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Federal (USV)

Corporal

William McCarthy

(1824 - 1862)

Home State: New York

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 88th New York Infantry

Before Antietam

Age 37 years. Enlisted at New York City, to serve three years, and mustered in as private, Co. C, September 18, 1861; promoted corporal, no date.

On the Campaign

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

References & notes

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

Birth

1824

Death

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD

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 10825]