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Federal (USV)

Private

John J. O'Brien

(c. 1843 - 1862)

Home State: Massachusetts

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 29th Massachusetts Infantry

Before Antietam

An 18 year old laborer in Lowell, he enlisted there on 26 August 1861 and mustered as Private, Company B, 29th Massachusetts Infantry. He was captured at Savage Station, VA on 30 June 1862 and held in Richmond, VA. He was paroled at Aiken's Landing, VA on 5 August and sent to Camp Parole, Annapolis, MD. He returned to duty, date not given.

On the Campaign

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

References & notes

His service from Soldiers, Sailors and Marines 1 and his Compiled Service Records,2 online from fold3.

Birth

c. 1843

Death

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD

Notes

1 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Adjutant General, Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the Civil War, 8 Vols, Norwood (MA): Norwood Press, 1931-35, Vol. 3, pg. 287 [AotW citation 20134]

2 US War Department, Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the Mexican War for the states of Arkansas, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and in Mormon Battalion, Record Group No. 94, Washington DC: US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), 1780-1917 [AotW citation 29989]

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