![]() [no picture yet] | Federal (USV)PrivateGustavus A. HoffmanHome State: PennsylvaniaBranch of Service: Infantry Unit: 28th Pennsylvania Infantry |
Before the Antietam Campaign: He mustered into service in Company P of the 28th Pennsylvania Infantry on 25 September 1861. In the Antietam Campaign: He was killed in action on 17 September 1862 at Antietam. References, Sources, and other notes: Basic information from the Antietam Cemetery History1. Service data from Bates2. | |
Death Date: 09/17/1862 Death Place: Sharpsburg, MD Burial Place: Antietam National Cemetery, Sharpsburg, MD Notes1 Antietam National Cemetery, Board of Trustees, History of Antietam National Cemetery, Baltimore: John W. Woods, Steam Printer, 1869 [AotW citation 3645] 2 Bates, Samuel Penniman, History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg: State of Pennsylvania, 1868-1871, Vol. 1, pg. 482 [AotW citation 7965] « Search for Another Participant | |