Ingham County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Fritz, Melvin P. And Uriah A. 
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Lorie Neuman neuman@msu.edu September 3, 2007, 11:27 am

Cemetery:           DuBois Cemetery
Name:               Melvin P. And Uriah A. Fritz

Date Of Photograph: August 29, 2007
Photo can be seen at:
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Melvin P. Fritz

Died Aug 25 1864  
Killed at Reams Station VA
19 y 11m 22d
Company B 26 Michigan Infantry

Uriah A. Fritz

Died Aug 12 1864 
Died at Petersburg, VA
17y 5m 3 d
Company D 27 Michigan Infantry 
Sons of J. & A.P. Fritz


Note:  Tombstone says date of death was 12 Aug 1864 but military record says 
21 Aug 1864.  On Aug 12 his regiment was between Cold Harbor, VA and White Oak 
Swamp, VA.






Additional Comments:
Melvin P. Fritz
Son of John and A.P. Fritz
Enlisted as a Private on 10 Dec 1862 at the age of 18.  Enlisted in 13 Dec 
1862.
Killed on 25 Aug 1864 at Reams’ StationVA (Source: Ancestry.com, American 
Civil War Soldiers.  Sources: 10)
Ranked out as a Corporal (Source: Ancestry.com, U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-
1865) File Number: M545 roll 15

Uriah A. Fritz
Son of John and A.P. Fritz
Enlisted as a Private on 23 Dec 1863 at the age of 18.  Enlisted in on 7 Jan 
1864.
Died of disease on 21 Aug 1864 at/near Weldon Railroad, VA.  His name is 
listed as Abel Fritz in all civil war records.  At the time of his death his 
regiment was on its way from Petersburg, VA to Weldon Railroad, VA.
Was in Company C as a private and later in Company D
(Source: Ancestry.com, American Civil War Soldiers. Sources: 10)

Note:  Tombstone says date of death was 12 Aug 1864 but military record says 
21 Aug 1864.  On Aug 12 his regiment was between Cold Harbor, VA and White Oak 
Swamp, VA.

Research was done by Kim Donaldson and Lorie Neuman
Photographer:  Kim Donaldson

Other sources include www.michinthewar.org, www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/, 
www.pioneerHistoryofInghamCounty.com.




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