John S. Stoddard

(? - 1864)
Home State: Massachusetts
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 12th Massachusetts Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
Age 31, a brush maker from North Bridgewater on enlsitment as First Sergeant in June 1861. Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant on 13 May 1862. He was in Company F.

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

The remainder of the War:
Commissioned 1st Lieutenant 14 December 1862, and Captain 23 July 1863. Killed in action at Spottsylvania, VA on 10 May 1864.

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

Death Date: 05/10/1864 Death Place: Spottsylvania, VA

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. 35 - 41 [AotW citation 6799]

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