Robert Gerold

(1837 - 1862)
Home State: Louisiana
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 5th Louisiana Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
A 24 year old sailor form New Orleans, he enrolled as Jr. 2nd Lieutenant in Company B, 5th Louisiana Infantry on 10 May 1861.

In the Antietam Campaign:
He was killed in action on 17 September 1862.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Basic information from Booth1.

Birth State: LA
Death Date: 09/17/1862 Death Place: Sharpsburg, MD

Notes

1 Booth, Andrew B., Records of Louisiana Confederate Soldiers and Louisiana Confederate Commands, 3 Volumes, New Orleans: State of Louisiana, 1920, Vol. 2, pg. 7 [AotW citation 10694]

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