Henry D. Evans

A 22 year old worker on his father's farm at Avon in Hartford County, he enlisted on 28 July 1862 and mustered as Corporal, Company I, 16th Connecticut Infantry on 24 August.

He was killed in action at Antietam on 17 September 1862 and buried on the Otto Farm near Sharpsburg.

He was reinterred in the new National Cemetery in about 1867.

Burial information from the Antietam Cemetery History.1 His service from the Record.2 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Mary Ann Richards (1838-1919) in August 1861 and they had a daughter Florence (1862-1950).

See more about Evans, his young family, and others of his regiment at Antietam in a post by John Banks on his Civil War Blog. John is also the source of Evans' picture, from a photograph he received from a descendant.

c. 1839 in CT

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD; burial in Antietam National Cemetery, Sharpsburg, MD