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Home State: Wisconsin
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 6th Wisconsin Infantry
Before Antietam
From Harmony, he enlisted in Company I, 6th Wisconsin Infantry on 1 June 1861.
On the Campaign
He was wounded in action at Antietam on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He was discharged for wounds on 28 December 1862.
References & notes
Casualty information from Nelson1, who has him as W.F. Bancus. Service from the State Roster (Vol. 1, pg. 529).
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. 121 [AotW citation 16257]