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Confederate (CSV)

Sergeant

John R. Steele

(c. 1840 - 1862)

Home State: Virginia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 17th Virginia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

Age 21, from Fairfax County, he mustered as Sergeant, Company D, 17th Virginia Infantry on 25 April 1861.

On the Campaign

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

References & notes

Basic information from the Virginia Military Dead.1 Service and other details from Lee A. Wallace's 17th Virginia Infantry (roster, 1990) via the Historical Data Systems database.

Birth

c. 1840

Death

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD

Notes

1 Library of Virginia, Virginia Military Dead Database, Published 2002, first accessed 30 November 2012, <http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/vmd/>, Source page: /vmd_Search.asp [AotW citation 18914]

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