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1864-01 D.B.H. Description of Cornelius Byington's service

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1864-01 D.B.H. Description of Cornelius Byington's service

1864-01 D.B.H. Description of Cornelius Byington's service

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Title: 1864-01 D.B.H. Description of Cornelius Byington's service

Collection Number: MS 70-100

Scope and Content: Description of service by D.B.H. He tells of Cornelius Byington's service in the 2nd Michigan Infantry.

Language: English

Type of Resource: text

Genre: Correspondence

Digital Origin: reformatted digital

Subject: American Civil War

Subject: 2nd Michigan Infantry

Subject: Commissioned Officer

Subject: major

Subject: death

Subject: wound

Subject: amputation

Subject: Union Prisoners of War

Subject Name: Byington, Cornelius

Inclusive Dates: 1864

Location of Originals: Archives of Michigan

Use Restrictions: Please contact the Archives of Michigan for permission to publish.

Access Restrictions: To preserve the original items, this collection is only available online.

Notes

Biography or Historical Note: Byington, Cornelius. Battle Creek. Entered service in company C, Second Infantry, at organization, as Captain, May 10, 1861, at Battle Creek, for 3 years, age 39. Commissioned Major April 25, 1861. Mustered May 25, 1861. Commissioned Major July 26, 1862. Died Dec. 11, 1863, from wounds received in action at Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 24, 1863, while in command of and gallantly leading his regiment in the assault on the enemy's works.

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64 Jan DBH account of Byington death pg 2

64 Jan DBH account of Byington death pg 1

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