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J.L. McClure
(1831 - 1862)
Home State: Pennsylvania
Branch of Service: Infantry
Before Antietam
In 1860 he was a 28 year old laborer at Dillsburg in York County, PA. He enlisted on 25 June 1861 and mustered as First Sergeant of Company G, 12th Pennsylvania Reserves on 10 August. He was wounded at New Market Crossroads/Glendale, VA on 30 June 1862.
On the Campaign
He was mortally wounded in action at Antietam on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He died of wounds on 9 October 1862.
References & notes
Service information from Sypher,1 who says only that he was wounded at New Market Crossroads, the Card File,2 and Hardin.3 Personal details from the US Census of 1860. His gravesite is on Findagrave. His picture from a photograph in the US Army Heritage and Education Center's collection.
Birth
12/14/1831 in PA
Death
10/09/1862; Sharpsburg, MD; burial in Dillsburg Cemetery, Dillsburg, PA
1 Sypher, Josiah Rhinehart, History of the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps, Lancaster, PA: Elias Barr and Company, 1865, p. 706 [AotW citation 32960]
2 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Adjutant-General, Pennsylvania Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866, Published <2005, first accessed 01 July 2005, <http://www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us/archive.asp?view=ArchiveIndexes&ArchiveID=17> [AotW citation 32961]
3 Hardin, Martin D., Twelfth Regiment Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps (41st Regiment of the Line) ..., New York City: M.D. Hardin, 1890, p. 238 [AotW citation 32962]