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O.W. Bacheler
(1844 - 1862)
Home State: Massachusetts
Branch of Service: Infantry
Before Antietam
A 17 year old machinist from Sutton, he enlisted as Private in Company H, 15th Massachusetts Infantry in May 1861 and mustered in August.
On the Campaign
He was killed in action at Antietam on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
His father travelled to Sharpsburg and retrieved his body for burial at home.
References & notes
Service information from Commonwealth of Massachusetts,1 as Orlando W. Batcheller. He's also seen as Batchelder, Bacheller, and Batchelor. Details from Susan Harnwell's 15th Massachusetts site, source also of his picture, from a photograph.
More on the Web
Thanks to John Banks for the pointer to Bacheler's photograph and more about his life, in a fine post on his blog.
Birth
04/06/1844; Sutton, MA
Death
09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD; burial in South Sutton Cemetery, Sutton, MA
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. 182 - 183 [AotW citation 5849]