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Confederate (CSV)

Corporal

Francis M. Tinney

(? - 1862)

Home State: Virginia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 25th Virginia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

From Braxton County, he mustered as Private, Company C, 9th Virginia Infantry Battalion on 18 May 1861 in Hunterville. On 1 May 1862 he transferred to Company C, 25th Virginia Infantry. He was promoted to First Corporal in April 1862, and wounded in the arm or shoulder at McDowell, VA on 8 May 1862. He was treated in hospitals in Charlottesville and Lynchburg, VA in June.

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 Richard L. Armstrong's 25th Virginia Infantry and 9th Battalion Virginia Infantry (roster, 1990) via the Historical Data Systems database.

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 18995]