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Federal (USV)

Private

Nelson Geer

Home State: Pennsylvania

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 13th Pennsylvania Reserves (1st Rifles)

Before Antietam

He mustered into service in Company D on 29 May 1861.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

Discharged on March 15, 1863, for wounds received at Antietam on September 17, 1862.

References & notes

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

Notes

1   Bates, Samuel Penniman, History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg: State of Pennsylvania, 1868-1871  [AotW citation 11414]