Gustav Kausche

(c. 1831 - 1863)
Home State: New York
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 20th New York Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
He enlisted in Company D, 20th New York Infantry on 3 May 1861 at age 30.

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

The remainder of the War:
He was reported sick in hospital in Frederick, MD on 30 April 1863. He was discharged for wounds on 13 August 1863, at Frederick. According to cemetery records, he died on 10 September 1863 of “disease of the spine.”

References, Sources, and other notes:
Basic information from State of New York1. Further details from Jeffrey I. Richman's research on soldiers buried in Greenwood.

Birth State: GERMANY
Death Date: 09/10/1863 Burial Place: Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY

Notes

1 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 20, pp. 1 - 174 [AotW citation 5287]

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