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Federal (USV)

Sergeant

George Fairfield

Home State: Wisconsin

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 6th Wisconsin Infantry

Before Antietam

From Seneca, he enlisted in Company C, 6th Wisconsin Infantry on 27 April 1861. Promoted Corporal and Sergeant.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

Wounded again on 18 June 1864 (probably near Petersburg, VA).

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. 504 - 507 [AotW citation 10321]

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