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Federal (USV)

Sergeant

William L. Jacobs

Home State: Wisconsin

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 7th Wisconsin Infantry

Before Antietam

From Marion, he enlisted in Company H, 7th Wisconsin Infantry on 29 August 1861. Promoted to Corporal and Sergeant.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

He was discharged 9 January 1863 for disability.

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. 566 - 568  [AotW citation 10644]