24th Michigan, Company D - Officer Staff Captains - 1st Lieutenants - 2nd Lieutenants
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For: 24th MI, Company D - Enlisted Men (Abbott - Burlingame)
For: 24th MI, Company D - INDEX
Speed, William Johnson (No known Descendants/Relatives)
Born: March 27, 1832 (NY) - Died: July 1, 1863 (PA) * Residence at enlistment: Detroit, Wayne Co., MI
Enlisted: July 23, 1862 as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 24th MI Infantry, Co. D
KIA: July 1, 1863 at Gettysburg, PA
Promotion: July 26, 1862 to Captain in the 24th MI Infantry, Co. D
** Buried: Elmwood Cemetery - Detroit, Wayne Co., MI
GPS:Latitude: 42.34920, Longitude: -83.01940
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Yemans, Charles C. (No known Descendants/Relatives)
Born: 1834 (NY - Died: July 22, 1901 (MI) * Residence at enlistment: Detroit, Wayne Co., MI
Enlisted: July 26, 1862 as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 24th MI Infantry, Co. D - Discharged Disability: September 1, 1863
NOTE: Was Adie-de-Camp on the staff of General Meridith (January 17, 1863 to September 1, 1863)
** Buried: Elmwood Cemetery - Detroit, Wayne Co., MI
GPS: Latitude: 42.34920, Longitude: -83.01940

Farland, John Milton (No known Descendants/Relatives)
Born: September 19, 1835 (NY) - Died: July 16, 1899 (MI) * Residence at enlistment: Detroit, Wayne Co., MI
Enlisted: August 13, 1862 as a 1st Lieutenant in the 24th MI Infantry, Co. D
Promotion: July 4, 1863 to Captain in the 24th MI Infantry, Co. D
Discharged Disability: July 9, 1864
Re-Enlisted: December 28, 1864 as a Captain in the 30th MI Infantry, Co., C
Promotion: March 1, 1865 to Major in the 11th MI Infantry - Field & Staff
Discharged for Promotion: March 1, 1865
Promotion: March 16, 1865 to Lieutenant Colonel in the 11th MI Infantry - Field & Staff
Mustered Out: September 16, 1865
WND & POW: July 1 1863 at Gettysburg, PA
** Buried: Woodmere Cemetery - Detroit, Wayne Co., MI
GPS: Latitude: 42.29940, Longitude: -83.13690

King, Charles A. (No known Descendants/Relatives)
Born: 1833 - Died: Unknown * Residence at enlistment: Detroit, Wayne Co., MI
Enlisted: August 8, 1862 as a Sergeant in the 24th MI Infantry, Co. D - Mustered Out: June 30, 1865
Promotion: March 30, 1865 to 2nd Lieutenant in the 24th MI Infantry, Co. D
MIA: July 1, 1863 Gettysburg, PA - Returned: October 8, 1863


Howard, Shephard L. (No known Descendants/Relatives)
Born: February 23, 1831 (MA) - Died: August 28, 1918 (MI)
* Residence at enlistment: Detroit, Wayne Co., MI
Enlisted: August 12, 1862 as a Private into the 24th MI Infantry, Co. D - Mustered Out: June 30, 1865
Promotion: 1st Sergeant of the 24th MI Infantry, Co. D (Date Unknown)
Promotion: October 4, 1864 to 1st Lieutenant of the 24th MI Infantry, Co. I
Transfer: February 1, 1865 from Co. I to the 24th MI Infantry, Co. K as a 1st Lieutenant
WND: April 29, 1863 Fredericksburg, VA (Wounded in arm)
WND: May 12, 1864 Spotsylvania Court House, VA (Wounded in Hand)
** Buried: Northview Cemetery - Dearborn, Wayne Co., MI
GPS: Latitude: 42.31500, Longitude: -83.25780

Haigh, George W. (No known Descendants/Relatives)
Born: 1838 - Died: 1920 (MI) * Residence at enlistment: Dearborn, MI
Enlisted: August 12, 1862 as a 1st Sergeant in the 24th MI Infantry, Co. D - Mustered Out: June 30, 1865
Promotion: July 4, 1863 to 1st Lieutenant in the 24th MI Infantry, Co. D
Promotion: November 22, 1863 to Captain in the 24th MI Infantry, Co. D
** Buried: Northview Cemetery - Dearborn, Wayne Co., MI
GPS: Latitude: 42.31500, Longitude: -83.25780


Chilson, George W. (No known Descendants/Relatives)
Born: 1843 (MI) - Died: January 18, 1881 (TX) * Residence at enlistment: Van Buren, MI
Enlisted: July 30, 1862 as a Corporal into the 24th MI Infantry, Co. F
Mustered Out: June 30, 1865 as a Corporal
Promotion: May 1, 1864 to Sergeant in the 24th MI Infantry, Co. F
Promotion: May 6, 1864 to 1st Lieutenant of the 24th MI Infantry, Co. F
Transferred: August 14, 1864 as a 1st Lieutenant into the 24th MI Infantry, Co. D
Also Served: US REGULAR ARMY until his death (8th US Cavalry, Co. C - 14th, 21st & 22nd US Infantry)
** Buried: San Antonio National Cemetery - San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX (Plot: Section A, site 68)
GPS: Latitude: 29.42147, Longitude: -98.46684