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Federal (USV)

Sergeant

Jefferson C. Dillon

Home State: Wisconsin

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 2nd Wisconsin Infantry

Before Antietam

From Lancaster, he enlisted in Company C, 2nd Wisconsin Infantry on 11 June 1861. He was promoted to Corporal and Sergeant before Antietam.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

Wounded again in action at Gettysburg, PA.

References & notes

Basic information from State of Wisconsin1.

Notes

1   State of Wisconsin, Adjutant General's Office, and Chandler P. Chapman, Adj. Gen., Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865, 2 volumes, Madison: Democrat Printing Co., State Printers, 1886, Vol. 1, pp. 352 - 354  [AotW citation 10141]