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Charles Hagerman
Residence was not listed; 17 years old.
Enlisted on 8/29/1864 at Kalamazoo, MI as a Private.
On 8/29/1864 he mustered into "M" Co. MI 1st Cavalry
He was discharged on 5/11/1866 at Detroit, MI
(Substitute for George A. Blakesly; disch as of Co. F)
Intra Regimental Company Transfers:
* 11/17/1865 from company M to company F
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers 1861-65
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Charles Hagerman, Private, Companies F & M, 1st Michigan Cavalry, filed for Invalid Class Pension, State of Michigan, July 10, 1864, Application No. 517,513, Certificate No. 305,999, his widow Minnie E. Hagerman filed for Widow's Class Pension October 30, 1885, Michigan, Application No. 332, 145, Certificate No. 223,392
Source Information:
National Archives and Records Administration. U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
Original data: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. T288, 546 rolls
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Government headstone provided for Riverside Cemetery, Three Rivers Mich., Aug. 21, 1888. Died October 2, 1885
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Name: Charles Hagerman
Age: 31
Birth Year: abt 1849
Birthplace: Michigan
Home in 1880: Constantine, St Joseph, Michigan
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Minnie Hagerman
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Occupation: Cooper
Household Members:
Name Age
Charles Hagerman 31
Minnie Hagerman 30
Leon Hagerman 5
Leo Hagerman 5
Arthur Hagerman 4
Rice Hagerman 2
Grace Hagerman 2
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The First, after the term of veteran furlough, reassembled
at Camp Stoneman, D. C., March 1, 1864, and was joined by a
battalion of newly organized troops that had been recruited the
previous December. May 5th it crossed the Rapidan and entered
upon the campaign of 1864.
The First was among the forces commanded by General
Sheridan in his celebrated raid in the rear of Lee's army and
took part in the severe engagements that were fought both in
the advance upon Richmond and the return. Major Brewer, with
one battalion of the First, charged the enemy conducting 400
Union prisoners to Richmond and re-captured all of them.
On the eleventh the enemy's forces under General J. E. B.
Stuart's command was encountered at Yellow Tavern and a
sanguinary encounter took place. While the balance of the
brigade was confronting the enemy the First was formed in
column for a charge. It moved forward under Lieutenant Colonel
Stagg, meeting a severe fire of grape and canister from a
battery concealed on the right, but, nothing daunted, the
regiment advanced with cheers and yells, though it had to cross
five fences and a narrow bridge.
The men rode straight for the battery and captured it with
a large number of prisoners. The confederate forces were
completely routed and the greatest cavalry commander of the
confederacy, J. E. B. Stuart, was mortally wounded and died in
Richmond shortly afterward. General Sheridan found the city of
Richmond too strongly fortified to be taken by assault and
marched by the way of Gaines' Mills and rejoined the Army of
the Potomac.
The First, with the balance of the brigade, took part in
the severe engagement at Hawes' Shop May 28, where the battle
raged for hours with great fury, each side obstinately
contending every inch of ground. The country was wooded and
the fighting was necessarily on foot and the loss on both sides
was heavy. The enemy was completely defeated, but the victory
was won at great sacrifice of life.
May 31 the First was at Cold Harbor and during a spirited
engagement with infantry, artillery and cavalry Major Brewer of
the First made a saber charge upon the enemy and broke his
line, when the confederates threw down their arms and fled,
leaving their dead and wounded on the field.
This position was an important one and orders were
received to hold it at all hazards and the troops of the
Michigan Cavalry Brigade slept on their arms during the night.
Soon after daybreak that portion of the line held by the First
Michigan was attacked by a large force of the enemy, which was
repulsed. During this attack Captain Brevoort, one of the most
gallant officers in the command, was killed and Captain William
B. Heazlitt was wounded. The cavalry held this line until near
noon, when it was relieved by the Sixth Corps.
On June 2d the regiment moved toward the Chickahominy and
encamped at Bottom's Bridge, where it remained until June 4th,
when it moved to the old Church Tavern, thence on the fifth to
Shedley's, near Hawes' Shop, and on the sixth to Newcastle
Ferry. On the seventh the regiment crossed the Pamunkey river
and marched about a mile beyond Aylett's, where it remained
until the next morning and then moved to Henning creek and went
into camp. On June 9th encamped at Young's Bridge and on the
evening of the tenth arrived within three miles of Louisa Court
House. On the 11th and 12th of June the regiment was engaged
with the rest of the brigade in the battle of Trevillian
Station, in which battle Captain Carr, Lieutenants Pulver and
Warren of the regiment were killed and Captain Duggan and
Lieutenant Bullock were wounded.
On the night of June 12th, when the brigade retreated, the
first marched all night. On the twenty-eighth it crossed the
James river.
The last of July the First was ordered to Washington to
take part in the Shenandoah campaign under General Sheridan.
It shared all the vicissitudes of the numerous battles that
culminated in driving General Early and all confederate forces
out of the valley. The campaign was a brilliant series of
successes and the First maintained its most honorable record
and was conspicuous for its gallantry in many of the decisive
victories won. No brief or abridged history of a cavalry
regiment can do justice to the officers and men of the
organization, for it frequently is separated from its brigade
and division and is required to plan its own advance and attack
and the hazardous positions such a command often finds itself
in requires the coolest judgment, a fertility of resources and
the highest skill to extricate itself with honor and credit.
To write the history of a cavalry regiment requires a daily
memorandum, for its constant movements night and day and the
detachments sent on perilous scouts cannot be covered by a
brief statement of its campaigns.
In February, 1865, the First was a part of the forces
under General Sheridan when he moved against the enemy's
communications at Gordonsville and in March fought the
confederate cavalry under General Rosser at Louisa Court House,
defeating the enemy and destroying a large amount of public
property. The First helped to destroy the locks, acqueducts
and mills on the James river canal, the destruction of which
was a serious embarrassment to General Lee. It returned to the
White House after this successful raid March 19 and immediately
took part in the momentous movement when the Army of the
Potomac was swung around General Lee's right. It fought at
Five Forks and clung close to the enemy during the memorable
days of the pursuit of General Lee's army, everywhere striking
hard blows that helped to deprive the enemy of his wagon trains
and artillery, fighting desperately at Sailor's Creek, where
the Michigan Brigade destroyed 400 wagons and captured sixteen
guns and cut off General Ewell's corps from General Lee's army,
when General Ewell and his corps of 6,000 surrendered.
After the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, the
First with its brigade was sent to North Carolina, but returned
to Washington, where it took part in the grand review May 23.
The Michigan Brigade was at once ordered to proceed to
Fort Leavenworth, Kan., thence to Fort Laramie, Wyoming
Territory, where portions of each regiment were consolidated
into a regiment designated as the "First Michigan Cavalry."
The order assigning this brigade to duty in the West was a most
unjust action, after its severe, long and honorable service in
the East, and the officers and men endured great hardships in
their campaign against the Indians in the far West. The matter
was a subject of quite an acrimonious correspondence between
Governor Crapo of Michigan and the War Department and Congress
eventually made an appropriation to do partial justice to men
who were mustered out in Utah with no means of reaching home.
The regiment was mustered out at Salt Lake City, Utah,
March 10, 1866, where the men were paid and disbanded.
The regiment and brigade engaged the enemy at Winchester,
Va., March 23, 1862; Middleton, Va., March 25, 1862; Strasburg,
Va., March 27, 1862; Harrisonburg, Va., April 22, 1862;
Winchester, Va., May 24, 1862; Orange Court House, Va., July
16, 1862; Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, 1862; Bull Run, second,
Va., Aug. 30, 1862; Occouquan, Va., Feb., 1863; Thoroughfare
Gap, Va., May 21, 1863; Greenwich, Va., May 30, 1863; Hanover,
Va., June 30, 1863; Hunterstown, Pa., July 2, 1863; Gettysburg,
Pa., July 3, 1863; Monterey, Md., July 4, 1863; Cavetown, Md.,
July 5, 1863; Smithton, Md., July 6, 1863; Boonsboro, Md., July
6, 1863; Hagerstown, Md., July 6, 1863; Williamsport, Md., July
6, 1863; Boonsboro, Md., July 8, 1863; Hagerstown, Md., July
10, 1863; Williamsport, Md., July 10, 1863; Falling Waters,
Md., July 14, 1863; Snicker's Gap, Va., July 19, 1863; Kelly's
Ford, Va., Sept. 13, 1863; Culpepper Court House, Va., Sept.
14, 1863; Raccoon Ford, Va., Sept. 16, 1863; White's Ford, Va.,
Sept. 21, 1863; Jack's Shop, Va., Sept. 26, 1863; James City,
Va., Oct. 9, 10, 1863; Brandy Station, Va., Oct. 11, 1863;
Buckland's Mills, Va., Oct. 19, 1863; Stevensburg, Va., Nov.
19, 1863; Morton's Ford, Va., Nov. 26, 1863; Richmond, Va.,
March 1, 1864; Wilderness, Va., May 6 and 7, 1864; Beaver Dam
Station, Va., May 6, 1864; Yellow Tavern, Va., May 10 and 11,
1864; Meadow Bridge, Va., May 12, 1864; Milford, Va., May 27,
1864; Hawes' Shop, Va., May 28, 1864; Cold Harbor, Va., May 30
and June 1, 1864; Trevillian Station, Va., June 11 and 12,
1864; Cold Harbor, Va., July 21, 1864; Winchester, Va., Aug.
11, 1864; Leetown, Va., Aug. 25, 1864; Shepardstown, Va., Aug.
25, 1864; Smithfield, Va., Aug. 29, 1864; Berryville, Va.,
Sept. 3, 1864; Summit, Va., Sept. 4, 1864; Opequan, Va., Sept.
19, 1864; Winchester, Va., Sept. 19, 1864; Luray, Va., Sept.
24, 1864; Port Republic, Va., July 26, 27 and 28, 1864; Mt.
Crawford, Va., Oct. 2, 1864; Woodstock, Va., Oct. 9, 1864;
Cedar Creek, Va., Oct. 19, 1864; Madison Court House, Va., Dec.
24, 1864; Louisa Court House, Va., March 8, 1865; Five Forks,
Va., March 30, 31 and April 1, 1865; South Side Railroad, Va.,
April 2, 1865; Duck Pond Mills, Va., April 4, 1865; Sailor's
Creek, Va., April 6, 1865; Appomattox, Va., April 8 and 9,
1865; and Willow Springs, Dak., Aug. 12, 1865.
Total enrollment...........................................2490
Killed in action.............................................96
Missing in action............................................40
Died of wounds...............................................52
Died as prisoners of war.....................................58
Died of disease.............................................172
Drowned.......................................................2
Killed accidentally...........................................4
Killed by Indians.............................................1
Discharged for disability...................................209
Source: Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers 1861-65