Ira W. Fletcher
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Jump to navigationJump to searchIra W. Fletcher was a 2nd Lieutenant in the 24th Michigan Infantry / Company K.
Antebellum
War Career
- Enlisted on July 31, 1862 in the 24th Michigan Infantry / Company K at Brownstown, Michigan as a Corporal
- Mustered in on August 14, 1862 for a 3 year term of service
- 18 years old
- Promoted to Sergeant on December 15, 1862
- Taken prisoner in action on July 1, 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg
- Paroled on September 23, 1863
- Promoted to 1st Sergeant on November 1, 1864
- Promoted to Sergeant Major on January 7, 1865
- Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant of the 24th Michigan Infantry / Company K on March 30, 1865
- Mustered on April 19, 1865
- Mustered out at Detroit, Michigan on June 30, 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 53)