George W. Clute - Mount Morris, Michigan
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N 43° 07.134 W 083° 42.020
17T E 280319 N 4777558
George W. Clute, born in Marathon, Michigan on June 11, 1842. Died Feburary 13, 1919, buried In Mount Morris, Michigan.
Waymark Code: WM98NJ
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 07/14/2010
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George W. Clute
Rank and Organization: Corporal, Company I, 14th Michigan Infantry. Place and Date: At Bentonville, N.C., 19 March 1865. Birth: Marathon, Mich. Date of Issue: 26 August 1898.
Citation:
In a charge, captured the flag of the 40th North Carolina (C.S.A.), the flag being taken in a personal encounter with an officer who carried and defended it.
UNION MICHIGAN VOLUNTEERS
14th Regiment, Michigan Infantry
Organized at Ypsilanti and Detroit, Mich., January 7 to February 18, 1862. Mustered in February 13, 1862. Left State for St. Louis, Mo., April 17, thence moved to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Army of Mississippi, to September, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 13th Division, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, Center 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Reserve Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to December, 1863. Columbia, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to May, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to July, 1865.
Armed Service: Army
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