John Wesley Gee

Son of a marble sculptor, in 1860 he was a 17 year old living with his parents and 4 siblings in Waupun, WI. Going by Wesley, he enlisted in the Waupun Light Guard (later Company D, 3rd Wisconsin Infantry) as a Private on 25 April 1861.

He was mortally wounded in action at Antietam on 17 September 1862. Lieutenant Hinkley of his company wrote Wesley's brother Oscar on 21 September:

Your brother Wesley is dangerously wounded - it is feared mortally. I have, however, strong hopes he will recover. He was shot while loading his gun. The ball struck his left side, about an inch below his arm, and remains in his body. I have not seen him since the battle, as he was taken immediately to the hospital.

He was admitted to US Army General Hospital #1 in Frederick, MD on 24 September and died there of wounds on 28 October 1862. He was originally buried in Frederick.

He was reinterred in the new National Cemetery in about 1867.

Basic information from Bryant1. The quote above from a letter Lt. Hinkley wrote his brother Oscar on 21 September 1862. Hospital details from the Patient List,2 which says he was wounded in the leg, with burial information from the History,3 as John McGee, Company K. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860. His gravesite is on Findagrave. He also has a memorial in Waupun, WI.

His brother Oscar (1836-1865) had been a Sergeant in Company D, but was discharged for disability in June 1862. Two other Gee boys in the company may have been cousins.

c. 1843 in PA

10/28/1862; Frederick, MD; burial in Antietam National Cemetery, Sharpsburg, MD