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Federal (USV)

Private

James Whilty

Home State: Wisconsin

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 6th Wisconsin Infantry

Before Antietam

From Winfield, he enlisted in Company A, 6th Wisconsin Infantry on 30 June 1861. He was wounded at Gainesville, VA in August 1862.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

Wounded again at the Wilderness, VA and had his left leg amputated.

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. 498 - 500  [AotW citation 10287]