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De Vries, Peter G.Description
Image of Holland MI resident Peter G. De Vries' record of service in the "Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War, Vol. 25"History
Peter G. De Vries was born on September 24th, 1842 in the Netherlands. On August 14th, 1862, he enlisted with the 25th Michigan Infantry Company I, in which he served until the regiment was mustered out on June 24th 1865. He passed on March 17th, 1929 being one of the last few Civil War veterans in Holland MI. He 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.