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Federal (USV)

Sergeant

Matthew Devereaux

(c. 1838 - 1862)

Home State: New York

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 89th New York Infantry

Before Antietam

Age 23 years, he enlisted on 4 September 1861 at Rochester, and mustered in as wagoner, Company D, 89th New York Infantry on 30 September 30. He was promoted sergeant and wounded, dates not given.

On the Campaign

He died of his wounds on 8 September 1862 at Antietam, MD (?).

References & notes

Basic information from State of New York1.

Birth

c. 1838

Death

09/08/1862; Sharpsburg, MD

Notes

1   State of New York, Adjutant-General, Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of New York [year]: Registers of the [units], 43 Volumes, Albany: James B. Lyon, State Printer, 1893-1905, for the Year 1901 (Issue 31), pp. 194 - 215  [AotW citation 12440]