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Federal (USV)

Private

Robert J. Simpson

(? - 1862)

Home State: Wisconsin

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 2nd Wisconsin Infantry

Before Antietam

From Marion, he enlisted in Company C, 2nd Wisconsin Infantry on 22 April 1861. He was wounded at First Bull Run in July 1861.

On the Campaign

He was killed in action on 17 September 1862.

References & notes

Basic information from State of Wisconsin1.

Death

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD

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. 355 - 356  [AotW citation 10149]