Robert Bolger
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Jump to navigationJump to searchRobert Bolger was a Sergeant in the 24th Michigan Infantry / Company H.
Antebellum
War Career
- Enlisted on August 13, 1862 in the 24th Michigan Infantry / Company H at Detroit, Michigan
- Mustered in on August 13, 1862 for a 3 year term of service
- 20 years old
- Wounded in action on July 1, 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg
- Promoted to Corporal on August 1, 1863
- Taken prisoner on August 19, 1864
- Returned to regiment at Springfield, Illinois on May 10, 1865
- Promoted to Sergeant on June 1, 1865
- Mustered out at Detroit, Michigan on June 30, 1865
Post-War Career
- Moved to Detroit, Michigan
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 16)
Categories:
- Michigan Soldiers
- 24th Michigan Infantry
- Michigan Non-Commissioned Officers
- Soldiers from Wayne County, Michigan
- Soldiers from Detroit, Michigan
- Source: RSMVCW (24) 0016
- Michigan Wounded
- 24th Michigan Infantry Wounded
- Michigan Wounded at Gettysburg
- 24th Michigan Infantry Wounded at Gettysburg
- Michigan Prisoners
- 24th Michigan Infantry Prisoners