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Post, Charles F.Description
Image of Holland MI area resident Charles F. Post's record of service in the "Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War, Vol. 25" and obituary in the May 6, 1915 edition of Holland City News on the first page.History
Charles Francis Post was born on March 2nd, 1834 in London, MI. He spent his childhood in Victor, MI and moved to Holland MI in 1854 at the age of 20. On August 14th, 1862, he enlisted in the 25th Michigan Infantry Co. I. He served until Feb. 1864, when he was honorably discharged to accept a commission as the 2nd Lieutenant of the 35th Kentucky Infantry Co. E offered by the governor of Kentucky. He then became the comissary of subsistence of the First Brigade, First Division of KY after the war. After his service, he returned to Holland, Mi. He was a charter member and elder of Hope Reformed Church, and was notably held the record as longest subscriber to the Holland City News at the time of his death, having been subscribed for 43 years, 2 months, and 7 days. He passed on April 30th, 1915 in South Bend, IN.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.