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Federal (USV)

Private

Stephen Freeman

(c. 1831 - 1891)

Home State: New Jersey

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 13th New Jersey Infantry

Before Antietam

He enlisted at age 31 in Company D, 13th New Jersey Infantry on 2 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, Little York, PA on 9 November 1862.

After the War

He was a shoemaker in Newark, NJ.

References & notes

Basic information from Toombs1. Details from the Roster (from the NJ AG)2. Further details from a brief bio in Historical Sketch of Co. "D", 13th Regiment, N.J. Vols (1875) by members of the "D" Society. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

Birth

c. 1831; Newfoundland, NJ

Death

05/1891; Newark, NJ; burial in Fairmount Cemetery, Newark, NJ

Notes

1 Toombs, Samuel, Reminiscences of the War ... the Thirteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers, Orange (NJ): The (Orange) Journal, 1878, pg. 22 [AotW citation 7854]

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_d.htm [AotW citation 7883]

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