John Edward Ward

Home State: Connecticut
Command Billet: Regimental Major
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 8th Connecticut Infantry

see his Battle Report

Before the Antietam Campaign:
He had been Captain, Company D, 8th Connecticut.

In the Antietam Campaign:
He relieved the wounded LCol Appelman after heavy fighting on the Federal left decimated the Regiment near the village of Sharpsburg. He gathered the survivors and retreated in good order to the heights over the Lower (Burnside's) Bridge late in the afternoon of the 17th.

The remainder of the War:
By mid-1863 he was Colonel of the 8th.

References, Sources, and other notes:
The photograph above is from an original in the collection of Scott Hann, kindly provided by the owner.

« Search for Another Participant