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Federal (USV)

Private

James W. Alton

Home State: New York

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 64th New York Infantry

Before Antietam

He was in Company G, 64th New York Infantry.

On the Campaign

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

References & notes

Casualty information from Nelson1.

Notes

1   Nelson, John H., As Grain Falls Before the Reaper: The Federal Hospital Sites and Identified Federal Casualties at Antietam, Hagerstown: John H. Nelson, 2004, pg. 114  [AotW citation 16130]