James D. Shearer
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Jump to navigationJump to searchJames D. Shearer was a 2nd Lieutenant in the 24th Michigan Infantry / Company C.
Antebellum
War Career
- Enlisted on August 6, 1862 in the 24th Michigan Infantry / Company C at Plymouth, Michigan
- Mustered in August 15, 1862 for a 1 year term of service
- 34 years old
- Wounded in action on April 29, 1863 at the Battle of (II) Fredericksburg
- Wounded in action on July 1, 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg
- Corporal
- Sergeant
- 1st Sergeant
- Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant on March 30, 1865
- Mustered April 24, 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 133)
Categories:
- Michigan Soldiers
- 24th Michigan Infantry
- Michigan Officers
- Soldiers from Wayne County, Michigan
- Soldiers from Detroit, Michigan
- Source: RSMVCW (24) 0133
- Michigan Wounded
- 24th Michigan Infantry Wounded
- Michigan Wounded at (II) Fredericksburg
- 24th Michigan Infantry Wounded at (II) Fredericksburg
- Michigan Wounded at Gettysburg
- 24th Michigan Infantry Wounded at Gettysburg