Melvin A. Davenport

Home State: Massachusetts
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 13th Massachusetts Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
He was in Company K.

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 21, a bonnet presser from Framingham on enlistment in July 1861. Appointed Corporal (date?). Discharged for disability from wounds 17 February 1863 at Alexandria, 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. 121 - 126 [AotW citation 7011]

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