Joseph P. Rivard
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Jump to navigationJump to searchJoseph P. Rivard was a private in the 24th Michigan Infantry / Company F.
Antebellum
War Career
- Enlisted on August 10, 1862 in the 24th Michigan Infantry / Company F at Detroit, Michigan
- Mustered in August 15, 1862 for a 3 year term of service
- 22 years old
- Taken prisoner in action on July 1, 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg
- Confined at Richmond, Virginia
- Paroled on March 13, 1864
- Admitted to Harper Hospital on March 17, 1864
- Discharged at Detroit, Michigan on June 29, 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 125)