John H. Lawrence

In 1860 he was a jeweler living with his English-born parents and siblings, also jewelers, in Providence, RI. He mustered as a Private in Battery A, First Rhode Island Light Artillery on 6 June 1861.

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

He was originally buried on the battlefield and reinterred in the National Cemetery in about 1867.

His service basics from Aldrich1 and Dyer.2 Personal details from the US Census of 1860. His gravesite is on Findagrave. His picture kindly provided by Bob Robertson from a photograph in his collection.

See much more about Lawrence and the Battery in an excellent article by Diane Boumenot on One Rhode Island Family (2015).

1840 in GA

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD; burial in Antietam National Cemetery, Sharpsburg, MD