Robert Towers
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Jump to navigationJump to searchRobert Towers was a private in the 24th Michigan Infantry / Company C.
Antebellum
War Career
- Enlisted on August 7, 1862 in the 24th Michigan Infantry / Company C at Plymouth, Michigan
- Mustered in August 15, 1862 for a 3 year term of service
- 36 years old
- Wounded and taken prisoner in action on July 1, 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg
- Returned to regiment on October 10, 1863
- Wounded in action on June 18, 1864 before Petersburg, Virginia
- Discharged at Detroit, Michigan on March 23, 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 147)
Categories:
- Michigan Soldiers
- 24th Michigan Infantry
- Michigan Enlisted
- Soldiers from Wayne County, Michigan
- Soldiers from Plymouth, Michigan
- Source: RSMVCW (24) 0147
- Michigan Wounded
- 24th Michigan Infantry Wounded
- Michigan Wounded at Gettysburg
- 24th Michigan Infantry Wounded at Gettysburg
- Michigan Wounded at Petersburg
- 24th Michigan Infantry Wounded at Petersburg
- Michigan Prisoners
- 24th Michigan Infantry Prisoners
- Michigan Prisoners at Gettysburg
- 24th Michigan Infantry Prisoners at Gettysburg