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Wilterdink, John A.Description
Image of Holland MI resident John A. Wilterdink's record of service in the "Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War, Vol. 25" obituary in October 10th 1918 edition of Holland City News and an image of him.History
John Anthony Wilterdink was born on September 10th, 1839 in the Netherlands. He came to America in 1848 with his family. On August 14th, 1862 he enlisted in the 25th Michigan Infantry Co. I. He was promoted to Corporal on May 1st, 1865. He served until the regiment was mustered out on June 24th, 1865. He passed on October 9th, 1918 of a heart attack 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.