Owen Suffolk

(c. 1835 - 1862)
Home State: New York
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 66th New York Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
He was 26 when he enlisted on 14 November 1861 in New York City in Company H, 66th New York Infantry.

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

The remainder of the War:
He died of his wounds on 11 November 1862 at hospital in Frederick, ND. He was reinterred from his original burial in Frederick, MD to the National Cemetery during or before 1867.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Basic information from the Antietam Cemetery History1, which has him in Company K. Service data from State of New York2.

Death Date: 11/11/1862 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 4237]

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 27 (for the year 1901), pg. 896 [AotW citation 7951]

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