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Federal (USV)

Captain

George W. Gibson

Home State: Wisconsin

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 2nd Wisconsin Infantry

Before Antietam

From Boscobel, he enlisted in Company C, 2nd Wisconsin Infantry on 22 April 1862 as Sergeant. He was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant on 17 February 1862 and Captain on 28 March.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He was wounded again in action at the Wilderness, VA.

References & notes

Basic information from State of Wisconsin1.

Notes

1   State of Wisconsin, Adjutant General's Office, and Chandler P. Chapman, Adj. Gen., Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865, 2 volumes, Madison: Democrat Printing Co., State Printers, 1886, Vol. 1, pp. 352 - 354  [AotW citation 10135]