Enoch Howe
Residence was not listed; 22 years old.
Enlisted on 5/26/1864 at Kalamazoo, MI as a Private.
On 5/26/1864 he mustered into "I" Co. MI 8th Cavalry
He was discharged on 6/10/1865 at Pulaski, TN
He was listed as:
* Joined Regiment 10/5/1864 Nicholasville, KY
Promotions:
* Corpl 2/26/1865
(Buried at Decatur, MI.)
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers 1861-65
8th MI Cavalry
( 3-years )
Organized: Mt. Clemens, MI on 5/2/63
Mustered Out: 9/22/65 at Nashville, TN
Officers Killed or Mortally Wounded: 1
Officers Died of Disease, Accidents, etc.: 2
Enlisted Men Killed or Mortally Wounded: 41
Enlisted Men Died of Disease, Accidents, etc.: 290
(Source: Fox, Regimental Losses)
MICHIGAN
Eighth Cavalry.
The Eighth Michigan Cavalry was recruited at Mt. Clemens
and mustered into the United States service May 2, 1863, with
an enrollment of 1,117 officers and men.
The field, staff and line officers at organization were as
follows:
John Stockton, Mt. Clemens, Colonel. Grover S. Wormer,
Detroit, Lieutenant Colonel. Henry C. Edgerly, Mt. Clemens,
Edward Coates, Pontiac, and Elisha Mix, Manlius, Majors. John
B. K. Mignault, Mt. Clemens, Surgeon. Hiram M. Snell, Armada,
and Charles G. Robertson, Waterford, Assistant Surgeons.
Edward Fishpool, Chesterfield, Adjutant. John S. Smith,
Armada, Quartermaster. Watson B. Smith, Detroit, Commissary.
Benjamin F. Doughty, Sturgis, Chaplain.
A. Captain, William L. Buck, Marshall. First Lieutenant,
James A. Strong, Burlington. Second Lieutenant, Erwin Ellis,
Burlington.
B. Captain, Miles Warren, Pontiac. First Lieutenant,
Smedley Wilkinson, Quincy. Second Lieutenant, Henry L.
Sillick, Quincy.
C. Captain, Fairfield Goodwin, East Bloomfield. First
Lieutenant, Jerome B. Calkins, Holly. Second Lieutenant,
Benjamin Treat, Waterford.
D. Captain, Adolphus C. Stockton, Mt. Clemens. First
Lieutenant, Arthur W. Eastman, Mt. Clemens. Second Lieutenant,
John W. Bennett, Mt. Clemens.
E. Captain, Andrew J. Abbey, Romeo. First Lieutenant,
Charles E. Greble, Almont. Second Lieutenant, Robert F. Allen,
Plymouth.
F. Captain, Samuel Wells, Prairie Ronde. First
Lieutenant, John E. Babbitt, Allegan. Second Lieutenant, James
M. Wells, Schoolcraft.
G. Captain, John M. Crawford, Ray. First Lieutenant,
Almiron P. Armstrong, Armada. Second Lieutenant, Milton
Thompson, Ray.
H. Captain, James A. Steele, St. Clair. First
Lieutenant, Frederick S. Steele, St. Clair. Second Lieutenant,
John H. Riggs, Detroit.
I. Captain, Samuel H. Bleakman, Detroit. First
Lieutenant, Robert B. Tubbs, Flint. Second lieutenant, William
C. D. Lowrie, Detroit.
K. Captain, William C. Stockton, Mt. Clemens. First
Lieutenant, John M. Baird, Holly. Second Lieutenant, George
Williams, Detroit.
L. Captain, Charles C. Lamb, Mt. Clemens. First
Lieutenant, Nathan S. Boynton, Cottrellville. Second
Lieutenant, Aaron L. Abbey, Armada.
M. Captain, Elijah J. Devens, Coldwater. First
Lieutenant, Darius Noteman, Coldwater. Second Lieutenant,
Walter Burritt, Coldwater.
Eight companies of the regiment left Mt. Clemens May 12,
and the other four companies joined the regiment in Kentucky
May 26. The Eighth saw actual service June 19th at Triplet's
Bridge, where it met the enemy and drove him in confusion into
the mountains, killing and capturing a number of confederates
and taking twenty prisoners.
It was actively engaged during the month and July 5th was
at Lebanon, Ky., where the confederate raider, John Morgan, had
looted and burned a portion of the town and afterward was
suffered to escape almost without loss, but through no fault of
the officers and men of the Eighth Cavalry.
Had the Union forces, consisting of the Fifth Kentucky and
Eighth and Ninth Michigan Cavalry, been led by their commanding
officer with the same dash and spirit that cavalry officers
exhibited later in the war, the forces under Morgan would have
been dispersed or captured and his raid brought to a speedy and
inglorious end.
After Morgan's escape from Lebanon, he made his
sensational but disastrous march through Indiana and Ohio,
where he was finally driven to cover and captured.
The Eighth was one of the regiments to follow his trail
and overtook him at Buffington Island, July 19th, some 250
miles east of Cincinnati, where a number of regiments and
detachments succeeded in charging and demoralizing Morgan's
command. The Eighth made a brilliant dash and after dispersing
the enemy captured 573 of them, with their horses and
equipments.
The regiment, except the detachments that were absent on
scouting duty, with other troops started in pursuit of the
confederate general and went by rail to Columbus, Ohio, and
then to Steubenville and after marching in search of the
confederates almost continuously night and day, reached
Salineville, where a detachment of the Ninth Michigan Cavalry
had a severe engagement with Morgan, driving him in confusion
from the field.
The Eighth now advanced rapidly, fearing that Morgan would
escape, and finally, after hard marching, succeeded in bringing
him to bay, when Morgan and the remnant of his command,
amounting to but a few hundred men, surrendered.
In August, 1863, the Eighth was assigned to the First
Brigade, Second Cavalry Corps, and marched from Kentucky to
participate in the East Tennessee campaign.
During the month of September the regiment was constantly
in the saddle, scouting and skirmishing with the enemy, and on
the 26th the Cavalry Brigade, of which the Eighth formed a
part, was attacked by General Forest with a force estimated at
15,000.
The Union forces were not strong enough to withstand
General Forest and were pushed back to Loudon, stubbornly
contesting the ground all the way.
During October the Eighth was at Athens, Sweetwater, Oak
Springs and Kingston, Tenn., and in its numerous engagements
suffered severely in killed, wounded and prisoners.
November, 1863, the Eighth was at Lenoir, Tenn., where it
met the advancing forces of General Longstreet, who was then
marching upon Knoxville. The confederates slowly pushed the
Union Troops before them until they retired behind their works
in Knoxville and Fort Saunders. The Eighth helped to defend
Knoxville and when the siege was raised followed the retreating
enemy, harrassing him at every opportunity.
During the last of the year 1863 and the first of 1864 the
Eighth was on duty in the field continuously, though suffering
severely from the hardships incident to that campaign. The
weather was severely cold and stormy, rations were so hard to
secure that men and horses were often brought to the verge of
starvation, and blankets and clothing so worn as to be no
protection against the cold and tents were unknown. The severe
marching without forage had killed so many horses that the
regiment was dismounted, as no animals could be found to
replace those worn out and exhausted.
The regiment was then marched on foot across the
Cumberland mountains, from Knoxville, Tenn., to Mt. Sterling,
Ky., a distance of more than 200 miles, over almost impassable
roads.
The Eighth was remounted and received new equipments and
started in June to join General Sherman on the Atlanta
campaign.
While serving under General Stoneman it participated in
the raid to Macon, meeting a disastrous reception, but fighting
gallantly until surrounded by superior numbers. The whole
command then had to cut their way out as best they could.
The six regiments under General Stoneman marched to Macon,
where he burned a large railroad bridge and destroyed an
immense amount of public property and supplies destined for the
confederate army.
General Stoneman's force was too small to cope with the
garrison at Macon and as soon as he withdrew the confederate
troops followed him, while other bodies of confederates were
sent to meet his advance.
His command was eventually surrendered and he allowed the
different organizations to cut their way out and save
themselves if possible. Then followed desperate charges and
repulses, fighting mounted and dismounted, with the hope of
escape.
The Eighth acted most gallantly in these trying situations
and fought so long as there was anything to gain by fighting,
and then a large number saved themselves by taking different
directions and secreting themselves in the woods and marching
nights toward the Union lines. Many were taken prisoners and
others returned to Marietta and were then sent to
Nicholasville, Ky.
In October the Eighth left Nicholasville for Nashville and
from Nashville to Pulaski to meet the advancing army of General
Hood and keep General Thomas at Nashville advised of the
movements of the confederate troops.
In performing this duty the regiment was constantly in the
presence of the enemy and being a force of observation was
slowly driven back towards Nashville by Hood's strong Infantry
columns. It took part in many severe encounters during this
period, but the first of December it fell back behind the
defenses of Nashville and was held in reserve until Dec. 22.
In January, 1865, the Eighth was at Pulaski, Tenn., and
remained in this section of the state driving out the
guerrillas until September, when it was mustered out and
returned to Jackson, Mich., where it was paid and disbanded
Sept. 28, 1865.
It was engaged with the enemy while in service at Triplett
Bridge, Ky., June 19, 1863; Lebanon, Ky., July 5, 1863;
Lawrenceburg, Ky., July 9, 1863; Salvisa, Ky., July 10, 1863;
Buffington's Island, Ohio, July 19, 1863; Winchester, Ky., July
25, 1863; Salineville, Ohio, July 26, 1863; Lancaster, Ky.,
July 30, 1863; Stamford, Ky., July 31, 1863; Kingston, Tenn.,
Sept. 1, 1863; Cleveland, Tenn., Sept. 18, 1863; Calhoun,
Tenn., Sept. 26, 1863; Athens, Tenn., Sept. 27, 1863; Louden,
Tenn., Sept. 29, 1863; Philadelphia, Tenn., Oct. 23, 1863;
Sweet Water, Tenn., Oct. 26, 1863; Lenoir Station, Tenn., Nov.
12, 1863; Campbell's Station, Tenn., Nov. 16, 1863; Knoxville,
Tenn., Nov. 18, 1863; Rutledge, Tenn., Dec. 10, 1863; Ream's
Station, Tenn., Dec. 14, 1863; New Market, Tenn., Dec. 25,
1863; Mossy Creek, Tenn., Jan. 10, 1864; Dandridge, Tenn., Jan.
17, 1864; Fair Garden, Tenn., Jan. 24, 1864; Sevierville,
Tenn., Jan. 27, 1864; Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., July 1, 1864;
Sweet Water, Ga., July 3, 1864; Chattahoochee, Ga., July 4,
1864; Moore's Ridge, Ga., July 12, 1864; Covington, Ga., July
28, 1864; Macon, Ga., July 30, 1864; Sunshine Church, Ga., July
31, 1864; Eatonton, Ga., Aug. 1, 1864; Mulberry Creek, Ga.,
Aug. 3, 1864; Henryville, Tenn., Nov. 23, 1864; Mount Pleasant,
Tenn., Nov. 24, 1864; Duck River, Tenn., Nov. 24, 1864;
Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 14 to 22, 1864.
Total enrollment...........................................2152
Killed in action.............................................21
Died of wounds................................................8
Died in confederate prisons..................................67
Died of disease..............................................88
Discharged for disability (wounds and disease)..............197
Source: Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers 1861-65
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APRIL 23-26, 1865.--Scout from Pulaski, Tenn., to Rogersville, Ala.
Report of Capt. Albert L. Hathaway, Eighth Michigan Cavalry.
HDQRS. EIGHTH MICHIGAN CAVALRY,
Pulaski, Tenn., April 29, 1865.
CAPT.: I have the honor to report that I left camp of the Eighth
Michigan Cavalry on Sunday, the 23d instant, with fifty men and
proceeded in the direction of Lamb's Ferry by the way of
Gilbertsborough and Rogersville. Arriving at the ferry on te second day,
saw a small party of Confederate cavalry near the ferry, numbering
about nine men, but did not succeed in capturing any of them as they
were well mounted. From all the information I could get I learned that
Maj. Gilbert had a small command of about thirty men on the south
side of the Tennessee River near Lamb's Ferry. They a ferry-boat and
come over this side of the river in small parties and are scouting around
the country between the Tennessee River and Sugar Creek. I could not
learn that they were doing any damage or troubling any person. I
do not think there are over ten Confederate soldiers at any one time over
this side of the river in the vicinity of Lamb's Ferry or Sugar Creek. I
returned to camp on Wednesday, the 26th instant, having been absent
from camp four days on the scout and traveled about 100 miles; which
is respectfully submitted.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
A. L. HATHAWAY,
Capt. Company I, Eighth Michigan Cavalry.
[Indorsement.]
HDQRS. SIXTH DIVISION, CAVALRY CORPS,
MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
Pulaski, Tenn., April 30, 1865.
Respectfully forwarded to brig. Gen. W. D. Whipple, chief of staff,
Army of the Cumberland, who is invited to compare this report with the
many alarming dispatches recently received from Brig.-Gen.
Granger.
R. W. JOHNSON,
Brig.-Gen. of Volunteers.
Source: Official Records
SCOUT TO ROGERSVILLE, ALA. PAGE 513-103
[Series I. Vol. 49. Part I, Reports, Correspondence, Etc. Serial No. 103.]