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Federal (USV)

Sergeant

Henry E. Smyser

Home State: Wisconsin

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 6th Wisconsin Infantry

Before Antietam

From Prescott, he enlisted in Company B, 6th Wisconsin Infantry on 19 October 1861. Promoted to Corporal, Sergeant, and First Sergeant.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

Wounded again at Cold Harbor, VA in 1864. Promoted to First Lieutenant on 27 June 1864 and Captain on 19 October 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. 500 - 502  [AotW citation 10290]