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Federal (USV)

Sergeant

Edwin L. Varney

(c. 1839 - 1862)

Home State: Ohio

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 8th Ohio Infantry

Before Antietam

He enlisted in Company I, 8th Ohio Infantry as Sergeant at age 22 on 10 August 1861. He was appointed First Sergeant, date not given.

On the Campaign

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

References & notes

Basic information from State of Ohio1.

Birth

c. 1839

Death

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD

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. 256 - 260  [AotW citation 14751]