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Federal (USV)

Captain

Elijah H.C. Cavins

Home State: Indiana

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 14th Indiana Infantry

Before Antietam

He was in Company D, 14th Indiana Infantry.

On the Campaign

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

References & notes

Casualty information from Nelson1, who has him as Calvins.

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. 152  [AotW citation 17071]