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(c. 1839 - 1862)
Home State: Ohio
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 8th Ohio Infantry
Before Antietam
In 1860 he was a 21 year old farm worker living with his parents and 3 siblings on the family farm at Green Creek in Sandusky County, OH. He enlisted as a Private in Company F, 8th Ohio Infantry on 5 June 1861.
On the Campaign
He was killed in action at Antietam on 17 September 1862.
After the War
He was removed from his original burial on the battlefield to the new National Cemetery in about 1867.
References & notes
Burial information from the Antietam Cemetery History.1 His service basics from the Roster.2 Personal details from the US Census of 1860. His gravesite is on Findagrave (he also has a marker in Whittlesey Cemetery, Fremont, OH - provided by the government in October 1940 at the request of the local American Legion commander).
Birth
c. 1839 in OH
Death
09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD; burial in Antietam National Cemetery, Sharpsburg, MD
1 Antietam National Cemetery, Board of Trustees, History of Antietam National Cemetery, Baltimore: John W. Woods, Steam Printer, 1869 [AotW citation 3492]
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, Vol. 2, pg. 251 [AotW citation 14706]