Sirel Chilson
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Jump to navigationJump to searchSirel Chilson was an 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant in the 24th Michigan Infantry.
Antebellum
War Career
- Enlisted on August 5, 1862 in the 24th Michigan Infantry / Company D at Van Buren, Michigan
- Mustered in on August 13, 1862 for a 3 year term of service
- 19 years old
- Clerk for Brigade Quartermaster from January 10, 1863 to September -, 1863
- Corporal
- Commissioned 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant on September 1, 1863
- Discharged to accept promotion on September 15, 1863
- Mustered September 15, 1863
- Killed in action on June 18, 1864 at the Battle of Petersburg
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 29)
