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Federal (USV)

Private

Richard Donovan

Home State: New York

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 63rd New York Infantry

Before Antietam

Age 28 at enlistment. Mustered in as private, Company F, on September 19, 1861.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

Discharged for wounds on January 24, 1863, from Mount Pleasant Hospital, Washington, D. C.

References & notes

Basic information from McLernon1.

Notes

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 2471]