Civil War Veterans in Fulton Cemetery block 11

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Block 11 consists of at least 14 veterans of the Civil War, two of which are most likely cenotaphs: Leroy Dodge who was killed at James Island, SC; and Selden Wood who died of disease at Chattanooga, TN and is buried in the national cemetery there.

Lot 3. Walter A. Palmer of the 10th Michigan Cavalry and Leroy Dodge of the 8th Michigan Infantry (cenotaph).

Lot 5. Major Elijah D. Waters of the 6th Michigan Cavalry.

Lot 7. Major Henry Grout paymaster of U. S. Volunteers, Major General Byron Root Pierce of the 3rd Michigan Infantry and his brother Captain Silas K. Pierce of the 4th Michigan Cavalry.

Lot 9. 2nd Lieutenant Don Dodge of the 10th Michigan Cavalry.

Lot 10. Van Bovies is listed by Francis Hall as a veteran but there is no further record of a man by this name in either military or cemetery sources.

Lot 15. Selden Wood of the 1st Engineers & Mechanics.

Lot 17. Edgar P. Mills of the 1st Iowa Cavalry.

Lot 20. Seth C. Searle is listed by Francis Hall but not found in the Michigan regimental index.

Lot 26. Daniel Dodge of the 26th Michigan Infantry.

Lot 28. Martin Boland of the 182nd Ohio Infantry and Lieutenant James McKay of the 1st North Carolina Infantry.

Civil War Veterans in Fulton Cemetery block 10

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Block 10 consists of at least 4 veterans of the Civil War. While not a soldier per se I have include Benjamin Luce in lot 25 since he was the sutler (supplier) for the 3rd Michigan Infantry.

Lot 10. Samuel J. Chase fifer in the 21st Michigan Infantry.

Lot 21. Charles D. Blakeslee served in the 21st Michigan Infantry.

Lot 25. Benjamin Luce was sutler for the 3rd Michigan Infantry.

Lot 27. Henry B. Burritt was captain in the 8th Michigan Infantry and Thomas Gibbons of the 24th Michigan Infantry subsequently the Veterans Reserve Corps. Burritt died May 24, 1865 in Grand Rapids from wounds received near Petersburg, VA on April 2, 1865.

Civil War Veterans in Fulton Cemetery block 9

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Block 09 consists of at least 7 veterans of the Civil War. For many years there was an unknown African-American soldier in lot 40. His remains were removed to Ft Custer National Cemetery in the 1980s.

Lot 3. John Lewis of Battery E 1st Michigan Light Artillery and Ira Van Stinsel of Company D 1st Michigan Engineers & Mechanics.

Lot 7. Joseph Herkner, one of the city's most well-known jewelers after the war, served in Company D 1st Michigan Engineers & Mechanics.

Lot 11. According to sources Aaron Stander reportedly served in the Civil War but he is not found in the Michigan regimental index.

Lot 37. William E. Rowe served in the 2nd Michigan Cavalry and Horace Seymour served in Battery E 1st Michigan Light Artillery.

Lot 40. According to sources Krine Whitefleet served in the Civil War but he is not found in the Michigan regimental index.

Civil War Veterans in Fulton Cemetery block 8

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Block 08 consists of at least 6 veterans of the Civil War.

In the circular location is the body of brevet Brigadier General Stephen G. Champlin. He began the war as major of the 3rd Michigan Infantry and eventually commanded that regiment. After he was wounded he was transferred to the Veterans Reserve Corps (also known as the Invalid Corps) and was ultimately brevetted brigadier general. He was commanding Camp Lee, the military rendezvous camp in Grand Rapids when he died of consumption on January 26, 1864. 

Lot 10. Richard Pennell served in Company F 8th Michigan Cavalry.

Lot 13. John Alcott reportedly served in Company D 123rd New York Infantry (that has not been confirmed).

Lot 18. Chauncey B. Carpenter served in Company E 21st Michigan Infantry.

Lot 19. Originally from Holland, MI, William Walker joined Company I 25th Michigan Infantry. 

Lot 21. According to at least two sources William Newton Cook reportedly served during the war. He is not listed in the Michigan regimental state index.

Civil War Veterans in Fulton Cemetery block 7

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Block 07 consists of at least 10 veterans of the Civil War.  Qith the exception of Francis Kellogg and the cenotaph of Benjamin Church nearly  all  began the war in the 3rd Michigan Infantry.

Lot 5. Captain Samuel Judd of Company A 3rd Michigan Infantry was killed in action at Fair Oaks, VA on 31 May 1862, his body was returned to Grand Rapids for burial.

Lot 6. Captain Benjamin Porter of Company B 8th Michigan Infantry. Also a memorial to Captain Benjamin Church of Company D 8th Michigan Infantry. He was killed in action at James Island, SC,  and his grave location is unknown.

Church memorial

Lot 8. Major Peter Weber enlisted first in the 3rd Michigan Infantry at the start of the war and was subsequently transferred to the Michigan 6th Cavalry. He was killed in action at Falling Waters, MD. Like Judd his body was returned to Grand Rapids for burial.

Lot 9. Colonel Francois Kellogg. A congressman from Grand Rapids he was instrumental in the creating and organizing several cavalry regiments in the city.

Lot 10. Lieutenant Charles Cary and his brother-in-law Quartermaster Robert Collins both served in the 3rd Michigan Infantry. Charles was eventually transferred to U.S. Signals Corps and died of disease in Mississippi in 1863. His remains were returned to Grand Rapids. Robert was transferred to the regular army as commissary of subsistence and survived the war and died in 1872.

Lot 23. Lieutenant Peter Bogardus of Company F 3rd Michigan Infantry. He was discharged for disability in 1863. Not long after he returned home he died while in Saginaw, MI and his remains were returned to Grand Rapids for interment.

Lot 25. Albert Babcock served as a hospital steward in the 3rd Michigan Infantry.

Civil War Veterans in Fulton Cemetery block 6

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Block 06 consists of at least 12 Civil War veterans, including one Confederate.

Lot 4. Luther Davis of the the 1st Michigan Engineers & Mechanics.

Lot 7. Charles Patten served in the 6th Michigan Cavalry.

Lot 13. Charles B. Foster was a member of the 77th Illinois Infantry.

Lot 15. James Carr  served in the 2nd New Hampshire Infantry and George Stansbury served in the Texas Rangers.

Lot 18. Stephen Ballard served in the 6th Michigan Cavalry.

Lot 19. Benjamin Potter served in the 21st Michigan Infantry.

Lot 20. Hugo Rathbun served in the 2nd Michigan Cavalry.

Lot 21. Daniel McConnell was the first colonel of the 3rd Michigan Infantry.

Lot 29. Charles Parks of the US Navy was subsequently removed to Oak Hill Cemetery.

Lot 35. Charles A. Babcock served in the Navy, Charles P. Babcock of the 2nd Michigan Cavalry, and William Power Innes who was the colonel of the the 1st Michigan Engineers & Mechanics.