Ross Finlayson
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Jump to navigationJump to searchRoss Finlayson was a Sergeant in the 24th Michigan Infantry / Company K.
Antebellum
War Career
- Enlisted on August 7, 1862 in the 24th Michigan Infantry / Company K at Detroit, Michigan as a Sergeant
- Mustered in on August 14, 1862 for a 3 year term of service
- 19 years old
- Missing in action on July 1, 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg
- Returned to regiment on April 27, 1864
- Taken prisoner on August 19, 1864
- Paroled
- Returned to regiment on March 12, 1865
- Admitted to Harper Hospital on April 21, 1865
- Discharged at Detroit, Michigan on June 15, 1865
Post-War Career
- Moved to Flat Rock, Michigan
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 52)
Categories:
- Michigan Soldiers
- 24th Michigan Infantry
- Michigan Non-Commissioned Officers
- Soldiers from Wayne County, Michigan
- Soldiers from Detroit, Michigan
- Source: RSMVCW (24) 0052
- Michigan Missing
- 24th Michigan Infantry Missing
- Michigan Missing at Gettysburg
- 24th Michigan Infantry Missing at Gettysburg
- Michigan Prisoners
- 24th Michigan Infantry Prisoners
