Home State: New York
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 63rd New York Infantry
Before Antietam
He was in Company F.
On the Campaign
He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862.
References & notes
Basic information from McLernon1. Age 33 at enlistment. Mustered in as private, Company F, on September 19, 1861. Discharged for wounds on May 20, 1863, at Antietam Hospital, Md.
MSHWR says "Primary amputation in the upper third of the right femur for shot injury, by Surgeon G. B. Cogswell, 29 MA., on September 18, circular method. Discharged on May 20, 1863."
1 McLernon, Robert, Casualty List, 63rd New York Volunteer Infantry, Meagher's Irish Brigade, Antietam, Maryland; September 17, 1862, Springfield (Va): R. McLernon, 2001 [AotW citation 2380]