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Boot, OttoDescription
Image of Holland MI resident Otto Boot's record of service in the "Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War, Vol. 25"History
Corporal Otto Boot was born in 1843. On August 14th, 1862, he enlisted with the 25th Michigan Infantry, Company I as a Corporal. He was promoted to Sergeant on February 1st, 1864. However, he was killed in action by guerillas in Centreville Tennessee on November 28th, 1864. His burial details are unknown, but his name can be found on the Soldiers Monument in Pilgrim Home Cemetery.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. The regiment was mustered out on June 24th, 1865.
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