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Federal (USV)

Private

John R. Ryerson

Home State: Massachusetts

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 12th Massachusetts Infantry

Before Antietam

He was in Company B.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862.

References & notes

Basic information from Commonwealth of Massachusetts1. AGe 19, a farmer from Boston on enlistment in June 1861. Discharged for wounds 22 December 1862 as Corporal. Also served in the US Navy.

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. 14 - 16  [AotW citation 6719]