From Muskegon, Michigan, Fidele enlisted January 19, 1864 at Grand Rapids, Michigan, for 3 years service at the age of 32. He reached the regiment then at Camp Bullock, Virginia. He died at Washington, D.C., on May 19, 1864 of wounds received in action on May 5, 1864, during the Battle of the Wilderness. He is buried in the National Cemetery at Arlington, Virgina.
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