![]() [no picture yet] | Federal (USV)PrivateBenjamin S. GibbsHome State: MassachusettsBranch of Service: Infantry Unit: 12th Massachusetts Infantry |
Before the Antietam Campaign: He was in Company E. In the Antietam Campaign: He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862. References, Sources, and other notes: Basic information from Commonwealth of Massachusetts1. Age 18, a bootmaker in Weymouth on enlistment in April 1861. Discharged for wounds 19 December 1862. | |
Notes1 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. 29 - 33 [AotW citation 6771] « Search for Another Participant | |