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Frederick C. Adamson

Residence Detroit MI; 23 years old.
Enlisted on 9/12/1861 at Detroit, MI as a 2nd Lieutenant.
On 10/12/1861 he mustered into "F" Co. MI 3rd Cavalry
He was discharged for disability on 11/8/1864 at Detroit, MI
He was listed as:
* Wounded 8/15/1864 De Vall's, AR
Promotions:
* 2nd Lieut 9/12/1861
* 1st Lieut 4/15/1862
* Capt 10/1/1862 (As of Co. B)
Intra Regimental Company Transfers:
* from company F to company B
Other Information:
born in 1838
died 7/4/1883
Buried: Mound Prairie Cemetery, Oregon, Dane County, WI
Gravesite: 375-IV
Federal Pension Information:
He applied for a pension on 11/21/1864
application # 55,365
His Widow (Catherine F Adamson) applied for a pension on 8/7/1883 from the state of WI
application # 307,511
After the War he lived in Dane County, WI

Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:

- Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers 1861-65
- National Archives: Index to Federal Pension Records
- SUVCW Database: http://www.suvcwdb.org/

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