John Pierson papers 1862-1865 Pierson, John

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John Pierson papers 1862-1865 Pierson, John

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John Pierson, from Pontiac, Michigan, accepted a commission in the 10th Michigan Infantry during the Civil War. His letters home record the experiences of an observant officer during his two years of duty in the Union occupation army in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alabama, and later, as he is stationed at Fort Harrison the north bank of the James River in Virginia.

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Pierson, John, 1813-1899 Rank : Captain; Lt. Colonel (1864) Regiment : 10th Michigan Infantry Regiment. Co. H (1862-1865) United States. Army--Infantry Regiment (Colored), 109th (1864-1866) Service : 1861 October 1-1864 December 30 John Pierson was born in Schoharie Co., N.Y., on February 13th, 1813, and moved to Michigan in 1834, to Flora, Ill. (1866), Atchison, Kans. (1876), and finally to Dayton, Ohio (1896). On May 4th, 1836, Piers...