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Steketee, JohnDescription
Image of Holland MI area resident John Steketee's record of service in the "Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War, Vol. 25"History
John (Jan) Steketee was born on October 20th, 1843 in the Netherlands. He came to America and settled in the Holland MI area. 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 January 6th, 1880 in Fillmore, MI and is interred in East Saugatuck 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.