John W. Belcher

Home State: New York
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 64th New York Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
He was in Company H.

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

References, Sources, and other notes:
Basic information from State of New York1. Thanks to Devan Sommerville for scrubbing through the Report and extracting and transcribing the roster data for AotW.

Enlisted, October 15, 1861 as Corporal. Promoted Sergeant 5 September 1862. Promoted to First Sergeant, May 3/63. Wounded at Po River, May 10/63.

Notes

1 State of New York, Adjutant-General, Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of New York [year]: Registers of the [units], 43 Volumes, Albany: James B. Lyon, State Printer, 1893-1905, Issue 27 (for 1900) [AotW citation 7709]

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