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Federal (USV)

Corporal

William Lynch

(c. 1840 - 1862)

Home State: Massachusetts

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 28th Massachusetts Infantry

Before Antietam

A 21 year old chandler in Roxbury, he enlisted 8 October and mustered as Corporal, Company A, 28th Massachusetts Infantry on 13 December 1861.

On the Campaign

He was mortally wounded in action at Antietam on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He died of wounds near Sharpsburg, MD on 8 October 1862, exactly one year after he enlisted.

References & notes

Service from Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.1

Birth

c. 1840

Death

10/08/1862; 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. 196 [AotW citation 20126]

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