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Federal (USV)

Private

Jonathan Ring

(c. 1842 - 1862)

Home State: Ohio

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 23rd Ohio Infantry

Before Antietam

He mustered into service as Private in Company K, 23rd Ohio Infantry on 11 June 1861 at age 19.

On the Campaign

He was mortally wounded in action on 17 September 1862 at Antietam.

The rest of the War

Died of wounds 21 September 1862. Reinterred from his original burial in Frederick, MD to the National Cemetery during or before 1867.

References & notes

Basic information from the Antietam Cemetery History1, which has him as John King. Service details from the Roster2.

Birth

c. 1842

Death

09/21/1862; Frederick, 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 3730]

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. 1, pg. 135 [AotW citation 8236]

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