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Federal (USV)

Private

James H. Caughey

(c. 1840 - ?)

Home State: Ohio

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 8th Ohio Infantry

Before Antietam

Credited from Guilford, Medina County, he enlisted in Company H, 8th Ohio Infantry at age 21 on 5 June 1861.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

Wounded again, at Gettysburg, PA on 3 July 1863. Discharged for wounds at Columbus, OH on 4 August 1863.

References & notes

Basic information from Sawyer1. Details from the State Roster.

Birth

c. 1840

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. 226 - 230 [AotW citation 14847]

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