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Home State: New York
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 57th New York Infantry
Before Antietam
He was in Company H, 57th New York Infantry
On the Campaign
He was wounded by gunshot through the right knee in action at Antietam on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
His leg was amputated and was discharged for wounds on 13 January 1863 at Smoketown, MD.
References & notes
Casualty information from Nelson1.
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. 162 [AotW citation 17492]