Christopher Brennan

(c. 1841 - 1862)
Home State: New York
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 23rd New York Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
He enlisted in Company F, 23rd New York Infantry on 6 May 18661 at age 20.

In the Antietam Campaign:
He was detached for service with Battery B, 4th US Artillery and was with them when mortally wounded in action on 17 September 1862.

The remainder of the War:
He died of wounds.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Basic information from State of New York1. His role in the Battery at Antietam from Buell2.

Notes

1 State of New York, Adjutant-General, Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of New York [year]: Registers of the [units], 43 Volumes, Albany: James B. Lyon, State Printer, 1893-1905, Issue 20 (for the year 1899) [AotW citation 10465]

2 Buell, Augustus, The Cannoneer: Recollections of Service in the Army of the Potomac, Washington: The National Tribune Company, 1890, pp. 18 - 20, 42 [AotW citation 10471]

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