Daniel Elbridge Reed

Son of shoemaker Nathan Reed, in 1860 he was a 17 year old living with his parents and sister in Natick, Middlesex County, MA. On 29 June 1861, by then a shoemaker himself, he enlisted as a Corporal in Company H, 13th Massachusetts Infantry.

He was mortally wounded in action at Antietam on 17 September 1862 and died of wounds the next day.

His service basics from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.1 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860. His gravesite is on Findagrave. His picture from a photograph contributed to the Historical Data Systems database by Raymond C. Peavey.

09/15/1842; Littleton, MA

09/18/1862; Sharpsburg, MD; burial in North Cemetery, Natick, MA