Elisha Wheeler
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Jump to navigationJump to searchElisha Wheeler was a private in the 24th Michigan Infantry / Company B.
Antebellum
War Career
- Enlisted on August 13, 1862 in the 24th Michigan Infantry / Company B at Detroit, Michigan
- Mustered in August 13, 1862 for a 3 year term of service
- 30 years old
- Wounded in action on July 1, 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg
- Taken prisoner in action on May 23, 1864 at the Battle of North Anna River
- Died on September 27, 1864
- Buried in National Cemetery, Andersonville, Georgia
- Grave No. 9844
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 157)
Categories:
- Michigan Soldiers
- 24th Michigan Infantry
- Michigan Enlisted
- Soldiers from an Unknown County, Michigan
- Soldiers from an Unknown City, Michigan
- Source: RSMVCW (24) 0157
- Michigan Wounded
- 24th Michigan Infantry Wounded
- Michigan Wounded at Gettysburg
- 24th Michigan Infantry Wounded at Gettysburg
- Michigan Prisoners
- 24th Michigan Infantry Prisoners
- Union Prisoners at North Anna River
- Michigan Prisoners at North Anna River
- 24th Michigan Infantry Prisoners at North Anna River
- Michigan Prisoners at Andersonville Prison
- 24th Michigan Infantry Prisoners at Andersonville Prison
- Michigan Killed
- 24th Michigan Infantry Killed
