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Federal (USV)

Private

Volney Holmes

Home State: Wisconsin

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 6th Wisconsin Infantry

Before Antietam

From Fountain, he enlisted in Company K, 6th Wisconsin Infantry on 26 June 1861.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in action on South Mountain on 14 September 1862.

The rest of the War

Deserted 7 May 1864.

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. 533 - 536  [AotW citation 10453]