Presentation Sword of Elias B. Stone 1st and 6th Michigan Cavalry Commanded by Custer – Engaged at Gettysburg!

Presentation Sword of Elias B. Stone – Inventory Number: SWO 276

1st and 6th Michigan Cavalry Commanded by Custer – Engaged at Gettysburg!

Elias B. Stone:

Residence Grand Rapids MI; 27 years old.

Enlisted on 9/4/1862 at Grand Rapids, MI as a Super 2nd Lieut.

On 10/11/1862 he was commissioned into "M" Co. MI 6th Cavalry

He was transferred out on 11/7/1865

On 11/7/1865 he transferred into "D" Co. MI 1st Cavalry

He was Mustered Out on 3/10/1866 at Salt Lake City, UT

Promotions:

* 2nd Lieut 3/16/1863

* 1st Lieut 5/23/1865

MICHIGAN Sixth Cavalry (Three Years)

     The Sixth Regiment of Michigan Volunteer Cavalry was organized in the summer of 1862, under authority of the Secretary of War, granted directly to Hon. Francis W. Kellogg, member of Congress from the (then) Fourth Congressional District of Michigan.  It comprised twelve troops of a maximum strength of 100 men each, including the proper complement of non-commissioned officers.  The rendezvous was Grand Rapids.  George Gray, a leading lawyer of the state, was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel and assigned to command of the camp.  Troop commanders were ordered to report to him.  Subsequently, and before the date of muster, Governor Blair, in compliance with a petition of the officers of the regiment, commissioned him as Colonel.  Major Russell A. Alger of the Second Michigan Cavalry, was commissioned to succeed Colonel Gray as Lieutenant Colonel.

     The regiment was mustered into the United States service October 11, 1862, with 1229 officers and men.  But four of the officers had seen service, viz: Lieutenant Colonel R. A. Alger, previously Captain and Major of the Second Michigan Cavalry; Captain Peter A. Weber, in the Third Michigan Infantry, and Battalion Adjutant of the Second Michigan Cavalry; Lieutenant Don G. Lovell, as Corporal in the Third Infantry, and Lieutenant Phineas G. White, as Sergeant in the First Michigan Cavalry.

MICHIGAN First Cavalry. (Three Years)

     The First Cavalry was organized at Detroit and mustered into the United States service Sept. 13, 1861, with an enrollment of 1,144 officers and men.

     The field, staff and line officers at organization were as follows:

     Colonel, Thornton F. Brodhead, Grosse Isle.  Lieutenant Colonel, Joseph T. Copland, Pontiac.  Majors, William S. Atwood, Detroit; Angelo Paldi, Detroit; Charles H. Town, Detroit.  Surgeon, George K. Johnson, Grand Rapids.  Assistant Surgeon, Alfred K. Nash, Trenton.  Adjutant, William M. Brevoort, Detroit.  Quartermaster, James I. David, Trenton.  Chaplain, Jonathan Hudson, Trenton.

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Inventory Number: SWO 276