. History of the Twenty-fourth Michigan of the Iron brigade, known as the Detroit and Wayne county regiment .. . at the battle of Plattsburg. In 1821, we readof its separate organization into Battery B, Fourth U. S. Artillery,when its pieces were dragged around by the men with ropes. In 1837,it was horsed and detailed to duty in Florida, where its guns wereparked and the men acted as dragoons. In 1842, it was sent toOgdensburg during Canadian troubles. In 1845, t was sent to theRio Grande with General Taylor. At this time Darius N. Couch,subsequently a Major-General, was a Second-Lieutenant in
. History of the Twenty-fourth Michigan of the Iron brigade, known as the Detroit and Wayne county regiment .. . at the battle of Plattsburg. In 1821, we readof its separate organization into Battery B, Fourth U. S. Artillery,when its pieces were dragged around by the men with ropes. In 1837,it was horsed and detailed to duty in Florida, where its guns wereparked and the men acted as dragoons. In 1842, it was sent toOgdensburg during Canadian troubles. In 1845, t was sent to theRio Grande with General Taylor. At this time Darius N. Couch,subsequently a Major-General, was a Second-Lieutenant in the La Vegas Mexican Battery was captured at Resaca, two of itsfour-pounders were turned in to Battery B, which had already four 470 HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH MICHIGAN. brass six-pounders and two twelve-pound howitzers, requiring astrength of 140 men to man them. It was in the siege of Montereyand then did guard service at Saltillo. On February 23, 1847, ^tBuena Vista, the Mexicans charged the Battery and captured one ofits guns, but only after every cannoneer, driver and horse attached to. BATTERY B IN ACTION. THE IRON BRIGADE. 471 it was killed or wounded. After the Mexican War it was stationeduntil 1856 on the Rio Grande, when it was sent to Fort Leavenworthwhere it arrived in March, 1857. In July following it was sent withthe army to Utah to settle the Mormon troubles. It remained atCamp Floyd near Salt Lake City until May, i860, when its men weremounted and sent out to fight Indians. In July, 1861, it was orderedeast and arrived at Washington in October, when it was put upon afull war footing under Captain John Gibbon, who had taken charge ofit the year before in Utah. It was attached to Kings Division ofMcDowells Corps. When Captain Gibbon was promoted to the command of whatafterwards was known as the Iron Brigade, Lieutenant Joseph took command of the Battery which was recruited to itsfull complement by men from the regiments in that Brigade a
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