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Federal (USV)

Private

Edward Lichtenheld

Home State: New York

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 20th New York Infantry

Before Antietam

Age, 19 years. Enlisted, 7/17/1861 at New York City to serve 2 years; mustered in as private Co. E.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

He died from his wounds. Reinterred from burial on Antietam battlefield

References & notes

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

Death

Date not known; 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 3796]