Joseph M. Moore

(? - 1862)
Home State: Wisconsin
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 6th Wisconsin Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
From Ontario County, NY, he enlisted in Company G, 6th Wisconsin Infantry on 15 June 1861. Promoted to Corporal.

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 his wounds in Boonsboro, MD on 19 October 1862.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Basic information from the Antietam Cemetery History1. Service details from the Roster2.

Death Date: 10/19/1862 Death Place: Boonsboro, 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 3945]

2 State of Wisconsin, Adjutant General's Office, and Chandler P. Chapman, Adj. Gen., Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865, 2 volumes, Madison: Democrat Printing Co., State Printers, 1886, Vol. 1, pg. 523 [AotW citation 10383]

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