Marvin H. Creager
Marvin H. Creager
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From Berlin, Michigan, he enlisted as a 1st Sergeant , August 30, 1861, at Grand Rapids, Michigan, for 3 years service at age 25. He re-enlisted January 5, 1864, at Mossy Creek, Tennessee. Mustered in on March 29, 1864. Commissioned 2nd Lieutenat, Company I, March 1, 1864. Transferred to Company F, September 20, 1864. Commissioned Captain on December 15, 1864. He was mustered out and honorably discharged at Macon, Georgia, on August 17, 1865. "After Capt Creager left the army he went to north central Kansas and had a dairy and cheese factory until his death in 1898. In what was a supreme irony, Capt Creager was killed when a team of runaway horses dragged him to his death."
2nd photo of Sergeant Creager on horseback
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