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Federal (USV)

Sergeant

Robert B. Henderson

Home State: Massachusetts

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 13th Massachusetts Infantry

Before Antietam

He was in Company A.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862.

References & notes

Basic information from Commonwealth of Massachusetts1. He was a 26 year old clerk in Boston when he enlisted as Sergeant on 20 July 1861. He was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant on 10 January 1863, and 1st Lieutenant, Company G, on 4 August. He mustered out on 1 August 1864.

Notes

1   Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Adjutant General, Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the Civil War, 8 Vols, Norwood (MA): Norwood Press, 1931-35, Vol. II, pp. 72 - 130  [AotW citation 2894]