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Federal (USV)

Private

Pierre Teller

(c. 1826 - 1862)

Home State: New York

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 88th New York Infantry

Before Antietam

He was 35 years old when he enlisted at New York City to serve three years, and mustered in as Private, Company K, 88th New York Infantry on 8 November 1861.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

He died of his wounds on 9 November 1862 in a hospital in Frederick, MD.

References & notes

Basic information from the Antietam Cemetery History1, which listed him as Pierre Teller. Service details from the NY AG2.

Birth

c. 1826

Death

11/09/1862; 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 4265]

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 31 (for the year 1902)  [AotW citation 10710]