Simon Sullivan

(? - 1862)
Home State: Massachusetts
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 15th Massachusetts Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
Age 20, a bootmaker from Milford on enlistment in July 1861. He was in Company H. He was wounded in action at Ball's Bluff on 21 October 1861.

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

The remainder of the War:
He died on 21 October 1862 of his wounds and was buried in Frederick, MD. He was reinterred in the National Cemetery from Frederick about 1867.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Basic information from the Antietam Cemetery History1, with service data from Soldiers2.

Death Date: 10/21/1862 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 4239]

2 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Adjutant General, Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the Civil War, 8 Vols, Norwood (MA): Norwood Press, 1931-35, Vol. 2, pg. 189 [AotW citation 5886]

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