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(c. 1843 - 1864)
Home State: Wisconsin
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 3rd Wisconsin Infantry
Before Antietam
From Sylvester, he enlisted in Company C, 3rd Wisconsin Infantry on 22 April 1861.
On the Campaign
He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862 at Antietam.
The rest of the War
He was discharged for wounds on 31 December 1862.
After the War
He died on 14 August 1864.
References & notes
Basic information from Bryant1. Details from family genealogists online, some of whom have him as Melvin Hopkins.
Birth
c. 1843; Sylvester, WI
Death
08/14/1864
1 Bryant, Edwin Eustace, History of the Third Regiment of Wisconsin Veteran Volunteer Infantry 1861-1865, Madison: Arthur H Clark Co. for the Veteran Association of the Regiment, 1891, pp. 414 - 415 [AotW citation 15199]