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Federal (USV)

Corporal

William D. Van Horn

(1841 - 1862)

Home State: Pennsylvania

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 6th Pennsylvania Reserves

Before Antietam

He mustered into service as Corporal in Company H, 6th Pennsylvania Reserves on 22 April 1861.

On the Campaign

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

References & notes

Basic information from Bates1, who has him as William B. Van Horn. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

Birth

1841

Death

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD; burial in Wellsboro Cemetery, Wellsboro, PA

Notes

1   Bates, Samuel Penniman, History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg: State of Pennsylvania, 1868-1871  [AotW citation 11690]