Frederick Henry Dyer | |
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Born | Greenville, Connecticut | July 2, 1849
Died | September 21, 1917 Boston, Massachusetts | (aged 68)
Resting place | Mount Hope Cemetery |
Nationality | American |
Other names | Frederick H. Metzger |
Occupation(s) | Drummer boy, printer, writer |
Known for | Author of A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (1908) |
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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