The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-08-31
Reunion Of the Fighting fifth.

members being present. The veterans
were met at the depot by Quackenbush
Post, the X. r. band aud High School
Cadets and escorted TO the city hall where
the business meeting was held. At one
o'clock, the meeting adjourned and the
boys were escorted to Wesener hall where
q sumptuous repast had been laid by the
ladies of the Relief Corps. After lhe re.
turn to the city hall an address Of welcome
was made by j. w. Turner, responded to
by E ii. Shook, of Detroit. The address
was by A. X. Sweet.
The officers elected for The year were
President, Il. III. Shook; Vice. Presidents,
Henry Miller, of Saginaw, L. d. Owen,
of Farmlngton, ID. III. Halsey, of Saginaw |;
Secretary and Treasurer. A. ID. Berry, of
Detroit; Gen. S. S. Mathews, of Pontiac,
was chosen orator on the occasion of the
dedication of the Gettysburg monument.
The next meeting of the association will be
held in East Saginaw the last Wednesday
in August 1899.
''Up to battle! Up to battlel
All we loved is lost or saved"
The Fifth Regiment Infantry was Or
ganized at Fort Wayne. being composed
of recruits from Detroit, Mt. Clemens,
East Saginaw, Owosso, Saginaw City,
Brighton. st. Clair, Pontiac, Port Huron.
1t was mustered into service August 2Sth.
1871, with 900 men and officers. Com
pany II. Qngersoll Rifles, of Owosso) was
of1icered as follows: Captain, Louis b.
Quackenbush; First Lieutenant, William
Wakenshaw Second Lieutenant, William
X. TillotsJn.
The Regiment left for Virginia on the
11lh of September, 1861, in command of
Colonel ii. ID. Terry. 1t lay in camp
near Alexandria during the winter having
skirmish with the enemy at Pohick
Church, Jan. 8, 1862, and went with Gen.
Mcclellan to the Peninsula in March,
serving in Berrys brigade, of Kearney's s
division. Sd Corps. The first battle par
ticipated in was at Yorktown, May 5, "a
killed and 10 wounded.
On the 31st of May, 1862, the Regiment
participated in the battle at Fair Oaks,
when about 800 went into action; the lost
were 80 killed, 119 wounded and missing,
including among its killed Captain l.. Il.
Quackenbush. They engaged in the i'm
portant battles of Cd Bull Run, Chancell-
orsville and Oh July I'd, 1868, after march
ing 10 miles in hours went into action at
Gettysburg at p. m. and lost in one hour
105 men. Here their ammunition became
exhausted and they were obliged to supply
themselves with cartridges from the boxes
of their dead comrades. In making his
official report on the battle, General De-
Trobriand says: "The unf1inching brav-
cry of the 9TH Michigan, which sustained
a loss of more than one half of its mem
bers without yielding foot of ground,
deserves to be especially mentioned here
with due commendation.
The regiment in its engagement at Chan
cellorsville participated in "that bold,
daring and successful bavonet charge on
the enemy which stands unparrelled in the
war;" at midnight. Nfr
The regiment, while in service, partici-
pated in battles and skirmishes at Pohick
Church, Va, Jan. 8, 1862; siege of York
town, Va April to May 4, 1862; Will
Va, May 5, 1862: Fair Oaks,
Va, May 81, 1869; Peach Orchard, Va,
June 30, 1862; Glendale, Va, June 30,
1862; Malvern Hill, Va, July 1, 1862;
Bull Run Cd, Va, August 2s. 1862; Grove.
town, Va, August 30, 1862; Chantilly,
Va. September 1, 1862; Fredericksburg,
Va December ID. 1852; The Cedars, Va,
May 2, 1868; Charlottesville, Va, May 3,
1868; Gettysburg. Pa, July Q and 8, 1868;
Wrapping Heights, Va, July 23, 1868;
Kellys Ford, Va, November 20, 1868;
Locust Grove, Va, November 81, 1868;
Mine Run, Va, November 30, 1868: Will
derness, Va, May 8, 6, and Z. 1884; Todd's
Tavern, Va, May 8, 1864; Po River, Va.
May 8, 1874; Spottsylvania, Va, May 12,
1864; North Anna, Va, May 20. 1864;
Tolopotomy, Va, May 30. 1854; Cold Har-
Dor, Va, June 2, 1864; Petersburg, Va,
j uQe 10 anu 80, lCOtJ DCCp DOtIOu, va,
July % and 28, 1864; Strawberry Plains
August Is and 10. 1864; Poplar Spring
Church, September 80, 1854; Boydton
Road, Va, October 81, 1864; Hatcher's
Run, Va, March 25, 1866; Boydton Road,
Va, April 2, 1865; Capture of Petersburg,
Va, April 8, 1866; Sailors Greek, Va,
April O, 1865; New Store, Va, April 8,
1865; Appomatox Court House. Va, April
0, 1868; siege of Petersburg, Va, from
June IL. 1864, to April 3, 1865.
During its service the regiment had
borne on the rolls 1850 officers and men.
Its losses were 10 officers, and 141 men
killed in action; officers. 20 men died of
wounds; 3 officers and 1853 men.
"The mighty have fallen, yet death cannot chill
Those noble emotions the soil ever thrill:
The grave hath no confines the spirit to hold,
While back to its kindred IL flies TO unfold"