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Federal (USV)

Private

Thomas Berry

(1839 - ?)

Home State: New York

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 88th New York Infantry

Before Antietam

Age 22 years. Enlisted, September 23, 1861, at New York City, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. I, September 24, 1861

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

Promoted corporal, Co. B, June 12, 1863; re-enlisted as a veteran, February 20, 1864; captured in action, March 25, 1865, at Petersburg, Va.; paroled, April 1, 1865; mustered out with company, June 30, 1865, at Alexandria, Va.

References & notes

Basic information from State of New York1. Thanks to Steve Maczuga for publishing the NY regimental information in his excellent database.

Birth

1839

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  [AotW citation 10775]