George J. Clarke

Age 23, he enrolled on 29 April 1861 and was mustered as 2nd Lieutenant, Company B, 62nd New York Infantry on 30 June. He was promoted to First Lieutenant of Company H on 16 July 1862.

From Catoctin Mountain he was sent to General Pleasonton with the cavalry at Poolesville, MD on 9 September, and continued with him beyond Frederick on the 13th. On the 15th he was on the crest of South Mountain and by the end of the day on the 15th at Keedysville with Captain Fisher. He was on the battlefield of Antietam on 17 September 1862, and was pushed from his signal station by active combat at least once. On the 20th he was at Downsille, MD.

He was appointed First Lieutenant, Signal Corps, USA on 3 March 1863. He was honored by brevets to Captain, USA on 5 December 1864 for meritorious service and mustered out on 12 August 1865.

He applied for an invalid veteran's pension in May 1873.

His basic service from the State of New York,1 as George J. Clark, and Heitman,2 with details from Brown,3 source also of his picture. Maryland Campaign events from Captain B.F. Fisher's Report, as Lieutenant Clark.

He's also seen in a group photograph with other signal officers at Army HQ in Warrenton, VA in October 1863, over on the blog.

c. 1838 in IRELAND