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Federal (USV)

Private

John D. McNamara

(c. 1843 - ?)

Home State: Ohio

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 8th Ohio Infantry

Before Antietam

He enlisted in Company B, 8th Ohio Infantry at age 18 on 9 June 1861.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

He was discharged 17 December 1862 on a Surgeon's Certificate of disability.

References & notes

Basic information from Sawyer1.

Birth

c. 1843

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 14784]