John P. Shelton

Home State: Massachusetts
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 13th Massachusetts Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
He was an 18 year old student in Melrose when he enlisted on 11 August 1861. He was in Company A.

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

The remainder of the War:
He died of his Antietam wounds.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Basic information from Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1.

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. II, pp. 72 - 130 [AotW citation 2903]

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