Died Apr. 1862 at Wilmington Is., N.C. in the Civil War, son of Asahel & Lavinia (Huff) Atherton. Headstones are badly damaged or non-existent. This information was collected from printed family history or given by the families. Original source Mrs. Chas. Durand 1930, D.A.R. and Merle Perry, Jr. in 1963.
Enlisted 12 August 1861 at Flint, Genesee County, Michigan; mustered in on 23 September 1861, Company A, Michigan 8th Volunteer Infantry Regiment as a Private; mustered out 16 April 1862, killed in action on Wilmington Island, Georgia. The U.S., Register of Deaths of Volunteers 1861-1865 records his death was due to Vulnus Sclopeticum, Latin for gunshot wound.
Enlisted 12 August 1861 at Flint, Genesee County, Michigan; mustered in on 23 September 1861, Company A, Michigan 8th Volunteer Infantry Regiment as a Private; mustered out 16 April 1862, killed in action on Wilmington Island, Georgia. The U.S., Register of Deaths of Volunteers 1861-1865 records his death was due to Vulnus Sclopeticum, Latin for gunshot wound.
Died Apr. 1862 at Wilmington Is., N.C. in the Civil War, son of Asahel & Lavinia (Huff) Atherton. Headstones are badly damaged or non-existent. This information was collected from printed family history or given by the families. Original source Mrs. Chas. Durand 1930, D.A.R. and Merle Perry, Jr. in 1963.
Enlisted 12 August 1861 at Flint, Genesee County, Michigan; mustered in on 23 September 1861, Company A, Michigan 8th Volunteer Infantry Regiment as a Private; mustered out 16 April 1862, killed in action on Wilmington Island, Georgia. The U.S., Register of Deaths of Volunteers 1861-1865 records his death was due to Vulnus Sclopeticum, Latin for gunshot wound.
Enlisted 12 August 1861 at Flint, Genesee County, Michigan; mustered in on 23 September 1861, Company A, Michigan 8th Volunteer Infantry Regiment as a Private; mustered out 16 April 1862, killed in action on Wilmington Island, Georgia. The U.S., Register of Deaths of Volunteers 1861-1865 records his death was due to Vulnus Sclopeticum, Latin for gunshot wound.
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The U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 reports he was interred in Gaines, Genesee County, Michigan.
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