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Federal (USV)

Private

Henry W. Parsons

(? - 1862)

Home State: Ohio

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 23rd Ohio Infantry

Before Antietam

He enlisted in Company H, 23rd Ohio Infantry on 31 May 1861.

On the Campaign

He was mortally wounded in action on South Mountain on 14 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He died of wounds 6 October 1862. He was 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. Service data from the Roster2.

Death

09/14/1862; 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 4021]

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. 3, pg. 120  [AotW citation 8121]