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Federal (USV)

Private

John O'Connell

(c. 1843 - 1862)

Home State: New York

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 9th New York Infantry

Before Antietam

Age 18 years. Enlisted August 27, 1861 at New York City; mustered in as Private, Company G, same date, to serve two years; transferred to Company H on September 26, 1861.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

He died of wounds on September 27, 1862, in hospital near Sharpsburg, MD.

References & notes

Basic information from State of New York1. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

Birth

c. 1843

Death

09/27/1862; Sharpsburg, MD; burial in Antietam National Cemetery, 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. 718 - 741  [AotW citation 12740]