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Federal (USV)

Private

William A. Clayton

(c. 1843 - 1862)

Home State: Ohio

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 30th Ohio Infantry

Before Antietam

Age 18, he enlisted as a Private in Company H, 30th Ohio Infantry on 21 August 1861 and mustered into Federal service with them at Champ Chase, Columbus, OH on 29 August.

On the Campaign

He was killed in action at Fox's Gap on South Mountain, MD on 14 September 1862.

References & notes

His service from the Roster.1

Birth

c. 1843

Death

09/14/1862; Fox's Gap, MD

Notes

1   State of Ohio, Roster Commission, Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866, 12 Volumes, Akron: The Werner Company, 1893-95, Vol. 3, pg. 418  [AotW citation 22227]