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Federal (USV)

Private

James Donean

(c. 1839 - 1862)

Home State: Indiana

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 14th Indiana Infantry

Before Antietam

In 1860 he was a 21 year old laborer in Washington, Daviess County, IN. He mustered as a Private in Company B, 14th Indiana Infantry on 7 June 1861.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

His widow began receiving a US pension in April 1863 (?).

References & notes

Service information from the Adjutant General.1 Personal details from the US Census of 1860, as James Donnan.

Birth

c. 1839 in IRELAND

Death

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD

Notes

1 State of Indiana, Adjutant General's Office, and William H.H. Terrell, Adjutant General, Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, 8 volumes, Indianapolis: (various) State Printers, 1865-1869, Vol. 4, pg. 276 [AotW citation 20574]

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