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Van Lente, JohannesDescription
Image of Holland MI resident Johannes Van Lente's record of service in the "Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War, Vol. 25" obituary in the Sep. 14th, 1911 edition of Holland City news and an image of him.History
Johannes Van Lente was born on January 1st, 1835 in the Netherlands. He came to America in 1847 with his family and Rev. Albertus Van Raalte. 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 September 10th, 1911 in Holland, MI and is interred in Pilgrim Home 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.