The Fourteenth was organized at Ypsilanti under the supervision of Colonel Robert P. Sinclair, and was mustered into service Feb. 13, 1862, with an enrollment of 925 officers and men.

The field, staff and line officers at organization were as follows:

Robert P. Sinclair, Colonel, Grand Rapids. Robert W. Davis, Lieuten­ant Colonel, Pontiac. M. W. Quackenbush, Major, Owosso. Edward Bat- well, Surgeon, Detroit. Frederick W. Sparling, Assistant Surgeon, Detroit. David B. Harbaugh, Adjutant, Detroit. William M. Ferry, Jr., Quarter­master, Grand Haven. Thomas B. Dooley, Chaplain, Corunna.

1. Captain, Morgan L. Gage, East Saginaw. First Lieutenant, Joseph Schefnicker, Saginaw. Second Lieutenant, John C. Lind, East Saginaw.
2. Captain, Thomas C. Fitzgibbon, Detroit. First Lieutenant, Patrick Walsh, Grand Rapids. Second Lieutenant, Nicholas Devereaux, Marshall.
3. Captain, James Mackey, Detroit. First Lieutenant, Arthur E. Ma- gill, Grand Rapids. Second Lieutenant, John Van Stan, Detroit.
4. Captain, James J. Jeffries, Lansing. First Lieutenant, Gillman J. McClintock, Owosso. Second Lieutenant, Cyrus F. Jackson, Owosso.
5. Captain, Alpheus M. Beebe, Lansing. First Lieutenant, C. C. Goodale, Owosso. Second Lieutenant, Daniel Wait, Owosso.
6. Captain, Edward S. Nixon, Grand Rapids. First Lieutenant, Casper Ernst, Nunica. Second Lieutenant, Calvin C. Porter, Grand Rapids.
7. Captain, John L. Donnelly, Monroe. First Lieutenant, John T. Donahugh, _____ . Second Lieutenant, Charles R. Bush, Lansing.
8. Captain, Richard Beahan, Ypsilanti. First Lieutenant, Thomas Higgins, Detroit. Second Lieutenant, Campbell Montgomery, Detroit.
9. Captain, Frank Powell, Pontiac. First Lieutenant, John P. Foster, Pontiac. Second Lieutenant, Alfred A. Parker, Pontiac.
11. Captain, John Kelley, St. Johns. First Lieutenant, Charles B. Rose, Westphalia. Second Lieutenant, Tobias J. Sherlock, Detroit.

The Fourteenth left the state on the 17th of April for St. Louis, Mo.,and joined General Grant’s army at Pittsburg Landing. It participated in the siege of Corinth, Miss., and when the enemy evacuated, the Fourteenth formed a part of General Buell’s army in the famous race with the confed­erate army, under General Bragg, to Louisville, Ky. It went 110 farther than Nashville, Tenn., when it was assigned to the First Brigade, Second Division, Fourteenth Corps, and served in that corps during the war. In November the regiment had a sharp encounter with Alabama troops at Lavergne, Tenn., when it captured a fort and took a large number of prison­ers. After a series of marches and victories the regiment was at Stone River, Tenn., in January, 1863, when it took part in that engagement.

The following March Henry R. Mizner, a captain in the regular army was commissioned Colonel of the regiment, Colonel Sinclair having re­signed.

The Fourteenth was on active duty during the summer and was sta­tioned a portion of the time at Franklin, Brentwood, and Nashville, Tenn.

Colonel Mizner mounted his regiment by securing horses from the enemy’s country and sufficient mules to move his transportation and ambu­lances without calling upon the government for an animal.

His entire district was infested with guerrilla brands and he pursued them so relentlessly that he killed or captured most of them and drove the balance out of the state. The whole country was cleared of lawless bands of guerillas and peace and quiet reigned as far as his troops could extend and many of the inhabitants were induced to take the oath of allegiance.

In January, 1864. regiment veteranized, 414 re-enlisted with the understanding and promise that they should continue their service as cavalry or mounted infantry. The companies came home by detachments on veteran furlough, as the whole regiment could not be spared at once. After the expiration of their veteran furloughs the regiment returned to Nashville, the 16th of May.

A bitter disappointment greeted them on their return as a sweeping order had been issued to dismount the regiment and have the organization serve as infantry. Much dissatisfaction followed and Colonel Mizner made a vigorous protest against the order, but while the efficiency of his com­mand was recognized, he failed to get the order revoked and submitted as gracefully as possible to the inevitable.

The Fourteenth joined General Sherman’s army at Dallas, Ga., the 4th of June, and took an active part in the Atlanta campaign, being engaged with the enemy at Kenesaw Mountain and Chattahoochee river and the siege of Atlanta.

When General Sherman made his flanking movement around Atlanta, the Fourteenth distinguished itself by a brilliant charge at Jonesboro, breaking the enemy’s line, and was the first troops to get possession of the confederate works. In this charge the Fourteenth captured General Govan, of Cleburn’s division, and his staff, four pieces of artillery, the colors of the First Arkansas, and 300 men.

After the fall of Atlanta the Fourteenth marched with Sherman to the sea and reached Savannah, Ga., the 16th of November. Upon the surrender of Savannah, the regiment marched through South Carolina, crossing the Savannah river at Sister’s Ferry, and then through North Carolina, skir­mishing with the enemy at several points, but meeting strong resistance at Averysboro. The brigade to which the Fourteenth belonged was ordered to charge the enemy’s works and carried the first line, but were unable to take the main line. The brigade held its position, expecting to resume the engagement the next morning, when it was found the enemy had retreated. In this engagement the regiment suffered severely.

The following day the Fourteenth followed the confederates closely until Bentonville was reached, where they made a determined effort to shake off their foes. General Johnson and Hardee massed their forces and made a series of desperate charges upon the union lines. The confederates were received with a destructive fire and were repeatedly driven back, only to return, until the union forces jumped over their works and charged the confederates on their retreat, capturing a large number of officers and men and a quantity of small arms.

In the meantime the enemy appeared in the rear of the Union lines when the Fourteenth faced about and charged the confederates, and after a hand to hand struggle, drove them from the field with great loss in killed and wounded, and a number of prisoners. This was the last severe battle fought by General Sherman’s army.

The Fourteenth marched to Goldsboro, where it remained until April 10, and then started for Raleigh, N. C. It marched to Richmond, Va., and arrived in Washington, D. C., the 18th of May, and .took .part in the grand review of Sherman’s army on the 24th.

The regiment was then sent to Louisville, Ky., where it was mustered out July 18, and arrived in Detroit, Mich., the 21st, and was paid off and dis­banded July 29, 1865.

The 14th was engaged with the enemy while in service at Farmington. Miss., May 9, 1862; siege of Corinth, Miss., May 10 to 31, 1862; Lavergne, Tenn., November 1, 1862; Nashville, Tenn., November 5, 1862; Brentwood, Tenn., December 8, 1862; Stone River, Tenn., January 3, 1863; Weam’s Springs, Tenn., .July 27, 1863; Lawrenceburg, Tenn., November 4, 1863; Kenesaw, Ga., June 25, 1864; Chattahoochee River, Ga., July 5 and 6, 1864; siege of Atlanta, Ga., July 22, to August 25, 1864; Atlanta, Ga., August 7, 1864; Jonesboro, Ga., September 1, 1864; Florence, Ala., October 10, 1864; Savannah, Ga., December 17 to 21, 1864; Fayetteville, N. C., March 12, 1865; Averysboro, N. C., March 16, 1865; Bentonville, N. C., March 19 and 20, 1865.