COL Fox, Dorus Morton

Dorus Morton Fox​

Born: November 29, 1817

Birthplace: Adams, New York

Father: Truman Freeman Fox 1795 – 1883

(Buried: Portland Cemetery, Portland, Michigan)​

Mother: Lydia Morton Fox

Wife: Lorinda Haskill 1818 – 1896

(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Muir, Michigan)​

Children:

Charles Truman Fox 1838 – 1862​

(Buried: Highland Park Cemetery, Ionia, Michigan)​

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Lt. Oscar F. Fox 1841 – 1863​

(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Muir, Michigan)​

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Ellen H. Fox Stone 1844 – 1925​

(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Muir, Michigan)​

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Emory Curtis Fox 1848 – 1916​

(Buried: Portland Cemetery, Portland, Michigan)​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: Major of 9th​ Michigan Infantry Regiment​

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1862 – 1863: Colonel of 9th​ Michigan Infantry Regiment​

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1863 – 1864: Colonel of 27th​ Michigan Infantry Regiment​

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1863: Served in the Vicksburg, Mississippi Campaign​

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1864: Wounded during the Battle of Petersburg, Virginia​

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1864: Resigned as Colonel on October 3rd​​

Occupation after War:

Publisher of religious and political books in Des Moines, Iowa​

Died: November 19, 1901

Place of Death: Des Moines, Iowa

Age at time of Death: 83 years old

Burial Place: Woodland Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa

 

[Pollaco]

Both of his sons died early in the war and were in the same regiments that were commanded by Col. Fox. Were they both killed in action?

 

[Pollaco]

I see were Lt. Oscar Fox died from disease while serving with Co. G, 27th Michigan in Mississippi. And his other son Charles (also a Lt.) from wounds recieved at Tyree Springs, Tennessee and his father accompanied the body back to Michigan.

 

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Salutes remembering a veteran on Veterans day.