David Z. Young

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

Before the Antietam Campaign:
From Eau Galle, he enlisted in Company B, 6th Wisconsin Infantry on 10 May 1861. Promoted to Corporal.

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

The remainder of the War:
Reinterred from burial on Antietam battlefield to the new National Cemetery during or before 1867.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Burial information from the Antietam Cemetery History1; he's in Grave # 3342. Service details from the Roster2.

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 4391]

2 State of Wisconsin, Adjutant General's Office, and Chandler P. Chapman, Adj. Gen., Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865, 2 volumes, Madison: Democrat Printing Co., State Printers, 1886, Vol. 1, pg. 504 [AotW citation 10324]

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