1865-02-18 +SYLVANUS MICH----HILLSDALE CO----V4----BLACK CDS & TARGETS TIE SCOTT 65-----TO DOR DARLING, HUNTSVILLE, ALEBAN CO, CO. G 18 REGEMANT, MICH---PENCIL-MS RECD FEBRUARY 21, 1863 ON BACK---DORR DARLING FROM ALLEN ENLISTED IN CO. G, 18TH INF ON AUGUST 15, 1864 AND MUSTERED OUT AT NASHVILLE TENN ON JUNE 26, 1865.---SIXTY-EIGHT MEMBERS OF THE 18TH MICHIGAN WERE KILLED BY THE EXPLOSION OF THE STEAMER SULTANA. DURING THE CIVIL WAR 1308 MEN SERVED IN THE 18TH: KIA-8, DIED OF WOUNDS-3, DIED IN CONFEDERATE PRISONS-12, DIED OF DISEASE-208, DISCHARGED FOR DISABILITY (WOUNDS & DISEASE)-122----HISTORY YOU CAN HOLD IN YOUR HANDS-----GENEALOGY----CIVIL WAR---COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 1034
Year: 1865
Date: 1865-02-18
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