Enlisted on 6 September 1861 at Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan; he was residing in Henrietta Township, Jackson County prior to his enlistment at 25 years of age; mustered in on 15 October 1861, Company C, Michigan 9th Volunteer Infantry Regiment as a Private; died of disease (phthisis pulmonalis) in a Regimental Hospital at West Point, Hardin County, Kentucky. (The U.S., Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865 records his date of death as 18 January.)
Enlisted on 6 September 1861 at Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan; he was residing in Henrietta Township, Jackson County prior to his enlistment at 25 years of age; mustered in on 15 October 1861, Company C, Michigan 9th Volunteer Infantry Regiment as a Private; died of disease (phthisis pulmonalis) in a Regimental Hospital at West Point, Hardin County, Kentucky. (The U.S., Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865 records his date of death as 18 January.)
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Son of John & Hannah Bacon-age 25 yrs 6 mos 5 das
Gravesite Details
Philetus Bacon also has a headstone in the Fort Duffield Memorial Cemetery in West Point, Ky. http://fortduffield.com/Philetus_Bacon.htm
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