Henry S. Purfield
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Jump to navigationJump to searchHenry S. Purfield[1] was a private in the 6th Wisconsin Infantry / Company G.
Antebellum
War Career
- Enlisted on June 11, 1861 in the 6th Wisconsin Infantry / Company G
- Detached in Western Gunboat Service on February 18, 1862
- Died on December 11, 1862 in Cairo, Illinois of disease
Postwar Career
Family
Notes
- ↑ WLCW 0029 also spells his name Henry L. Purfield. For now, it has been left this way.
Sources
- Estabrook, Charles E. Wisconsin Losses in the Civil War. (Madison, Wis. Adjutant General's Dept., 1915). (Page 29)
- Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 1. (Madison, 1886). (Page 523)