Adroniram J. Slafter

Adroniram J. Slafter
(Listed in the Michigan records as Judson A. Slafter)

Sgt. Slafter of Tuscola, Michigan, was 40 when he enlisted in Company D on August 12, 1862, at Vassar, Michigan, for 3 years of service. He mustered in on September 12, 1862, and was wounded at the battle of Campbell Station, Tennessee, on November 16, 1863, and was taken to a military hospital in Knoxville where he died on December 31, 1863. He is buried in the National Cemetery at Knoxville. He left a widow, formerly Fannie Rogers Tice and 3 children, Lois Isabel age 8, Persis Elizabeth age 5, and Alvena age 1.

He wrote this letter to his wife telling of his wounding. He died of this wound 26 days later

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