John Roach
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Jump to navigationJump to searchJohn Roach was a private in the 24th Michigan Infantry / Company E.
Antebellum
War Career
- Enlisted on August 8, 1862 in the 24th Michigan Infantry / Company E at Detroit, Michigan
- Mustered in August 13, 1862 for a 3 year term of service
- 22 years old
- Missing in action on July 1, 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg
- Returned to regiment on October 9, 1863
- Taken prisoner in action on August 19, 1864 at the Battle of Weldon Rail Road
- Supposed to have died while a prisoner
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 125)
Categories:
- Michigan Soldiers
- 24th Michigan Infantry
- Michigan Enlisted
- Soldiers from Wayne County, Michigan
- Soldiers from Detroit, Michigan
- Source: RSMVCW (24) 0125
- Michigan Missing
- 24th Michigan Infantry Missing
- Michigan Missing at Gettysburg
- 24th Michigan Infantry Missing at Gettysburg
- Michigan Prisoners
- 24th Michigan Infantry Prisoners
- Union Prisoners at Weldon Rail Road
- Michigan Prisoners at Weldon Rail Road
- 24th Michigan Infantry Prisoners at Weldon Rail Road
- Michigan Killed
- 24th Michigan Infantry Killed