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(1845 - 1862)
Home State: Pennsylvania
Branch of Service: Infantry
Before Antietam
He mustered into service in Company A on 11 August 1862.
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 18 September, at age 17.
References & notes
Basic information from Bates1. His gravesite is on Findagrave. Thanks to Steve Maczuga for publishing Bates' information in his excellent database.
Birth
01/31/1845; Cumberland County, PA
Death
09/18/1862; Sharpsburg, MD; burial in Trindle Springs Lutheran Cemetery, Silver Spring Township, PA
1 Bates, Samuel Penniman, History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg: State of Pennsylvania, 1868-1871 [AotW citation 11226]