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Federal (USV)

Private

William McCracken

(c. 1843 - ?)

Home State: Massachusetts

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 19th Massachusetts Infantry

Before Antietam

An 18 year old lather from Roxbury, he enlisted on 12 August 1861 in Company H, 19th Massachusetts Infantry. He transferred to Company I, date not given.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

He was discharged for wounds at Boston on 5 February 1863.

References & notes

Service information from Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines 1 and the History.2

Birth

c. 1843

Notes

1 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Adjutant General, Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the Civil War, 8 Vols, Norwood (MA): Norwood Press, 1931-35, Vol. 2, pg. 469 [AotW citation 17901]

2 Waitt, Ernest Linden (compiler), History of the Nineteenth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1865, Salem (MA): The Salem Press Co., 1906, pg. 146 [AotW citation 17902]

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