[1] Charles Victor DeLand, a Jackson, Michigan, journalist and politician on 10/15/1861 was commissioned as a captain into "C" Co. MI 9th Infantry.

He was discharged for wounds on 2/4/1865 He was listed as: Promotions: Other Information: born 7/25/1828 in North Brookfield, MA died 9/21/1903 in Jackson, MI Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.: - Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers 1861-65 - Dyer: A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion - Brevet Brigadier Generals in Blue - Heitman: Register of United States Army 1789-1903 Major John Piper, of Battle Creek, originally served as Captain of the famed Company D (The "Michigan Boys") of the Western Sharpshooters (W.S.S.)

Of note, Company K was composed primarily of Native Americans of the United States, especially members of the Ojibwa, Odawa, and Potawatomi nations.

Thomas Ke-chi-ti-go, called "Big Tom" by the white Sharpshooters, further "ordered each brave to cover his breast and head with twigs and leaves to prevent contrast of color with their surroundings.

Many other Union soldiers noticed mortally wounded Native American members of Company K, "... drawing their blouses over their faces, they chanted a death song and died — four of them a group.

The regiment was attached to the following: The 1st Michigan Sharpshooters' detailed service is as follows (NOTE — Battles are Bolded, Italicized; campaigns are Italicized): The regiment suffered 6 officers and 131 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 165 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 362 fatalities.