Henry T. Dudley

Home State: Massachusetts
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 15th Massachusetts Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
Age 20, machinist from Sutton on enlistment in July 1862. He was in Company G.

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

The remainder of the War:
Promoted First Sergeant 28 September 1862, commissioned 2nd Lieutenant 3 January 1863, and 1st Lieutenant 11 April. Wounded at Gettysburg in July 1863. Promoted Captain 3 December 1863 and wounded again in May 1864. Transferred as Captain of Company A to 20th Massachusetts Infantry in July 1864.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Basic information from Commonwealth of Massachusetts1. Photograph from one at the USAMHI2.

Notes

1 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Adjutant General, Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the Civil War, 8 Vols, Norwood (MA): Norwood Press, 1931-35, Vol. 2, pp. 176 - 186 [AotW citation 5816]

2 US Army, Military History Institute (USAMHI), Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS)-Massachusetts Photograph Collection, Published 2009, <http://cdm16635.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/search/collection/p16635coll12/>, Source page: pg. 4923 [AotW citation 5963]

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