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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03131.15.03 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Hiram C. Wells |
| Title | Regarding the estate of his late brother Sidney |
| Date | 22 November 1856 |
| Author | Wells, Hiram C. (fl. 1825-1900) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Soldier's Diary Law Cavalry Battle Disaster Maritime Prisoner of War Prison Camp |
| People | Wells, Hiram C. (fl. 1825-1865) |
| Place written | Michigan |
| Theme | Children & Family |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Enlisted on 10 November 1862 at Almont, Michigan as a private. On 20 January 1863 he mustered into "E" Co. MI 8th Cavalry. He was discharged on 9 June 1865 at Detroit, Michigan. Throughout the war he was listed as POW on 4 August 1864 in Macon, Georgia, exchanged on 22 April 1865 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and survived an explosion on 27 April 1865 on the steamer "Sultana," in Memphis, Tennessee. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Unit | 8th Michigan Cavalry, Company E |