Matthew Keogh

Home State: Wisconsin
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 6th Wisconsin Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
From Milwaukee, he enlisted in Company D, 6th Wisconsin Infantry on 10 May 1861. Promoted to Corporal and Sergeant.

In the Antietam Campaign:
He was wounded in action on South Mountain on 14 September 1862.

The remainder of the War:
Discharged 13 January 1863 for disability.

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. 511 - 512 [AotW citation 10346]

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