Home State: New York
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 63rd New York Infantry
Before Antietam
He was in Company G.
On the Campaign
He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862.
References & notes
Basic information from McLernon1. Age 21 at enlistment. Mustered in as private, Company G, on September 24, 1861. Promoted to corporal on December 3, 1861. Promoted to sergeant on July 1, 1862. Wounded in action, slightly, foot, on September 17, 1862. Promoted to first sergeant on January 2, 1863. Mustered out on June 30, 1865.
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 2393]