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Federal (USV)

Corporal

William B. Haskell

(? - 1863)

Home State: Massachusetts

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 12th Massachusetts Infantry

Before Antietam

Age 19, a blacksmith from Gloucester on enlistment in June 1861. He was in Company K.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

Died of disease 19 September 1863 at Washington DC as Sergeant.

References & notes

Basic information from Commonwealth of Massachusetts1.

Death

09/19/1863; Washington, DC

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. 61 - 64  [AotW citation 6877]