Age 48
Civil War - Enlisted on 9 December 1861 from Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan at 35 years of age; mustered in on 13 February 1862, Company I, 14th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment as a Private; promotoed to Corporal on 15 March 1863; wounded in action on 1 September 1864 during the battle of Jonesboro, Georgia (gunshot wound of face, right side); mustered out on 4 Janaury 1865 and transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, Company E, 2nd Michigan Regiment as a Sergeant; mustered out on 28 July 1865.
"Bessel, A. J.. Serg't 14th Michigan. {Sept. 1], 1864. Fracture of inferior maxilla. Facial ligatedin continuity. Discharged January 4, 1865." -- The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. Part III, Volume II. (3rd Surgical volume) by U. S. Army Surgeon General's Office, 1883.
Age 48
Civil War - Enlisted on 9 December 1861 from Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan at 35 years of age; mustered in on 13 February 1862, Company I, 14th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment as a Private; promotoed to Corporal on 15 March 1863; wounded in action on 1 September 1864 during the battle of Jonesboro, Georgia (gunshot wound of face, right side); mustered out on 4 Janaury 1865 and transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, Company E, 2nd Michigan Regiment as a Sergeant; mustered out on 28 July 1865.
"Bessel, A. J.. Serg't 14th Michigan. {Sept. 1], 1864. Fracture of inferior maxilla. Facial ligatedin continuity. Discharged January 4, 1865." -- The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. Part III, Volume II. (3rd Surgical volume) by U. S. Army Surgeon General's Office, 1883.
Gravesite Details
Cemetery records indicate Andrew Bissell owned plot 4-159 and there were burials there (Mary and Child Bissell)
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