George Burnside

(? - 1865)
Home State: New York
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 59th New York Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
He was in Company F.

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

The remainder of the War:
Later promoted to Corporal. Captured, June 22nd/64 at Petersburg, VA. Died, January 3rd/65 at Salisbury, NC while POW.

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.

Death Date: 01/03/1865 Death Place: Salisbury, NC

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 26 (for 1900) [AotW citation 8639]

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