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 26 at enlistment. Mustered in as sergeant, Company G, on September 24, 1861. Wounded in action, knee, on September 17, 1862. Returned to ranks on February 3, 1863. Transferred to Company A on June 12, 1863. Mustered out on September 20, 1864. His name appears as O'Connell in the casualty list.
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 2403]