The grave is located in Oak Hill Cemetery in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
James W. Sligh served as Captain of Company F, 1st Michigan Engineers & Mechanics during the Civil War.He died of wounds received when the train he was on was derailed by Confederate forces. He was the only officer in the regiment killed during the war.
Find a Grave - James W. Sligh
From Grand Rapids, Michigan, James enlisted at the organization of the regiment as a captain at the age of 39. He was commissioned on September 12, 1862. He died at Tullahoma, Tennessee, on November 15, 1863, when the train he was riding was derailed from the track by by a band of guerillas.
Michigan in War
The inscription states:
James W. Sligh
Born in
Ayton Scotland
Died
Nov. 15, 1863
at Tullahoma
Tenn. from
Wounds Received
Oct. 23, 1863
Aged 42 Years
Oak Hill Cemetery
647 Hall St SE
Grand Rapids
MI 49507
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