Joseph E. McLean

(? - 1865)
Home State: North Carolina
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 27th North Carolina Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
He was in Company B.

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

The remainder of the War:
Captured at Fort Stedman, VA on 25 March 1865. Imprisoned at Point Lookout, MD where he died of "diarrhoea" on 31 May 1865.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Basic information from Wilson1. Some detail from the US Park Service's Soldiers and Sailors Database. Further detail from Company B roster data posted online by the reenactors of the Guilford Greys.

Death Date: 05/31/1865 Death Place: Point Lookout, MD

Notes

1 Wilson, William P., Adjutant, Casualty list of the 27th N.C.S.T. at Sharpsburg, North Carolina Standard, 1862-10-15 [AotW citation 9831]

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