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Portrait of Clement A. Lounsberry 1861-1864. Enlisted in company I, First Infantry, April 22, 1861, at Marshall, for 3 months, age 18. Mustered May 1, 1861. Wounded and taken prisoner, July 21, 1861. Exchanged. Discharged at Detroit, Mich., July 6, 1862. Enlisted in company I, Twentieth Infantry as First Sergeant Aug. 9, 1862, at Marshall, for 3 years, age 19. Mustered Aug. 19, 1862. Discharged to accept promotion April 25, 1863. Commissioned Second Lieutenant, company K, Jan. 26, 1863. Mustered Feb. 1, 1863. Transferred to company I, April 25, 1863. Wounded and taken prisoner May 10, 1863. Returned to regiment June, 1863. Commissioned First Lieutenant, company H, Nov. 19, 1863. Mustered April 9, 1864. Reported as of company A, May, 1864. Wounded in action at Spottsylvania, Va., May 12, 1864. Commissioned Captain May 12, 1864. Mustered Oct. 10, 1864. Acting Aide de Camp, Second Brigade, First Division, Ninth Army Corps, from Nov., 1864, to March, 1865. Acting Assistant Adjutant General, Second Brigade, First Division, Ninth Army Corps, March and April, 1865. Commissioned Lieutenant Colonel Dec. 20, 1864. Mustered April 29, 1865. Commissioned Colonel, March 11, 1865. Mustered out and honorably discharged at DeLaney House, D. C., May 30, 1865. Brevet Major, United States Volunteers, Dec. 2, 1864, for gallant and meritorious services during the campaign before Richmond, Va. (Descriptive Roll Twentieth Michigan Volunteers).
