Sgt. Slafter of Tuscola, Michigan, was 40 when he enlisted in Company D on August 12, 1862, at Vassar, Michigan, for 3 years of service. He mustered in on September 12, 1862, and was wounded at the battle of Campbell Station, Tennessee, on November 16, 1863, and was taken to a military hospital in Knoxville where he died on December 31, 1863. He is buried in the National Cemetery at Knoxville. He left a widow, formerly Fannie Rogers Tice and 3 children, Lois Isabel age 8, Persis Elizabeth age 5, and Alvena age 1.He wrote this letter to his wife telling of his wounding. He died of this wound 26 days later
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23 November 2004