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Federal (USV)

Private

William H. Kindig

(c. 1838 - 1862)

Home State: Pennsylvania

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 107th Pennsylvania Infantry

Before Antietam

A 23 year old teacher, he enlisted in Franklin County on 4 April 1862 and mustered into service as Private, Company F, 107th Pennsylvania Infantry on 5 April in Harrisburg.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

He died of wounds on 2 October 1862 near Sharpsburg, MD.

References & notes

Service information from Bates1 and the Card File,2 both as William A. Kindig. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

Birth

c. 1838

Death

10/02/1862; Sharpsburg, MD; burial in Bethel Church Cemetery, Chambersburg, PA

Notes

1 Bates, Samuel Penniman, History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg: State of Pennsylvania, 1868-1871 [AotW citation 10895]

2 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Adjutant-General, Pennsylvania Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866, Published <2005, first accessed 01 July 2005, <http://www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us/archive.asp?view=ArchiveIndexes&ArchiveID=17> [AotW citation 23743]

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