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Federal (USV)

Private

William B. Riley

(c. 1842 - ?)

Home State: Ohio

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 32nd Ohio Infantry

Before Antietam

Age 19, he enlisted on 17 August 1861 as a Private in Company D, 32nd Ohio Infantry.

On the Campaign

He was mortally wounded in action on Maryland Heights near Harpers Ferry on 13 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He died of his wounds, date and place not known.

References & notes

Basic service from the Roster.1

Birth

c. 1842

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. 487  [AotW citation 22397]