John P. McVeane

(1843 - 1864)
Home State: New York
Command Billet: Soldier
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 49th New York Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
He enlisted at Buffalo on 21 August, at age 18, and mustered into Company D of the 49th Infantry as Sergeant.1

The remainder of the War:
He was reduced to the ranks on 18 November 1862, was promoted to Corporal on 2 January 1863, and sergeant again, immediately following heroic action at Salem Church in May 1863. He was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant on 16 October 1863, and was killed in action in The Wilderness on 10 May 1864. In 1870 he was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at Salem Chuch.1

More on the Web:
See also, his gravesite, pictured online from HomeOfHeroes.

Place of Birth: Toronto, CANADA
Death Date: 5/10/1864 Death Place: near Fredericksburg, VA Burial Place: McVeane plot, Forest Lawn Cemetery,Buffalo, NY

Notes

1 Brooks, T. W., 49th NY Medal of Honor Recipient (John P. McVeane), Western Maryland Heritage Foundation, first accessed 21 July 2005, <http://www.wmhf.org/gow/49thny.html> [AotW citation 185]

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