Abram R. Wood
from Sturgis, St Joseph Co., MI... enlisted 6/20/1861 (this was ABP WOOD's birthday!)
4th Michigan infantry, Captain, company C (the regiment was known as the Peninsular Guard of Sturgis)
KIA 4/18/1862, Yorktown, VA, while on picket
Total Enrollment--1399..... Killed in Action--124..... Died of Wounds--68..... Died in Confederate Prisons--16..... Died of Disease--99..... Discharged for Wounds--385
Total Casualty Rate.........49.4%
Yorktown, VA
April 11 U.S.A.- 2 Killed, 8 Wounded
C.S.A.- Casualties Not Reported
April 18 Falmouth, VA
U.S.A.- 5 Killed, 16 Wounded
C.S.A.- 0 Killed, 0 Wounded
19 Missing or Captured
The Fourth Michigan Infantry was recruited from the southern tier of counties of the State, being organized by Colonel Dwight A. Woodberry at Adrian. Like some of the other
regiments, it was comprised of independant companies that had received considerable military knowledge, a valuable assistance in the organization of citizen soldiers. It was
conposed of the "Peninsular Guard" of Sturgis, the "Barry Guard" of Ann Arbor, the "Smith Guard" of Monroe, the "Trenton Volunteers" of Trenton, the "Dexter Union Guard"
of Dexter, the "Hudson Volunteers" of Hillsdale, the "Grosvenor Union Guard" of Jonesville, and the "Tecumseh Volunteers" of Tecumseh. The organization of the Regiment was
completed at its rendezvous in Adrian, then mustered into the United States service for three years on June 20, 1861. The Fourth was uniformed and equipped for field service
before it left the state and started for Washington on June 25, 1861, with an enrollment of 1025 officers and men, arriving there on July 2nd., Going into camp near Georgetown,
D. C.
The Fourth took part in McClellan's Peninsular Campaign of 1862, having been assigned to Griffin's Brigade, Morrell's Division of Porter's Corp and was present at the Seige of
Yorktown, later fighting gallantly at Williamsburg. The conspicuous position it held in the advance of the army upon the Confederate forces at Newbridge, on the Chicahominy,
displaying their valor there under the most trying circumstances earned it special notice from General McClelland in his dispatches to the war department.
