Emerson S. Northrup

(c. 1842 - )
Home State: New York
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 34th New York Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
At age 19 he mustered in as Second Lieutenant, Co. K , June 15, 1861; as First Lieutenant, November 22, 1861; Wounded, June 30, 1862, at White Oak Swamp, VA; mustered in as Captain, August 30,1862.

In the Antietam Campaign:
Commanded his Company at Antietam.

The remainder of the War:
Mustered out with his Company June 30, 1863.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Basic information and his photograph from Chapin1. Service detail from State of New York2.

Notes

1 Chapin, Louis N., A Brief History of the Thirty-fourth Regiment N.Y.S.V. (1903), Little Falls (NY): Captain Henry Galpin CWRT, 1998, Intro., pp. 38 - 73 [AotW citation 8364]

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