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Federal (USV)

Sergeant

Garret S. Nichols

Home State: Pennsylvania

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 88th Pennsylvania Infantry

Before Antietam

He mustered into service in Company E on 9 September 1861.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

Promoted from private to 1st Sergeant to 2d Lt. on May 1, 1863 to 1st Lt. on May 18, 1863 - Discharged on October 3, 1864, for wounds received at Wilderness, Va.

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 11851]

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