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Federal (USV)

Private

Joseph Richardson

(1839 - ?)

Home State: New York

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 102nd New York Infantry

Before Antietam

Age 22 years. Enlisted, March 3, 1862, at New York City, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. K , March 14, 1862

On the Campaign

He was wounded in action at Antietam on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

Promoted sergeant, no date; reenlisted as a veteran, December 30, 1863; transferred to Co. E, no date; wounded, May 27, 1864; promoted first sergeant, February 1, 1865; quartermaster-sergeant, May 12, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 21, 1865, at Alexandria, Va. Commissioned, not mustered, first lieutenant, June 29, 1865, with rank from April 14, 1865, vice J. R. Elliott, promoted.

References & notes

Basic information from State of New York1. Thanks to Steve Maczuga for publishing the NY regimental information in his excellent database.

Birth

1839

Notes

1   State of New York, Adjutant-General, Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of New York [year]: Registers of the [units], 43 Volumes, Albany: James B. Lyon, State Printer, 1893-1905  [AotW citation 10749]