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Kalamazoo County, Michigan, carpenter, peace officer, and soldier. Washington County, Vermont, native. Son of Samuel Orcutt and Mary Orcutt. Married to Emily A. Swadel Orcutt on October 24, 1856. Father of of William Orcutt, Benjamin F. Orcutt, and Frank B. Orcutt. Resident of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, in 1837. Elected constable in Kalamazoo County in 1841. Served as a sergeant and first sergeant in the 1st Michigan Volunteer Infantry during the Mexican-American War from 1847-1848. Carpenter in Kalamazoo in 1850. Deputy U.S. Marshall in Kalamazoo before 1854. Elected Sheriff of Kalamazoo County in 1854. Carpenter in Kalamazoo in 1860. Served in the 25th Michigan Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) as a lieutenant colonel from September 22, 1862 to June 24, 1865.
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Seat of Knox County, Tennessee. Located on the Tennessee River.
State in the southeastern United States. Capital at Nashville. Located on the Cumberland River.
Seat of Jefferson County, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River.
State in the upper south of the United States. Capital at Frankfort. Located on the Ohio River.
Seat of Fayette County, Kentucky.
This department existed in three separate periods. This department was created on May 3, 1861. It was geographically defined by the states of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. On May 9, 1861, the department was expanded to include portions of Western Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. The department was reconfigured to include Indiana, Ohio, and a portion of Western Virginia, removing the state of Illinois and portions of Pennsylvania and Maryland. On September 19, 1861, the department was redefined as the states of Indiana and Ohio, and the area of Kentucky within fifteen miles of Cincinnati, Ohio. And on November 9, 1861, the department was redefined as the states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Tennessee, and the portions of Kentucky east of the Cumberland River. This department was disbanded on March 11, 1862 and combined with the Mountain Department and the Department of the Mississippi. Commander(s): George B. McClellan, William S. Rosecrans, Ormsby M. Mitchel, and Don Carlos Buell.
The second was created on August 19, 1862. It was geographically defined as the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, the portion of Kentucky east of the Tennessee River, and inclusive of Cumberland Gap and all Federal forces operating in its vicinity. Wisconsin transferred to the Department of the Northwest on September 6, 1862. On September 19, 1862, Alton, Illinois transferred to the Department of Missouri and all of Western Virginia joined the Department of the Ohio. Cairo, Illinois transferred to the Department of the Tennessee on October 16, 1862. On March 16, 1863, all of Western Virginia moved to the Middle Department. Gallipolis, Ohio and the Ohio shoreline opposite the mouth of Kanawha River joined the Middle Department on June 9, 1863. On June 9, 1863, Columbiana, Jefferson, and Belmont Counties in Ohio joined the Department of the Monongahela. On June 23, 1863, Monroe, Athens, Washington, Meigs, Gallia, and Lawrence Counties in Ohio joined the Middle Department. The department joined the Military Division of the Mississippi on October 16, 1863, joining the Departments of the Cumberland and the Tennessee. On November 16, 1863, the department was reconfigured to include the portions of Kentucky east of the Tennessee River and parts of East Tennessee under the control of the Army of the Ohio. Jeffersonville, Indiana joined the department on February 8, 1864. Covington, Kentucky and the surrounding fifteen mile radius joined the Northern Department. This department was disbanded on January 17, 1865 and joined the Department of the Cumberland. Commander(s): Horatio G. Wright, Ambrose E. Burnside, John G. Foster, John M. Schofield, and George Stoneman.
The third was created on June 27, 1865. It was geographically defined as the states of Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana, with the exception of Jeffersonville and New Albany, Indiana. The state of Wisconsin was added to the department on October 30, 1865. On June 5, 1866, the Department of Kentucky—along with Jeffersonville and New Albany, Indiana—were added to the department. This department was disbanded on August 6, 1866 and consolidated into the Department of the Lakes. Commander(s): Edward O. C. Ord and Orlando B. Wilcox.
Chief administrative office of the U.S. Army. Operated from 1847 to 1964. Responsible for organizing recruits into companies and regiments with the assistance of state adjutant generals. Adjutant general during the Civil War: Lorenzo Thomas (1861-1869).
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Organized at Kalamazoo, Michigan. Mustered into service on September 22, 1862. Mustered out of service June 24, 1865. Commander(s): Colonel Orlando Hurley Moore.
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