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EDWIN BARLOW TIME LINE

1842, September 9th – Born in Manchester, UK
1848 – Emigrated to the United States – Family farm started near Flushing, Michigan (Genesee County)
1861, July 31st – Enlists in Company C, Stockton's Independent Regiment.
1861, Sept 8th - Stockton's Independent Regiment was mustered into U.S. service as the 16th Regiment, Michigan Volunteer Infantry at Detroit, MI.
1861, Sept. 16, - The regiment left Detroit , for Washington. D. C, to join the Army of the Potomac. It went into camp at Hall's Hill, Va., for the winter of 1861-2.
The Sixteenth took part in the Peninsular campaign under General McCIellan and formed a part of the Third Brigade, First Division, Fifth Corps, then commanded by Fitz John Porter, and remained a part of the corps during its term of service.
1862, April The regiment was at the siege of Yorktown in and participated in the engagement at Hanover Court House, Va., May 27.
1862, June 27th – Barlow is wounded in action and captured. Originally accounted for as killed in action.
- The 16th Michigan fought in one of the most desperate battles of the war at Gaines Mills, Va., where it gallantly contested with the enemy for the possession of the field. The stubborn resistance by the Sixteenth is forcibly illustrated by the casualties, as the regiment lost 3 officers and 46 men killed, 6 officers and 110 men wounded and 2 officers and 53 men missing.
1862, July 19th – Officially paroled
1862, Nov 14th – Discharged for Disability – Returns to Flushing, Michigan
1863 Awarded Invalid Pension at 75% disability of $6 / month.
1866, July 20th – Marries Julia Eadies in Genesee County Michigan
1866 – Daughter Lulu born
1869 – Daughter Edith born
1874 – Daughter Ethel Mae born
1881 – Julia Barlow dies
1883 – Moves to Columbia, Dakota Territory, Marries Ida Lewis.
1898 – Moves back to Michigan
1900 – Moves to Kalamazoo, Michigan
1904, Feb. 12th – Dies in Kalamazoo , Buried in Riverside Cemetery in Kalamzoo.
1915 – Daughters Lulu and Ethel file pension inquiry