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Federal (USV)

Private

Rofe Woodrich

(c. 1833 - ?)

Home State: New York

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 42nd New York Infantry

Before Antietam

Age 28, he enlisted on 26 May 1861 on Long Island, NY, and mustered as a Private in Company I, 42nd New York Infantry on 22 June.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

He was listed as a deserter on 17 June 1863, but returned to his unit and was transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps by August 1863.

References & notes

His service from the State of New York.1

Birth

c. 1833

Notes

1   State of New York, Adjutant-General, Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of New York [year]: Registers of the [units], 43 Volumes, Albany: James B. Lyon, State Printer, 1893-1905, Issue 23 (for the year 1900)  [AotW citation 8598]