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Confederate (CSV)

Private

John Gatrell

(c. 1840 - 1862)

Home State: Alabama

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 9th Alabama Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

An unmarried laborer from Quebec, Canada, he enlisted as Private, Company A, 9th Alabama Infantry on 18 May 1861 in Mobile. He was severely wounded at Seven Pines, VA on 1 June 1862 but returned to duty by August.

On the Campaign

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

References & notes

His service from the State of Alabama.1

Birth

c. 1840 in CANADA

Death

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD

Notes

1 State of Alabama, Dept. of Archives & History, Alabama Civil War Service Database, Published 2004, first accessed 01 January 2010, <https://archives.alabama.gov/research/CivilWarService.aspx>, Source page: /civilwar/soldier.cfm?id=68936 [AotW citation 25751]

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