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Federal (USV)

Private

Joel E. Ellis

(c. 1839 - 1862)

Home State: Massachusetts

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 28th Massachusetts Infantry

Before Antietam

A 22 year old shoemaker in Lynn, he enlisted 31 October and mustered as Private, Company A, 28th Massachusetts Infantry on 13 December 1861.

On the Campaign

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

References & notes

Service from Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.1

Birth

c. 1839

Death

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD

Notes

1 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Adjutant General, Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the Civil War, 8 Vols, Norwood (MA): Norwood Press, 1931-35, Vol. 3, pg. 194 [AotW citation 20117]

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