[no picture yet]

Federal (USV)

Private

John J. Costigan

(1825 - 1890)

Home State: Wisconsin

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 6th Wisconsin Infantry

Before Antietam

From Milwaukee, he enlisted in Company D, 6th Wisconsin Infantry on 26 May 1861.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in action on South Mountain on 14 September 1862.

The rest of the War

Discharged on disability 4 February 1863.

References & notes

Basic information from State of Wisconsin1.

Birth

1825 in IRELAND

Death

05/07/1890; burial in Hampton National Cemetery, Hampton, VA

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. 509 - 510 [AotW citation 10337]

« Search for another Person