Eugene D. Young

Eugene D. Young

Company I, 8th Michigan Infantry

Eugene enlisted at Plymouth, Michigan, for 3 years service at age 20. He was mustered out at Delaney House, D.C., on July 30,1865.

The following is a family narritive
He was wounded at Fredricksburg, Va., Dec. 1862, and was captured at the Battle of the Wilderness, May 5, 1864. When he enrolled Sept. 15, 1861, he lied about his age and joined at the age of 16. My mother has letters he sent to his parents when held prisoner and on ship off Port Royal, S.C.

Ancestor of Evan Hansen
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30 December 2003