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Federal (USV)

Private

James W. Holloway

(c. 1842 - 1862)

Home State: Delaware

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 1st Delaware Infantry

Before Antietam

A 19 year old farmer, he enlisted as a Private in Company D, First Delaware Infantry on 3 September 1861 at Georgetown, DE.

On the Campaign

He was reported missing in action at Antietam on 17 September 1862 and later "supposed to be dead."

References & notes

Service information from the State of Delaware1 and his Compiled Service Records,2 online from fold3.

Birth

c. 1842; Sussex County, DE

Death

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD

Notes

1 State of Delaware, Adjutant General's Office, Civil War Military records for Delaware Units, Published 1861-, first accessed 31 January 2015, <http://archives.delaware.gov/CivilWar/volumes/>, Source page: Muster Out Roll, First Delaware Infantry [AotW citation 13730]

2 US War Department, Compiled Service Records of Soldiers who served in US Volunteer organizations enlisted for service during the Civil War, Record Group No. 94 (Adjutant General's Office, 1780's-1917), Washington DC: US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), 1903-1927 [AotW citation 27765]

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