Thomas Graham served in Co.G,1st Michigan Infantry during the Civil War.
He enlisted in early part of 1862 to the 1st MI Infantry which was a volunteer Regiment raised withing a few weeks of the attack on Fort Sumpter and 1st Regiment to reach Washington from west of the alleganies after the outbreak of the war.
He was in the Army of the Potomac during the engagements of the summer of 1862, which were the first major battles in Virginia since the Fed. defeat at Bull Run in 1861 and was wounded by a musket ball through the body at the second battle of Bull Run August 29-30, 1862.
He was hospitalized at Washington at least 9 months before his discharge for total disability. The wound never healed and remained open until his death, June 3, 1872.
He did hard physical labor, working by the month on farms even though wearing a bandage around his body, over the open wound.
He was sometimes taunted with his service to his Country by the Copperheads, who were Northerners who had opposed the Civil War, and the freeing of the slaves.
He sought further education at Adrian college for a time, and spent some time teaching. He was buried in the original Fowlerville Cemetery, when inside the villiage limits, on north side of Grand River Rd. and was moved to this family lot.
Thank You Tom for serving in such a horrific war and helping to make America what it is today.
He enlisted in early part of 1862 to the 1st MI Infantry which was a volunteer Regiment raised withing a few weeks of the attack on Fort Sumpter and 1st Regiment to reach Washington from west of the alleganies after the outbreak of the war.
He was in the Army of the Potomac during the engagements of the summer of 1862, which were the first major battles in Virginia since the Fed. defeat at Bull Run in 1861 and was wounded by a musket ball through the body at the second battle of Bull Run August 29-30, 1862.
He was hospitalized at Washington at least 9 months before his discharge for total disability. The wound never healed and remained open until his death, June 3, 1872.
He did hard physical labor, working by the month on farms even though wearing a bandage around his body, over the open wound.
He was sometimes taunted with his service to his Country by the Copperheads, who were Northerners who had opposed the Civil War, and the freeing of the slaves.
He sought further education at Adrian college for a time, and spent some time teaching. He was buried in the original Fowlerville Cemetery, when inside the villiage limits, on north side of Grand River Rd. and was moved to this family lot.
Thank You Tom for serving in such a horrific war and helping to make America what it is today.
Thomas Graham served in Co.G,1st Michigan Infantry during the Civil War.
He enlisted in early part of 1862 to the 1st MI Infantry which was a volunteer Regiment raised withing a few weeks of the attack on Fort Sumpter and 1st Regiment to reach Washington from west of the alleganies after the outbreak of the war.
He was in the Army of the Potomac during the engagements of the summer of 1862, which were the first major battles in Virginia since the Fed. defeat at Bull Run in 1861 and was wounded by a musket ball through the body at the second battle of Bull Run August 29-30, 1862.
He was hospitalized at Washington at least 9 months before his discharge for total disability. The wound never healed and remained open until his death, June 3, 1872.
He did hard physical labor, working by the month on farms even though wearing a bandage around his body, over the open wound.
He was sometimes taunted with his service to his Country by the Copperheads, who were Northerners who had opposed the Civil War, and the freeing of the slaves.
He sought further education at Adrian college for a time, and spent some time teaching. He was buried in the original Fowlerville Cemetery, when inside the villiage limits, on north side of Grand River Rd. and was moved to this family lot.
Thank You Tom for serving in such a horrific war and helping to make America what it is today.
He enlisted in early part of 1862 to the 1st MI Infantry which was a volunteer Regiment raised withing a few weeks of the attack on Fort Sumpter and 1st Regiment to reach Washington from west of the alleganies after the outbreak of the war.
He was in the Army of the Potomac during the engagements of the summer of 1862, which were the first major battles in Virginia since the Fed. defeat at Bull Run in 1861 and was wounded by a musket ball through the body at the second battle of Bull Run August 29-30, 1862.
He was hospitalized at Washington at least 9 months before his discharge for total disability. The wound never healed and remained open until his death, June 3, 1872.
He did hard physical labor, working by the month on farms even though wearing a bandage around his body, over the open wound.
He was sometimes taunted with his service to his Country by the Copperheads, who were Northerners who had opposed the Civil War, and the freeing of the slaves.
He sought further education at Adrian college for a time, and spent some time teaching. He was buried in the original Fowlerville Cemetery, when inside the villiage limits, on north side of Grand River Rd. and was moved to this family lot.
Thank You Tom for serving in such a horrific war and helping to make America what it is today.
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