Henry C. Fields enlisted as a Private in Company K of the Fourth Michigan Volunteer Infantry on September 21,1861 for 3 years service. He was on detached service with Company K of the First Michigan Infantry, by order, July 2, 1864, Petersburg, Virginia, and transferred to Company C of the Reorganized Fourth Michigan Infantry on July 1, 1865. Henry is listed as having deserted at Washington, D.C. on February 17, 1866.
Henry died in 1876 after being struck by a freight train.
Sources: " Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War 1861-1865, vol. 4", also known as the "Brown Book" and personal research from the soldier's Compiled Military Service Records and Pension Application file from the National Archives.
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Henry died in 1876 after being struck by a freight train.
Sources: " Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War 1861-1865, vol. 4", also known as the "Brown Book" and personal research from the soldier's Compiled Military Service Records and Pension Application file from the National Archives.
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Henry C. Fields enlisted as a Private in Company K of the Fourth Michigan Volunteer Infantry on September 21,1861 for 3 years service. He was on detached service with Company K of the First Michigan Infantry, by order, July 2, 1864, Petersburg, Virginia, and transferred to Company C of the Reorganized Fourth Michigan Infantry on July 1, 1865. Henry is listed as having deserted at Washington, D.C. on February 17, 1866.
Henry died in 1876 after being struck by a freight train.
Sources: " Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War 1861-1865, vol. 4", also known as the "Brown Book" and personal research from the soldier's Compiled Military Service Records and Pension Application file from the National Archives.
For further information on the Fourth Michigan Infantry, copy this link into your browser and press enter: www.4thmichigan.wordpress.com
Henry died in 1876 after being struck by a freight train.
Sources: " Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War 1861-1865, vol. 4", also known as the "Brown Book" and personal research from the soldier's Compiled Military Service Records and Pension Application file from the National Archives.
For further information on the Fourth Michigan Infantry, copy this link into your browser and press enter: www.4thmichigan.wordpress.com
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