Simon Troup

(? - 1862)
Home State: Pennsylvania
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 6th Pennsylvania Reserves

Before the Antietam Campaign:
He enlisted in Company B, 6th Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry on 6 May 1861.

In the Antietam Campaign:
He was killed in action on South Mountain on 14 September 1862.

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

References, Sources, and other notes:
Burial information from the Antietam Cemetery History1. Service data from Bates2.

Death Date: 1862-09-14 Death Place: South Mountain, 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 4275]

2 Bates, Samuel Penniman, History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg: State of Pennsylvania, 1868-1871 [AotW citation 11987]

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