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I love the letter.

Name: Charles O. Smith
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Michigan
Regiment Name: 6 Michigan Cavalry
Regiment Name Expanded: 6th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry
COMPANY: C
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Corporal
Rank Out Expanded: Corporal
Film Number: M545 roll 39

Name: William W. Daniels
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Michigan
Regiment Name: 6 Michigan Cavalry.
Regiment Name Expanded: 6th Regiment, Michigan Cavalry
COMPANY: C
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Private
Rank Out Expanded: Private

Name: William W Daniels
Age in 1860: 20
Birth Year: abt 1840
Birthplace: Michigan
Home in 1860: Watertown, Clinton, Michigan
Gender: Male
Post Office: South Riley
Household Members: Name Age
Nathaniel J Daniels 52 Farmer b. NY
Lucinda Daniels 55 wife Keeping House b. NY
Lorca W Daniels 23 Domestic b. MI
William W Daniels 20 Farm Laborer b. MI
M Augusta Daniels 18 Domestic b. MI
Harriet A Daniels 16 Domestic b. MI
Carey R Daniels 14 b. MI

Name: Frederick Platts
RESIDENCE: Sanilac, Michigan
Enlistment Date: 8 Sep 1862
Enlistment Place: Sanilac, Michigan
Side Served: Union
State Served: Michigan
Death Date: 1 May 1894
Service Record: Enlisted as a Corporal on 8 September 1862 at the age of 44.
Enlisted in Company C, 6th Cavalry Regiment Michigan on 11 Oct 1862.
Promoted to Full Sergeant on 1 Mar 1863.
Received a disability discharge from Company C, 6th Cavalry Regiment Michigan on 9 Feb 1864 at Washington, DC.

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Frederick Platts
Age in 1860: 44
Birth Year: abt 1816
Birthplace: Preußen
Home in 1860: Sanilac, Sanilac, Michigan
Gender: Male
Post Office: Port Sanilac
Household Members: Name Age
Frederick Platts 44 Shoemaker [probably b. Prussia]
Wilhelmia Platts 36 wife Keeping House [probably b. Prussia]
Rudolph Platts 16 [probably b. Prussia]
Henry Platts 14 b. Maine
George Platts 10 b. Wisconsin
Albert Platts 3 b. Michigan
Andrew Buner 19 shoemaker b. Canada

Summerville Ford is on the Rapidan River in Virginia.

Hope this has helped fill in some of the blanks.

JR

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