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Confederate (CSV)

Private

Joseph E. Meckler

Home State: Louisiana

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 6th Louisiana Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

A laborer in New Orleans, he mustered as Private, Company H, 6th Louisiana Infantry on 4 June 1861 at Camp Moore, LA.

On the Campaign

He was mortally wounded and captured in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He died of wounds in Frederick, MD, date not given.

References & notes

Service from Booth.1

Birth

Date not known in GERMANY

Notes

1   Booth, Andrew B., Records of Louisiana Confederate Soldiers and Louisiana Confederate Commands, 3 Volumes, New Orleans: State of Louisiana, 1920, Vol. 3, Book 1, pg. 935  [AotW citation 19715]