Michael Clem
Michael Clem was born around 1828 in Virginia. He married Sarah L. Crider on October 26, 1853, and they had at least three children: Harriet, born around 1858; Sarah, born around 1859; and Winfield, born around 1861. They lived in Frederick County, Virginia, and Clem worked as a day laborer. By 1860, he owned $30 of personal property.
He enlisted in the Confederate army on March 10, 1862, and he mustered in as a private in Captain Cutshaw’s Company, Virginia Light Artillery. Army officials transferred him to Captain Carpenter’s Company, Virginia Light Artillery on September 25, 1862. He received a minor injury on December 13, 1862, in the Battle of Fredericksburg, but he eventually recovered and rejoined his company. He died in July 1863 in the Battle of Gettysburg.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (4856) | Clem, Michael | 1828 | 1863-07 |
- Conflict Side: Confederacy
- Role: Soldier
- Rank in: Private
- Rank out: Private
- Rank highest: Private
- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (4224) [writer] ~ Michael Clem to Sarah L. Clem, 1 March 1863
People - Records: 1
- (4857) Clem, Sarah L. is the [wife of] (4856) Clem, Michael
Places - Records: 2
Regiments - Records: 2
SOURCES
1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Virginia Marriage Registers, 1853-1935, available from Ancestry.com; Military Service Records of Michael Clem, available from Fold3.com;
