J.W. Montford
(1838 - 1871)
Home State: Pennsylvania
Branch of Service: Infantry
Before Antietam
Age 23, he enlisted on 27 August 1861 and mustered as Sergeant, Company A, 100th Pennsylvania Infantry on 31 August at Camp Wilkins near Pittsburgh. He was commissioned First Lieutenant on 8 or 9 September 1862.
On the Campaign
He was wounded in action at Fox's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He was probably wounded again, date and pace not given, resigned his commission, and was discharged for wounds on a Surgeon's Certificate of 3 September 1864.
References & notes
Birth
1838
Death
09/25/1871; Burgettstown, PA
1 Bates, Samuel Penniman, History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg: State of Pennsylvania, 1868-1871 [AotW citation 23691]
2 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Adjutant General's Office, Register of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865, 16 volumes, Harrisburg [AotW citation 23692]
3 US Army, Heritage and Education Center (USAHEC), Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS)-Massachusetts Photograph Collection, Published 2009, <https://arena.usahec.org/web/arena> [AotW citation 23693]