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Van Dyke, Hendrik B.Description
Image of Holland MI area resident Hendrik B. Van Dyk's record of service in the "Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War, Vol. 25" and obituary in the Mar. 23rd, 1922 edition of Holland City news, page eight.History
Hendrik B. Van Dyk (also spelled Van Dijk) was born on June 3rd, 1843 in the Netherlands. He came to America with his family in 1847. 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 March 18th, 1922 in Zeeland, MI and is interred in the Zeeland 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.