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Federal (USV)

Sergeant

William H. Kirk

(c. 1841 - ?)

Home State: Ohio

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 8th Ohio Infantry

Before Antietam

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

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

He was discharged 13 December 1862 at Frederick, MD on a Surgeon's Certificate of disability.

References & notes

Basic information from Sawyer1. Details from the State Roster, which has him as Private.

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. 217 - 220  [AotW citation 14825]