ALGER, Russell A. -
Commissioned an officer in Company C, Michigan 2nd Cavalry Regiment on 02 Oct 1861.
Promoted to Full Lt Colonel on 16 Oct 1862.
Promoted to Full Major on 02 Apr 1862.
Mustered out on 27 Oct 1862.
Commissioned an officer in Company S, Michigan 6th Cavalry Regiment on 30 Oct 1862.
Promoted to Full Colonel on 28 Feb 1863.
Mustered out on 28 Feb 1863.
Commissioned an officer in Company S, Michigan 5th Cavalry Regiment on 11 Jun 1863.
Mustered out on 20 Sep 1864.
Promoted to Brevet Brig-General on 11 Jun 1864.
Promoted to Brevet Major-Gen on 11 Jun 1866.
Birth Date: 27 Feb 1836
Death Date: 24 Jan 1907
Death Place: Washington, DC
Sources: Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers 1861-65
Register of the Commandery of the State of Massachusetts MOLLUS
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the US: Biographical Sketches
Dyer: A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion
Union Blue: History of MOLLUS
Research by Brian Heintzelman
Photo courtesy of Jack R. Box at cemeteryworks.com
(I found the photo on Ancestry.com .. tried to find the information on cemeteryworks.com but could not)
ALGER, Russell A. -
Commissioned an officer in Company C, Michigan 2nd Cavalry Regiment on 02 Oct 1861.
Promoted to Full Lt Colonel on 16 Oct 1862.
Promoted to Full Major on 02 Apr 1862.
Mustered out on 27 Oct 1862.
Commissioned an officer in Company S, Michigan 6th Cavalry Regiment on 30 Oct 1862.
Promoted to Full Colonel on 28 Feb 1863.
Mustered out on 28 Feb 1863.
Commissioned an officer in Company S, Michigan 5th Cavalry Regiment on 11 Jun 1863.
Mustered out on 20 Sep 1864.
Promoted to Brevet Brig-General on 11 Jun 1864.
Promoted to Brevet Major-Gen on 11 Jun 1866.
AUSTIN, Pvt. Abner Delos - Co. I., 24th Michigan Infantry, Born 1846, residence listed as
Redford, Michigan. Enlisted Aug. 2, 1862 at Redford, Michigan. Wounded July 1, 1863 at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps. Discharged on June 26, 1865, Washington DC. Died in 1901.
