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Bos, Frederick (Bosch)Description
Image of Holland MI resident Frederick Bos's record of service in the "Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War, Vol. 25" and obituary in the June 1st, 1900 edition of Holland City News, page 8.History
Frederick Bos (also Bosch in some sources) was born on July 21st, 1818 in the Netherlands. On March 7th, 1865, he enlisted in the 25th Michigan Infantry, Co. I. On June 15th, 1865, he was transferred to the 28th Michigan Infantry, Co. K, in which he served until March 7th 1866. He passed on May 30th, 1900 in Holland MI and is interred 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.