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Confederate (CSV)

Private

Dennis Donovan

(c. 1834 - 1862)

Home State: Virginia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 1st Virginia Infantry Battalion

Before Sharpsburg

A 27 year old laborer in Covington, VA, he mustered as Private in Company A, First Battalion Virginia Infantry on 6 May 1861 in Covington. He was wounded in action at Cedar Mountain, VA on 9 August 1862.

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 Robert Driver's 1st Battalion Virginia Infantry, 39th Battalion Virginia Cavalry, 24th Battalion Virginia Partisan Rangers (roster, 1996) via the Historical Data Systems database.

Birth

c. 1834 in IRELAND

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 19004]

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