Mustered out-Date and Place. 7, 1861, Detroit, Mich. Aug. 6, 1861, Detroit, Mich. 9, 1865, Jeffersonville, Ind. 28, 1865, Delaney House, D. C. 20, 1864, Detroit, Mich. July 12, 1865, Jackson, " May 13, 1861, Aug. 1863, July 25, 1866, Victoria, Texas, Sept. 25, 1864, Sturgis, Feb. July 27, 1865,| แ July 21, 1865, Detroit, Sept. 1, 1865, July 12, 1865, 13, 1865, Little Rock, Ark. 6, 1865, Murfreesboro, Tenn. 30, 1865, Detroit, Mich. 29, 1865, Detroit, and disbanded at Detroit. 28, 1865, Delaney House, D. C. July 31, 1865, Jackson, Mich. Oct. 17, 1865, Detroit, 30, 1865, Charleston, S. C. FINANCIAL STATISTICS. Thus far has been given a brief narrative of the most momentous period in our State history, embracing the home work of Michigan in the war, and, although it should be considered small and insignificant when compared with the extent and value of the work accomplished by her troops in the field, and the sacrifice of life there made by them, it was still one of stupendous proportions. Aside from the incessant labor of the people in raising troops, there was much perplexing anxiety, many petty annoyances, great self-sacrifice, and much personal suffering, together with enormous expenditures of money by the State, counties, and townships, and also by individuals—all combined, rendering the burdens and cares of the people at times so heavy as to be almost unbearable. Yet the astonishing statements revealed below, covering over sixteen millions of dollars, expended by the people of Michigan for war purposes, although couched in silent figures, speak eloquently and earnestly of great sacrifice and unbounded patriotism. During the war the State Legislature passed laws authorizing the payment of State bounties to soldiers, as follows: Men enlisting from March 6, 1863, to November 10, 1863, (both inclusive,) in any Michigan regiment, company, or battery, except the 10th and 11th cavalry, 13th and 14th batteries, and 1st colored infantry, entitled to $50 State bounty. Men re-enlisting in their own regiments, (after service of two years,) from Novmber 11, 1863, to February 4, 1864, (both inclusive,) entitled to $50 State bounty. Men enlisting or re-enlisting from February 5, 1864, to May 14, 1864, (both inclusive,) in any regiment, company, or battery, if applied on 200,000 call, and properly credited to the sub-district in which they resided at time of enlistment, entitled to $100 State bounty. Men enlisting from February 4, 1865, to April 14, 1865, (both inclusive,) properly credited to sub-districts, entitled to $150 State bounty. In accordance with these laws, the Quartermaster-General of the State paid in 1863, $134,250; 1864, 867,959; 1865, $383,076; 1866, $438,500; 1867, $11,700; 1868, $18,623; 1869, $28,850; 1870, $26,400, up to and including 31st July; amounting in the aggregate to $1,909,408, leaving still a considerable amount unapplied for. He also disbursed $60,000 as premiums for the procuration of recruits. Aside from these amounts, this department expended for war purposes $815,000-making the aggregate disbursements up to July 31, 1870, $2,784,408. The amounts paid by each county, respectively, during the war for bounty to volunteers prior to December 19, 1863, and liabilities; also, liabilities incurred under the law of 1865, and also liabilities for other objects: Allegan, ; Alpena, $3,080; Antrim, $1,200; Berrien, $135,400; Branch, $76,859.91; Barry, $11,400; Bay, $40,913; Calhoun, $49,468; Clinton, $3,768: Cass, $39,909; Chippewa, ; Cheboygan, $4,524; Delta, $5,326; Eaton, $33,881.85; Emmett, $500; Genesee, $115,820.12; Gratiot, $1,800; Grand Traverse, $350; Hillsdale, $55,919; Houghton, ; Huron, ; Ionia, $41,718; Ingham, $58,383.69; Isabella, $6,300; Iosco, $1,089.60; Jackson, -; Kent, $113,900; Kalamazoo, $400; Keweenaw, ; Livingston, ; Lapeer, $51,863.87; Lewanee, $89,485.30; Leelenaw, $330; Midland, $26,458.65; Montcalm, $5,550; Muskegon, $29,950; Macomb, $51,763.75; Menominee, $5,057.85; Mecosta, $3,662.50; Monroe, Manistee, $2,700; Mackinaw, ; Mason, $2,535.97; Marquette, $13,779.34; Newaygo, $13,727.72; Ottawa, $101,350; Oakland, $237,533; Oceana, $6,084; St. Clair, $36,350; St. Joseph, $21,700; Saginaw, $49,572; Shiawassee, $4,000; Sanilac, $55,500; Schoolcraft, ; Tuscola, $600; Van Buren, $14,675.29; Wayne, $369,428.88; Washtenaw, Total, $2,015,588.09. The following are the aggregate expenditures and liabilities of the various townships, cities and wards of the counties in the State for war purposes, made up from statements of the proper officers, rendered in 1866: ; Allegan, $188,898.49; Alpena, $9,781.98; Antrim, $4,638; Berrien, $257,416.97; Branch, $230,086.65; Barry, $180,641; Bay, $61,267; Calhoun, $354,432.32; Clinton, $135,936; Cass, $196,239.86; Chippewa, Cheboygan, $1,525; Delta, $1,200; Eaton, $175,363.58; Emmett, $50; Genesee, $150,488.75; Gratiot, $23,527; Grand Traverse, $12,990.54; Hillsdale, $282,449.21; Houghton, $39,152.71; Huron, $17,230; Ionia, $182,888; Ingham, $203,985; Isabella, $5,775; Iosco, $4,900; Jackson, $439,325.10; Kent, $167,550.50; Kalamazoo, $383,416.61; Keweenaw, $1,000; Livingston, $144,379.22; Lapeer, $129,674.89; Lenawee, $544,557.75; Leelenaw, $4,845.52; Midland, $12,598; Montcalm, $44,861.20; Muskegon, $43,604; Macomb, $289,029.69; Mecosta, $3,340; Monroe, $135,180.69; Manistee, $15,476; Manitou, ; Mackinaw, $6,727.50; Mason, $807; Marquette and Schoolcraft, $3,000; Newaygo, $12,004; Ottawa, $148,523; Oakland, $586,556.98; Oceana, $14,692.93; St. Clair, $233,291.90; St. Joseph, $557,958; Saginaw, $158,099.59; Shiawasse, $167,203; Sanilac, $95,794.29; Tuscola, $67,631.96; Van Buren, $115,637.90; Wayne, $660,554.88; Washtenaw, $458,563.54; total, $8,157,748.70. Statement showing amount expended by each county of the State, from 1861 to 1867, for the relief of soldiers' families under the provisions of the Soldiers' Relief Law, approved May 10, 1861: Alpena, $8.80; Allegan, $80,985.72; Antrim, $666.11; Bay, $21,991.54; Barry, $86,598.15; Berrien, $131,924.45; Branch, $69,121.20; Calhoun, $200,193.66; Cass, $80,883.46; Clinton, $67,443.75; Cheboygan, $368.92; Chippewa, $1,032; Delta, ; Eaton, $62,103.69; Emmett, $1,948.40; Genesee, $89,087.12; Gratiot, $8,875; Grand Traverse, $10,636.81; Hillsdale, $90,155.96; Houghton, $8,419; Huron, $23,033.50; Ingham, $110,547.09; Isabella, $4,680.45; Ionia, $31,500; Iosco, $1,000; Jackson, $129,401.25; Kalamazoo, $119,984.79; Kent, $76,311; Keweenaw, $3,620; Lapeer, $75,000; Livingston, $34,500; Lenawee, $145,226.20; Leelenaw, $6,487.89; Macomb, $110,339.26; Mecosta, $9,280.09; Mackinaw, ; Midland, $6,550; Manitou, ; Mason, $3,200; Manistee, $9,620; Muskegon, $20,000; Marquette, $7,989.16; Menominee, $390; Monroe, $143,762; Montcalm, $40,000; Newaygo, $14,516.72; Ottawa, $56,616.08; Oceana, $18,368; Ontonagon, $4,747.02; Oakland, $127,993.38; Sanilac, $73,111.33; Shiawasse, $50,645; Saginaw, $81,000; St. Clair, $89,427.99; St. Joseph, $96,214; Tuscola, $51,987.22; Van Buren, $99,511.81; Washtenaw, $155,043.15; and Wayne, $547,200. Total, $3,591,248.12. At the session of 1867 the Legislature most humanely and opportunely appropriated twenty thousand dollars to maintain for two years a temporary Soldiers' Home" at the Harper Hospital in Detroit. At the session of 1869 an additional sum was appropriated for its support for two years more. This home was established for the maintenance of infirm, maimed, and destitute Michigan soldiers and sailors of the late war. Its management to be under the direction of the State Military Board, at present consisting of Col. D. H. Jerome, of Saginaw, President; Col. Jerome Croul, of Detroit; Col. Alvin T. Crossman, of Flint; Col. Henry L. Hall, of Hillsdale; and Col. S. M. Cutcheon, of Ypsilanti. The management of the "Home" has been judicious and liberal, affording to the disabled soldier the fullest benefit contemplated under the law, proving of great service to many who have found it necessary to seek its shelter and care. And while it has been liberally conducted, care has been exercised in guarding the State against unnecessary expense and the imposition of the undeserving. Except for a very short time in the early part of the rebellion, when Capt. E. G. Owen was U. S. Quartermaster at Detroit, Colonel George W. Lee, a well-known and prominent citizen of Michigan, served as Chief United States Quartermaster of the State throughout the war, filling a most important and very responsible position with eminent energy and efficiency and at the same time with most persistent and scrupulous fidelity to the General Government. In connection with the discharge of his duties, Colonel Lee disbursed in Michigan for the General Government $7,144,812, as follows; 33,050 horses, $3,667,252; transportation of troops and supplies, $1,363,812; forage, $331,697; equipping troops, erection of barracks and hospitals, apprehension of deserters, and other incidental expenses, $1,782,051. In addition to this large disbursement by the Quartermaster Department, there was a very great expenditure made in the State by the United States mustering and disbursing officer for the subsistence and supplies of troops, but it has been found impossible to reach information as to the exact amount or even to form an approximate estimate. SANITARY OPERATIONS. The great beneficent effort of the American masses in the war, the sanitary measure, was very early adopted by Michigan people. The "Michigan Soldiers' Relief Association," of Washington, D. C., is claimed to have been the first of the kind put into the field on the Atlantic slope, and the last to leave it. It was organized in Washington in the autumn of 1861, continued in successful operation until September 19, 1866, and was a source of infinite good to Michigan soldiers, scattering among them friendship, brotherly care, and many comforts and necessaries of life when most needed. The association was composed of the few Michigan citizens then in and around Washington, including the delegation in Congress. The Hon. James M. Edmunds was president, Dr. H. J. Alvord secretary, who was succeeded by C. Clark, and Z. Moses treasurer, all of whom served gratuitously, and with a devotion, energy, and efficiency unsurpassed. The means to sustain the measure at first were assessed upon the members of the association, but after a short time were derived from contributions made by the people of the State, and amounted to $24,909.24, in the aggregate. In connection with the enterprise was established at City Point, immediately following Grant's great battles, the famous "Michigan Soup House," so well known throughout the army, which afforded so much relief to the suffering soldier. Judge Edmunds, in his report, kindly mentions the faithful and patriotic ladies connected with the association during its several years of great usefulness, whose generous and noble natures led them to render such services in the field for Michigan men as have made their names household words at almost every hearthstone in the State, and never to be forgotten by thousands upon thousands of brave men who were recipients of their kindness and motherly care. The record of Michigan in the great sanitary movement would be incomplete without the following extract from the final report of Judge Edmunds, president of the association: "The Michigan Soldiers' Relief Association of the District of Columbia was organized in the autumn of 1861. It was the product of necessity, and was composed of the few Michigan men then resident at the National Capital. Soon after the first arrival of troops under the call for 75,000 volunteers, the first Michigan regiment (three months' men) appeared here. It contained many who were personally known to the citizens of Michigan then residents of Washington, and this, with the noble cause in which they were enlisted, soon aroused a deep feeling of friendship between the members of the regiment and all those hailing from the same State. This friendship was manifested by various and numerous acts of kindness and appreciation. Among them, special solicitude for all in the service whose failing health made demands upon this feeling for those attentions which were impossible in the then inexperienced and unprepared state of the hospital service. For the first few months the efforts made to relieve and comfort those of our friends in the service were unorganized, and though throwing great labor upon the few engaged, hardly kept pace with the growing demands incident to the rapid increase of the army. The battle of Bull Run, in which our friends suffered severely, aroused afresh the sympathy of all whose hearts beat honestly for the country, and demonstrated the utter inadequacy of the Government preparation for any such sudden emergency. It seemed impossible for the public authorities at this time to appreciate the necessity of ample preparations for the wounded and sick. Their attentions seemed constantly directed to the increase of the army by new enlistments. The importance of providing for its health was but slowly admitted, and hardly admitted at all until it became evident that the ranks could only be kept up by such provisions. To reach this point and this degree of preparation, required the experience of an entire campaign. The consequence was, that there was all the time an urgent call, we might almost say an imperative demand, for volunteer aid. Such aid was cordially given, but yet fell short of what was absolutely essential. It became apparent that we could no longer meet the demand upon us by individual and unorganized effort. We must have system, and assignment of duties. We must have contributions far beyond the means of the small number of Michigan citizens then here. These urgent demands so pressed upon us, that the citizens of Michigan then in the District assembled for consultation, and the result was the organization of the Michigan Soldiers' Relief Association, then composed of a set of officers and an executive committee. It claimed as its members all citizens of the State, residents of the District, and the Michigan delegation in Congress. The association commenced by levying a tax upon its members, which was frequently repeated during the first few months of its existence, and has been resorted to for emergencies from that time to the present. “This organization was the first of the kind in the field upon the Atlantic slope, and the last to leave it. Its history, so far as it has not been written, will be briefly alluded to in the following pages. "The association having been thus organized, it was called into full activity in May, 1862, after the Army of the Potomac had made a commencement of its peninsula campaign. "The battle of Williamsburg, in which several of our regiments partici pated, filled the hospitals of Baltimore and Fortress Monroe with wounded |