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Federal (USV)

Corporal

Burrell Parkerson

Home State: Wisconsin

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 6th Wisconsin Infantry

Before Antietam

From Rockford, IL, he enlisted in Company G, 6th Wisconsin Infantry on 15 June 1861. Promoted Corporal.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in action in September 1862.

The rest of the War

Captured in action in the Wilderness, VA (May 1864). Later transferred to Company D.

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. 523 - 524  [AotW citation 10399]