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Federal (USV)

Private

James McDonald

Home State: Wisconsin

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 6th Wisconsin Infantry

Before Antietam

From Chippewa Falls, he enlisted in Company D, 6th Wisconsin Infantry on 16 July 1861.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

Transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps on 15 February 1864.

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. 511 - 512  [AotW citation 10348]