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Federal (USV)

Private

Walter Holmes

Home State: Michigan

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 8th Michigan Infantry

Before Antietam

Tyrone. Enlisted in company G, Eighth Infantry on August 18, 1862, at Fenton, for 3 years, age 18. Mustered on August 18, 1862.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

Discharged at Washington, D. C. on June 1, 1865.

References & notes

Basic information from State of Michigan1. Thanks to Steve Maczuga for publishing the 8th Michigan information in his excellent database.

Notes

1   State of Michigan, Office of the Adjutant General, and George H. Brown, Adjutant General; George H. Turner, Asst. AG, compiler, Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War, 1861-1865, 46 volumes, Kalamazoo: Ihling Bros. & Everard, 1904-1915, Vol. 8  [AotW citation 10729]