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Federal (USV)

Private

Jonathan P. Burns

Home State: Maryland

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: Purnell Legion Infantry

Before Antietam

He was in Company E, Purnell Legion Infantry.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

He was treated at the Smoketown Hospital, Sharpsburg.

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. 149  [AotW citation 17007]