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Federal (USV)

Sergeant

John Hennesey

(c. 1843 - ?)

Home State: Ohio

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 8th Ohio Infantry

Before Antietam

He enlisted in Company B, 8th Ohio Infantry as Sergeant at age 18 on 5 June 1861.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

He was wounded again, at Spottsylvania Courthouse 18 May 1864. Mustered out with his Company on 13 July 1864.

After the War

He was listed as living in Cleveland, OH at the time of the Regimental Reunion at Gettysburg in September 1887.

References & notes

Basic information from State of Ohio1.

Birth

c. 1843

Notes

1   State of Ohio, Roster Commission, Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866, 12 Volumes, Akron: The Werner Company, 1893-95, Vol. 2, pp. 239 - 243  [AotW citation 14717]