Continental Artillery

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Generations Of Service

Memoirs and services of three generations ...:

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A Fort In 18th Century Detroit

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From The centennial celebration of the evacuation of Detroit by the British: July ...:

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"The fort is garrisoned by a company of artillery under the command of Captain Spear, two companies of infantry, and one of grenadiers, of the Twenty-fourth regiment, which is Colonel [Richard] England's regiment.  The other companies are at Michilimackinac and other northern posts."

An Artilleryman's Diary Noted Lee's Surrender

View Of Chattanooga, Tennessee

Excerpts from An Artilleryman's Diary, by Jenkin Lloyd Jones (Private, 6th Wisconsin Battery):

Chattanooga, Monday, April 10. Wet and muddy day, but no one knew it for we had such good news. 11 A. M. a bit of paper no bigger than my hands was distributed with the words

"Lee has surrendered his army on terms which I dictated."
U. S. Grant.

It was enough.

1 P. M. the cannons spoke in thunder tones. Two hundred guns fired in rapid succession, around us on all sides, which mingled with the huzzahs of troops, reminded me very forcibly of more stirring scenes which I have witnessed. God grant that we may know no more such. How the thought of peace and tranquility throbs in each soldier's breast when he thinks of the home and associates he left so reluctantly to follow the path of duty, soon to be restored to him. No wonder his spirits should be exuberant, aye, even intoxicated with delight. But pen and paper is altogether too tame on such occasions. I'll write no more.

Also see You're In The Army Now blog post

War On The Detroit

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Our Way Down To The Lula Falls

Lula Falls

Excerpts from An Artilleryman's Diary, by Jenkin Lloyd Jones (Private, 6th Wisconsin Battery):

Trail Near Lula Falls

Jim's blog post of the Chattanooga area that included Lula Falls.

Stoddard County, Missouri

Major Amos Stoddard Marker

Missouri Historical Review, Volume 13...:

Anxious For Munitions

Pennsylvania In 1771

Information below from Cases Decided in the United States Court of Claims, Volume 1:

Beaumont Controversy With Captain Richards

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Papers in the Geo. H. Richards file (online at Fold3).

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Wm. Beaumont's Signature Source

A letter from the Inspector General's Office, Plattsburgh, March 27, 1815, stating that the writer was commanded by Major General Macomb to make a report to the War Department regarding artillery officer Richards, an order to provide clothing, and Richards' whereabouts. [Source]


The book, Life and Letters of Dr. William Beaumont, addressed the controversy surrounding Beaumont and Richards.

Major-General John F. Reynolds

From the History of the Twenty-Fourth Michigan of the Iron Brigade:

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The Annual Reunion, the Reynolds Family Association ..., Volumes 17-30,  By Reynolds Family Association, had the following information:

My connection to the Reynolds Family Association here.

You're In The Army Now

Excerpts from An Artilleryman's Diary, by Jenkin Lloyd Jones (Private, 6th Wisconsin Battery):

Spring Green, Wis., Thursday, Aug. 14, 1862. I enlisted under Lieutenant Fancher for the 6th Battery, Wisconsin Artillery.

Confluence South Of Cairo, Illinois

Cairo, Ill., Saturday, Aug. 30. We were astir early to catch the first sight of the far-famed city of Cairo (Ill.), and certainly an unhappy surprise we found it; the combined medley of filth and disorder, the streets rough, the sidewalks torn and tattered, rendering it dangerous to travel, lest they should throw one headlong to the ditch.

Scott's Commission

Life of General Winfield Scott:

E. S. Otis At A Court-Martial In Detroit

Special Orders Issued From The Adjutant's Office In 1877:

The following order has been received from the War Department :

War Department,
Washington City, April 13, 1877.
Under the 72d Article of War, Revised Statutes, the President directs that a General Court-Martial assemble at Detroit, Michigan, on the 15th day of May, 1877, or as soon thereafter as practicable, for the trial of Captain C. A. Webb, 22d Infantry, and such other persons as may be brought before it.

From The Otis File At Fold3*

Detail for the Court.
*Lieutenant Colonel E [Elwell or Ewell] S. Otis, 22d Infantry. 
Lieutenant Colonel J. M. Brannan, 1st Artillery.
Major G. A. De Russy, 3d Artillery.
Captain R. N. Scott, 3d Artillery.
Captain E. R. Warner, 3d Artillery.
Captain J. R. Kelly, 3d Artillery.
Captain G. F. Barstow, 3d Artillery.

1st Lieutenant James O'Hara, 3d Artillery, Judge Advocate of the Court.

No other officers than those named can be assembled without manifest injury to the service.

GEO. W. McCRARY, Secretary of War.

By command of General Sherman

Probate File For Captain Lewis Howard

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Wayne County, Michigan, Probate File# 75

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Island of Michilimackinac

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A Mackinaw Island newspaper article mentioned how Lewis Howard died:

"It is interesting to note that on January 13, in 1811, Lewis Howard dies on Mackinac Island from injuries sustained in a sleighing accident with a horse."

Lewis Howard's Application For Appointment As Military agent at Mackinaw:

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From the Genealogy of the Rodman Family, 1620 to 1886:

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Valentine Coleman, Signator

From Letters Received by the Office of the Adjutant General…, 1822-1860 1843:

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Hon. J. C. Spencer
Secretary of War U.S.A.

Dear Sir  the undersigned citizens of Delaware County of the State of Ohio.....[Valentine Coleman2 is one of the undersigned]....

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The citizens of Delaware County were asking for a discharge for Simon Reed of Company A, 4th Artillery, because his parents had died and left a helpless family...

Another letter to the Honorable John C. Spencer that referenced the 300 citizens of Delaware County who signed the petition, was dated February 2, 1843.

Simon F. Reed was enlisted at Columbus in the spring of 1841...