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Federal (USV)

Private

Peter Jolly

(c. 1836 - 1862)
Home State: New York
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 34th New York Infantry

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Before the Antietam Campaign:
He was 25 when he enlisted in Company D, 34th New York Infantry on 24 October 1861.

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

The remainder of the War:
He died at Smoketown, MD on 9 October 1862,

References, Sources, and other notes:
Basic information from the Antietam Cemetery History1, which has him as Peter Jollie. Service details from the Roster1, which says he was KIA 9/17 at Antietam.


Death Date: 10/09/1862    Death Place: Smoketown, 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 3690]

2   State of New York, Adjutant-General, Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of New York [year]: Registers of the [units], 43 Volumes, Albany: James B. Lyon, State Printer, 1893-1905, Issue 22 (for the year 1900), pg. 215  [AotW citation 8248]



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