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Capt James Wilson Sligh

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Capt James Wilson Sligh

Birth
Ayton, Scottish Borders, Scotland
Death
15 Nov 1863 (aged 41–42)
Tullahoma, Coffee County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
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5-63N-04
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James Sligh served as Captain of Company F, 1st Michigan Engineers & Mechanics during the Civil War. He died of wounds received when the train he was on was derailed by Confederate forces. He was the only officer in the regiment killed during the war.


"Sligh, J. W., Capt., F, 1st Michigan Engineers. Oct. 23, 1863. Comm, fracture right leg and simple fracture left leg by railroad accident. Nov. — , 1863. Amp. right leg 4 inches below knee. Surg. B. Woodward, 22d Illinois. Died November 15, 1863." -- 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.

James Sligh served as Captain of Company F, 1st Michigan Engineers & Mechanics during the Civil War. He died of wounds received when the train he was on was derailed by Confederate forces. He was the only officer in the regiment killed during the war.


"Sligh, J. W., Capt., F, 1st Michigan Engineers. Oct. 23, 1863. Comm, fracture right leg and simple fracture left leg by railroad accident. Nov. — , 1863. Amp. right leg 4 inches below knee. Surg. B. Woodward, 22d Illinois. Died November 15, 1863." -- 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.

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