This document is a hand-written record kept by William J. Speed. William Speed was the Captain of company D from July 26th, 1862 until he was killed at Gettysburg on July 1, 1863. After Speed's death, the document eventually passed into the hands of George Haigh, the final Captain of company D. The text marked in red is upside down on the original document.
William J. Speed Detroit 24th Mich
| Lorenz Ralser | ||
| William J. Speed | ||
| Amos Abbott | ||
| William Hall | 11/11/62 | Detailed with Ambulance Corps |
| John Hanley | 11/12/62 | Detailed as Extra Caisson Driver |
| Clark Chase | 11/12/62 | Detailed as Extra Caisson Driver |
| Newell Stevens | 11/08/62 | Sent to General Hospital at Warrenton |
| Theodore Palmer | 11/08/62 | Sent to General Hospital at Warrenton |
| Corporal G. W. Crouch | 11/08/62 | Discharged for Disability |
| Orson B. Curtis | 11/24/1862 | Promoted to Corporal vice Crouch discharged |
| S. L. Howard | 11/25/62 | Promoted to Sergeant, vice Seager reduced by order |
| G. W. Seager | 11/01/62 | Detailed as Hospital Cook |
| Corporal W. F. Hicks | 12/09/62 | Sent to Carver Hospital, Washington |
| O. M. Moon | 12/11/62 | Missing in at Fredericksburg and now at Paroled Camp, Annapolis |
| Horace Rose | 01/03/63 | Sent to General Hospital, Judiciary Square, Washington |
| Sirel Chilson | 01/10/63 | Promoted to Corporal vice Curtis reduced |
| Sirel Chilson | 01/10/63 | Detailed as Brigade Quartermaster Clerk |
| John H. Kingsley | 01/19/63 | Sent to Division Hospital |
| Lieutenant Yemans | 01/20/63 | Detailed as A.D. Camp to General Meredith |
| Sergeant E. B. Fisher | 01/27/63 | Reduced to the ranks by order of Colonel Morrow |
| Corporal Howard | 01/27/63 | Promoted to Sergeant vice Fisher reduced. |
| Corporal William Fonke | 01/27/963 | Reduced to the ranks |
| Private G. W. Hettrick (??) | 01/27/63 | Promoted to Corporal vice Fonke reduced |
| Private James Sterling | 01/27/63 | Promoted to Corporal vice Howard promoted |
| Conrad Kocher | 02/09/1863 | Detached to Battery B, 4th U.S. Artillery |
| Anthony Eberts | 02/09/63 | Detached to Battery B, 4th U.S. Artillery |
| William Funke | 02/09/63 | Detached to Battery B, 4th U.S. Artillery |
| John Orth | 02/09/63 | Detached to Battery B, 4th U.S. Artillery |
| Corporal William F. Hicks | 02/06/63 | Discharged for disability, cause consumption, by order of Surgeon J. J. Haze from U.S. General Hospital, Philadelphia |
| George H. Cheney | 02/08/63 | Discharged for disability, cause chronic diarrhea |
| Lieutenant Farland | 03/22/63 | Detailed as A. A. Q. M., 1st Army Corps by order of General Reynolds |
| Henry Chilson | 03/21/63 | Discharged by order |
| Orson B. Curtis | 03/02/63 | Discharged from Haywood Hospital, Washington |
| P. H. Brace | 03/24/63 | Discharged cause general disability resulting from typhoid fever |
| Sergeant F. Raymond | 04/01/63 | Promoted to Regimental Commissary Sergeant |
| Corporal Joseph Eberle | 04/01/63 | Promoted to Sergeant vice Raymond promoted |
| E. B. Fisher | 04/01/63 | Promoted to Corporal vice Eberle promoted |
| Michael O’ Brien | 04/14/63 | Detailed in Q. M. Department at Corps Head Quarters |
| Frank Heig | 04/14/63 | Detailed in Q. M. Department at Corps Head Quarters |
This document is from the George Haigh file, Dearborn Historical Museum. Used with permission.
Last Updated: 04/27/99
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