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Federal (USV)

Private

James A. Pettingill

(? - 1862)

Home State: Wisconsin

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 7th Wisconsin Infantry

Before Antietam

From Kingston, he enlisted in Company E, 7th Wisconsin Infantry on 3 July 1861.

On the Campaign

He was mortally wounded in action on 17 September 1862 at Antietam.

The rest of the War

Died of wounds 24 September 1862 in Keedysville, MD.

References & notes

Basic information from State of Wisconsin1.

Death

09/24/1862; Keedysville, MD

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. 554 - 557  [AotW citation 10586]