Edwin B. Wing

(c. 1835 - )
Home State: Wisconsin
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 2nd Wisconsin Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
A lumberman from Oshkosh, he enlisted in Company E, 2nd Wisconsin Infantry on 21 April 1861. He was promoted to Corporal in June 1862 and to Sergeant on 10 September.

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

The remainder of the War:
Discharged for wounds (date unknown).

References, Sources, and other notes:
Basic information from State of Wisconsin1. Further details from an exhibit in the Oshkosh Museum.

Birth State: CANADA

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 10185]

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