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Federal (USV)

Private

John Alexander

(? - 1862)

Home State: Maryland

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 5th Maryland Infantry

Before Antietam

He enlisted in Company A, 5th Maryland Infantry on 12 September 1861.

On the Campaign

He was killed in action on 17 September 1862.

References & notes

Service information from Wilmer.1

Death

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD

Notes

1   Wilmer, L. Allison, and J.H. Jarrett, George H. Vernon, State Commissioners, History and Roster of Maryland Volunteers, War of 1861-5, Baltimore: Press of Guggenheimer, Weil & Co., 1898, Vol. 1, pp. 181 - 184  [AotW citation 14243]