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Federal (USV)

Private

Antoine Planitz

Home State: Indiana

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 14th Indiana Infantry

Before Antietam

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

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

He was listed as a deserter from the hospital later in 1862 and was dropped from the company rolls on 10 April 1863.

References & notes

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

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. 281 [AotW citation 33567]

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. 352 [AotW citation 33568]

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