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Albers, Jan G.Description
Image of Jan G. Albers record of service in the "Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War, Vol. 25", and his obituary in the September 13th, 1906 edition of Holland City News, page 4.History
Jan Geerts Albers was born on April 8th, 1834 in the Netherlands. He came to Michigan in 1848 with his parents, who settled in Zeeland. On August 14th, 1862 he enlisted with the 25th Michigan Infantry, Co. I, in which he served until being mustered out on June 24th, 1865. He spent the rest of his life in Holland, Michigan. He died on September 9th, 1906.The 25th Michigan Infantry Company I was largely made up of Dutch immigrants from Holland, Michigan and its surrounding areas. The company is most famous for its involvement in the Battle at Tebb's Bend, where roughly 200 Union soldiers repulsed an attack by the Confederate general John Hunt Morgan and his raiders. The 25th Infantry was also involved in several campaigns in Eastern Tennessee and Sherman's March to the Sea, where the 25th fought at Tunnel Hill, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, Cassville, Kingston, Allatoona, Pine Mountain, Lost Mountain, and Kenesaw. The regiment also took part in the siege of Atlanta.