George Booth (1)
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Jump to navigationJump to searchGeorge Booth was a private in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company C.
Antebellum
- Worked as fisherman with his brothers before war
War Career
- Enlisted May 20, 1861 in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company C
- Wounded at the Battle of Antietam
- Discharged on January 17, 1863 for wounds
- Re-enlisted on January 2, 1864 in the 7th Wisconsin Infantry / Company F
- Participated in the Grand Review with the regiment
- Mustered out on July 3, 1865
Postwar Career
Family
- SIBLINGS
- Brother Samuel Booth - A Sergeant who served in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company C
- Brother William Thomas Booth - A 2nd Lieutenant who served in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company C
Notes
Sources
- Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 1. (Madison, 1886). (Pages 353, 558)
- Wyrick, Steve. "William, Sam, and George Booth," Second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, accessed December 5, 2016, http://www.secondwi.com/wisconsinpeople/Booth.htm
Categories:
- Wisconsin Soldiers
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry
- Wisconsin Enlisted
- Soldiers from Grant County, Wisconsin
- Soldiers from Potosi, Wisconsin
- Source: RWV (1) 0353
- Source: RWV (1) 0558
- Wisconsin Wounded
- Union Wounded on 1862.09.28 (Antietam, MD)
- Wisconsin Wounded on 1862.09.28 (Antietam, MD)
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry Wounded on 1862.09.28 (Antietam, MD)
