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Federal (USV)

Private

Spencer Cherington

(1835 - 1862)

Home State: Ohio

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 36th Ohio Infantry

Before Antietam

Age 27, he enlisted as a Private in Company K, 36th Ohio Infantry on 9 August 1862.

On the Campaign

He was killed in action at Fox's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He was originally buried in Frederick, MD but was reinterred in the new Antietam National Cemetery in about 1867.

References & notes

Burial information from the Antietam Cemetery History.1 His service from Ohio.2 Personal details from family genealogists. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Susan Irvin (1836-1876) in November 1857 and they had 3 children; the last, daughter Margaret was born in January 1863.

Birth

08/22/1835; Gallia County, OH

Death

09/14/1862; Fox's Gap, MD; burial in Antietam National Cemetery, Sharpsburg, MD

Notes

1 Antietam National Cemetery, Board of Trustees, History of Antietam National Cemetery, Baltimore: John W. Woods, Steam Printer, 1869 [AotW citation 3323]

2 State of Ohio, Roster Commission, Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866, 12 Volumes, Akron: The Werner Company, 1893-95 [AotW citation 25093]

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