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Federal (USV)

Private

George F. Sargent

(c. 1835 - 1864)

Home State: Massachusetts

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 35th Massachusetts Infantry

Before Antietam

A 27 year old shoe stitcher in Haverhill, MA, he enlisted 5 August and mustered as Private, Company G, 35th Massachusetts Infantry on 17 August 1862.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

He was killed in action at Cold Harbor, VA on 6 June 1864.

References & notes

Basic information from Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.1 His father Amos Sargent (1793-1874) was a brick manufacturer in Haverhill and George was one of 8 children. George's brother Harrison N. Sargent, also in Company G, was killed at Antietam.

Birth

c. 1835; Haverhill, MA

Death

06/06/1864; Cold Harbor, VA

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. 688 [AotW citation 20446]

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