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Federal (USV)

Sergeant

Edwin B. Wing

(c. 1835 - ?)

Home State: Wisconsin

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 2nd Wisconsin Infantry

Before Antietam

A lumberman from Oshkosh, he enlisted in Company E, 2nd Wisconsin Infantry on 21 April 1861. He was promoted to Corporal in June 1862 and to Sergeant on 10 September.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

Discharged for wounds (date unknown).

References & notes

Basic information from State of Wisconsin1. Further details from an exhibit in the Oshkosh Museum.

Birth

c. 1835 in CANADA

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. 359 - 364  [AotW citation 10185]