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Federal (USV)

Private

Thomas Benson

Home State: Wisconsin

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 3rd Wisconsin Infantry

Before Antietam

From Willow Springs, he enlisted in Company H, 3rd Wisconsin Infantry on 7 June 1861.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

He was discharged for disability, date not given.

References & notes

Basic information from Bryant1.

Notes

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. 434 - 435 [AotW citation 15828]

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