Frederick Henry Dyer (July 2, 1849 – September 21, 1917) served as a drummer boy in the Union Army during the American Civil War. After the war, he wrote A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion – a complete record of every regiment formed under the Union Army, their histories, and the battles they fought in – taking forty years to compile.
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2 July 1849 Greeneville, Connecticut
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Died |
21 September 1917 (aged 68) Boston, Massachusetts
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Zodiac | Cancer |
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