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Federal (USV)

Private

Norton C. Bush

Home State: Pennsylvania

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 111th Pennsylvania Infantry

Before Antietam

He mustered into service in Company F on 7 January 1862.

On the Campaign

He was wounded by gunshot in the left leg in action at Antietam on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He was treated at the Hoffman Farm and Smoketown Hospitals at Sharpsburg. He was discharged - date unknown.

References & notes

Basic information from Bates1. Thanks to Steve Maczuga for publishing Bates' information in his excellent database. Casualty details from Nelson.2

Notes

1   Bates, Samuel Penniman, History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg: State of Pennsylvania, 1868-1871  [AotW citation 10939]

2   Nelson, John H., As Grain Falls Before the Reaper: The Federal Hospital Sites and Identified Federal Casualties at Antietam, Hagerstown: John H. Nelson, 2004, pg. 150  [AotW citation 16983]