John Keefe

Age 40 at enlistment. Mustered in as private, Company H, on October 7, 1861. Promoted to corporal on July 1, 1862.

He was mortally wounded in action - knee - on 17 September 1862.

He died of his wounds on October 19, 1862, in a hospital, at Frederick, Md.

MSHWR says "J. A. Keefe Pvt H 63d NY. Right leg amputated on October 10, 1862, by A. Surg. L. H. Searle, 26th N.Y. He died on October 19, 1862, exhaustion."

Basic information from McLernon1. John Keefe is buried in Antietam National Cemetery, in Section: New York Grave Number 248.

10/19/1862; Frederick, MD; burial in Antietam National Cemetery, Sharpsburg, MD