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Federal (USV)

Private

David Rodgers

(? - 1862)
Home State: Massachusetts
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 15th Massachusetts Infantry

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Before the Antietam Campaign:
Age 20, a yeoman from Woodstock, CT on enlistment in July 1861. He was in Company K.

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

The remainder of the War:
Died 27 December 1862 at Broad Street Hospital in Philadelphia, PA. Originally buried in Gledale, PA, later reinterred in the National Cemetery.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Basic information from Commonwealth of Massachusetts1, with details from Susan Harnwell's 15th Massachusetts genealogy.

Place of Birth: Woodstock, CT    
Death Date: 12/27/1862    Death Place: Philadelphia, PA    Burial Place: Philadelphia National Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA



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. 200 - 203  [AotW citation 5968]



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