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Federal (USV)

Private

James H. Vanorman

(c. 1843 - ?)

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 5 June 1861.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

He was appointed Corporal on 1 November 1862. He was discharged 27 March 1863 at Philadelphia, PA on a Surgeon's Certificate of disability.

After the War

He was listed as living in Akron, OH at the time of the Regimental Reunion at Gettysburg in September 1887.

References & notes

Basic information from Sawyer1. Details from the State Roster, which lists him as James H. Vandruren.

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, pg. 240 [AotW citation 14863]

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