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Federal (USV)

Private

Gustavus A. Hoffman

Home State: Pennsylvania
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 28th Pennsylvania Infantry

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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



Notes

1   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]



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