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==Birth==
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John Michael<ref name="Howell">Howell, George Rogers, [[History of the County of Albany]], NY from 1609-1886, W. W. Munsell & Co., 1886, page 817</ref> Bell was born in Berne on May 1, 1831<ref name="Town and City Registers">Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War</ref> to [[John Bell]] (B. Mar 23, 1798, D. 1872) and [[Charity Pierce]] (B. 1802, D. 1887).<ref name="Bernehistory">Bernehistory.org</ref>  He was one of eleven children.<ref name="Bernehistory"/>

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==Military Service==
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{| class="wikitable"
|Name:
|John M. Bell  
|-
|Residence at Enlistment:
|Berne<ref name="Town and City Registers">Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War</ref>
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|Place of Birth:
|Berne, NY<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
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|Date of Birth:
|1 May 1831<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
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|Names of Parents:
|John (Bell) and Charity Pierce<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Marital Status:
|Single<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Occupation:
|Wheelright<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Term of Enlistment:
|3 years<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
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|Bounty Received:
|None<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
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|Enlistment Date:
|30 Oct 1861
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|Enlistment Place:
|Albany
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|Enlistment Rank:
|Private
|-
|State Served:
|New York
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|Regiment:
|91st Infantry 
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|Company:
|Company D
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|Discharged for Disability on:
|1 Mar 1863
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|Discharged at:
|Baton Rouge, LA
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|Additional Remarks:  Enlisted at the age of 30.<ref name="Ancestry">Ancestry Military Databases</ref> 
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|Sources Used: Ancestry.com, American Civil War Soldiers; 1865 census Berne, Albany Co., NY; Howell, George Rogers, [[History of the County of Albany]], NY from 1609-1886, W. W. Munsell & Co., 1886, page 817; Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War
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