ID’d Civil War Union Officer & Regt. Quartermaster, Charles Wood




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Reference Number: Avaluer:24557931Modified Item: No
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Conflict: Civil War (1861-65)Theme: Militaria
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ID’d CDV. Civil War Union - 1stLt. and Regimental Quartermaster, C. B. WoodCharles Beers Wood, shown as student at the University ofMichigan on 28 May 1862, Delta Phi law fraternity cross on neck, hand in coatand holding hat and cane.  Commissionedas 1st Lt. and Quartermaster of the 4th MichiganInfantry; later Chief of Staff, 3rd Brigade, 4thDivision, IV Corps; Later to Union Army at San Antonio, Texas in 1865.  Provost Marshall of San Antonio, 1866; laterlawyer for gold sp...eculators in Colorado.   I will send my research documents via email if you are interested. Inscription: on front “Fancy Picture”, on back “C. B. Wood(his mark), University of Monroe Seminary, Yours respectfully, Mother Wood", "May 28, 1862", "Feb 1864". Backmark: "T. D. Tookers Photographic Gallery, AnnArbor, Mich.” Biography:·        Born: 14 Oct 1838, Waterloo, Seneca, New York·        1860 Census: law student, residing with fatherJames C Wood (lawyer) at Jackson City, Michigan.·        Civil War service (see below)·        Marriage: 23 May 1867, Coldwater, Michigan toGertrude E. Baker (1846–1929)·        1870 Census: lawyer, residing at Hastings, Barry, Michigan.·        1880 Census: lawyer, residing at Jackson City, Michigan. ·        1900 Census: lawyer, residing at Hyde ParkTownship, Cook, Illinois. ·        Died: 26 Nov 1910, Chicago, Illinois; buriedJackson, Michigan.Military Service:·        Registered in Enlistment Eligibility Book, June1863 as Lawyer, single, at Jackson City, Michigan. ·        Enlisted: 6 Mar 1865, as 1st Lt. andQuartermaster, Field & Staff of the 4th Michigan InfantryRegiment (2nd Organization)·        Muster Out: 26 May 1866, Houston, Texas.   Service of the 4th Michigan Infantry Regiment(2nd Organization)Organized at Adrian and Hudson, Mich., and mustered inOctober 14, 1864. Left State for Nashville, Tenn., October 22; thence moved toDecatur, Ala., October 26. Attached to District of Northern Alabama, Dept. ofthe Cumberland, to November, 1864. 1st Brigade, Defences of the Nashville &Chattanooga Railroad, Dept. of the Cumberland, to January, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to June, 1865. 2ndBrigade, 3rd Division, 4th Army Corps, to August, 1865. Dept. of Texas to May, 1866.

SERVICE:Defence of Decatur againstHood's attack October 28-30, 1864. Duty at Decatur till November 25. Actionsnear Maysville and near New Market, Ala., November 17. Duckett's Place, nearPaint Rock River, November 19. Moved to Murfreesboro November 25-27. Hood'sattack on Murfreesboro December5-12. Picket duty and guarding supply trains till January 15, 1865. Moved toHuntsville, Ala., January 15, and duty there till March 23. Duty at Knoxville, Strawberry Plains, Bull's Gap, Jonesboro and Nashville, Tenn., till June 16. Movedto New Orleans, La., June 16-July 5; thence to Indianola, Texas, July 6-10.March to Green Lake and duty there till September 12. March to San AntonioSeptember 12-24. Camp at Salada Creek till November. Provost duty at SanAntonio and other points in Texas till May, 1866. Mustered out at Houston, Texas, May 26, and discharged at Detroit, Mich., June 10, 1866.   Regiment lost during service 7 Enlisted menkilled and mortally wounded and 141 Enlisted men by disease. Total 148.Regimental Timeline from website: https://4thmichigan.wordpress.com/·        January 15th, 1865  Traveled by rail toHuntsville, Alabama. Arrived there on the 18th and was assigned to 3rdBrigade, 3rd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland.·        March 23rd  Took up line of march by railtraveling through East Tennessee, until reaching Knoxville on March 25th.·        March 26th  Proceeded to Strawberry Plainsand marched to New Market, Tenn. the next day.·        March 29th  Marched to Painter’s Springsand to Russelville the day afterward.·        March 31st  Arrived at Bull’s Gap andstayed until April 4th, when it marched through Greenville and then Rayton onthe following day.·        April 7th  Arrived at Jonesboro andremained there until April 20th.·        April 27th  Returned to Nashville andremained encamped there until June 16th.·        June 16th  Traveled by rail cars toJohnsonville. There the regiment, along with the rest of the corps, boardedsteam transports and traveled the Tennessee, Ohio, and Mississippi rivers untildisembarking on June 24th at New Orleans, Louisiana. The detachment of men fromthe original Fourth Michigan Infantry joins the regiment there and they remainin New Orleans until July 6th. The regiment is now attached to the 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 4th Army Corps.·        July 6th  The regiment boards steamtransports and set out for Indianola, Texas, where they arrive on July 10th.·        July 10th  March towards Green Lake andarrive there on the next day and the regiment becomes part of the Dept. of Texas to May, 1866. Theregiment remains there until September 11th and is attached to the Dept. ofTexas for the remainder of it’s military service.·        September 11th   Set out for San Antonio and march a distance of onehundred and seventy miles and reach Salada Creek, eight miles from SanAntonio, on the 24th. They remain there for two months before being orderedinto the city for provost duty.·        May 26th, 1866  The Reorganized FourthMichigan Infantry is mustered out of Federal service and proceeds to Galveston, Texas. There, it takes the steamer to New Orleans, Louisiana, and from there toCairo, Illinois. At Cairo the regiment boards the rail cars and travels toDetroit, Michigan, where it was paid off and disbanded on June 10th.



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