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Federal (USV)

Private

George A. Tainter

Home State: Massachusetts

Branch of Service: Infantry

Before Antietam

A 21 year old gas fitter from Melrose, he enlisted as a Private in Company A, 13th Massachusetts Infantry on 16 July 1861.

On the Campaign

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

References & notes

His service information from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1 and his Compiled Service Records,2 online from fold3.

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. 2, p. 78 [AotW citation 29922]

2 US War Department, Compiled Service Records of Soldiers who served in US Volunteer organizations enlisted for service during the Civil War, Record Group No. 94 (Adjutant General's Office, 1780's-1917), Washington DC: US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), 1903-1927 [AotW citation 29923]

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