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Federal (USV)

Private

Edward O'Donnell

(c. 1840 - 1862)

Home State: Massachusetts

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 29th Massachusetts Infantry

Before Antietam

Age 21, from Boston, he enlisted there on 18 April 1861 and mustered as a Private in what became Company A, 29th Massachusetts Infantry on 21 May 1861.

On the Campaign

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

References & notes

His service from Soldiers, Sailors and Marines 1 and his Compiled Service Records,2 online from fold3.

Birth

c. 1840; Boston, MA

Death

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD; burial in Charlestown, MA

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. 282 [AotW citation 20135]

2 US War Department, Compiled Service Records of Soldiers who served in US Volunteer organizations enlisted for service during the Civil War, Record Group No. 94 (Adjutant General's Office, 1780's-1917), Washington DC: US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), 1903-1927 [AotW citation 29988]

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