Emils Mettatal
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Jump to navigationJump to searchEmils Mettatal was a private in the 24th Michigan Infantry / Company I.
Antebellum
War Career
- Enlisted on August 12, 1862 in the 24th Michigan Infantry / Company I at Detroit, Michigan
- Mustered in August 14, 1862 for a 1 year term of service
- 19 years old
- Missing in action on May 5, 1864 at the Battle of the Wilderness
- Supposed to have drowned while returning as prisoner of war on steamer General Lyon
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 102)
Categories:
- Michigan Soldiers
- 24th Michigan Infantry
- Michigan Enlisted
- Soldiers from Wayne County, Michigan
- Soldiers from Detroit, Michigan
- Source: RSMVCW (24) 0102
- Michigan Missing
- 24th Michigan Infantry Missing
- Michigan Missing at the Wilderness
- 24th Michigan Infantry Missing at the Wilderness
- Michigan Prisoners
- 24th Michigan Infantry Prisoners
- Michigan Killed
- 24th Michigan Infantry Killed
