Samuel L. Talcott

(c. 1842 - 1862)
Home State: Connecticut
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 14th Connecticut Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
He was 20 years old, from Coventry, when he enlisted in Company D, 14th Connecticut Infantry on 13 August 1862.

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

The remainder of the War:
He died of his wounds 14 October 1862.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Thanks to John Banks for the pointer to the Talcott brothers - Henry and Samuel - and for posting his research about them on his blog. Details from Page1.

Death Date: 10/14/1862 Burial Place: Center Cemetery, Coventry, CT

Notes

1 Page, Charles D., History of the Fourteenth Regiment, Connecticut Vol. Infantry, Meriden (CT): The Horton Printing Co., 1906, pg. 429 [AotW citation 8030]

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