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Federal (USV)

Corporal

John McKinnon

(c. 1838 - ?)

Home State: Indiana

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 14th Indiana Infantry

Before Antietam

He enlisted and mustered on 7 June 1861 as a Private in Company D, 14th Indiana Infantry. He was promoted to Corporal, date not found.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

He was transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps in 1863.

References & notes

His service basics from the Adjutant General.1 Wound detail from Nelson.2

Birth

c. 1838

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. 279  [AotW citation 33547]

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. 314  [AotW citation 33548]