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Federal (USV)

Private

James Moran

(c. 1835 - ?)

Home State: New York

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 42nd New York Infantry

Before Antietam

Age 26, he enlisted on 26 May 1861 on Long Island, NY and mustered in as a Private in Company D, 42nd New York Infantry on 22 June 1861.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

He reenlisted on 30 March 1864, was promoted to Sergeant, and was captured, place and date not given. While still a prisoner, he was transferred to Company D, 82nd New York Infantry on 28 June 1864. He was transferred again, to Company H, 59th New York on 10 July. He was sent to Company K as First Sergeant on 31 December and mustered out with that Company at Munson's Hill, VA on 30 June 1865.

References & notes

His service from the State of New York,1 which does not mention his wounding at Antietam. His wound from a casualty list in the New York Daily Herald of 25 September 1862.

Birth

c. 1835

Notes

1   State of New York, Adjutant-General, Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of New York [year]: Registers of the [units], 43 Volumes, Albany: James B. Lyon, State Printer, 1893-1905, For 1900, Ser. 23, p. 1036; 1901, Ser. 30, p. 416; etc  [AotW citation 30159]