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Federal (USV)

Private

William Harris

(? - 1864)

Home State: Indiana

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 14th Indiana Infantry

Before Antietam

From Martin County, he enlisted and mustered on 7 June 1861 as a Private in Company H, 14th Indiana Infantry.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in the head in action at Antietam on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He re-enlisted on 15 December 1863 and was killed at Spotsylvania Court House, VA on 12 May 1864.

References & notes

Service basics from the Adjutant General.1 Wound detail from Nelson.2

Death

05/12/1864; Spotsylvania Court House, VA

Notes

1 State of Indiana, Adjutant General's Office, and William H.H. Terrell, Adjutant General, Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, 8 volumes, Indianapolis: (various) State Printers, 1865-1869, Vol. 4, p. 277 [AotW citation 33403]

2 Nelson, John H., As Grain Falls Before the Reaper: The Federal Hospital Sites and Identified Federal Casualties at Antietam, Hagerstown: John H. Nelson, 2004, p. 238 [AotW citation 33405]

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