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Thomson, RobertDescription
Image of Holland MI area resident Robert Thomson's record of service in the "Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War, Vol. 25"History
Robert Thomson was born in 1830. On August 14th, 1862, he enlisted in the 25th Michigan Infantry Co. I with his younger brother Andrew. Sadly, on October 3rd, 1864, he died of disease in Holland, MI. It is unknown why he was in Holland at the time. He is interred in Pilgrim Home Cemetery. His name is not on the Soldiers Monument there, likely because he died at home.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.