Francis W. Leshhorn

(c. 1836 - 1862)
Home State: New York
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 59th New York Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
He enlisted at age 25 in Boston, and mustered in as Private, Company F, 59th New York Infantry on 20 September 1861. He was promoted to Corporal on 1 November, and to Sergeant on 1 January 1862.

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

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: 09/17/1862 Death Place: Sharpsburg, MD

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 the year 1900) [AotW citation 8745]

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