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Federal (USV)

Sergeant

Edward H. Sawtell

(c. 1843 - 1862)

Home State: Ohio

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 8th Ohio Infantry

Before Antietam

He enlisted in Company K, 8th Ohio Infantry at age 18 on 25 June 1861. He was appointed Sergeant 1 September 1861.

On the Campaign

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

References & notes

Basic information from State of Ohio1. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

Birth

c. 1843

Death

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD; burial in Denison Cemetery, Cleveland, OH

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 14760]

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