John Giblin

(1838 - 1889)
Home State: New York
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 108th New York Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
He came to Buffalo, NY from his native Canada at age 11 in 1849. He enlisted in Company C, 108th New York Infantry on August 1862.

The remainder of the War:
He was a farmer in Michigan after about 1868.

After the War:
Died in an accident, killed by a train at Buffalo enroute to a Regimental Reunion in Rochester in August 1889.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Basic information from Washburn1.

Birth Date: 05/25/1838 Place of Birth: St. Catherines, Ontario, CANADA
Death Date: 08/00/1889 Death Place: Buffalo, NY Burial Place: Avondale Cemetery, Flint, MI

Notes

1 Washburn, George H., A Complete Military History and Record of the 108th Regiment N.Y. Vols., Rochester (NY): Press of E.R. Andrews, 1894, pg. 264 [AotW citation 8922]

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