Peter DeBruin

 

Peter DeBruin  

Enlisted as Pvt 18 Wis Inf Co E on 1 Oct 1864 at Keshena

Mustered out as Pvt 18 Wis Inf Co E on 18 Jul 1865 at Louisville, KY

Time Served 9m 17d

Died 1930 in Little Chute

Spouse Antonette Married in 1866

Children  Martin, Nettie, Gertrude, Frank, Elizabeth, Mary, William, Albert, George, Joseph, Simon and Antone

Pension

Service Record - Repulse of French's attack on Allatoona October 5. Veterans on furlough November-December. Non-Veterans attached to 93rd Illinois Infantry November, 1864, to April, 1865, participating in march to the sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 19-21. Veterans ordered to Nashville, Tenn., December 28, 1864. Moved to Baltimore, Md., thence to Beaufort, N. C., January 5-February 2, 1865, and to New Berne, N. C., February 8. Duty at New Berne till March 28. Moved to Goldsboro, N. C., and rejoin command. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19. Grand Review May 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June, and mustered out July 18, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 52 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 167 Enlisted men by disease. Total 225.