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Mulder, MarinusDescription
Image of Holland MI resident Marinus Mulder's record of service in the "Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War, Vol. 25" and obituary in the April 6th, 1911 edition of Holland City News, page five.History
Marinus Mulder was born on September 14th, 1839 in the Netherlands. He came to America with his family in 1840. On February 16th, 1865 he enlisted with the 25th Michigan Infantry Co. I. On June 15th, 1865 he was transferred to the 28th Michigan Co. K, in which he served until February 21st, 1866. He was a carpenter. He passed on April 4th 1911 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.