John C. Sherwood

He mustered into service on 24 September 1861.

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

from a case-shot, which exploded in front of the battery ... John C. Sherwood, of Morrisville, Bucks County, was struck by a ball from the same explosive which passed through the calf of his leg. [He was] immediately carried back by ambulance to the Barn Hospital.

He died on 20 August 1863 from wounds received at Antietam.

Basic information from Bates1. The quote above from C.A. Cuffel's History of Durell's Battery in the Civil War (1903). Thanks to Steve Maczuga for publishing Bates' information in his excellent database.

08/20/1863