Charles E. Dam

(c. 1843 - 1862)
Home State: Massachusetts
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 35th Massachusetts Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
A clerk from Chelsea, he enlisted at age 19 on 21 July 1862 as Private, Company D, 35th Massachusetts Infantry.

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

The remainder of the War:
Died 27 December 1862 in Chelsea, Massachusetts of wounds.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Service information from Soldiers1, with burial from the Roll of Honor2.

Death Date: 12/27/1862 Death Place: Chelsea, MA Burial Place: Garden Cemetery, Chelsea, MA

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. 3, pg. 661 [AotW citation 8377]

2 US Army, Quartermaster General, Roll of Honor. Names of Soldiers who Died in Defence of the American Union, Interred in the National [and other] Cemeteries, 27 volumes, Washington DC: US Government Printing Office, 1865-1871, Vol. 16, pg. 5 [AotW citation 8378]

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