Richard Hoffland

(1830 - 1877)
Home State: New Jersey
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 13th New Jersey Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
He came to America in the 1850s, and was a stonecutter in Belleville, NJ until he enlisted as Private in Company F, 13th New Jersey Infantry on 22 August 1862.

The remainder of the War:
He was discharged on disability at the Convalescent Camp, Alexandria, VA on 29 January 1863.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Service dates from Stryker1. Thanks to GGGranddaughter Lynn for bringing him to our attention and providing additional details, as well as her posting of his gravesite on Findagrave.

Birth Date: 06/00/1830 Place of Birth: Runcorn (in Cheshire), ENGLAND
Death Date: 04/28/1877 Death Place: Cleveland, OH Burial Place: Woodland Cemetery, Cleveland, OH

Notes

1 State of New Jersey, Adjutant-General's Office, and William S. Stryker, Adjutant General, Record of Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Civil War, 1861-1865, 2 volumes, Trenton: John L. Murphy, Steam Book and Job Printer, 1876, Vol. 1, pg. 646 [AotW citation 7918]

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