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Federal (USV)

Private

John M. Shepperd

Home State: New Jersey

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 13th New Jersey Infantry

Before Antietam

He enlisted in Company c, 13th New Jersey Infantry on 11 August 1862 and mustered as Private on 25 August.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862 at Antietam.

The rest of the War

He was discharged for wounds at the US Army General Hospital, Philadelphia, PA on 19 December 1862.

References & notes

Basic information from Toombs1. Details from the Roster (from the NJ AG)2.

Notes

1 Toombs, Samuel, Reminiscences of the War ... the Thirteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers, Orange (NJ): The (Orange) Journal, 1878, pp. 21 - 22 [AotW citation 7841]

2 Fincham, Jr., Ray, Artillery, Cavalry, Infantry Regimental Histories: New Jersey, <http://ranger95.com/civil_war_us/new_jersey/>, Source page: /infantry/rosters/13th_nj_inf_regt_rost_c.htm [AotW citation 7880]

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