Ege, Jacob A. Lansing 48 18 Captured – Battle of the Wilderness Evans, John G.S. Grand Rapids 49 23 Chancellorsville – Sgt.- Killed Farnsworth, Edwin G. Hudson 50 26 Wounded – Locust Grove, Mine run Field, Dexter Lisbon 51 19 Chancellorsville – Corp.- leg and hip Fitch, Norton Lisbon 52 28 2nd Bull Run – Left arm amputated Fitch, Wellington Lisbon 53 24 Fosdick, Horace Detroit 54 27 Fountain, Jerome H. Hudson 55 21 Fuller, Don Henry Hudson 56 21 Wounded - Gettysburg Garrison, Henry C. Marshall 57 22 Gilchrist, Henry A. Lansing 58 19 Chancellorsville - Foot Giroux, Benjamin Middlesex, CN 59 n/a Discharged Oct. 15, 1862 Gorton, Thomas B. Lenawee County 60 29 2nd Bull Run - Wounded Haberstick, Charles Calhoun County 61 27 Hackett, Henry Lisbon 62 29 Hamilton, Edward B. Ingham County 63 n/a Harrington, Charles York 64 19 Harrison, Thomas J. Wheatland 65 26 Hartson, William T. Hudson 66 19 Hathaway, William R. Lenawee County 67 43 Head, Truman -alias- California Joe New York City 68 42 Discharged late fall of ’82 – Failing health and eyesight- Peninsula Camp. Heath, Henry Calhoun County 69 20 Heath, James Marshall 70 31 Wounded, fatal – Petersburg, Harrison Creek Herdman, William J. Ypsilanti 71 18 Higby, Harrison O. Hudson 72 23 Wounded – Mortal - Gettysburg Hinman, Newall Kent County 73 23 Hood, Henry A. Hudson 74 21 Chancellorsville- killed- Corp. Humphrey, Henry D. Wheatland 75 21 Humphrey, Thomas B. Wheatland 76 29 Jackson, William Lansing 77 32 Jarvis, Fred Lenawee County 78 18 Chancellorsville - arm Jennee, Isaac M. Detroit 79 25 Jewell, Albert Hudson 80 21 Johnson, Charles H. Wayne County 81 24 Chancellorsville - Wounded Keen, Joseph Kalamazoo County 82 26 Kempton, Benjamin F. Hudson 84 23 Kelsey, William Jackson 85 21 Knapp, Miles W. Hudson 86 27 Lake, John Kent County 87 23 Littlefield, Benjamin F. Kent County 88 19 Discharged on October 24, 1862, with a surgeon's certificate of disability for "valvular disease of the heart." - Later he reenlisted in the 11th New York Heavy Artillery on April 27, 1863. McClain, Rascelas S. Kent County 89 29 Chancellorsville – upper arm, Wounded – Locust Grove, Mine Run McNeil, William H. Grand Rapids 90 18 Mann, Frederick Calhoun County 91 27 Maynard, George Wheatland 92 24 Miller, Albert W. Hudson 93 32 Miller, Henry A. Marshall 94 22 Miller, Henry H. Van Buren County 95 20 Moody, Lyman Hampshire, MS 96 19 Murray, James A. Hudson 97 23 Palmer, Oscar Hudson 98 20 Parker, Henry L. Kalamazoo 99 19 Parker, William S. Charlotte 100 23 Chancellorsville - killed Patterson, Schuyler Ionia 101 20 Pomeroy, William Lenawee County 102 26 Price, John Adrian 103 18 Killed - Chancellorsville Richardson, Abial D. Detroit 104 17 Wounded – Locust Grove, Mine run Robinson, Johnson Lansing 105 21 Chancellorsville – slight, Killed – Cold Harbor Roosa, Simon Medina 106 34 Wounded – mortal - Gettysburg Rowlson, Eugene Lenawee County 107 24 Salisbury, James W. Lenawee County 108 36 Sanford, George D. Wayne County 109 39 Lewinsville – Wounded – The first Sharpshooter wounded in the war Saxton, Henry Lenawee County 110 25 Schofield, Benjamin D. Marshall 111 34 Schoonover, John Comstock 112 27 2nd Bull Run – Wounded - Mortal Shattuck, Asa Ingham County 113 20 Shattuck, Daniel W. Ingham County 114 23 Sheldon, George W. Kalamazoo 115 22 Killed – Gettysburg – July 2 – 2nd Lt. Sheldon, Robert E. Lebanon 116 18 Shipman, Charles E. Lenawee County 117 24 Smith, Josiah N. Lenawee County 118 32 Southworth, Edwin J. Hudson 119 25 Chancellorsville- Corp.- left side Kelly’s Ford –Leg amputated Spears, Henry E. Westphalia 120 19 Steele, Stephen Marshall 121 25 Storms, Archibald Hillsdale County 122 19 Straw, William Lenawee County 123 25 Sturdevant, Orson E. Marshall 124 23 7 Days Battle – Died in hospital Tabor, Eugene M. Kalamazoo 125 22 Ten Eyck, Henry Hudson 126 31 7 Days Battle – Died in Alexandria hospital Thompson, William H. Hudson 127 18 Killed – Cold Harbor Tillapau, Daniel Hudson 128 21 Killed – Hancock’s charge at Spotsylvania Tompkins, William J. Kent County 129 24 Townsend, Henry Nankin 130 20 Kelly’s Ford - killed Van Akin, Simeon Jr Hudson 131 21 Vandeburg, James I. Calhoun County 132 21 Chancellorsville – Shoulder and 2 ribs Medical Discharge – 4th May, 1864 Van Etten, Peter G. Lansing 133 25 2nd Bull Run - Killed Walkley, Edwin Detroit 134 27 Walton, Andrew J. Lenawee County 135 33 Walton, Edwin J. Hudson 136 25 Gettysburg - finger Warner, Jerome Calhoun County 137 30 Watson, Martin A. Flint 138 20 Chancellorsville – missing Way, James Grand Rapids 139 33 Sgt- Wounded – Battle of York Town Welch, Joseph Lenawee County 140 22 Whitney, Joel C. Hudson 141 21 Wilcox, Cyrus L. North Adams 142 19 Wounded – Battle of the Wilderness Williams, Alleine Six Corners 143 17 Williams, Byron E. -or- Hillsdale County 144 18 Williams, Ryan 145 Wilson, Edwin A. Paw Paw 146 26 Chancellorsville – Sgt. - hand, slight Mustered out Aug. 20, ’64 – 1st Lieut. Winn, Charles Grand Rapids 147 33 Wirts, Richard H. Hudson 148 23 Wirts, Stiles H. Lenawee County 149 18 Chancellorsville - leg Wirtz, John R. Lenawee County 150 23 Discharged Feb. 25, 1863- 2nd Lt Wise, Harmon J. Ypsilanti 151 18 Chancellorsville - killed Wise, Jacob T. Washtenaw County 152 33 Wiser, John H. Lansing 153 23 Wood, Bishop Hudson 154 22 Wood, Henry A. Hudson 155 21 York, Silas A. Calhoun County 156 40 Youst, Theodore H. Hudson 157 27 Zimmerman, George Moscow 158 26 Disease - Dec. 14, 1861 Washington
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