Michael Preston

Home State: Massachusetts
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 12th Massachusetts Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
Age 24, a bootmaker in East Braintree on enlistment in July 1861. He was in Company C.

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

The remainder of the War:
Discharged for disability from wounds on 31 December 1862.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Basic information from Commonwealth of Massachusetts1.

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. 21 - 23 [AotW citation 6738]

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