Jacob Clise

(c. 1845 - 1862)
Home State: Michigan
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 8th Michigan Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
From Coe, he enlisted in Company C, Eighth Infantry on 16 August 1862, at St. Louis, for 3 years, age 17. Mustered on 16 August 1862.

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

The remainder of the War:
He died of wounds received at Antietam.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Death and burial information from the Antietam Cemetery History1. Service details from the State of Michigan2, which says he was killed in action at Antietam.

Burial Place: Antietam National Cemetery, Sharpsburg, MD

Notes

1 Antietam National Cemetery, Board of Trustees, History of Antietam National Cemetery, Baltimore: John W. Woods, Steam Printer, 1869 [AotW citation 3342]

2 State of Michigan, Office of the Adjutant General, and George H. Brown, Adjutant General; George H. Turner, Asst. AG, compiler, Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War, 1861-1865, 46 volumes, Kalamazoo: Ihling Bros. & Everard, 1904-1915, Vol. 8, pg. 30 [AotW citation 11962]

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