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Dykema, Jan P.Description
Image of Holland MI resident Jan (John) P. Dykema's record of service in the "Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War, Vol. 25",History
Jan P. Dykema (also spelled Dijkema) was born on July 3rd, 1844 in the Netherlands. On February 15th, 1865, he enlisted with 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 February 21st 1866. Jan passed on March 14th, 1909 in Grand Rapids MI. He is interred in the Grand Rapids Veteran's 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.