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Sunday, August 28, 2016

Civil War veterans plot in Oakwood Cemetery, Allegan, Michigan

There is a curious collection of a half dozen civil war veteran burials right at the first entrance off of Western Avenue (Kellogg Street in the cemetery) to Oakwood (if you're coming from town).

What makes this group of government headstones curious is this space doesn't seem to be a specially designated area just for veterans nor does it appear to be connected with any GAR post. It's just a group of unrelated (?) possibly indigent veterans.

Eugene W. Martin, Company H 7th Michigan Cavalry - KIA
J. H. Harrington, Company G, New York Infantry, regiment unknown
Joseph Helsel, Company E, 21st Michigan Infantry
SGT William K. Rockwell, Company I, 5th Michigan Cavalry - KIA
James B. Daget, Company G, 16th Michigan Infantry
Illegible name, Company A, 3rd Michigan Cavalry



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