GRAVEREAT Garret A. 1st MI SS Co. K

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GRAVEREAT Garret A.


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GRAVERAT GRAVERALT GRAVERET

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Civil War Roll Of Honor


Medical/Surgical History-Part II, Volume II Chapter IX.-Wounds And Injuries Of The Upper Extremities. Section IV.


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1883 Pensioners Michigan


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A History of the Grand Traverse Region

By Morgan Lewis Leach published 1883
Page 143

In the fight before Petersburg, on the 17th of June, 1864, Lieut. G. A. Graverat, a gallant young officer from Little Traverse, laid down his life for his country. He was the second lieutenant of Company K., First Michigan Sharpshooters. While fighting by the side of his father in the trenches, he saw his parent shot dead. Bearing the body to a safe spot, weeping bitterly, he dug a grave with an old tin pan in the sand, and buried it. Then drying his tears, the devoted son returned to the battle. His rifle told with terrible precision among the rebel officers, till he was disabled, wounded in the left arm. He was brought to Washington, where the arm was amputated at the shoulder, resulting in his death on the 10th of the following month. Lieut. Graverat was partly of Indian descent. He was but 24 years old, was highly educated, being master of several modern languages, besides being a fine portrait and landscape painter and an accomplished musician.



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