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Vander Veen, ArendDescription
Image of former Holland MI resident Arend Vandere Veen's record of service in the "Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War, Vol. 8" and obituary in the Mar. 20th, 1930 edition of Holland City News on the first page and an image of him.History
Dr. Arend Vander Veen was born on Sep. 19th, 1840 in the Netherlands. He came to America with Albertus Van Raalte in 1847. On September 11th, 1861 he enlisted in the 8th Michigan Infantry Co. D. He was promoted to hospital steward on July 23rd, 1862 and was commissioned Assistant Surgeon on Feb. 26th, 1863. He was mustered out with the regiment on July 30th, 1865. Shortly after the war, he moved to Grand Haven, MI, where he practiced as a doctor and physician for 60 years. He passed on March 14th, 1930 in Grand Haven, MI and is interred in Lake Forest Cemetery there.The 8th Michigan Infantry was organized on September 23rd, 1861. The regiment was engaged in the Second Battle of Bull Run from August 29th -30th, 1862. From there, the regiment was involved in the Maryland Campaign and fought at Antietam on September 17th. The regiment arrived in Vicksburg Mississipi on March 17th, 1863, where the regiment spent the next 6 months engaged in numerous battles. After a harrowing encounter with the Confederate General Longstreet west of Knoxville TN, the regiment returned to Detroit and reorganized. The regiment rejoined the army in March 1864. The regiment was involved in the battle of the Wilderness on May 6th, 1864, where the regiment counted 99 killed, wounded, and missing, including the Colonel. Lastly, the regiment was engaged in the battle of Spotsylvania and the siege of Petersburg, and was one of the first Union regiments to enter the city when it fell.