Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2015 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Rachel Fuller for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== History of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan The Western Historical Company, Chicago - 1883 A. T. Andreas, Proprietor [111] MILITARY STATISTICS OF THE UPPER PENINSULA, 1861 - 1865 The Assessor's returns of September 10, 1862, showing the number of men subject to draft, and the number exempt, together with the number returned in June, 1862, under a law of the State, are as follows: The number of men enrolled of the first and second classes, in the counties of the Upper Peninsula early in 1863 was as follows: [extracted] Keweenaw, 1,158. In 1864, from January 1 to October 31......Keweenaw, eighteen for three years. The number of men raised for military service, in each county of the Upper Peninsula from November 1, 1864, to the suspension of recruiting, April 15, 1865, together with the number raised previously from September 19, 1863, to the close of the war, was as follows: [extracted] Keweenaw, twenty. The total number of men credited to each county of the Upper Peninsula, from the beginning to the close of the war, is as follows: [extracted] Keweenaw, 119. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [114] KEWEENAW COUNTY VOLUNTEERS -------------------------- The casualties among Keweenaw volunteers from 1862 to 1865 were reported as follows: Martin Effinger, killed on steamer July 8, 1862 Henry Evrington, killed at Bull Run August 30, 1862 John Kehoe, died December 25, 1862 George Walton, executed in Canada July 1, 1863 Thomas Myers, killed at Campbell Station November 16, 1863. Coleman Casey, killed at Spottsylvania May 12, 1864. William Gibson, killed at Petersburg June 19, 1864. William O'Donohue, died at Camp Nelson November 29, 1864. Michael Gallivan, died at Andersonville August 15, 1864. KEWEENAW TROOPS DISCHARGED -------------------------- Henry Hensstylbeck, discharged in 1863. Thomas Crayes, Joseph Williams, in 1862. Edgar Axtell, in 1863 Neil Sinclair, discharged, 1865. John Miller, Sr., 1862. Henry Burton, 1865. Stephen Cockings, 1865. William Backhaus, 1864. William Fressisse, John Breen, John Mullman, Henry Myers, B. McMurray, Henry Palmer, C. Schroeder, Theodore Senner, John Daly, Phillip Kearns, Michael Kallaher, F. Lavelle, 1865. =========================================================================== If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access more of our growing collection of FREE online information by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/ ===========================================================================