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Federal (USV)

Sergeant

Charles Kensing

(c. 1841 - 1862)

Home State: New York

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 20th New York Infantry

Before Antietam

Age, 20 years. Enlisted, 5/3/1861 at New York City to serve 2 years; mustered in as private Co. F promoted corporal; sergeant July 11, 1861; first sergeant, Nov. 28, 1861

On the Campaign

He was killed in action at Antietam on 17 September 1862.

References & notes

Basic information from the Antietam Cemetery History1, with service details from roster data posted online by Gary Kappesser.

Birth

c. 1841

Death

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, 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 3720]

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