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Pelon, JanDescription
Image of Holland MI area resident Jan Pelon's record of service in the "Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War, Vol. 25" and obituary in the Aug. 22nd, 1912 edition of Holland City News page two.History
Jan Pelon (also spelled Pilon) was born on June 20th, 1842. On August 14th, 1862 he enlisted in the 25th Michigan Infantry Co. I, in which he served until the regiment was mustered out on June 24th, 1865. He passed on August 16th, 1912, two days after the 50th anniversary of his enlistment. He is interred in East Holland Cemetery in Holland, MI.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.