James Gates

(? - 1862)
Home State: Pennsylvania
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 8th Pennsylvania Reserves

Before the Antietam Campaign:
He was in Company F.

In the Antietam Campaign:
He was mortally wounded in action on 17 September 1862 and died at the Smoketown Hospital just north of the battlefield just short of a month afterward.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Basic information from Bates 1, with details from Bull Runnings2.

Death Date: 10/16/1862 Death Place: Sharpsburg, MD Burial Place: Antietam National Cemetery, Sharpsburg, MD

Notes

1 Bates, Samuel Penniman, History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg: State of Pennsylvania, 1868-1871, Vol. I, pp. 774-775 [AotW citation 1410]

2 Smeltzer, Harry, Bull Runnings, first accessed 01 November 2006, <http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/>, Source page: /2012/04/18/chasing-relatives/ [AotW citation 1415]

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