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Federal (USV)

Private

William S. Shields

Home State: Indiana

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 14th Indiana Infantry

Before Antietam

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

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

He mustered out with his company on 6 June 1864 in Indianapolis.

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. 289 [AotW citation 33580]

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. 383 [AotW citation 33581]

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