Luke English

(c. 1842 - 1867)
Home State: Wisconsin
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 2nd Wisconsin Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
From Oshkosh, he enlisted in Company E, 2nd Wisconsin Infantry on 21 April 1861.

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

The remainder of the War:
He was promoted to Corporal in June 1863, but was again wounded in action, at Gettysburg, PA in July 1863. He was sick in the hospital when his Company mustered out of service in June 1864.

References, Sources, and other 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. 359 - 364 [AotW citation 10181]

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