Peter Pendergast

Home State: New York
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 63rd New York Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
He was in Company G.

In the Antietam Campaign:
He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Basic information from McLernon 1. Age 24 at enlsitment. Mustered in as private, Company G, on September 24, 1861. Wounded in action, both knees, on September 17, 1862. Transferred to Company A on June 12, 1863. He re-enlisted as a veteran on December 21, 1863. Wounded in action on May 5, 1864, at the Wilderness, Va. Discharged for wounds on March 8, 1865, from McDougall Hospital, Fort Schuyler, New York Harbor.

Notes

1 McLernon, Robert, Casualty List, 63rd New York Volunteer Infantry, Meagherís Irish Brigade, Antietam, Maryland; September 17, 1862, Springfield (Va): R. McLernon, 2001 [AotW citation 2398]

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