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Federal (USV)

Lieutenant

William H. Carey

Home State: Massachusetts

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 13th Massachusetts Infantry

Before Antietam

He was in Company D.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862.

References & notes

Basic information from Commonwealth of Massachusetts1. Age 30, an apothecary in Boston when commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in July 1861. Promoted First Lieutenant 7 February 1862. Captain of Company G on 30 December 1862.

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. 91 - 94  [AotW citation 6916]