Oliver Cromwell Case

He mustered as a Private in Company B, 8th Connecticut Infantry on 27 September 1861.

He was killed in action at Antietam on 17 September 1862 - "no doubt killed instantly the bullet having passed through his head just about the top of his ears" - and buried on the field the next day by his brothers Alonzo and Ariel.

His father retrieved his body in December 1862 and had him buried in Simsbury. He was reported reburied (from the battlefield) in about 1867 in Antietam National Cemetery, and has a stone there, but he can't be under it.

Burial information from the Antietam Cemetery History,1 and John Rogers' in a blog post. His service from Ingersoll.2 His death detail from his brother Alonzo's Recolections. His gravesite in Simsbury is on Findagrave.

John P Rogers has significant biographical detail and a series of Oliver's letters on his excellent blog Oliver Cromwell Case.

12/22/1839; Simsbury, CT

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD; burial in Simsbury Cemetery, Simsbury, CT