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Federal (USV)

Private

Richard Smith

(c. 1842 - 1862)

Home State: Ohio

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 8th Ohio Infantry

Before Antietam

He enlisted in Company I, 8th Ohio Infantry at age 19 on 10 August 1861.

On the Campaign

He was killed in action on 17 September 1862 at Antietam and was buried on the field [map].

References & notes

Service information from the State of Ohio1.

Birth

c. 1842

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 14756]

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