To review the names and locations of ALL Civil War veterans buried in Fulton Cemetery block by block and then lot by lot visit:
https://uscemeteries.blogspot.com/2026/05/civil-war-veterans-in-fulton-cemetery.html
To read more about each of these soldiers visit the 3rd Michigan Infantry online
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Stephen Gardner Champlin (block 8) Brigadier General; died of consumption on January 26, 1864, in Grand Rapids
Stephen Gardner Champlin was born on July 1, 1827, in Kingston, Ulster County, New York, the son of Rhode Island natives Jeffrey Clarke Champlin (1798-1872) and Ellis Ellen Champlin (1804-1873). By the time he was 15, in 1842, Stephen began his professional studies in medicine, and in 1845 commenced a medical practice three years later at Warwarsing in Ulster County, New York. In 1848, he gave up medicine and in 1849 he turned to the study of law with in Kingston, New York. In 1850 he was admitted to the bar of the state of New York.
Stephen married New York native Mary E. Smedes (1832-1910) on January 1, 1851, in Wawarsing, Ulster County, New York, and they had at least one child: Alexander G. (1857-1937).
Stephen practiced law for some two years in Ulster County and in 1853 moved to Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan where he formed a partnership with Lucius Patterson. Three years later he was elected judge of the Recorder’s Court of Grand Rapids, serving in that position for two years. In 1857 Stephen entered into a law practice with Harry Yale.
(His brother John W. would eventually serve as mayor of Grand Rapids and as a justice on the Michigan Supreme Court. It also appears that his parents settled in Walker, Kent County, where Jeffrey reportedly died around 1872. In any case Allis is listed on the 1870 census for Walker.)
In November 1858, Champlin was elected Prosecuting Attorney for Kent County.
Stephen joined the 3rd Michigan Infantry in April of 1861 as Major and was subsequently commissioned Colonel of the Third Infantry on October 28, 1861.
Champlin was wounded severely in the left hip May 31, 1862, at the battle of Fair Oaks, Virginia. By the end of August Champlin was back on duty with the regiment, and during the battle of Groveton (or Second Bull Run) on August 29, 1862, he apparently ruptured his Fair Oaks wound, which had not fully healed.
Stephen was promoted to Brigadier General of United States Volunteers, November 29, 1862. On September 22, 1863, Champlin was assigned to the command of the depot for drafted men in Grand Rapids.
Stephen died from consumption at his home in Grand Rapids on January 26, 1864.
Charles Henry Cary (block 7) Lieutenant U.S. Signal Corps; died July 17, 1863, in Jackson, MS
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Charles Henry Cary was born in 1839 in Brockport, Monroe County, New York, the son of Rhode Island native Alfred X. Cary (1811-1882) and New York native Sarah Musdirk (1813-1890). In 1840 Alfred X. was living in Painesville, Lake County, Ohio. He eventually moved his family west and by 1850 had settled in Kent County, Michigan. That same year Charles was living with his family in Grand Rapids where his father operated a hotel. Also living with them was Robert Collins, who would eventually become Alfred’s business partner as well as Charles’ brother-in-law and who would also join the 3rd Michigan Infantry in 1861 as Regimental Quartermaster. Charles worked as a clerk probably in his father’s hotel and/or flour business and also enrolled in the local militia company.
He was 22 years old and when he enlisted as Sergeant of Company A on May 13, 1861, and promoted to Second Lieutenant from Sergeant Major on October 28, 1861. He was eventually transferred to the U.S. Signal Corps.
Charles died of disease at about 1:30 on the afternoon of July 17, 1863, in Jackson, Mississippi. He was interred in the Cemetery of the Insane Asylum of Mississippi, some two miles outside of Jackson, and in January of 1866 his body was brought home to Grand Rapids.
Samuel Adolphus Judd (block 7) Captain 3rd Michigan Infantry; killed in action at Fair Oaks, VA, May 31, 1862. This also includes bios of his two brothers Elliott and George
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| Samuel with wife Clarissa and their two children William and Jennie - winter camp in Virginia |
Samuel Adolphus Judd was born on May 11 or 21, 1834, in South Hadley, Massachusetts, the son of Samuel 1806-1890) and Julia Ann Swain or Swaine (1808-1894). Samuel A. was working as a butcher when he married South Hadley native Clarissa Louise Smith (1834-1922) October 25, 1854, at the Congregational church in South Hadley, Massachusetts, and they had two children: William Elliott (born 1855) and Jennie Eugenia (1858-1941, Mrs. Lyman).
During the late 1850s, Samuel A. became involved in the development of the Valley City Guards (VCG), a local militia company organized in Grand Rapids in 1855 and elected First Lieutenant on April 24, 1859. According to one observer Samuel was a superb marksman.
Samuel was 27 years old when he enlisted as Captain of Company A on May 13, 1861, along with his younger brother George. Samuel was killed in action on May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Virginia, at the same time that his brother George lost an arm.
In late June of 1862, N. L. Avery was chosen by several of the leading citizens of Grand Rapids to go out to Fair Oaks soon after the battle and distribute hospital supplies, money etc. to the wounded men of the Third Michigan Infantry; he was also tasked with bringing home the remains of Samuel Judd. On July 2, 1862, Judd’s remains were returned to Grand Rapids and according to one report the turnout for the “return” of the body was most impressive
Monument is a marble obelisk upon which is chiseled a sabre, and upon the other a double triangle, square and compass. The monument is the work of Wm. Laraway & company.
Peter Weber (block 7) Major 6th Michigan Cavalry; killed in action on July 14, 1863, at Falling Waters, MD
Peter A. Weber was born in 1841 in New York, the son of Rev. William Myers Weber (1803-1853) and Emeline Margaret Talman (1805-1879). In 1855 Peter was living with his mother and three siblings and his paternal grandmother in Friendship, Allegany County, New York (his father William is buried in Third Street Cemetery in Friendship). In 1857 Peter moved with his mother and family from Fairfield, Connecticut to Grand Rapids.
Peter was 20 years old and living in Grand Rapids when he enlisted with his mother’s consent as Second Corporal in Company A on May 13, 1861. In September he requested and was granted a transfer to 2nd Michigan Cavalry as Regimental Adjutant. By the summer of 1863 Peter was serving as Major for the 6th Michigan Cavalry. He was killed in action at Falling Waters, MD July 14, 1863.
Peter’s body was returned to Grand Rapids and his funeral was held at S. Mark’s church on Saturday July 25.
Peter Bogardus (block 7) Lieutenant 3rd Michigan Infantry; died April 24, 1863 at Saginaw, MI
Peter Bogardus Jr. was born in 1834 in New York, the son of Peter Sr. (born 1804) and Eliza (born 1805). Peter’s family left New York and settled in Pittsfield, Washtenaw County by 1840; by 1850 Peter was a student living with his family in Pittsfield. Peter was living in Kalamazoo, Michigan, when he married Michigan native Matilda Davidson (1835-1919) on May 24, 1854, in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, and they had at least four children: Robert A. (1856-1913), Isadore (born 1859), Jessie M. (1862-1944, Mrs. Stowitts), and Edward (1863-1864).
In addition to being a fireman and a member of the volunteer militia before the war, Peter also worked as a ward constable, probably in the 3rd Ward .
Peter was 26 years old when he enlisted as Second Lieutenant in Company F on May 13, 1861. resigned his commission on December 26, 1861, presumably as a consequence of his injury in October.
He returned to his home in Grand Rapids and was in Saginaw when he died on April 24, 1862; his remains were returned to Grand Rapids for burial.
