George C. Drake
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Jump to navigationJump to searchGeorge C. Drake was a private in the (I) 1st Wisconsin Infantry / Company A. Drake was the first soldier from the state of Wisconsin to be killed in action in the conflict.
Antebellum
- Enlisted from Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
War Career
- April 18, 1861 - Enlisted in the (I) 1st Wisconsin Infantry / Company A
- April 27, 1861 - Mustered into Wisconsin State service
- May 17, 1861 - Mustered into federal service with unit
Death and Burial
- July 2, 1861 - Killed in
Action at Falling Waters, West Virginia
Post-War Career
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Family
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Notes
Sources
- Estabrook, Charles E. Wisconsin Losses in the Civil War. (Madison, Wis. Adjutant General's Dept., 1915). (Page 1)
- Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 1. (Madison, 1886). (Page 295)
Categories:
- Wisconsin Soldiers
- (I) 1st Wisconsin Infantry
- Soldiers from Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
- Soldiers from Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Enlisted
- Wisconsin Mustered In
- Union Mustered In on 1861.04.27 (WI)
- Wisconsin Mustered In on 1861.04.27 (WI)
- Union Mustered In on 1861.05.17
- Wisconsin Mustered In on 1861.05.17
- Wisconsin Killed
- (I) 1st Wisconsin Infantry Killed
- Union Killed on 1861.07.02 (Falling Waters, WV)
- Wisconsin Killed on 1861.07.02 (Falling Waters, WV)
- (I) 1st Wisconsin Infantry Killed on 1861.07.02 (Falling Waters, WV)
- Source: RWV (1) 0295
- Source: WLCW 0001
