HOWLAND'S ENGINEERS
Howlands Engineers
In responce to President Lincoln's call for volunteers, E.P.
Howland of Battle Creek in September of 1861 organized a Company
of Engineers called the "Battle Creek Engineer Corps". They
proceded to St Louis, Missouri where they were mustered into
United States service on October 9, 1861. General Halleck when
he relieved General Fremont ruled that this company was an
irregular organization that did not conform to federal standards.
Upon being notified that they must meet federal standards then
men took a vote to be disbanded and returned home. The men were
paid for the time they spent at St Louis and were mustered out of
federal service on January 8, 1862.
OFFICERS
| RANK | NAME | HOME | AGE |
|---|
| Captain | Howland, Edwin P. |
Battle Creek | 37 |
| 1st. Lieutenant | Gage, William H.
| Dowagiac | 22 |
| 2nd Lieutenant | Hubbard, Henry H.
| Battle Creek | 27 |
| 2nd Lieutenant | Preston, Ezra A.
| Battle Creek | 29 |
ENLISTED MEN
| NAME | HOME | AGE |
|---|
| Abbott, Orville S. | Decatur |
23 |
| Allen, Albert F. | Manchester
| 24 |
| Ball, Stephen O. | Wayne |
20 |
| Barnes, Cassius M. | Albion |
18 |
| Barnes, George C. | Battle Creek
| 25 |
| Beebe, Leonard V. | Stockbridge
| 21 |
| Benham, Henry D. | Eaton Rapids
| 21 |
| Bond, Rice F. | Bellevue |
31 |
| Briggs, Chauncey L. | Assyria |
24 |
| Bush, Luther M. | Bedford |
29 |
| Chadwick, Walton H. | Battle Creek
| 19 |
| Chapman, Augustus H. | Napoleon
| 27 |
| Chidester, Arad B. | Convis |
25 |
| Clute, Oscar | Dewitt |
24 |
| Cooke, Edwin D. | Dowagiac |
28 |
| Dickey, Gilbert A. | Marshall |
20 |
| Drake, Nathan W. | Albion |
26 |
| Edwards, Thomas J. | Battle Creek
| 21 |
| Freeman, Eugene T. | Battle Creek
| 21 |
| Gage, Eli A. | Dowagiac |
22 |
| Geddes, Albert H. | Battle Creek
| 25 |
| Gould, Charles C. | Battle Creek
| 32 |
| Haigh, George W. | Dearborn |
23 |
| Haigh, Thomas | Dearborn |
21 |
| Hall, Charles T. | Battle Creek
| 18 |
| Hollister, Charles E. | Victor
| 22 |
| Hoskins, Allen C. | Boston, MA
| 26 |
| Knight, Horace V. | Battle Creek
| 20 |
| Lane, Charles J. | Marshall |
25 |
| Legggett, Stephen T. | Battle Creek
| 22 |
| Littlejohn, Wilber T. | Kalamazoo
| 31 |
| Peavey, Zebedee T. | Tuftonboro, NJ
| 22 |
| Perry, Thomas R. | Kalamazoo |
24 |
| Platt, Hiram | New Brighton, PA
| 24 |
| Prentiss, Albert N. | Marshall |
25 |
| Ryan, Henry S. | Battle Creek |
24 |
| Smith, Charles | Salem |
22 |
| Stringham, William P. | Bedford
| 23 |
| Sykes, Jared F. | Bellevue |
44 |
| Townsend, Charles B. | New Brighton,
PA | 22 |
| Watson, Edward | Ann Arbor |
21 |
| Wheeler, Orlando B. | Ann Arbor |
26 |
| Wheeler, Stephen | Battle Creek
| 23 |
| Whelpsley, Jerome T. | Battle Creek
| 26 |
| White, Adrian C. | New Brighton, PA
| 21 |
| White, George S. | Sheldon |
23 |
| Wilkinson, James W. Jr | Mansfield, OH
| 28 |
| Williams, Charles K. | Albion
| 20 |
| Wilson, Benjamin F. | New Brighton, PA
| 23 |
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