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(? - 1862)
Home State: New York
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 63rd New York Infantry
Before Antietam
Age 35 at enlistment. Mustered in as private, Company H, on October 19, 1861. Promoted to corporal on July 1, 1862.
On the Campaign
He was mortally wounded - thigh - in action on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He died of his wounds on September 20, 1862, at Sharpsburg.
MSHWR: [Supposed identical with] "W. Crawton H 63 NY Primary amputation in the upper third of the femur for shot injury, on September 17, 1862. He died on September 22, 1862."
References & notes
Basic information from McLernon1.
Death
09/20/1862; Sharpsburg, MD
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 2432]