John M. Farland
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Antebellum
War Career
- Enlisted on August 13, 1862 in the 24th Michigan Infantry / Company D at Detroit, Michigan as 1st Lieutenant
- Commissioned to date July 26, 1862
- Mustered in on August 13, 1862 for a 3 year term of service at Detroit, Michigan
- 27 years old
- Taken prisoner in action on July 1, 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg
- Commissioned Captain on July 4, 1863
- Mustered on August 30, 1863
- Discharged on account of disability on July 9, 1864
- Re-entered service in the 30th Michigan Infantry / Company C at organization as a Captain
- Commissioned on November 28, 1864
- Mustered on December 28, 1864
- Commissioned Major of the (II) 11th Michigan Infantry upon reorganization, March 1, 1865
- Mustered on March 16, 1865
- Commissioned Lieutenant Colonel on March 16, 1865
- Mustered on June 16, 1865
- Mustered out at Nashville, Tennessee on September 16, 1865
Post-War Career
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 50)
Categories:
- Michigan Soldiers
- 24th Michigan Infantry
- 30th Michigan Infantry
- (II) 11th Michigan Infantry
- Michigan Officers
- Soldiers from Wayne County, Michigan
- Soldiers from Detroit, Michigan
- Source: RSMVCW (24) 0050
- Michigan Prisoners
- 24th Michigan Infantry Prisoners
- Michigan Prisoners at Gettysburg
- 24th Michigan Infantry Prisoners at Gettysburg