George Kuhnel

(c. 1823 - 1862)
Home State: Michigan
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 7th Michigan Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
A miner from Portage Lake, he enlisted in Company F, Seventh Infantry, Aug. 7, 1861, at Portage Lake, for 3 years, age 38.

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

The remainder of the War:
Died at Frederick, Md., Oct. 10. 1862, from wounds received in action at Antietam.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Basic information from the Antietam Cemetery History1. Service data from the Michigan Adjutant General2.

Birth State: GERMANY
Death Date: 10/10/1862 Death Place: Frederick, 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 3754]

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. 7, pg. 61 [AotW citation 12071]

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