George W. Burchell
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Jump to navigationJump to searchGeorge W. Burchell was a Captain of the 24th Michigan Infantry / Company B.
Antebellum
War Career
- Enlisted in the 24th Michigan Infantry / Company G at Detroit, Michigan as a 2nd Lieutenant
- Commissioned on July 26, 1862
- Mustered in on August 13, 1862 for a 3 year term of service
- 33 years old
- Commissioned 1st Lieutenant on March 10, 1863
- Mustered on April 22, 1863
- Wounded in action on April 29, 1863 at the Battle of Fitzhugh's Crossing
- Commissioned Captain of the 24th Michigan Infantry / Company B on November 21, 1863
- Mustered on January 22, 1864
- Wounded in action on May 12, 1864 at the Battle of Spotsylvania
- Resigned and honorably discharged on January 21, 1865
Post-War Career
- Died on September 10, 1900
Family
Notes
Sources
- Michigan and George H. Turner, Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War, 1861-1865. Volume 24. (Kalamazoo, Mich.: Ihling bros. & Everard, printers, 1900). (Page 22)
Categories:
- Michigan Soldiers
- 24th Michigan Infantry
- Michigan Officers
- Soldiers from Wayne County, Michigan
- Soldiers from Detroit, Michigan
- Source: RSMVCW (24) 0022
- Michigan Wounded
- 24th Michigan Infantry Wounded
- Michigan Wounded at Fitzhugh's Crossing
- 24th Michigan Infantry Wounded at Fitzhugh's Crossing
- Michigan Wounded at Spotsylvania
- 24th Michigan Infantry Wounded at Spotsylvania