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Federal (USV)

Private

William Henry Smith

(c. 1843 - 1862)

Home State: Indiana

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 27th Indiana Infantry

Before Antietam

An 18 year old farmer from Juliett, he mustered as Private, Company D, 27th Indiana Infantry on 12 September 1861.

On the Campaign

He was killed in action at Antietam on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He was reinterred from his original burial on the Antietam battlefield to the National Cemetery in 1866 or 1867.

References & notes

Burial information from the Antietam Cemetery History1. His service from Brown2 and the Historical Data Systems database. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

Birth

c. 1843

Death

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD; burial in 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 4190]