Henry C. Adams
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Jump to navigationJump to searchHenry C. Adams was a private in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company E.
Antebellum
- Enlisted from Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin
War Career
- May 18, 1861 - Enlisted in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company E
- June 11, 1861 - Mustered into federal service with unit
- September 17, 1862 - Wounded in action at the
Battle of Antietam, Maryland
- June 28, 1864 - Mustered out of federal service
Postwar Career
- After the war, lived in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
- February 26, 1891 - Applied for a pension from Illinois (Application #998,787)
- Buried at Wood National Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Family
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Notes
Sources
- National Archive Microfilm - Group M559, Roll 1
- National Parks Service - Adams, Henry C.
- National Archives: Index to Federal Pension Records
- SUVCW Database: http://www.suvcwdb.org/
- Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 1. (Madison, 1886). (Page 359)