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Allyn, George W.Description
Image of George W. Allyn's record of service in the "Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War, Vol. 25"History
George W. Allyn was born in 1844. On August 14th, 1862, he enlisted with the 25th Michigan Infantry, Company I. Sadly, George died of disease in Bowling Green Kentucky on February 26th, 1863 at age 18. His name is on the Soldiers Monument in Pilgrim Home Cemetery. He is interred in the National Cemetery in Nashville Tennessee.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. ;Read More