John Monteith Fullum

(? - 1862)
Home State: Pennsylvania
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 118th Pennsylvania Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
Before thje War he was a bartender in Philadelphia. He was in Company H.

In the Antietam Campaign:
He was mortally wounded in action on 20 September 1862 - shot through the lungs - and died in the few days immediately afterward.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Basic information from Smith 1. He's listed in the muster roll as John Monteith. Donaldson 2 says he enlisted using his middle name as his last name so "his family wouldn't find him".

Death Date: 09/1862 Death Place: Sharpsburg, MD Burial Place: Episcopal Churchyard, Sharpsburg, MD

Notes

1 Smith, John L., and Survivor's Association, History of the Corn Exchange Regiment, 118th Pennsylvania Volunteers, 2nd Edition, Philadelphia: J.L. Smith, Map Publisher, 1905, pp. 723 - 728 [AotW citation 2114]

2 Donaldson, Francis Adams, and J. Gregory Acken, editor, Inside the Army of the Potomac: The Civil War Experience of Captain Francis Adams Donaldson, Mechanicsburg (PA): Stackpole Books, 1998, pp. 143 - 150. [AotW citation 2206]

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