from Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War1861-1865 compiled by Asst. Adjutant General, Col. George H. Turner commissioned by Michigan Governor Aaron T. Bliss

Published by authority of the Senate & House of Representatives of the Michigan Legislature under the direction of Brig. Gen. H. Brown, Adjutant General

from the volume titled Fourth Michigan InfantryCivil War1861- 1865

Degolyer, Samuel. Adrian, Lenawee County. Enlisted in company F, Fourth Infantry, June 20, 1861 in Adrian for 3 years, age 33. Mustered June 20, 1861. Commissioned Major on September 25, 1861. Taken prisoner and escaped. Died on August 8, 1863 of wounds received in action at Vicksburg, Mississippi on April 28, 1863.

(This was the same company as Hiram Fountain.)