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Federal (USV)

Private

Charles V. Brookman

(c. 1837 - 1862)

Home State: Ohio

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 23rd Ohio Infantry

Before Antietam

He enlisted in Company C, 23rd Ohio Infantry on 20 May 1861 at age 24. Appointed Corporal 19 July 1861, then reduced to ranks.

On the Campaign

He was mortally wounded in action on 14 September 1862 on South Mountain.

The rest of the War

He died of wounds in Middletown, MD on 22 September 1862.

References & notes

Basic information from State of Ohio1. Burial information from the Antietam Cemetery History.2 His gravesite is on Findagrave.

Birth

c. 1837

Death

09/22/1862; Middletown, MD; burial in Antietam National Cemetery, Sharpsburg, MD

Notes

1 State of Ohio, Roster Commission, Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866, 12 Volumes, Akron: The Werner Company, 1893-95, Vol. 1, pp. 86 - 90 [AotW citation 8147]

2 Antietam National Cemetery, Board of Trustees, History of Antietam National Cemetery, Baltimore: John W. Woods, Steam Printer, 1869 [AotW citation 3251]

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