oligarchy you could not only be subdued, but robbed of your inheritance of freedom of your birthright of liberty-those glorious and priceless legacies from your patriotic sires. Through the vilest treachery and the foulest robbery, these wicked and perjured men, whom their country had not only greatly benefitted and favored, but highly honored, believed that by despoiling your country of its reputation, of its treasures, of its means of protection and defence, they had ensured your degradation and defeat.

Fatal mistake! and terrible its consequences to those wicked and forsworn men, as well as to their deluded and blinded votaries!

Soldiers: You have taught a lesson, not only to the enemies of your country, but to the world, which will never be forgotten. With your brave comrades from every loyal State in this great and redeemed Union, you have met these vaunting and perjured traitors and rebels face to face, upon the field of battle, in the front of strongly fortified intrenchments, and before almost impregnable ramparts; and by your skill and valor-your persistent efforts and untiring devotion to the sacred cause of freedom, of civilization, and of mankind-you have proved to those arch criminals and their sympathizers that it is not necessary for men to be serfs and slaves in order to be soldiers, but that in the hands of free and enlightened citizens, enjoying the advantages and blessings conferred by free institutions, the temple of Liberty will ever be safe, and its escutcheon forever unsullied.

Fellow-citizens of Michigan-patriotic citizen soldiers-although you return to us bearing honorable marks of years of toil, of hardship, of privation, and of suffering many of you with bodies mutilated, maimed, and scarred mourning the loss of brave comrades ruthlessly slain on the field of battle, tortured to death by inches, or foully murdered in cold blood, not with the weapon of a soldier, but by the lingering pangs of starvation and exposure yet you will in the future enjoy the proud satisfaction of having aided in achieving for your country her second independence-in vindicating the national honor and dignity-in overthrowing that despotic and unholy power which has dared to raise its hideous head on this continent for the purpose of trampling upon and destroying that inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, which is the birthright of alland finally, in placing the Union, established by the blood of our fathers, upon an imperishable foundation. You will also possess the rich inheritance of meriting the continued plaudits, and of enjoying the constant gratitude of a free people, whose greatness you have preserved in its hour of most imminent peril.

In the name of the people of Michigan, I thank you for the honor you have done us by your valor, your soldierly bearing, your invincible courage everywhere displayed, whether upon the field of battle, in the perilous assault, or in the deadly breach; for your patience under the fatigues and privations and sufferings incident to war, and for your discipline and ready obedience to the orders of your superiors. We are proud in believing that when the history of this rebellion shall have been written, where all have done well, none will stand higher on the roll of fame than the officers and soldiers sent to the field from the loyal and patriotic State of Michigan."

Governor Crapo served as Executive of the State until January 1st, 1869, when he was succeeded by Henry P. Baldwin, of Detroit, a gentleman who, although occupying the position of a private citizen throughout the war, rendered valuable service in the cause of the Union, being prominent in the State among its strongest supporters, both in counsel and in pecuniary aid,

ready when occasion offered to stand by his country and uphold her glorious flag.

We subjoin a list showing the total number of officers and men who served in Michigan regiments and companies, respectively:

1st engineers and mechanics, 3,081; 1st light artillery, 3,333; 13th battery, 255; 14th battery, 222; 1st cavalry, 3,244; 2d cavalry, 2,425; 3d cavalry, 2,560; 4th cavalry, 2,085; 5th cavalry, 1,998-of this number 388 were transferred to 1st cavalry; 6th cavalry, 1,624-of this number 428 were transferred to 1st cavalry; 7th cavalry, 1,779-of this number 312 were transferred to 1st cavalry; 8th cavalry, 3,025; 9th cavalry, 2,057

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of this number 52 were transferred to 11th battery; 10th cavalry, 2,050; 11th cavalry, 1,579-of this number 513 were transferred to 8th cavalry; Merrill Horse, 513; Lancers, 852; Chandler Horse Guards, 204; 1st infantry, (3 months,) 798; 1st infantry, 1,346; 2d infantry, 2,151; 3d infantry, 1,000—of this number 371 were transferred to 5th infantry; 3d infantry, (reorganized,) 1,109; 4th infantry, 1,325-of this number 96 were transferred to 4th infantry; 4th infantry, (reorganized,) 1,300; 5th infantry, 1,950; 6th infantry, 1,957; 7th infantry, 1,393; 8th infantry, 1,792; 9th infantry, 2,272; 10th infantry, 1,788; 11th infantry, 1,329; 11th infantry, (reorganized,) 1,140; 12th infantry, 2,335; 13th infantry, 2,084; 14th infantry, 1,806; 15th infantry, 2,371; 16th infantry, 2,318; 17th infantry, 1,079-of this number 135 were transferred to 2d infantry; 18th infantry, 1,374-of this number 97 were transferred to 9th infantry; 19th infantry, 1,238-of this number 108 were transferred to 10th infantry; 20th infantry, 1,157-of this number 37 were transferred to 2d infantry; 21st infantry, 1,477-of this number 144 were transferred to 14th infantry; 22d infantry, 1,586-of this number 222 were transferred to 29th infantry; 23d infantry, 1,417-of this number 143 were transferred to 28th infantry, and 12 to 29th infantry; 24th infantry, 2,054; 25th infantry, 988-of this number 51 were transferred to 28th infantry; 26th infantry, 1,210; 27th infantry, 2,029; 28th infantry, 1,245; 29th infantry, 1,470; 30th infantry, 975; 1st sharpshooters, 1,364; 1st colored infantry, (102 U. S. C. T,) 1,446; 1st U. S. sharpshooters, 415-of this number 71 were transferred to 5th infantry; 2d U. S. sharpshooters, 163-of this number 48 were transferred to 5th infantry.

The number of men from Michigan who served in organizations of other States and in the regular army, so far as reported, will be found quite inconsiderable, when compared with the aggregate of troops, and is as follows: Stanton Guard, 103; Provost Guard 130; 23d Illinois, Company A, 281; 33d Illinois, Company B, 2; 37th Illinois, Company D, 63; 42d Illinois, 214; 44th Illinois, 192; 66th Illinois, Co. D, 180; 29th Indiana, 1; 127th Indiana, 1; 20th Indiana battery, 1; 1st Iowa cavalry 1; 7th Iowa infantry 1; 9th Iowa infantry, 1; 9th Kansas cavalry, 1; 1st Missouri engineers, 13; 1st Missouri light artillery, 1; 1st New York cavalry, 98; 70th New York infantry, Co. C, 129; 47th Ohio infantry, 32; 10th Pennsylvania infantry, 1; 11th Pennsylvania cavalry, 1; 4th Tennessee cavalry 2; 12th Tennessee cavalry, 3; 13th Wisconsin infantry, 1; 19th Wisconsin infantry, 1; Mississippi mounted rifles, (colored,) 4; Powell's colored infantry, 4; Mississippi Marine Brigade, 1; band 3d division, 9th army corps, 12; band, 4th division, 13th army corps, 17; band, cavalry corps, 8; veteran volunteer engineers, 10; veteran reserve corps, 389; Hancock's 1st A. C., 153; U. S. Navy, 430; 2d U. S. infantry, 104; 11th U. S. infantry, 242; 12th U. S. infantry, 1; 15th U. S. infantry, 2; 16th U. S. infantry, 20; 19th U. S. infantry, 884; General Service U. S. 186; 5th U. S. colored artillery, 14; 9th U. S. colored artillery, 3; 13th U. S. colored artillery, 21; 3d U. S. colored cavalry, 16; 12th U. S. colored infantry, 1; 31st U. S. colored infantry, 1; 38th U. S. colored infantry. 10; 49th U. S. colored infantry, 1; 53d U. S. colored infantry, 1; 54th U. S. colored infantry, 1; 55th U. S. colored infantry, 1; 61st U. S. colored infantry, 2.

When it is remembered that the population of Michigan in 1864 was 805,379, and that 90,747 able-bodied men took up arms in defence of the Union, the State may well be proud of its record on the score of sincere patriotism.

The following table shows the casualties by wounds and disease in Michigan organizations during the war:

It has been found impracticable to obtain a statement of the casualties occurring in all the Michigan companies and among the men serving during the war with troops of other States, hence they are not included in the above table.