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Federal (USV)

Private

Henry C. Burr

Home State: Connecticut

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 8th Connecticut Infantry

Before Antietam

He was in Company K, 8th Connecticut Infantry.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

He was treated at the Locust Spring Hospital at Sharpsburg, had his right leg amputated, and was discharged for disability 14 April 1863 at Smoketown, MD.

References & notes

Casualty information from Nelson1, who also has him as Henry C. Bun, with service details from Ingersoll.

Notes

1   Nelson, John H., As Grain Falls Before the Reaper: The Federal Hospital Sites and Identified Federal Casualties at Antietam, Hagerstown: John H. Nelson, 2004, pg. 147  [AotW citation 16965]