[For details on this project visit the introduction in the block 01 post. By lot no.]
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.
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| 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.
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