. Personal and historical sketches and facial history of and by members of the Seventh regiment Michigan volunteer cavalry, 1862-1865 . in June, 1865;mustered out at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, December 12th,1865, and honorably discharged. 114 A A. H. Weston. At the Battle of the Wilderness, May 6th and 7th, 1864, asall our boys in that battle will remember, in the first charge ourRegiment made there, we went in in rear of the Regiment infront. When we returned and were reforming, a piece of shellstruck the ground in front of where I was, bounded, and hit myleft arm between elbow and sh
. Personal and historical sketches and facial history of and by members of the Seventh regiment Michigan volunteer cavalry, 1862-1865 . in June, 1865;mustered out at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, December 12th,1865, and honorably discharged. 114 A A. H. Weston. At the Battle of the Wilderness, May 6th and 7th, 1864, asall our boys in that battle will remember, in the first charge ourRegiment made there, we went in in rear of the Regiment infront. When we returned and were reforming, a piece of shellstruck the ground in front of where I was, bounded, and hit myleft arm between elbow and shoulder, numbing it; I remarkedto some of the boys, I guess I am cropped. At about thesame time my right hand comrade was shot through the handand Sergeant Gregg ordered us both back under cover. Wedismounted and retired, and as each of us had one hand to use,we wet his handkerchief and tied up his hand, then turned at-tention to my arm, which we found only had a big bruise on can assure you it was an agreeable surprise to find that my lefiarm was still left intact and all right. I was soon in saddle andback in my place. 115. 1863. 1902. Wm. Edward House, Corporal Co. Portage St., Kalamazoo, Mich. Born at Gaines, Orleans Comity, N. Y., December 21st,1844; enlisted at Tecumseh, Lenawee Comity, Mich., Septem-ber 29th, 1862, as Private in Co. B, 7th Michigan Cavalry;promoted to Corporal May 1st, 1865; mustered out at FortLeavenworth, Kansas, December 15th, 1865, and honorablydischarged. 116 IN SHENANDOAH VALLEY, Wm. Edward House. In 1864 while our Regiment was marching near Berryvillein the Shenandoah Valley, the Rebs opened a battery on us, thefirst shell went over our heads and burst about sixty feet be-yond us, then the Colonel gave the command Halt! I knewI was in range of their guns and hardly had time to thinkwhen another shell burst right in our ranks, killing our bugler,wounding several and causing my horse and four others to godown in a heap. I was not h
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