Charles Springer

(c. 1839 - 1862)
Home State: New York
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 35th New York Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
He enlisted at age 22 in Company C, 35th New York Infantry on 9 July 1861.

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

The remainder of the War:
He was reinterred from his original burial on the Antietam battlefield to the National Cemetery during or before 1867.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Burial information from the Antietam Cemetery History1, which has him as C. Springer, 23rd New York Infantry. Service data from State of New York2.

Death Date: 09/17/1862 Death Place: Sharpsburg, 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 4212]

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 22 (for the year 1900), pg. 406 [AotW citation 10474]

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