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(1837 - ?)
Home State: New York
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 108th New York Infantry
Before Antietam
He came to the To the US in 1855, and was a gunsmith. He was in Company I.
On the Campaign
"At the battle of Antietam the collar of my coat was shot away and a bullet through the leg of my pants".
The rest of the War
To Corporal in October 1862 and Sergeant January 1864. WIA 1 July 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA and on 10 and 12 May 1864 at Spottsylvania Courthouse. WIA at Hatcher's Run in October 1864. Mustered out in June 1865 as First Sergeant.
References & notes
Basic information from Washburn1. Listed in rosters as Otto F. Werner.
Birth
08/15/1837; Eilenburg, PRUSSIA
1 Washburn, George H., A Complete Military History and Record of the 108th Regiment N.Y. Vols., Rochester (NY): Press of E.R. Andrews, 1894, pp. 325 - 333 [AotW citation 9018]