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Oggel, Jan P.Description
Image of Holland MI resident Jan P. Oggel's record of service in the "Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War, Vol. 25" and obituary in Feb. 20th 1913 edition of Holland City News page threeHistory
Jan P. Oggel was born in 1828. On August 14th, 1862 he enlisted in the 25th Michigan Infantry Co. I, in which he served until Mar. 28th, 1864, when he was transferred to the Invalid Corps. (19th Co. I). He served there until February 21st, 1866. He was living in Zeeland, MI at the time of his enlistment, but moved to Holland MI He passed on Feb. 13th, 1913 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.