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Federal (USV)

Private

John C. Cordes

(c. 1840 - 1862)

Home State: New York

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 9th New York Infantry

Before Antietam

Age 21 years. Enlisted April 23, 1861 at New York City; mustered in as Private, Company B on May 1, 1861, to serve two years.

On the Campaign

He was killed in action on 17 September 1862.

References & notes

Basic information from State of New York1; also borne as Cortez, John A.

Birth

c. 1840

Death

09/17/1862; 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, Issue 18 (for the year 1899), pp. 630 - 645  [AotW citation 12664]