Gilbert A. Dickey
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Jump to navigationJump to searchGilbert A. Dickey[1] was a 2nd Lieutenant in the 24th Michigan Infantry / Company G.
Antebellum
War Career
- Enlisted on August 12, 1862 in the 24th Michigan Infantry / Company E at Detroit, Michigan
- Mustered in on August 13, 1862 for a 3 year term of service
- 19 years old
- Promoted to Commissary Sergeant on December 2, 1862
- Promoted to Sergeant Major on January 27, 1863
- Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant of the 24th Michigan Infantry / Company G on March 10, 1863
- Killed in action on July 1, 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg
- Buried in National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Post-War Career
Family
Notes
- ↑ RSMVCW (24) 0042 also spells his name Gilbert M. Dickey. For now, it has been left this way.
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 42)
