Captain Chauncey Gibbs had enlisted from Muskegon into the 26th Michigan Infantry Company C as 2nd Lieutenant on August 15, 1862, at the age of 27. He served in action at Suffolk, the New York Draft Riots, Mine Run and was commissioned 1st Lieutenant on April 26, 1864. Seeing much action at the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Cold Harbor, Totopotomoy and Petersburg, he was commissioned Captain on Jul 12, 1864.
He was wounded at (Second) Deep Bottom on August 16, 1864, and later resigned and was honorably discharged on January 26, 1865 by Special Order No 41, dated January 26, 1865. Born in 1835 he became the first commander of the Pap Williams G A R Post 15 of Ludington, Mason County, Michigan. Captain Gibbs later lived at the Michigan Veterans Home being listed from Kenton at the age of 82 in 1918 and died on Februady 1, 1923. He was buried in the Veteran's Home Cemetery in Grand Rapids, Michigan
He was wounded at (Second) Deep Bottom on August 16, 1864, and later resigned and was honorably discharged on January 26, 1865 by Special Order No 41, dated January 26, 1865. Born in 1835 he became the first commander of the Pap Williams G A R Post 15 of Ludington, Mason County, Michigan. Captain Gibbs later lived at the Michigan Veterans Home being listed from Kenton at the age of 82 in 1918 and died on Februady 1, 1923. He was buried in the Veteran's Home Cemetery in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Captain Chauncey Gibbs had enlisted from Muskegon into the 26th Michigan Infantry Company C as 2nd Lieutenant on August 15, 1862, at the age of 27. He served in action at Suffolk, the New York Draft Riots, Mine Run and was commissioned 1st Lieutenant on April 26, 1864. Seeing much action at the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Cold Harbor, Totopotomoy and Petersburg, he was commissioned Captain on Jul 12, 1864.
He was wounded at (Second) Deep Bottom on August 16, 1864, and later resigned and was honorably discharged on January 26, 1865 by Special Order No 41, dated January 26, 1865. Born in 1835 he became the first commander of the Pap Williams G A R Post 15 of Ludington, Mason County, Michigan. Captain Gibbs later lived at the Michigan Veterans Home being listed from Kenton at the age of 82 in 1918 and died on Februady 1, 1923. He was buried in the Veteran's Home Cemetery in Grand Rapids, Michigan
He was wounded at (Second) Deep Bottom on August 16, 1864, and later resigned and was honorably discharged on January 26, 1865 by Special Order No 41, dated January 26, 1865. Born in 1835 he became the first commander of the Pap Williams G A R Post 15 of Ludington, Mason County, Michigan. Captain Gibbs later lived at the Michigan Veterans Home being listed from Kenton at the age of 82 in 1918 and died on Februady 1, 1923. He was buried in the Veteran's Home Cemetery in Grand Rapids, Michigan
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