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Federal (USV)

Private

Charles Bliss

(c. 1840 - ?)

Home State: New Hampshire

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 5th New Hampshire Infantry

Before Antietam

From Rochester, he enlisted at age 21 in Company D, 5th New Hampshire Infantry on 26 September 1861. He was wounded at Fair Oaks, VA on 1 June 1861.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862 at Antietam.

The rest of the War

He reenlisted on 19 February 1864, but deserted his unit from Point Lookout, MD on 10 May 1864.

References & notes

Basic information from Child1.

Birth

c. 1840; Suffield, CT

Notes

1   Child, M.D., William, A History of the Fifth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers, Bristol (NH): R.W. Musgrove, Printer, 1893, Roster, pp. 17 - 32  [AotW citation 13376]