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Private

Edward Stowell Johnson

(1844 - 1862)

Home State: Massachusetts

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 15th Massachusetts Infantry

Before Antietam

Age 16, a clerk from Grafton, he enlisted in Company G, 15th Massachusetts Infantry on 1 July 1861.

On the Campaign

He was initially reported missing in action at Antietam on 17 September 1862, but was actually killed there.

References & notes

Basic service information from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts1 with further details from Susan Harnwell.2 His memorial is on Findagrave.

Birth

10/26/1844; Southborough, MA

Death

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD

Notes

1 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Adjutant General, Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the Civil War, 8 Vols, Norwood (MA): Norwood Press, 1931-35, Vol. 2, pp. 179 - 180 [AotW citation 5825]

2 Harnwell, Susan, The 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War 1861 - 1864, Published 1997, first accessed 01 January 1999, <http://www.nextech.de/ma15mvi/>, Source page: /ma15mvi/Roster/p61.htm#i1131 [AotW citation 27736]

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