John H. Lindley

(c. 1838 - 1862)
Home State: Ohio
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 23rd Ohio Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
He enlisted at age 23 in Company D, 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry on 20 May 1861. Appointed Corporal on 27 July 1861, then Sergeant (date unknown).

In the Antietam Campaign:
He was mortally wounded in action on South Mountain on 14 September 1862.

The remainder of the War:
He died of wounds on 3 October 1862. Reinterred from original burial on South Mountain to the National Cemetery during 1867 or earlier.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Burial information from the Antietam Cemetery History1, which has him as a Corporal. Service details from the Ohio Roster2.

Death Date: 10/03/1862 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 3800]

2 State of Ohio, Roster Commission, Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866, 12 Volumes, Akron: The Werner Company, 1893-95, Vol. 3, pg. 93 [AotW citation 7819]

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