Andrew Spoth

(c. 1835 - 1863)
Home State: Michigan
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 7th Michigan Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
A farmer from Portage Lake. Enlisted in Company F, Seventh Infantry, Aug. 9, 1861, at Portage Lake, for 3 years, age 26.

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

The remainder of the War:
Died at Smoketown, MD, 16 February 1863 of 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: BAVARIA
Death Date: 02/16/1863 Death Place: Smoketown, 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 4209]

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. 97 [AotW citation 12073]

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