Hillard Farnsworth Coffin

Home State: Maine
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 2nd United States Sharpshooters

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

The remainder of the War:
Died of wounds received at Antietam

References, Sources, and other notes:
Basic information from the Antietam Cemetery History1. The Maine Adjutant General (1867 supplement) reported 4 Coffins served in Company D of the 2nd Sharpshooters during the War.

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 3346]

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