Grover Salman Wormer (August 9, 1821 – January 26, 1904) was a Union Army officer during the

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. Grover Wormer was born at

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, on August 9, 1821.Eicher, John H., and

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, ''Civil War High Commands.'' Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. . p. 582. His father was a soldier from

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who fought in the

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. Wormer was a steamboat builder before the Civil War. Wormer served with the Stanton Guards (Michigan) as a captain, mustered out September 25, 1862,

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as lieutenant colonel, October 3, 1862, and

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, November 21, 1864. He was mustered out of the volunteers on June 30, 1865. On March 23, 1867,

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Andrew Johnson nominated Wormer for appointment to the grade of brevet

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of volunteers, to rank from March 13, 1865, and the

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confirmed the appointment on March 28, 1867.Eicher, 2001, p. 762. After the war, Wormer was a merchant in

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. He died in Detroit on January 26, 1904. He is buried at Elmwood Cemetery.

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