Alexander Dibean
(Listed as Alexander Dibeau in the Michigan records)
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Alexander from Oakland County, Michigan, enlisted August 9, 1861, at Fort Wayne in Detroit, Michigan, for 3 years at the age of 20. He took the muster oath on August 28, 1861. On May 5,1862, he was wounded at Williamsburg, Virginia, with gunshot wounds to the right breast area and the right hip. After being treated at a hospital at G H Broad and Cherry Streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and placed on furlough, he returned to duty. On December 13, 1862, he was wounded at Fredericksburg with a gunshot to the abdomen. He was admitted to the Wolf Street General Hospital on December 19, 1862, where he was treated for his wounds. He returned to duty on July 2, 1863, after being transferred to the Invalid Corps on April 15, 1863. Later, probably in August 1863, he was transferred to Company A, 1st Regiment of the Veterans Reserve Corps. Alexander was discharged in December 1865.
(Narrative history by Jack Dibean)
e-mail: dibeanjack@juno.com
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