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Federal (USV)

Private

William McVety

(c. 1822 - 1862)
Home State: New York
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 108th New York Infantry

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Before the Antietam Campaign:
He enlisted at age 40 at Rochester, NY and mustered in as Private, Company F, 108th New York Infantry on 23 July 1862.

The remainder of the War:
He died of disease on 12 December 1862 at Frederick, MD.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Burial information from the Antietam Cemetery History1. Service data from State of New York2, which has him as McVetty.


Death Date: 12/12/1862    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 3911]

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 34 (for the year 1903), pg. 261  [AotW citation 8872]



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