Bishop, Francis M.

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Bishop, Francis M.
Private then corporal, sergeant, sergeant-major Co. I, First Michigan Infantry. Enlisted July 1861. Second lieutenant after Bull Run, 1862; first lieutenant after Antietam. 1863 moved to Fourth Virginia Cavalry. 1865 Captain 2nd U.S. Volunteers; assistant inspector-general on staff of District of Upper Arkansas 1865. Shot through left lung at Fredericksburg. (PGD magazine February 1887). After war served with 2nd US Volunteers patrolling Overland Stage route. Chief photographer, Major John Wesley Powell's Colorado River expedition, 1871.
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