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Federal (USV)

Private

Z. Wellington Gordon

(? - 1862)

Home State: Pennsylvania

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 6th Pennsylvania Reserves

Before Antietam

He mustered into service as Private, Company F, 6th Pennsylvania Reserves on 15 May 1861.

On the Campaign

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

References & notes

Service information from Bates,1 as W. Z. Gordon, and Sypher.2

Death

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD

Notes

1   Bates, Samuel Penniman, History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg: State of Pennsylvania, 1868-1871  [AotW citation 11678]

2   Sypher, Josiah Rhinehart, History of the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps, Lancaster, PA: Elias Barr and Company, 1865, pg. 629  [AotW citation 22760]