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Federal (USV)

Private

Augustus W. Leonhard

(c. 1839 - 1862)

Home State: New York

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 9th New York Infantry

Before Antietam

Age 22 years. Enlisted May 3, 1861 at New York City; mustered in as Private, Company E on May 4, 1861 to serve two years.

On the Campaign

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

References & notes

Basic information from the Antietam Cemetery History1, which has him as Jacob Leonard - Jacob Leonhard of Company F mustered out in New York in May 1863. Service data from State of New York2, which also has his last name as Leonhardt.

Birth

c. 1839

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 3787]

2 State of New York, Adjutant-General, Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of New York [year]: Registers of the [units], 43 Volumes, Albany: James B. Lyon, State Printer, 1893-1905, Issue 18 (for the year 1899), pg. 705 [AotW citation 12575]

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