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Federal (USV)

Private

Christopher P. Tower

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

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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 shoemaker from Braintree on enlistment in April 1861. Wounded again in action on 13 December 1862 at Fredericksburg, VA. Discharged for disability from wounds on 9 March 1863 at Frederick, MD.






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. 33 - 36  [AotW citation 6789]



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