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Federal (USV)

Corporal

Peter Merrimans

(c. 1841 - ?)

Home State: Ohio

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 8th Ohio Infantry

Before Antietam

He enlisted in Company B, 8th Ohio Infantry at age 20 on 5 June 1861. He was appointed Corporal, date not given.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

Wounded again in action in the Wilderness, VA. Mustered out with his Company on 13 July 1864.

References & notes

Basic information from Sawyer1. Probably same man listed in the State Roster as Peter Newmans.

Birth

c. 1841

Notes

1 Sawyer, Franklin, and George A. Groot, editor, A Military History of the 8th Regiment Ohio Vol. Inf'y, Cleveland: Fairbanks & Co., Printers, 1881, pp. 198 - 202 [AotW citation 14782]

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