Amos N. Strong

(1841 - 1926)
Home State: Wisconsin
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 6th Wisconsin Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
He came to Wisconsin with his family in about 1855, and gave his residence as Omro when he enlisted in Company E, 6th Wisconsin Infantry on 16 June 1861.

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

The remainder of the War:
He arrived at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, PA for further treatment on 20 September. He returned to his Company, and was wounded again, in the foot, in action at Fitzhugh's Crossing, VA in April 1863.

After the War:
He was a life-long resident of Winnebago County, WI.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Basic information from State of Wisconsin1. Details from an obituary in the Daily Northwestern of 10 August 1926, transcribed online for USGenWeb by Kathy Grace.

Birth Date: 03/08/1841 Place of Birth: Niagara County, NY
Death Date: 08/00/1926 Death Place: Neenah, WI Burial Place: Winneconne Cemetery, Winneconne, WI

Notes

1 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, pp. 514 - 516 [AotW citation 6148]

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