Pvt. Harlan Page NILES, - Civil War^[1]

1845 - 1881  (35 years)

• Name	Pvt. Harlan Page NILES
  Suffix	- Civil War
  Born	26 Aug 1845	Clayton, MI
  Gender	Male
  Died	1881
  Buried	Flushing, Genesee County, Michigan   [2]
  Person ID	I292408729311	Doty Family in America
  Last Modified	14 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Alanson NILES,   b. 19 Mar 1816, Riga, NY ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Phebe NEWELL,   b. 09 Aug 1816, Bennington, NY ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	02 Apr 1835	Corfu, NY
  Family ID	F167	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Elizabeth HUDSON,   b. 06 Mar 1847, Flint, MI ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	1868	Clayton, MI
  Children	1. Fred Harlan NILES,   b. 29 Nov 1869,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Phebe May NILES,   b. 19 Jun 1871,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	14 Feb 2024
  Family ID	F548	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Harlan Page Niles (485) Private, Union Army 5th cousin 5x removed of Lloyd, George and Howard U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 Name: Harlan P. Niles Side: Union Regiment State/Origin: Michigan Regiment: 4th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry Company: K Rank In: Private Rank Out: Private Film Number: M545 roll 30 Other Records: 4th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 Name: Harlan P Niles Residence: Flushing, Michigan Age at enlistment: 18 Enlistment Date: 1 Dec 1863 Rank at enlistment: Private Enlistment Place: Flushing, Michigan State Served: Michigan Survived the War?: Yes Service Record: Enlisted in Company K, Michigan 4th Cavalry Regiment on 31 Dec 1863. Mustered out on 23 Jun 1865 at Nashville, TN. Birth Date: abt 1845 Sources: Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers 1861-65 U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 Name: Harlan P Niles Gender: Male Relation to Head: Soldier Spouse: Mary E Niles Household Members Name Age Harlan P Niles Mary E Niles Harlan Page Niles (485) Private, Civil War 1845–1881 BIRTH 26 AUG 1845 • Clayton, Lenawee, Michigan, USA DEATH 2 DEC 1881 • Flushing, Genesee, Michigan, USA 5th cousin 5x removed https://www.ancestry.com/.../person/112178957236/facts Harlan P. Niles BIRTH: 1845 DEATH: 1881 (aged 35–36) BURIAL: Flushing City Cemetery, Flushing, Genesee County, Michigan, USA MEMORIAL ID: 21432825 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21432825/harlan-p_-niles 4th Michigan Cavalry, COMPANY "K" NAME: Niles, Harlam P. HOME: Flushing AGE: 18 http://www.migenweb.org/michiganinthewar/cavalry/4cavk.htm Niles, Harlan P. BATTLE UNIT NAME: 4th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry SIDE: Union COMPANY: K SOLDIER'S RANK IN: Private SOLDIER'S RANK OUT: Private ALTERNATE NAME: FILM NUMBER: M545 ROLL 30 PLAQUE NUMBER: NOTES: none https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm... UNION MICHIGAN VOLUNTEERS 4th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry OVERVIEW: Organized at Detroit, Mich., and mustered in August 28, 1862. Left State for Louisville, Ky., September 26. Attached to 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, Army of the Cumberland, to November, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, Army of the Cumberland, to November, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Wilson's Cavalry Corps, Military Division Mississippi, to November, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Military Division Mississippi, to July, 1865. SERVICE: Advance on Stanford, Ky., October 10-14, 1862. Action at Stanford October 14. March to Gallatin, Tenn., November 1-8. Cumberland River, near Gallatin, November 8. Lebanon November 11. Franklin Pike, near Hollow Tree Gap, December 4. Reconnoissance from Nashville to Trenton December 11-12. Wilson's Creek Pike December 11. Franklin December 12. Near Murfreesboro December 15. Reconnoissance from Rural Hill December 20. Wilson's Creek Pike December 21 (Cos. "A" and "B"). Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Lavergne December 26-27. Stewart's Creek Bridge, Jefferson Pike, December 27 (Cos. "B," "E," "H" and "L"). Battle of Stone River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Overall's Creek December 31. Lavergne and Stewart's Creek January 1 (Cos. "A," "D," "E" and "G"). Lytle's Creek January 5, 1863. Reconnoissance to Harpeth River and Cumberland Shoals January 13-19. Woodbury January 24. Unionville and Rover January 31. Expedition to Franklin January 31-February 13. Rover February 13. Manchester Pike February 22 (Detachment). Unionville and Rover March 4. Expedition toward Columbia March 4-14. Thompson's Station March 9. Rutherford Creek March 10-11. Expedition from Murfreesboro to Auburn, Liberty, Snow Hill, etc., April 2-6. Snow Hill, Woodbury and Liberty April 3. Franklin April 10. Expedition to McMinnville April 20-30. Hickory Creek April 21. Expedition to Middleton May 21-22. Middleton May 22. Near Murfreesboro June 3. Scout on Middleton and Eaglesville Pike June 10. Scout on Salem Pike June 12. Expedition to Lebanon June 15-17. Lebanon June 16. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 23-3uly 7. Fosterville and Guy's Gap June 27. Shelbyville June 27. Reconnoissance to Rock Island Ferry August 4-5. Sparta August 9. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Calf Killer River August 17. Pea Vine Bridge and Reed's Bridge September 18. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-21. Rossville Gap September 21. Operations against Wheeler and Roddy September 30-October 17. McMinnville October 4. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Raid on East Tennessee & Georgia Railroad November 24-27. Charleston and Cleveland November 26. March to relief of Knoxville November 28-December 8. On courier duty between Headquarters of General Grant and General Burnside during December. Cleveland December 22 (Detachment). Scout from Rossville toward Dalton, Ga., January 21-23, 1864. Near Dalton January 22. Ringgold, Ga., February 18. Demonstrations on Dalton, Ga., February 22-27. Tunnel Hill and near Dalton February 23. Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23-25. Stone Church, near Catoosa Platform, February 27. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-September 8. Tanner's Bridge May 15. Near Borne May 15. Arundel Creek and Floyd's Springs May 16. Near Ringston May 18. Near Dallas May 24. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Big Shanty June 9. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. McAffee's Cross Roads June 11. Noonday Creek June 20. Powder Springs or Lattimer's Mills June 20. Noonday Creek June 27. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Tunnel Hill June 28. On line of Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Rottenwood Creek July 4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Flint Hill Church July 20. Garrard's Raid to Covington July 22-24. Garrard's Raid to South River July 27-31. Flat Rock Bridge July 28. Siege of Atlanta August 1-16. Kilpatrick's Raid around Atlanta August 18-22. Red Oak August 19. Flint River and Jonesboro August 19. Lovejoy Station August 20. Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge August 26-September 2. Sandtown August 29. Rosswell September 28. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. Lost Mountain October 4-7. New Hope Church October 5. Dallas October 7. Near Rome October 10-11. Narrows October 11. Coosaville Road, near Rome, October 13. Little River October 20. Blue Pond and Leesburg October 21. Ordered to Nashville, Tenn., October 26; thence to Louisville, Ky., to refit. At Louisville till December 28. March from Louisville, Ky., to Gravelly Springs, Ala., December 28, 1864, to January 25, 1865, and duty there till March -. Wilson's Raid from Chickasaw, Ala., to Macon, Ga., March 2 - April 24. Selma, Ala., April 2. Montgomery April 12. Pleasant Hill and Double Bridges April 18. Capture of Macon April 20. Pursuit and capture of Jeff Davis at Irwinsville, Ga., May 10 (Detachment). Duty at Macon and Nashville till July. Mustered out July 1, 1865. Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 48 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 341 Enlisted men by disease. Total 394. https://www.nps.gov/civ.../search-battle-units-detail.htm...

  
  

• Sources

  [S1030951732] U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; NAI Title: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; NAI Number: T288; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773-2007; Record Group N. [S1030950196] U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, Historical Data Systems, comp, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Historical Data Systems, Inc.; Duxbury, MA 02331; American Civil War Research Database.